Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion Groups
General
GeneralCardiologyVisionDentistryPharmacyLaboratoryNutritionAlternative
Diseases and Disorders
AIDSAlzheimer'sArthritisAsthmaCancerBreast CancerDiabetesEpilepsyGlaucomaHepatitisHerpesLupusProstate BPHProstate CancerProstatitisSinusitisTinnitus

Medical Forum / General / General / August 2006

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Vast majority of Indians are meat eaters

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
habshi - 14 Aug 2006 00:00 GMT
    Over 60% !! And even more would be if they could afford meat.
And 40% drink alcohol
    Only 28% of men and 38% of women are vegeterians , the rest
eat fish but call themselves veggies . Only 21% smoke

http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/14/stories/2006081403771200.htm
The findings show that only 31 per cent of Indians are vegetarians.
The figure is 21 per cent for families (with all vegetarian members).
Another nine per cent of the population is `eggetarian,' or
vegetarians who eat eggs.

Vegetarianism has a predictable pattern: women are more likely to be
vegetarian than men and so are those above the age of 55. But there is
no broad correspondence between age and vegetarianism. Among the
young, the figure is only slightly below the national average.

The findings show that vegetarianism is a function of inherited
cultural practice rather than individual belief. Religion and
community matter: as many as 55 per cent of Brahmins are vegetarians.
The corresponding figure for Adivasis is 12 per cent. Hindus who
worship every day are more likely to be vegetarian, but the majority
of all Hindus are non-vegetarian. Interestingly, eight per cent of
Christians are also vegetarians.

The survey shows that regional location matters more than caste or
community. As expected, the lowest proportion of vegetarian families
are in coastal States such as Kerala (two per cent), Tamil Nadu (eight
per cent), Andhra Pradesh (four per cent), Orissa (eight per cent) and
Bengal (three per cent). Most land-locked States, especially in the
west and north, are places with the highest proportion of vegetarian
families: Rajasthan (63 per cent), Haryana (62 per cent), Punjab (48
per cent), Uttar Pradesh (33 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (35 per cent)
and Gujarat (45 per cent).

The survey also throws light on some changing food habits due to the
influence of `modernity.' Tea or coffee is consumed by 77 per cent of
the people every day. Cold drinks are yet to catch up: only four per
cent consume it every day. But this figure goes up to 30 per cent if
irregular consumers are included. The consumption is markedly higher
among the young. A little less than half of urban India and a little
less than a quarter of rural India consume cold drinks.

Smoking is widespread. Twenty one per cent smoke cigarettes or bidis
every day. But there is no evidence of the rise of smoking among the
youth.

Similarly, there is no evidence that more youth are drinking. Thirteen
per cent drink regularly or sometimes. The highest incidence is among
the middle-aged (between 36 and 45 years) and among communities where
there are no taboos on drinking.

But these findings could be an underestimation as nearly two-thirds of
those polled believe that drinking has increased in their locality
over the last decade. This is true even in Gujarat,
The Hindu -CNN-IBN survey also provides evidence on the nutritional
quality of food and the extent of food deprivation. A majority report
that the quality of their food intake is better than what it was 10
years ago and better than what their parents ate. The same is true of
the intake of nutritional ingredients such as milk for children,
me - 14 Aug 2006 00:24 GMT
> The survey shows that regional location matters more than caste or
> community. As expected, the lowest proportion of vegetarian families
> are in coastal States such as Kerala (two per cent), Tamil Nadu (eight
> per cent), Andhra Pradesh (four per cent), Orissa (eight per cent) and
> Bengal (three per cent).

Don't tell Murthy Gandikota. He thinks they're majority vegetarian.
imemind@comcast.net - 14 Aug 2006 04:05 GMT
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. If you can generalize based
on 14,680 respondents, go ahead and build the myths. The westernized
media have an agenda - they desperately want India to convert to
non-vegeterianism and they will go to any length to doctor their
propaganda. Its like a screaming headline in a local paper of an
all-white town in Utah state - the black population increased by
alarming 100% - and headline was right - one more black family had
moved in the city, making it total of two black families in that city.

> Over 60% !! And even more would be if they could afford meat.
> And 40% drink alcohol
[quoted text clipped - 55 lines]
> years ago and better than what their parents ate. The same is true of
> the intake of nutritional ingredients such as milk for children,
me - 14 Aug 2006 12:54 GMT
> There are lies, damn lies and statistics. If you can generalize based
> on 14,680 respondents, go ahead and build the myths. The westernized
> media have an agenda - they desperately want India to convert to
> non-vegeterianism

India cannot convert to non-vegeterianism unless it first converts to
vegetarianism. Name ONE vegetarian caste in Kerala other than Nambudiris,
Pattars and Potis (the so-called Brahmin castes).

> and they will go to any length to doctor their
> propaganda. Its like a screaming headline in a local paper of an
> all-white town in Utah state - the black population increased by
> alarming 100% - and headline was right - one more black family had
> moved in the city, making it total of two black families in that city.

>> The survey shows that regional location matters more than caste or
>> community. As expected, the lowest proportion of vegetarian families
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>> per cent), Uttar Pradesh (33 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (35 per cent)
>> and Gujarat (45 per cent).
imemind@comcast.net - 14 Aug 2006 15:37 GMT
Kerala is not whole of India. Much of it has converted to Islam,
xianity, communism and psecularism - that are ideologically dependent
on converting hindus away from hindu ethos including vegetarianism. All
that your claims show is success of such conversion jehad against
Hindus. And you expect hindus to accept such conversion  as feit
accompli.

> > There are lies, damn lies and statistics. If you can generalize based
> > on 14,680 respondents, go ahead and build the myths. The westernized
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> >> per cent), Uttar Pradesh (33 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (35 per cent)
> >> and Gujarat (45 per cent).
me - 14 Aug 2006 15:57 GMT
> Kerala is not whole of India. Much of it has converted to Islam,
> xianity, communism and psecularism - that are ideologically dependent
> on converting hindus away from hindu ethos including vegetarianism.

They converted to non-vegetarianism, eh? Name one non-vegetarian caste in
Kerala that was vegetarian in the past. Even places with no conversions are
majority non-vegetarian since Hindus have historically been majority
non-vegetarian. How about UP (2/3rds non-vegetarian) and Andhra (96%
non-vegetarian)?

> All
> that your claims show is success of such conversion jehad against
> Hindus. And you expect hindus to accept such conversion  as feit
> accompli.

I didn't say anything about conversion, so you have no way to conclude what
I expect Hindus to accept.


>> > There are lies, damn lies and statistics. If you can generalize based
>> > on 14,680 respondents, go ahead and build the myths. The westernized
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>> >> per cent), Uttar Pradesh (33 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (35 per cent)
>> >> and Gujarat (45 per cent).
imemind@comcast.net - 14 Aug 2006 16:32 GMT
> > Kerala is not whole of India. Much of it has converted to Islam,
> > xianity, communism and psecularism - that are ideologically dependent
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> majority non-vegetarian since Hindus have historically been majority
> non-vegetarian.

Non-vegetariaism itself is a form a conversion that has been going on
very widely  under Islamic, british/missionary and now psec hegemony
over hindus - we are not merely talking about inter-religious
conversion that bring about dietary changes.

How about UP (2/3rds non-vegetarian) and Andhra (96%
> non-vegetarian)?

Such statistics are biggest frauds - even people who profess to be
non-vegetarin eat meat only occasionly and sparingly. If the sample is
skewed in favor of moslems, xians, dalits, communists or psec, one is
going to get totally screwed up statistical reading of any state.
> > All
> > that your claims show is success of such conversion jehad against
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> >> >> per cent), Uttar Pradesh (33 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (35 per cent)
> >> >> and Gujarat (45 per cent).
me - 14 Aug 2006 16:35 GMT
>> > Kerala is not whole of India. Much of it has converted to Islam,
>> > xianity, communism and psecularism - that are ideologically dependent
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> over hindus - we are not merely talking about inter-religious
> conversion that bring about dietary changes.

So, why was Travancore majority non-vegetarian before the British arrived
there? They had never been ruled by Muslims or the British.

> How about UP (2/3rds non-vegetarian) and Andhra (96%
>> non-vegetarian)?
>
> Such statistics are biggest frauds - even people who profess to be
> non-vegetarin eat meat only occasionly and sparingly.

Only people who never eat meat are vegetarian.
IT - 14 Aug 2006 15:45 GMT
>    Over 60% !! And even more would be if they could afford meat.
>And 40% drink alcohol

And out of this most of them eat meat ONLY OCCASSIONALY. Thus MOST
indians MOSTLY eat vegetarian food. Thus the label "non-vegetarian" is
misleading, and does not tell the correct story.

>    Only 28% of men and 38% of women are vegeterians , the rest
>eat fish but call themselves veggies . Only 21% smoke
Mortayee - 15 Aug 2006 01:27 GMT
No, it is close to 70% meat eater, and 90% eat eggs.
Fish has key fatty  acids needed for brain development and have been
shown to increase IQ; wonder if that is reflected in the statewise
breakdown of stats?

> Over 60% !! And even more would be if they could afford meat.
> And 40% drink alcohol
[quoted text clipped - 55 lines]
> years ago and better than what their parents ate. The same is true of
> the intake of nutritional ingredients such as milk for children,
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.