I appreciate that you read my article and mentioned it here. However, I think you may have read it without taking away some of the (rather inconvenient) conclusions.

Although I disagreed with Motavalli’s, I made clear that beef and pork products are harmful to our health and the environment in significant ways. So when you say, “the advantages of meat far outweigh the hocus pocus supposed bad results”, then you are misrepresenting my argument. In fact, not *all* meat is a net positive.

Unfortunately for you, this means reconsidering all of the bacon and hamburgers (or bacon hamburgers) that you have been and will eat. As inconvenient as it may be, you do neither your body nor the world much good by eating these things regularly. If you cared for either your health or our environment (or both), then it is time to redefine yourself as a “person for the ethical eatment of poultry, fish, and other sustainable meats”.

Thanks again for reading my article.