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Article #106Re: IFAW - Saving Harp Seals
From: Dutch
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:22
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:22
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"pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie> wrote > "Terry Crawford" <tdcraw@rogers.com> wrote > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:21:18 GMT, "rick etter" <etterr@earthlink.net> > > wrote: [..] > > >> Eat meat, die young(er) and leave the world to the meek. > > >================== > > >Only problem is that isn't the case. The longest lived people as a group in > > >the world are not vegans. Kinda screws the whole vegan rant, doesnt it? > > Damn. OK, steak tonight with a nice big Cabernet Suauvignon. MMMmmmm. > > Actually, the people etter, our dietary wizardness, was referring to > are vegetarians. That's right,- vegetarian Seventh-day Adventists. He's referring to the longest-lived race of people in the world, the Okinawans, who consume one to three servings of fish a day, along with soy, lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, some poultry and eggs, and almost no processed foods or alcohol. > Longevity of the vegan sub-set wasn't studied seperately, afaIa, but > other epidemiological (study of populations) research shows that > vegans are less at risk of chronic disease than lacto-ovo vegetarians. > Kind of really screws the whole meatarian rant, doesn't it, eh etter? No rant, just a fact that dispels one of the myths of veganism.
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