Sethi: Too much meat hurts us all
As a vegetarian, I have noticed the dining halls serve exceptionally high portions of meat. For the sake of our health and the environment, we need to work to reduce the amount of meat available to students.
While Yale dining halls have a wonderful fruit and vegetable selection, many of these offerings are mixed with meat. Soups are gratuitously supplemented with chicken or beef bases. Perfectly good vegetarian dishes, like rice or noodles, are inexplicably dashed with chicken or pork. The dishes that remain are unlikely to tempt any kind of eater: sautéed mushrooms, or gigantic...
I agree except for that animal protein is "nutritionally better". Animal protein is the culprit for long term diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, and obesity. Please take a moment to read "The China Study". More information here:
http://vegtaste.com/main/posting.php?articleId=214
Everyone can benefit from going without meat. For our health, the environment, and the animals.
Veggies are very inefficient proteins.
Chicken and lean ground beef are necessities for the poor in this country.
Hamburger Helper anyone?
The baby seal steaks were DELICIOUS as was the dolphin meat. WHOA! A+ STINKY CHEESE!