Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 > > If we drank pond water or water from the stream, ate the fermented > >foods that our ancestors did and that you find in every culture, did > >not use pesticides and fertilisers that kill everything in the soil > >and did not irradiate all our fruits and vegetables nor eat stale > >food from supermarket shelves full of preservatives which are acidic > >and kill bacteria > > Vegetarians who led similar lives but were less strictly > vegan were quite healthy, as expected. > > Also worth pointing out is that the whole reason we don't > still drink pond water or water from the stream is that unpurified > surface water is the primary medium for disease transmission, > worldwide, & that diseases carried by water and water-dwelling > insects (such as mosquitoes) often cut our ancestors' lifespans very > short. > > {Here, I want to point out that many foreign vegetarian and vegan visitors > to India during the AfA 2007 conference in Madras expressed fears about the > quality of Indian drinking water, some even going to the extent of saying > that all Indian water is unfit for brushing teeth, leave alone consumption. > This is simply not true. Most Indian hotels, and certainly the hotels where > these guests were staying, serve filtered water. Drinking pond water in > India is not advisable since many of these ponds are polluted but vegan and > vegetarian foreigners need not be afraid of drinking water supplied in > Indian hotels, it is quite safe. Unless you are a member of the English > cricket team that does not know how to hold a bat and must make an excuse > for a lousy defeat at the hands of India:))} > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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