Is Non -Vegetarian Food Permitted Or 
Prohibited For A Human Being?  

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CONCLUSION:

Statement of American Council On 
Science And Health

i. According to the American Council on Science and Health "it is not necessary to give up meat and become a vegetarian to enjoy the benefits of a healthy diet.

ii. Young people who become vegetarian for ethical or environmental reasons may also be placing their health at risk. Often, these young vegetarians lack the knowledge and motivation needed to plan healthful vegetarian meals.  

iii. According to Worslay  "Healthy eating requires moderation and informed choice. It should not be necessary to totally eliminate a particular food group to sustain good health. Human kind has survived on an omnivorous diet since its origin and premature death is more closely linked to accidental death than to eating meat".

2Topic is not whether vegetarian or non-Vegetarian food is healthier

The topic is not whether vegetarian or Non-vegetarian food is healthier but it is “Is Non-Vegetarian food permitted or prohibited for a human being”.

3.   No kind of prohibition on eating non-vegetarian food and all misconceptions have been clarified

(a)  I have refuted and clarified all the misconceptions of the so-called possible reasons and arguments for the prohibition of Non-vegetarian food for a human being.

Who has a right to put a prohibition on food habits of human beings? In Islam it is Creator Almighty God. Non-Muslim may add the government for the welfare of its people or an authentic medical health organisation based on established scientific medical facts.

(b)  No major religion's prohibition:

All the major religions of the world permit the consumption of lawful non-vegetarian food in general and cattle in particular. There is no prohibition from a single major religion of the world on eating non-vegetarian food.

(c)  No government has prohibited non-vegetarian.

I do not know of a single government out of the hundreds of countries in the world irrespective of their beliefs, race, caste, creed they may belong to has ever prohibited non-vegetarian food in general.

(d)  No authentic medical health organisation has prohibited non-vegetarian

I do not know of a single authentic medical health organisation, which has banned all non-vegetarian food in general due to, established scientific. Medical facts. I do not base my conclusions done by crusaders of vegetarianism.

There is not a single authentic medical book, which is considered as an authentic reference book for medical studies like Harrison makes a statement that all Non­ vegetarian food in general, i.e. food of animal products should be prohibited for all human beings in the world. I am not referring to books like ^“Meat eating 100 faults" by Dr Nemichand or "Vegetarian or Non-vegetarian"- choose yourself. written by Gopinath Agarwal, which will put to shame even a pragmatic vegetarian nor diet books which are not based on scientific facts.

4.   Salient points why non-vegetarian food is permitted for human beings:

1.   Not a single major religion prohibits all non-vegetarian food in general

2. Now emerges a pertinent question if he Hindu scriptures sanctify the beef eating, On what ground are some people stirring an agitation against cow-slaughtering and beef-eating?

3. I fail to understand on what ground they claim that there is not provision of beef eating in the Hindu religious books.

4. If Manu did not recognise cow slaughtering as a sin, on what ground do his followers claim it as a sin? This is the question the Hindus should ask their so-called religious leaders.

5. What would the Eskimos living in the Arctic regions eat where edible vegetation is hardly found?

6. If all life is sacred then why kill plants, which also have life?

7. Plants can even feel pain.

8.  Killing a non-human living creature of two senses less is not a lesser crime.

9.  Sacrificing one animal life is better than 100 plant's lives

10. Whether milk is non-vegetarian is debatable.   

11.  Even animals feel pain while milking.

12. If animals are not created for food then drinking milk is robbing the milk meant for the calves.

13. If plants can be grown for food then why can't animal be raised for   food?

14. Human being have omnivorous set of teeth for eating both vegetarian food as well as non-vegetarian food.

15. Human beings can digest both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food.

16. Primitive man was non-Vegetarian.

17. Meat protein doesn't cause scarcity of edible vegetable protein.

18. Raising animals for food doesn't cause scarcity of land for agriculture.

19. It is wrong to assume that if we have meat of the cattle we are deprived of its milk. We can have both meat as well as the milk of the cattle.

20. If cattle is not slaughtered for food then there will be over population of cattle.

21. Vegetables are not always cheaper than non-vegetarian food.

22. Even if non-vegetarian is more expensive there is no harm in paying more money for good quality food.

23. Protein of non-vegetarian is biologically a complete protein and of a higher quality.

24. All essential fatty acids are present in meat

25. Non-vegetarian contains more Haem iron, which is more easily absorbed.

26. Non-Veg food also contains vitamin B 12, Zinc and Iodine.

27. Egg is a nutrient dense food

28. Prevention of nutritional deficiency is possible in Vegetarian food but it should be planned and regulated very carefully and meticulously.

29. Many diseases transmitted through blood can be prevented in Non-Veg food by slaughtering the animals in the Islamic way and letting the blood flow out.

30. Maintaining the hygienic conditions and cooking meat well can prevent several diseases

31. Abstaining from pork can prevent several diseases.

32. Food rich in fat irrespective whether vegetarian or non-vegetarian causes IHD.

33. Egg is rich in cholesterol but is not solely the cause of IHD

34. According to ACSH it is not necessary to give up meat and become a vegetarian to enjoy the benefits of healthy life.

35. No government in the world has banned all non-vegetarian food in general.

36. No authentic medical book has prohibited all non-vegetarian food in general.

37. Now I ask these so-called Hindu religious leaders whether the Vedas are untrue, Are the Srnritis bogus? Are the Purans and the Mahabbarat sets of false illustrations? If yes, will they like to tell which is their religious book? If they do not falsify their religious scriptures, mentioned above, then why are they ridiculing their own religious books? I want to seek the answer of this question from the so-called protectors of Hinduism. Will they?

38. In the life of the followers of a religion, religious injunctions play very important role. If the Vedas and other Hindu religious books sanctify the beef eating. Where is the room for its opposition? Does the opposition of beef eating not show clumsiness? They must accept the truth they should go into the depth why the cow was made to be esteemed as mother, while the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures sanctify its sacrifice and beef eating

5.    Answer all 38 points to prove that non-Vegetarian is permitted

All the above 38 points prove that non-vegetarian is permitted and not prohibited for a human being. If  yet you consider that non-vegetarian should be prohibited, I request you to answer all the 38 points at islam@indiaaccess.com

6.   Every movement has its background and a sound logic. The movement, which is started on false notions, commands neither the respect nor the support

7.   I am not a fanatic or ideological Non-Vegetarian

I am not a fanatic or ideological non-vegetarian but a pragmatic non-vegetarian. Even if you does not reply to all the 38 points I will not compel you to become a non- vegetarian. But I would surely request you that never ever to mention again that Non-Vegetarian food is prohibited in general for human beings and secondly not to distribute and promote such unauthentic, illogical thoughts and literatures.  

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