Digest Number 345

[Guest guest]

I'm thinking about starting an egroup called something like the " HEALTHY

ORGANIC VEGAN " ... Basically it will discuss the same stuff as this list, no

animal rights stuff either but will be a bit deeper and for people that are

really into the whole " health " aspect of veganism. This list is a bit too

much into the " simple/lazy vegan " thing. I'm not an elitist in any sense

but there's nothing healthy about pizza hut or subway and if it's healthier

then what vegan's are cooking at home you're in dire straits!

 

Drop me a line at backtotheearth if you'd be interested in this

sort of group... PS, no disresepect to this group!

 

Be Good, Jeff

 

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[Guest guest]

In response to Roger from South Africa:

 

The article was of potential interest to those of us concerned about the

expansion of factory farming in Asia because arguments concerning animal

welfare will not suffice in the political struggles against such

installations. I posted the article for the information of those interested

in learning more about one of the arguments that can be used concerning

human health.

 

As to the substance of the article in relation to Asia specifically, I refer

you to a more scholarly piece by Robert Goodland (a scholar who just retired

from the Wordl Bank). The link below leads to the pdf archive of his article

concerning milk consumption in China. This is an extremely well referenced

article which should provide all the evidence you need.

 

http://www.globalhunger.net/GoodlandChina.pdf

 

I won't go off topic to debate the prevalence of lactose intolerance in

people of African descent. I will simply suggest that you examine the

scientific evidence, as published by some of the scholars mentioned in the

article, before dismissing their findings out of hand.

 

pattrice