Hi Mike and Karen,

Karen wrote:
> > not me--the rawfood movement is actually killing people.  just read

Mike Kinnaird wrote:
>WOW, that's going to get you a response on a raw food group. Can you back
>that up with evidence? The SAD is certainly killing people since most people
>are victims of cancer, heart disease or other diseases caused by a poor diet.

I agree, Karen's claims should be, IMHO, on the basis of what she has
said,
directed at *fruitarianism*, not *rawism*.  And probably better still
at
SADism.  (How many fruitarianists eat cooked fruits anyway? So they're
always going to be rawists, but it's their particular delectation that
is
producing the deleterious effect she has demonstrated.  ;-)

Karen, I do sympathise with your experience though and am glad you
have
found the diet that works for you.

>The china-Oxford-Cornell study - the largest study ever undertaken I believe
>into the effect of diet on health found that animal products in the diet -
>even small amounts are linked to disease. Also, we share over 98% of genes
>with our primate relatives, can our optimum diet be so different?

Yes.  Because 1) They were undoubtedly researching *cooked* proteins
and 2)
chimpanzees and gorrilas are not our evolutionary ancestors.

Mike Neillands