XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.california   
   From: john@mayson.us   
      
   On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, K wrote:   
      
   For starters, Jackson was not a vegetarian.   
      
   > Meanwhile, I've had the good fortune to be acquainted with over half a dozen   
   > people over the last several years who have lived into their 90s and are or   
   > were /extremely/ healthy and vibrant.  All of them are omnivores.  They ate   
   > meat, and everything else, in moderation.   
   >   
   > Moderate amounts of meat, coupled with abstinence from vices like alcohol,   
   > tobacco and other drugs, will help you live a long and healthy life.   
      
   I know people who ate meat, who lived a long time, but the last two   
   decades of their lives absolutely sucked thanks to cancer, heart disease,   
   diabetes, and such.  Sorry, but that's not living.   
      
   John   
      
      
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