<< My physician says that people who don't eat red meat live about 12 years longer. He's been a vegetarian for over 20 years. I realize this isn't a popular view of this group. >> <I think that this statement about longer life is fantasy, at best, and fully explained by the second sentence. It is not that the view isn't popular, just incorrect.> I think there is some truth to this when we're talking about eating mass-marketed meat, complete with its antibiotics and hormones, and vegetables that are organic. A large percentage of long time vegetarians buy organically. Conversely, most people who will eat supermarket meat, will also buy pesticide and GMO-laden veggies from the supermarket. I know many will possibly disagree with this. So be it. Pass it through your hearts...you'll know what's true for you. Siobhan