AGN VEG GLOBAL: Animal foods addiction

luni, 21 septembrie 2026

Animal foods addiction

Addiction vs Nutrition

Do we say: "LISTEN TO YOUR BODY"

to a drug/alcohol addict?

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/1twl6iw/is_meat_eating_actually_an_addiction_a/

I recently came across a fascinating essay by Dr Richard D. Ryder - psychologist, animal rights pioneer, and the man who coined the term speciesism, published in The Ark, the magazine of Catholic Concern for Animals. It’s stuck with me and I wanted to share it here.

His central argument is bold: meat eating may be a genuine chemical addiction for many people, not just a preference or cultural habit. And he thinks this explains why, despite mountains of ethical, scientific and environmental evidence, meaningful progress on animal welfare has been so persistently blocked.

The key points he makes:

• Most people who switch to vegetarianism or veganism were probably never truly addicted in the first place. For the rest (the majority in the Western world), asking them to give up meat may be like asking a heroin addict to quit cold turkey.

• Meat may contain psychoactive chemicals (he flags Hypoxanthine as one stimulant) that trigger the brain’s reward system, similar to alcohol, nicotine, or opioids. Strikingly, this has barely been researched, possibly because the meat industry would fight it tooth and nail.

• The classic signs of addiction are all there: craving, denial, irrational anger when challenged, rationalization, and continued consumption despite known harm to health, the environment, and others.

• Feeding children meat from birth effectively programs the addiction early. As Ryder puts it, by age eight he was already behaving as if addicted: “meat and two veg, day after day, year after year.”

• He suspects that going back thousands of years there were literal conflicts between meat eaters and vegetarians, between the addicts and the ethicists and that the addicts have always won, not through logic, but through the fanaticism addiction produces.

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2012/08/food-most-dangerous-weapon-of-mass.html

Addiction is a very serious condition

Affecting humans’ minds, bodies and souls

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2013/12/meat-dairy-eggs-new-tobacco.html

When it comes to ANY form of addiction,

"Don't listen to your body" is crucial advice when dealing with active cravings or addiction. While the popular wellness phrase "listen to your body" works well for getting enough sleep or drinking water, an addicted brain alters internal signals, turning a destructive chemical craving into what feels like a vital physical need.

When treating the body's urges during addiction or intense habits, it is helpful to look at why these signals cannot be trusted blindly and how to properly interpret them.

Why the Body Misleads You During Addiction/Hijacked Dopamine Pathways: Addictive substances or behaviors hijack the brain's survival wiring. Your brain tags the substance as necessary for survival, causing your body to trigger physical panic, anxiety, or intense physical discomfort when it doesn't get it.

The "Toddler" Analogy: Neurodivergent individuals (like those with ADHD) and people breaking addictions often note that their bodies crave quick dopamine spikes. "Listening to the body" in these moments can lead to compulsive loops rather than true wellness.

Misinterpreting Withdrawal as Genuine Need: When your body signals that it is shaking, anxious, or completely depleted, it is often just demanding a temporary chemical "fix" to stop the immediate discomfort, rather than telling you what you actually need to heal long-term.

Shift from "Obeying" to "Interpreting "Instead of blindly acting on what your physical cravings dictate, experts recommend interpreting the urge rather than obeying it.

https://www.pcrm.org/news/exam-room-podcast/food-addiction-genetics-cheat-days-most-addictive-and-more-dr-ashley

Our bodies are highly adaptable creations, to both good and bad habits, foods, and activities...

They can be conditioned, adjusted, trained and retrained to develop HEALTHY <addictions> to healthy plant based foods and new interests/hobbies/practices like

nature walks, dancing, work out and any form of exercise that stimulate our minds, bodies and souls to vibrate at much higher frequency levels

THEN we can safely say LISTEN TO YOUR BODY and its CRAVINGS...

HEALTHY CRAVINGS and HEALTHY HABITS...

MEAT ADDICTION

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2025/06/protein-truth.html

Our animal foods addictions have been created through various powerful forms of manipulations via distorted history, science and religion

Current human model has been shaped by intentionally created religious, spiritual, social traditions and cultural <heritages> around a DEAD BODY of a SENTIENT BEING as a CENTERPIECE in the middle of ANY major personal national and international celebration.

Hence our very personalities, beliefs and habits have been literally shaped by millennia old diabolically created forms of control, both spiritual and physical.

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2026/09/parasitical-diet.html

The meat addiction is a CHEMICAL, TRADITIONAL and PARASITICAL form of addiction to LOOSH and ADRENO…CH/ROME producing foods, feeding simultaneously the NON/Physical parasites around and within human body and energy fields

As well as a deep addiction and dependency to SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND VALIDATION…

To REMAIN PART of the HUMAN HERD status quo

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/vegan-nutrition.html

Meat can feel addictive because it triggers the brain's reward system through a mix of rich flavors, fats, and psychological habits. While scientists debate whether specific foods are truly chemically addictive like drugs, eating meat activates several powerful biological and cultural triggers:

Flavor and Brain Rewards

Umami and Fat:

Meat contains high levels of fat and umami (a savory taste), which signal high calorie content to our brains and trigger the release of dopamine, a chemical that makes us feel pleasure.

The "Bliss Point":

Processed and seasoned meats often combine high levels of fat and salt, which overstimulate the brain's reward center and lead to strong cravings.

Gut Microbiome: The bacteria in our digestive tract adapt to the foods we eat regularly, meaning a diet rich in meat can make your gut "expect" and signal cravings for similar foods

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/xdbn0p/is_meat_that_addictive/

https://www.peta.org/news/bacon-apologists-prove-that-meat-is-addictive/

Dr. Michael Klaper recently presented the idea of particular preformed compounds in meat leading to withdrawal symptoms when going vegan. Let's investigate and see what the research says about these compounds and meat addiction generally.

Mic the Vegan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efAcwVQeXf0

Unlike mainstream narrative, ANCIENT HUMANS were NOT hunter gatherers and we are ALL frugivores, not omnivores

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2023/02/human-carnism-debunked.html

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2021/04/ancient-veganism.html

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2024/12/plant-based-meat-history.html

This article covers several major aspects of humanity’s meat addiction

Even if not all the points being made are aligned with the ultimate truth

Of COMPLETE ABOLITION of ALL forms of exploitation, killing and consumption of ANY animal based foods

As well as highlighting the fact that the same global pseudo elite who is not attempting to reverse their Frankenstein system are the very same one who CREATED IT in the first place

Because <this is their planet now> and humans have no place in it unless as slaves

https://earth.org/breaking-the-chains-liberating-ourselves-and-the-planet-from-meat-addiction/

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2023/08/awakening-101-real-red-pill.html

“HUMANE” MEAT, dairy, eggs and fish FOOD myth debunked

https://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2013/06/humane-meat-dairy-eggs-and-fish-food.html