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|    dh@. to Goo    |
|    Re: U.S. "vegan" and vegetarian populati    |
|    12 Aug 13 20:10:56    |
      XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.religion.hindu       XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.animals.rights.promotion              On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:33:00 -0700, Goo wrote:              >Why Do So Many "Vegetarians" Umm...Lie About Their Diets?       >       >If there are so few true vegetarians, what about all those books that       >claim we are in the midst of a dietary revolution? Don't believe them.       >The reason for the widespread but mistaken belief that America is       >rapidly going veg is the mismatch between what people say they eat and       >what they actually eat. Take a 2002 Times/CNN poll on the eating habits       >of 10,000 Americans. Six percent of the individuals surveyed said they       >considered themselves vegetarian. But when asked by the pollsters what       >they had eaten in the last 24 hours, 60% of the self-described       >"vegetarians" admitted that that had consumed red meat, poultry or fish       >the previous day.               LOL!              >In another survey, the United States Department of       >Agriculture randomly telephoned 13,313 Americans. Three percent of the       >respondents answered yes to the question, "Do you consider yourself to       >be a vegetarian?" A week later the researchers called the participants       >again and this time asked what they had eaten the day before. The       >results were even more dramatic than the Times/CNN survey: this time 66%       >of the "vegetarians" had eaten animal flesh in the last 24 hours.               LOL!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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