Vidabo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >This research >looked at two large populations, one vegetarian and one meat eating. >One of the things the researchers did was simply counting the amount of >sicknesses occurring in those populations. The results were stunning, in >my opinion. Not really. In general vegetarians aren't so bad off, not from not eating meat, but because vegetarians tend to not smoke, and they tend to not consume sugar, coffee, alcohol, and soft drinks. They also tend to consume more vegetables and less refined carbohydrates. Don.