As a vegan I beleive John robbins is rather unscientific in his health
claims.

Many of his claims about vegetarianism and heart disease, osteoporosis and
cancer are not founded. I will go into this in more detail when I have the
time!

Blake

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From: "Jo Yoshida" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: Diet For a New America


> Recently I gave away my copy of John Robbin's Diet For A New America.
> I recall reading somewhere, maybe it was at the BeyondVeg site, that
> the author's contentions about the economical or ecological
> ramifications of a meat-eating diet were based on misinterpreted data
> (or something to that effect). Does anyone know what these
> questionable arguments were or links to reviews that might highlight
> these issues? THX, Jo
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>