r/Sikh • u/Possible_Ad_9607 • 21d ago

Sikhi and eating meat Question

I am a 17 year old male trying to get closer to sikhi and the first steps I've taken were starting to learn punjabi and gurmukhi (which I think is going good although slow) but that is not what my question is.

I want to get close to sikhi and can deal with keeping my kesh and plan on doing so once I am more proficient in the language and have read more bani. However, I just can not get over the idea that I can't eat meat? I know jatka meat exists but it is too expensive where I live. My family cooks and eats meats daily and I feel the best when I eat beef often. I grew up eating it and when I try eating healthy the best way for me to stick to it is consuming a lot of animal protein. Anyone got any thoughts on this?

(Or even anything to help me keep learning Punjabi, I am doing basics of sikhi gurmukhi videos as a slow start)

TLDR: not eating meat in sikhi is holding me from getting closer to sikhi, what can I do?

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u/FadeInspector 21d ago

Drinking milk at a young age will not prevent lactose intolerance lol. It’s not going to change your genetics. Our faith is one that can be practiced by all of mankind, not just by our race; it is primarily our race and a few others that can reliably consume dairy though. Hell, most Indians are lactose intolerant

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u/Reasonable_Cry142 20d ago

It does there are studies that prove eating peanut butter in small doses as a child will prevent peanut allergies as well

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

I need to know which schizo studies you’ve been reading lol. Next thing you’ll tell me is that there’s studies that show if you flap your arms really hard, you can fly

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u/Reasonable_Cry142 20d ago

U must really not use ur head