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   
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