Meat eaters - do you feel guilty?

I too was a vegetarian for years and starting eating meat again. I feel better and healthier when I have meat in my diet. I ate way too many carbs when I eliminated meat-

Not at all guilty

Not at all! We're omnivores, meat is part of our diet, why would I feel guilty for doing what we're meant to do?

Sharon

Not at all.
No one has ever talked about the free roaming herds of cattle on the great plains. Or stumbled upon a flock of chickens in the wild.
When discussing domesticated animals...if we all stopped eating them, where would they go?

no

I've never felt guilty, I do feel for the animals who are raised and slaughtered for food. I've hunted and killed 90% of the meat in my freezer myself and the rest of what I eat is free range organic.

I don't feel bad about things dying for food, but I do feel bad about the way that some of them die. Soft shelled crabs, for one. They kill them by cutting their faces off. I saw that once on Chopped and I can't eat them now. I know a lot of the animals we eat have unpleasant deaths (obviously there is no pleasant death, but some are particularly bad). More than anything, I feel bad about food waste. When I watch Hells Kitchen and they destroy scallop after scallop order, all I can think is that each order is 6 little lives that died only to be thrown away. It's unfortunate, and the waste in this country is so common.

No.

I have never felt guilty for eating anything.
I don't think the shark or aligator or lion would feel too guilty about eating me. lol or a rodent for that matter. I am certain birds feel no guilt whatsoever.

I've never considered going veggie or vegan, but I detest factory farms (not just meat, but veggie and fruit as well). I know that no less animals die for a veg/an diet due to the chemicals that are sprayed, the transportation, etc. I also know that all of those farms are terrible for the planet, the environment, and that if one's diet isn't local and seasonal, it also doesn't help animals.

I began raising my own meat animals as my solution. I give them a good life, as natural as possible while still being protected, and I look my food in the face every day of their lives. In exchange, they provide me with healthy meat and naturally fertilize the vegetables and fruits I grow. I'm well aware of what eating meat means, so I work for an even exchange and try to put back more than I take. There are still some that I end up keeping as pets, and it's always difficult (and should be!), but I am at ease with what and how we eat.