>On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:53:53 -0800 Peter Brandt <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>If vegans are not willing to put their ideas to the test and try
>>eating a truly health & longevity promoting diet that includes some
>>meat they will have to stop claiming the vegan diet is the healthiest
>>for anybody including themselves and admit they simply do not know.

>But, Peter, no matter what you do you'll never know what the result
>would have been if you had done something else.  Most vegans have in
>fact eaten meat at some point in their lives.

Yes, but usually poor quality, hardly ever raw and usually with a lot
of cooked & refined carbohydrates and fats. Add smoking, drinking
coffee, alcohol & pasteurized milk, drugs (perscription or
recreational) and living a stressful lifestyle in a toxic, alienating
environment, and it is very probable that meat has been given an unfair
rap. Going on a vegan/vegetarian diet will usually improve on a lot of
these factors and the fact that it is healthier than the SAD (Standard
American Diet)does not say much.  That would be like me claimimg to be
the best of all singers because I had a better voice than Tiny Tim or
Cher in her early days.:-)

Best, Peter
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