THIS BUG'S BITE CAN MAKE YOU VEGAN!!!!!!
Yes. It's true what you read. This new found bug called 'Lone Star Tick' can turn you vegetarian. Bite if this bug makes you allergic to meat. Hence you can't consume red meat thereby becoming vegetarian.
Thanks to the tiny creature, a tide of involuntary vegetarianism is rolling up the Eastern seaboard, where it is the likely cause of thousands of cases of severe red meat allergies.
According to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the allergy can cause hives, breathing problems, a drop in blood pressure or even anaphylactic shock after eating red meat or dairy.
The problem has to do with a friendly-sounding sugar called “alpha-gal,” which ticks have but humans don’t. This same sugar is found in red meat, pork and some dairy products, and doesn’t usually bother people when they digest it. But when a tick bite injects it into the bloodstream, the human immune system creates antibodies activated next time the person eats red meat, causing the allergic reaction.
What are you thoughts about this bug? Vegans have started taking over the world now with this.
hi @charusaid
The wonders of the world Just that there is an insect that can change your life from end to end Just that I do not think it makes you vegetarian Because a vegetarian is one who does not want to eat meat Not that he is allergic to meat He just wants to live on the earth and not kill them because they have Life and soul and emotions but it seems very interesting and worth a few readings of thanks
@ravivshachar
Veganisim is related with non consumption of meat. Doesn't matter if the person is forced to do it or does it by choice imo.
Well if you do get bit by the vegan bug I can help with some good recipes, haha.
Thankfully I don't happen to live in the part of the world where this bug occurs. Haha. Athough I would love some vegan receipes.
Isn't this only limited to red meat? There's chicken, pheasant, fish which you can eat. Shame though because red meat is delicious!
I guess it's not just limited to red meat. Also isn't chicken red meat?
Chicken is white meat. Pink before cooking it. It's not classified as red meat whereas beef, for example, is classified as red meat.
Thanks for clearing my doubt :)
No worries! Enjoy your day! :) Thank you for teaching us about this tick.