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:) asked in Food & DrinkVegetarian & Vegan · 8 years ago

Could vegetarians eat genetically modified food (meat)?

Its not killing an animal for the meat so would they be able to eat it?

Update:

(once they start selling it)

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  • 8 years ago
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    You're thinking of lab grown/cultured cell/tissues.

    Meat is ALREADY genetically modified (it's called selective breeding, has been done for years).

    Those who are vegetarian for ethical reasons may.

    Those who are vegetarian for health reasons will not.

    Those who are vegetarian for environmental reasons will not (consumes a lot of energy to create it).

    Those who just don't like meat won't.

    Personally, I wouldn't. I'm not used to it, and I find even portabello mushrooms gross because it's meaty.

  • 8 years ago

    NO. To me, as a vegetarian, that would be worse than killing the animal. The point to me being a vegetarian is that I don't want animals to suffer. From what you said above, you would lead me to believe that they take the meat and leave the animal alive. If that is not what you meant, maybe you should be clearer in what you are talking about. Or do you even know what you are talking about? Also, meat is bad for you, so even vegetarians that were vegetarian only for health benefits wouldn't go back to eating meat.

    Source(s): Vegetarian.
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    are you really so addicted to meat you think governments and scientists should be spending all their time, effort and money trying to grow organs and flesh to create meat in a lab (which by the way has NOTHING to do with GMOs)??? Although once they start doing this for organ transplants in humans once they get the patenting and copyright issues sorted out they might start selling it on the market. But seriously - no. It's organs and flesh. not food.

  • 8 years ago

    You must be talking about that meat that grows in a test tube, or whatever, and not that GM salmon, because that salmon is an animal.

    The answer is no, muscle tissue wherever it comes from is not suitable for a vegetarian diet.

  • ABE c
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    they only modify the meat they are not some special breed of animal. gmo is in their cells/cells structure.

    if you are a vegetarian and you eat meat, i don't think you are a vegetarian.

  • Alyce
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You totally do not understand what a GMO is. A GMO animal is still an animal.

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