"A 2016 study of the salmon in the Puget Sound in Washington found Prozac, Advil, Benadryl and Lipitor, as well as cocaine, in the tissues of juvenile chinook salmon." (NYT)

I suppose it's time for me to re-focus on #Vegetarianism . For many years now fish has been my meat choice. It's not as healthy as I'd hoped!

#pollution #vegetarian

Generative AI vegetarianism

Hello, it’s me: I’m a generative AI vegetarian. The tech industry is convinced this is the future; I don’t want any of it, full stop. Why choose generative AI vegetarianism? Just like real-life vegetarianism, there are a bunch of good reasons.

Just so you know what it’s like for a vegetarian to be surrounded by carnivores… at this time of the evening most of my neighbours are cooking their meals and on pleasant days that mostly means BBQ. All I can smell is the air reeking with the stink of cows. Unpleasant to say the least. My only alterntive is to shut up the house and spray some kind of deodoriser. SHame about the balmy night…

I’m easy and neighbours should cook/eat whatever they like, it’s no skin of my nose, but my nose insists.

#Vegetarianism #TrialsAndTribulations

i've noticed sometimes when you show affection for animals usually raised for their meat like pigs or cows someone might burst in and goes "yeah but they're so tasty so i won't stop eating them". you don't have to be talking about meat at all, they just burst in to force everyone to remember that these animals are killed and eaten for their meat. well I'd like to mention unprompted that if you won't stop eating pigs because they're so tasty that you should try some "long pig", which tastes a lot like pork. it does happen to be human meat though, but hey: what if it's just SUPER tasty?

if your rationale for eating meat despite knowing how it hurts animals is "i can't afford to change" or "i'm trying to take care of other things that are just more important in my life", i don't judge you. i myself am not a perfect vegetarian. i just try my best and i recognize that i'm in a privileged position to even have the option.

but if you trot out the lie to yourselves and everybody that you do it just because they're tasty, i'd like to know what you think of human meat when you get the chance. cannibals might be onto something, no?

#vegan #veganism #vegetarian #vegetarianism

@grrlscientist
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Animals are NOT FOOD

Wow, 300 million #cows killed every year in the world. The number of #chickens killed are wild

I was bike riding one summer in 1973 in #Vermont and found some old (maybe 1950s?) negatives showing only cows.
I guess they were money to the farmer, his LIVElyhood

I see that he wanted to photograph both sides. Maybe if the cow was spooked
and ran away. The photo was proof of ownership, I guess

#vegetarianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism

My bestie: Hey, what are you looking at?

Me: The vegetarian section

Bestie: *looks at vegetarian section, looks rest of buffet, looks at me, looks back at vegetarian section* is that it?

Me: well, there's a pot of soup over there, but otherwise, yes, this is it

Bestie: Sooooo... why are you staring at it?

Me: There were crispy pancakes here earlier, but now they're gone. I've seen a lot of carnivores get food from here, so maybe they have eaten them.

Bestie: Ah. So you're standing guard?

Me: Not really, just waiting, hoping that they'll refill the crispy pancakes

Random guy with a plate full of bbq'ed shrimp and oysters: *walks to vegetarian buffet and takes a couple of spring rolls*

Bestie: Hey, are you vegetarian?

Shrimp guy: Eh. No.

Bestie: Well, this is the vegetarian section. Maybe better if you take from the rest of this gigantic buffet?

Shrimp guy: Ah, yes, good suggestion, thanks! *continues to help himself to vegetarian food*

Bestie & Me: 👁️👄👁️

#Food #VegetarianFood #Vegetarianism #Besties

An app I would gladly pay for: I hold my phone camera over a plate or food (at a party or other event) and it tells me whether there's meat in it. Having to keep asking random people "Do you think there's meat in this?" is not fun. #vegetarianism

South Asia-specific adaptation of Mediterranean diet principles: a mixed-methods review for practical and sustainable dietary habits

Abstract South Asia, home to nearly 2 billion peopl…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #foodsystems #india #Mediterranean #non-communicablediseases #Nutrientintake #vegetarianism
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2555191/south-asia-specific-adaptation-of-mediterranean-diet-principles-a-mixed-methods-review-for-practical-and-sustainable-dietary-habits/

My nephew just informed me that I’m lucky that I’m vegetarian, because eating meat is so much work! It takes him no fewer than 29 chews to chew his way through a piece of pork 😱

#Food #Vegetarianism #Family