home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.food.vegan      Yeah but beef tastes good...      19,117 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 18,555 of 19,117   
   George Plimpton to Dutch   
   Re: Vegetarians Cut Heart Disease Risk B   
   01 Feb 13 14:51:05   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.religion.hindu   
   XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.animals.rights.promotion   
   From: george@si.not   
      
   On 2/1/2013 1:49 PM, Dutch wrote:   
   > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:   
   >> Vegetarians Cut Heart Risk By 32%   
   >   
   > Statistics like this tend to be misleading because they compare   
   > vegetarian diets against a wide range of diets that include meat, many   
   > of which are patently unhealthy. I'd rather see a study comparing   
   > vegetarian diets against well balanced diets that include some meat but   
   > exclude fast food and highly processed foods, diets with healthy levels   
   > of fats, sugar and salt. That would tell a different story.   
   >   
   > Having said that, I'd rather have a slightly higher risk of heart   
   > disease and enjoy my life.   
      
   So you saw that the jyotishithead, Jay Stevens - not a doctor, not a   
   Hindo - just reposted more of the same in response to your post?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca