Nick PooleI was raised vegetarian and have continued to eat a vegetarian diet my whole life. I haven't been super strict: stray pepperoni on leftover pizza, things cooked in lard or with ham for flavor, fish sauce in dishes at Asian restaurants, and even eating a hamburger once on a long roadtrip when it was the only thing available. 🧵
I don't have strong PETA-like moral objections to eating animals, but i do think that most animals that we farm suffer in similar ways to how we do and to have the ability to consciously reduce that suffering is an unprecedented privilege. That being said, I also inflict suffering on animals for my comfort in other ways: displacement, pest control, leather goods, etc. 🧵
I dont think anyone should feel bad for eating animal protein, we're obviously wired and plumbed for it and the alternatives are not yet universally available, practical, or proven to be universally healthy. I've just made the choice for myself that I would rather find eating to be constantly logistically difficult rather than occasionally emotionally difficult (when considering, for instance, the treatment of beef cattle)
All of that said: I think I'm gonna try eating fish. 🧵
My dad, who was also raised vegetarian by his dad, has recently started eating fish because he's had a series of episodes of memory loss, confusion, brain fog, etc. and it was found that he was, among other things, deficient in some B vitamins that could be corrected in his diet. As a result, he's started eating fish occasionally to boost his omega-3 and b/d-vitamin intake. It doesnt hurt to have another protein source either.
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a libi rose@North honestly, spouse had an almost immediate resolution of a bunch of brain health symptoms when he went from vegan to pescetarian... not that anecdotal evidence is proof of anything