Is becoming a vegetarian/vegan worth it?

[Farsala]

scrapking said:

curl-6 said:

 

Farsala said:
I could never go Vegetarian or Vegan as it is simply too expensive. I have always been a scrawny dude but I eat a lot of food and barely gain any weight. Here in cow land meat is quality and cheap, while some fruit is seasonal and often expensive.

I also love almost all food equally, so giving up meat would be the same as giving up all vegetables or all fruit etc.

Animal carnivores would eat me or a cow so I see no problem in eating them or a cow. Eventually I will die and be eaten by some organism. (Likely bacteria)

Too expensive?  When I hear this from people, they're usually comparing non-organic meat against organic produce.  Or, worse yet, fast food vs. produce.  I don't believe there's a long-term scenario where being a whole food vegan is more expensive, given how much disease (and therefore how many health dollars) it can save.  I'm a whole food vegan, and I rarely eat fruit.  My go-to breakfast is pre-soaked chia and flax paired with raw coconut and cocoa, for example.  It's pennies a bowl, it's filling, it takes a long time to digest (I'm like you, I eat a lot and am thin), it's wildly nutritious, and to me it's delicious.  There probably are some vegan diets that might be more expensive in the short-term, but that doesn't mean you need to follow those vegan diets.  I did some research and was creative in coming up with something that was nutriotionally broad and inexpensive.  And, like I say, the long-term health benefits are likely a long-term savings for almost everyone.

As for a carnivorous animal eating us if they had a chance...  I'm curious, are you eating lion, or wolf?  Or are you eating nearly defenseless herbivores like cows.  If so, the argument sounds self-defeating.   

 

@bold Will add to list, but in my part of the world it might be impossible to be cheap.

Lions, wolves, tigers, etc. would eat me if I was around them, and I would eat them if it was legal and poses no risk to killing them out. But I live in cow+ agriculture land so I mainly eat beef and vegetables. And unlike many carnivores, cows are plentiful and in no present danger of dieing out.