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Date: | Tue, 7 Mar 2000 05:53:10 -0600 |
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The vegetarians I know are all ages. They try to eat wholesome, unprocessed
foods. They believe in "living lightly on the land" and tend to be
independent thinkers.
> Second that. The only vegetarians/vegans I know of are under 30 y.o.,
> invariably smoke, drink lattes or Mountain Dew (nasty yellow
> caffeinated carbonated drink) and are often into homeopathy,
> astrology and other hooey. They tend toward the sallow-complected
> and high illness rate, fighting obesity.
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> The point being that they are the most market-targeted generation
> ever, victims of rife faddism, anti-scientific superstitions,
> and fundamentally unsound nutritional standards. I can understand
> their need to rebel; it wasn't that long ago for me.
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> On the bright side I know that once their youthful vitality
> is spent (youth is wasted on the young, after all), they'll come
> around to something to something sensible like Paleo. I know
> one reformed ex-vegan who now eats a ER4YT/Paleo hybrid diet.
>
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