Vegetarianism - The Debate

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Originally Posted by Jonny69

Not much choice for mine though, she's type 1 diabetic. Insulin comes from pigs as far as I know.

I read this and thought to myself that I'd heard something to the contrary so I had a bit of a Google and found this site.

Today, most insulins are produced using genetic engineering technology, whereby yeast or bacteria in the laboratory are modified to produce human insulin.

I'm not sure how this would work for veggies as yeast and bacteria are living organisms - they may not be killing the organisms but I'm unsure how altering them to produce insulin would fit in with the ethical aspect of vegetarianism/veganism.