Close Call

This confirms my own findings when eating meat:

https://www.purifymind.com/MeatProtein.htm

The above link is in a format that is very condensed, so I took key excerpts from it:

"It is also well known that dogs, although carnivorous in nature, keep guard and attack strangers more effectively if they are fed larger than normal meat rations.  Similarly, in wartime, when men are to take part in highly risky military action, they have to be given large meat rations, so that the meat is used as a drug to develop aggression, violence and moral insensitivity.  In Homer's Iliad, for example, the warriors have meat-based banquets between one battle and the next.  Seneca used to point out that among the big meat eaters you could find tyrants, organizers of massacres, feuds and fratricidal wars, instigators of murder, slave-traders, while those who fed on the fruits of the earth behaved gently.  Liebig tells how the bear in Giesen zoo became extremely restless and dangerous if forced to eat meat instead of vegetable food.

Since most of the food we eat is produced by a food industry concerned only with profit, without regard for our real dietary needs, we can say that, just as orthodox medicine is conditioned and financed by the pharmaceutical industry, so what is referred to as "the science of nutrition" is very much in the hands of the chemicalized food industry.

This is an industry that mainly seeks to sell "junk foods", especially those based on meat proteins, with the powerful assistance of the media.  Uncritical acceptance of the activities of the food industry leads inevitably to violent behavior towards our fellow humans and other living creatures because of the aggression induced by carcass food.  As far back as 20 centuries ago, the great Juvenal (Satires X, 512), had pronounced on the close link between health of mind and body, with his eternal saying, "Mens sana in corpore sano." ("A healthy mind in a healthy body.")

So it is that we see the great importance of vegetarianism, which detoxifies the body and purifies the blood supply to the brain.  Consequently we are capable of more lucid and penetrating thought, leading to a real opening of the mind, with increased powers of self-control and ability to withstand intellectual and physical work, initiating an attitude of tolerance, gentleness, openness to peaceful dialogue and solutions of disputes, to love, sociability and sharing.

Electrical activity in the brain as shown by EEGs has shown that the vegetarian diet induces alpha waves, which indicate a state of neuromuscular relaxation not just of the brain but of the whole body. Leadbeater maintains that this scientific research proves the beneficial action of vegetarianism on behavior, in that it promotes a sense of well-being "analogous to the state of meditation on the most profound truths".  This is why through the centuries the most intelligent, the most cultured, the most open, the most tolerant people in the world have been vegetarians, in all fields of knowledge:  in science, philosophy, art, literature, medicine, and so on.

A meal high in meat proteins reduces tryptophan levels in the brain, and so leads to aggression, anxiety and propensity to fighting; whereas the more we rely on the fruits of the earth and follow vegetarian principles, the more positive our behavior.  Our choice of food, then, influences our behavior and emotions.

Some "nutritionists" against vegetarianism (for various reasons, permissible or secret) maintain that aggression is not caused by meat proteins, but rather innate in humans, a ridiculous assertion, since no-one is born aggressive and bad, but may become so under the influence of meat.  The well-known anthropologist, Luigi Lombardi Satriani, says that it is just an excuse for us to blame aggression on nature, an excuse we as a society use to escape our responsibilities.  No-one is born bad, otherwise aggression would be universal, which anthropology shows to be wrong.  In fact, societies with absolutely non-violent cultures have existed and still do.  For example, certain tribes in Africa or groups of Indians in north-west Brazil or the Piaroa Indians in Venezuela, have built very peaceful societies, based on cooperation, without a trace of aggression in their children's upbringing, and the children's games reflect the balanced lifestyle, since they consist of dancing, singing and love. Hatred is unknown, and it is common knowledge that these people are vegetarians.  Do we need better evidence that diet influences the character?

Professor Carlo Sirtori, a distinguished clinician and scientist, has brought to light how meat eating leads to aggression in humans, because phosphorus and calcium are to be found in meat in a ratio of 50:1.  Meat eating leads to a phosphorus excess which is not natural for humans, whose milk has a 1:2 phosphorus-calcium ratio.  Sirtori comments that this fact leads to a fall in calcium levels, leading to irritable and aggressive behavior, and sometimes convulsions in small children.

During the Gulf War in 1992, US marines getting ready to go into action were supplied with 50,000 turkeys in addition to the normal, abundant meat rations.  The reason:  "They are soldiers and have to eat a lot of meat."  In other words:  "They have to attack, and meat helps make them aggressive.""

Here's another interesting quote:

"In fact, when you think about the diets of known violent or terrifying civilizations - Ancient Rome (dormouse, parrots, peacocks, flamingos, etc.), South African Zulus (goats, chicken, sheep, etc.) Greek Spartans (Blood Soup made with blood, pig meat, salt and vinegar), Polynesian Maori (scallops, chicken, pork, kai moana (seafood), etc.), Norse Vikings (cows, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, chickens, ducks, seabirds, fish, eels, squid, seals, and whales), a pattern begins to emerge."

Source:  

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/12b80bo/does_eating_meat_cause_aggression_and_violence/?rdt=46689

And there's this:

"Conclusions: Limited but consistent data in the present study, support the hypothesis that lacto-vegetarian Indian diets can reduce aggressiveness, violence and anti-social behaviors. Implications of vegetarian and vegan foods for academic performance, social wellness and environmental protection warrant comprehensive studies on large samples in diverse geographical and cultural environments."

Source:  

https://www.opensciencepublications.com/fulltextarticles/IJN-2395-2326-9-249.html

Some may say that there are nutritional deficiencies from going vegetarian, but dairy has B-12 if one goes lacto-vegetarian.  Vegans will have to be more careful to get all the necessary nutrients though.

The meat I had stored up is finally gone as of a few days ago.  All of this meat eating completely shut me down from reading books and doing meditations.  Easter was absolute hell because I ate pork and large amounts of sugar for desert at a lunch gathering.  I decided to not care and not set any boundaries, which almost killed me the following night from severe heart issues.  I had tightness in my chest and felt like I could not breathe even though I was breathing.  Blood pressure was probably extremely high.  I had to do some emergency Wim Hof breathing.  I've been working on cleaning all the toxins out of my system since then, and am very glad to be vegetarian again.  I will likely be vegetarian permanently.

Whey protein concentrate in small amounts is working well.  I don't do much fruit because the sugar in fruit sets off my reptilian brain like crazy, just like meat does.  Vegetables are alright but previously I ate too much broccoli which caused my adam's apple to feel large from thyroid issues.  There's a reason why broccoli (and cauliflower) does this if eaten to excess (I guess 4 servings of it a day is too much), but this is a long story.  People can research this on their own if they wish.

Over and out.