If you value your health

[omcasey]

Always good to go with what you love.  It is good to not confuse love with addiction, though..

[missym]

breastfeeding a baby is the only way to go. period. infants should be breastfed until the age of weaning and then never consume "milk" again... such is the norm in nature. STICK WITH NATURE AND YOU CANT GO WRONG!

If mom doesnt have time for her own baby then something is seriously wrong.

We have created a society in which it becomes increasingly difficult to follow nature usually due to "having to pay the mortgage"... that just isnt living.

Is that not every mothers decision, based on what works for HER and BABY? I should know, being a breastfeeding mother, that breastfeeding is very helpful to an infants tiny body, but not every mother may feel the same way I do. 
Saying "if mom doesn't have time for her own baby" is a very rude thing to say, what makes your opinion/decision better than a mother who chooses to formula-feed her child? And just because she decides to bottle feed her infant doesn't mean she doesn't have time for her child. Who are you to make this judgement upon another mother? And surely you realise how important it is to pay the mortgage, pay your bills, have money to buy the food so your family has a place to live and isn't eating out of garbage cans, living on the streets. Times are not the same as they were before. Sure - it would be idealistic to move to the country, fish and hunt for your food, live in the olden-days. But for most this simply is not an option. Children need to go to school, need health care, we need healthy food to eat, etc.

[ZHaDuM]

Fanatics will often disgust your average rational humans into ignoring their otherwise good advice.  Although I still consume milk and meat, I have greatly cut down my intake over the years and hope to eventually cut these from my diet completely, if and when I can afford better foods and find better alternatives.  10 years ago, the selection of vegetarian foods was almost non-existent and what you could find would instantly cause gag reflexes to kick in.. (hehe).  But, now having many family members who have decided to stop eating meat (mostly the buddhists) and having tried a lot of the new vegetarian foods out there (sausages, nuggets, stir-fry soy steak all yummy!), I can honestly say if you can afford it, you won't suffer much!  Lately I'm eating much more beans and rice and preparing my food, also havent had fast food in many months!   Sadly, the shocking claims made by the fanatical vegans and vegatarians over the years is probably the number one reason I haven't started sooner, as these people don't seem to realise their confrontational hate speech against those meat eaters is only going to strenthen their resolve to eat more meat.  I can't count the amount of times I've thought to myself "damn those veggies sound like a bunch of crazy people! (which happened again today reading this thread).  hehe. 

My advice,  keep your cool.  Share your knowledge without insulting everyone who doesnt think as you do.  Without them you wouldn't be you. 



 

[personalreality]

if i didn't personally take it out of the ground or raise and slaughter it myself then i don't trust it.

it's easy to write the word, "organic" on a package.  doesn't mean its any good for you.  as with all fads, this one has gotten supremely annoying.  the biggest problem with diet is that people have unique bodies with unique fluctuations, increased levels, deficiencies, etc. of all the things that are supposed to be good for you.  one person's diet ought to be carefully tailored to their system.  for example, not only should people not drink milk, but i personally was born premature and my digestive system didn't fully develop as it should have.  subsequently i have a lot of digestive problems, not the least of which being an over sensitivity to dairy.  So i usually avoid dairy.  Sounds obvious right?  Well, I was also told recently to drink apple juice instead of coffee in the spring time and i tried to do it, but after a short time of doing it every day i started to have some major digestive problems.  as soon as i stopped drinking apple juice i was fine again.  what should be great for everyone (pure apple juice) made me sick.  the same goes for most foods and supplements.  every body is unique and takes unique sustenance.

addicted...sheesh.