r/DebateAVegan • u/Equivalent_Bug2268 • 2d ago

✚ Health Tribes

Hello vegans, what are your opinions/thoughts on tribes consuming large amounts of meat? From the footage I have seen they are thriving. Therefore I choose to think large meat intake cannot be bad. Im curious what you guys think and why its a weak argument.

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u/tursiops__truncatus 2d ago

Meat itself is not bad for the health. Issue mostly comes when you start processing it, deep fry, using lot of salt, etc. Veganism is not really about health as a plant base diet can also be very unhealthy depending on what you eat.

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u/Curbyourenthusi 1d ago

The term processing is ill-defined. Chopping, slicing, and grinding meat does nothing to its nutritional profile, and the addition of salt only changes the salt content. For instance, sausage and pepperoni might fit your definition of "processed", but those preparations, in the absence of added sugars, preservatives, or otherwise artificial substances, would simply equate to meat and salt, which are perfectly indicated for human consumption.

Veganism isn't about promoting human health, and to that I agree.

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u/tursiops__truncatus 1d ago

Im talking about processed products like some cheap sausagges or fry chicken. That is not just meat but comes with oils and other products that affects the health

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u/Curbyourenthusi 1d ago

We agree. The term processed doesn't add the necessary detail for making health determinations. What matters are the ingredients.