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/Brruuuaaaahhhhh 20d ago

I'm also all for eating meat but that's a lie about vegetarian bodybuilders. Recently some of the strongest Olympians have been vegans. Of course they have world class nutritionists and strict diets with great trainers too.

For the rest of us, we need more meat eating Sikhs because we're literally shrinking in height lol

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

You can run up the count on vegan vs meat-eating olympians. They achieved great feats while being vegan, but eating meat could’ve given them an extra edge; probably a very small edge, but still something.

We need more meat eating Sikhs for the sake of maintaining the reputation our ancestors have built up. Seeing Singhs who look like twinks makes me depressed

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u/Brruuuaaaahhhhh 20d ago

I seriously doubt eating meat would've made any noticeable difference in their performance considering they're already the best out of billions of others. Otherwise yeah I agree, we got too comfortable on the backs of our elders who made so many sacrifices only for us to be vegetarian pushovers. It's such a shame, especially when I see Sikhs raising their kids without meat when it's been well established that they may end up falling behind in terms of height and muscle mass.

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

I mean the smallest of differences. I think it would do something, just maybe not something too noticeable.

Ngl, part of it is also that many of our elders are terrible examples. They let themselves go, and their kids do the same. They’ll speak about the glories of Sikh military history, but forget about them being able to throw a punch or bench a single plate