It was announced Kamalanathan Sappani, doctor, vegetarian activist, who is also Medical Director Metronik iCares SDN BHD Malaysia, speaking at a seminar organized vegetarian Indonesia Vegetarian Society (IVS), Friday (6 / 3) night.
"We have to take one step to save the earth, by looking at our diet," he said.
According Kamalanathan, there is the phrase you are what you eat (you are what you eat). According to him, was very appropriately describes the man and his diet is now the home to eat. Humans do not think how the process and impact of food on the body and the psychological.
Meat is the food which he does not need to eat for many reasons, one of the health and livelihoods. Kamalanathan himself admitted very happy being a vegetarian.
"With a vegetarian, I'm real rescue chickens, goats, cows, and animals from unnecessary death just for the sake of the stomach desires. With bevegetarian, my mind free and clear, and can think better. I had the joy and increasingly understand how to life and earth should be rewarded, "he explained.
In that event, Kamalanathan answer a few questions from participants. One of, if the meat has been proven detrimental to health, why there are still doctors who eat meat.
"If you ask the doctor who love to eat meat, yes of course they said that man does not need to be vegetarian, right," said Kamalanathan.
He then illustrates that in his native country, namely India, the tradition of not eating meat is closely related to religion are adhered to. Can not be denied, it is very helpful. Hospitals-hospitals in India provide vegetarian, vegan and her doctors.
"All, is now headed to the organic. Vegetarian movement will be more widespread. There was one day a year to remind people to look at the dangers of meat (meatless day), and afterwards there must be someone who consciously vegetarian," he said.
Prasasato Satwiko, a professor who is also Coordinator for Technology Center for Energy Studies University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY), who is also speaker, speaking, very difficult getting people to digest and analyze what the menu in dishes eaten.
"We learn of energy, searching for sources of energy, searching for the cause of why the earth more and more corrupt, why animals become extinct, why many pe disease. All lead to lifestyles, consumption patterns. It goes everywhere looking for the answer, simply look at the menu dishes. Meat, need not exist at the plate, because it is not necessary and the body does not need, "said Prasasto.
Many vegetarian related misconception. For example the body becomes weak, malnourished. But that assumption is very easily broken. According Prasasto, if the body felt weak from not eating meat, it's just a suggestion. In other words, it shows that human flesh had been mastered and made an unnecessary dependency.
"It's only fears. Poor nutrition, not the reason. It could be filled with a variety of plant foods," said Kamalanathan.
Many great leaders are vegetarian and obviously can not be called stupid. They include U.S. athlete Carl Lewis ran, the philosopher Socrates, Pythagoras, scientist Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, artist Leonardo da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi humanitarian character, the pride of Indonesia until the female characters, RA Kartini.
In a question and answer session, several participants asked, among others, why garlic should not be eaten. IVS Coordinator Yogyakarta-Central Java Chindy Tanjung said the effect would be the same with meat onions. "Because onions are also acidic. Garlic can make up people's emotions. It's no scientific review," said Chindy that this is a dentist.
However, according to Kamalanathan, a person can still be called a vegan but still eat garlic, and mushrooms. Only he warns that excessive consumption is not moderation. "There's like a spice, a little, it's okay," he said. -kompascom