Is Eating without Meat Good for Health? a Recurring Debate in the History of Dietetics

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[An article by The Conversation written by Bruno Laurioux - Professor emerite, University of Tours] In the long history of vegetarianism, three main arguments have been put forward to justify the refusal – or rejection – of meat. The oldest is an ethical order; one finds it in some late antiquity neo-pythagorians, who stigmatize animal violence when put to death to consume it. The most recent argument – it dates from the 20th century – is of an …