Eating

Today there are many different aspects to a person: their sexuality, their diet and son on and so forth.

For some reason, the 'standard ' diet still seems to be one that includes meat, that is to say chicken, beef, pork, lamb etc. Not seafood.

I will also define 'diet' as what you eat, not management of your food intake to achieve a particular goal. These days, diet can be vegan, halal, vegetarian, pescatarian, gluten free and more, but it still seems to be 'abnormal' if you do not eat meat. I am fed up of this 'standard' because it also suggests sometimes you are less healthy, slimmer because you don't eat meat. This is not necessarily true. What if you eat masses of chocolate and soft drinks? In fact, some people overeat meat.

As I'm so over the illogical reasoning, I am going to use the cheap strategy of making a list of well-known people. This is called 'star power'.

The below do not consume meat, for whatever reason. Sometimes their diet is not just meat-free, for example, Zooey Deschanel.

Ma'a Nonu

Zooey Deschanel

Pamela Anderson

Tobey Maguire

Narendra Modi

Woody Harrelson

Maggie Q

It is also considered 'weird' if you do not consume alcohol. Once again:

Tyra Banks

Gary Oldman

Noel Fielding

David E. Grant

Daniel Radcliffe

Zac Efron

Tobey Maguire

Narendra Modi

Kate Beckinsale

There are 'alternative' lifestyles that are being advertised, but they're harder to market. 'Teetotaler' is kind of cool, but not exactly widely accepted.

Smoking isn't seen as such an issue, probably because it's a well-known fact it's not good for your health. However, if you eat too much meat or consume too much alcohol, this is bad for your health too. I personally think alcohol is more dangerous than smoking because the effects can extend beyond your personal sphere into society. Also, it seems some people just can't be in social situations without alcohol, which is illogical.

Along with diets, it appears there is an increase in allergies/intolerances, but I am not sure if these days children are wrapped in cotton wool or society is more focused on and these have been issues we've been made aware of.

I would also like to point out India, which has a huge population with many people that are vegetarian. Are you really going to say 'vegetarians are weird' when one country has so many?! And Indian food is so so good, curries, naan bread, poppadoms, samosas, pakoras, etc.

Also, in some religions, there's at least one day where you don't eat meat. It does not matter why, the point is, you don't eat meat.

So do not judge people who do not eat meat.

You might already know this, if the Human population ate less meat, and seafood too, then it would be better for the environment and most likely, as a consequence, Humans. Meat also costs more than if you ate less of it or not at all. Just putting that out there. Like cigarettes and alcohol, you don't actually need them to survive and if you couldn't afford them then likely you wouldn't buy them.

Some people don't fully realize from the living animal to the plate on the table that that steak was a living animal. Others also do not understand the concept that some people have never liked the taste of meat from when they were young - it just seems physically and psychologically impossible for them to believe.

Like many things, whilst many people do eat meat and it's considered normal as a food choice on menus, fear seems to be one reason. Fear this person eats differently than me. Why is that scary?

Another point is if you're in a romantic relationship with someone who doesn't eat meat or seafood, often the person who does just eats less of it or stops eating it. One, the person who doesn't eat meat may not know how to cook it and even though there's two of you, if you cook it, only one of you will eat it - so maybe it's not worth it. So in certain contexts, you (blindly) accept it otherwise you don't. So stupid and illogical. Still to who you are.

- A.M.