<< I'm not sure I said the statement where everyone understood. After 9 months
 I just plain was sick from I assume a lack of some amino acid. I felt
 horrible. After I reintroduced meat, I was fine. >>

Bob,  I had the same experience after a year.  I feel unbelievable now and
people tell me I look beyond healthy.  That's better than, holocost victim, or
'silence' which was what I got before.  I was falling apart, before, even
though i 'should' have been getting enough fats and aminos from fruit, greens,
nuts, seeds, flax oil, etc.  I checked the numbers, they added up.

I think it's like dog food.  Some dogs do well on dog food and live healthy
lives without raw foods, and some dogs get really sick and die of horrible
diseases.  Humans have always eaten animal foods, so it seems, and just like
plenty of meat and cooked food eaters live to be over one hundred, so do some
vegans apparently do fine without any animal foods. However, what is fine?

Aaron