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   XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.sport.football.college,   
   rec.food.cooking   
   XPost: alt.gothic   
   From: rupertmccallum@yahoo.com   
      
   On Oct 12, 7:11 pm, Antonio Veranos  wrote:   
   > [Rupert, rupertmccal...@yahoo.com]   
   > [Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:01:00 -0700 (PDT)]   
   >   
   > : > : Groundless accusations of lying are unethical.   
   > : >   
   > : > ...and easily dealt with, presumably. Why have you chosen otherwise?   
   > : >   
   > :   
   > : I have presented information about vegan athletes. It's very easy to   
   > : find.   
   > :   
   > : Jonathan Ball, aka George Plimpton, is quibbling about how many of   
   > : them are world-class. At least two of them are. The point is that Mr N   
   > : A Cho's stereotype of vegans as "pasty and malnourished" is nonsense.   
   >   
   > Two is not "many".   
   >   
      
   It's up to four now. It's harder than I thought to find athletes who   
   are both world-class and vegan. It's a lot easier if you relax it to   
   "vegetarian".   
      
   > In any case, veganism is well-understood by the medical profession to be   
   > an inherently unhealthy lifestyle, adherence to which is quite dangerous   
   > for many segments of the population.  This isn't even in question.   
      
   Actually, it's complete nonsense. The position of the American   
   Dietetic Association is that vegan diets are nutritionally adequate at   
   all stages of life and have many significant health benefits. Two   
   doctors have told me that it is good for my health that I am vegan.   
   There are many studies indicating that vegan diets can have   
   significant benefits for reducing the risk of heart disease and   
   cancer. There is no evidence at all that a vegan diet is inherently   
   unhealthy.   
      
   > How   
   > is veganism relevant to world-class athleticism, anyway?  Performance at   
   > peak levels requires peak nutrition, and it's well-known that a vegan   
   > lifestyle is detrimental to such achievement.  For those who are able to   
   > be vegan, overriding their essential nature for whatever reason, more   
   > power to them as far as I'm concerned... but let's don't pretend that   
   > such people are as healthy as they could be otherwise.   
   >   
      
   They are more healthy than they would be otherwise.   
      
   > --   
   > Antonio Veranos   
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