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cohensmilk1 <cohensmilk1 escreveu: Para: notmilk De: "cohensmilk1" <cohensmilk1Data: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:12:58 -0000Assunto: NOTMILK - Top Reasons NOT To Be VegetarianTop Reasons NOT To Be Vegetarian Over the 14 years that I have been lecturing, writing columns, and attending health conferences, I've been witness to ten major myths promoted by various anti-vegan groups such as the dairyindustry, meat industry, Weston Price Lost-and-Foundation, and www.mercola.idiot.THE TEN MYTHS 1) Meat eaters have lower rates of heart disease than do vegetarians. 2) Meat eating men make for better lovers because they have higher rates of the male sex hormone. 3) Meat eaters have lower rates of all of the major diseases than do

vegetarians. 4) Vegetarians have higher mortality rates than meat eaters. 5) A vegetarian diet is not appropriate for a pregnant woman or nursing mother. 6) Children born to vegetarians are smaller than children born to meat eaters. 7) Meat eaters obtain more vitamins and nutrients than vegetarians, because the animals they eat also consume vegetables. 8) It is a proven fact that vegetarians have higher rates of heart disease than meat eaters. 9) Meat eaters have lower rates of diabetes than do vegetarians. 10) Meat eaters have lower rates of breast cancer than do vegetarians. ___ ONE BY ONE, LET'S DISPEL THOSE MYTHS ___ 1) Meat eaters have lower rates of heart disease than do vegetarians. "Significant atherosclerosis is rare in peoples whose diet over the life span is

predominantly vegetarian and low in calories, total lipids, saturated lipids and cholesterol." Nutrition and Athersclerosis by Louis Katz. 1958 ____ 2) Meat eating men make for better lovers because they have higher rates of the male sex hormone. "The study measured testosterone levels in 696 Oxford University men. Of the study participants, 233 were vegan (ate no animal products) and 237 were vegetarian (ate milk and dairy products). The remaining 237 subjects were men who ate meat on most days of the week...vegans had higher testosterone levels than vegetarians and meat eaters." British Journal of Cancer, 83(1), July 2000 ____ 3) Meat eaters have lower rates of all of mankind's major diseases than do vegetarians. "Scientific data suggest positive relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk

for several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, including obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer." Journal of American Dietetic Association, 11/97, 97(1) ____ 4) Vegetarians have higher mortality rates than meat eaters. "Vegetarians often have lower mortality rates from several chronic degenerative diseases than do non vegetarians." British Medical Journal, 1996; 313 ____ 5) A vegetarian diet is not appropriate for a pregnant woman or nursing mother. "Vegan diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy and lactation." Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59(suppl):1176S-1181S. ____ 6) Children born to vegetarians are smaller than children born to meat eaters. "Vegan

diets can meet the nutrient and energy needs of pregnant women. Birth weights of infants born to well nourished vegetarian women have been shown to be similar to birth-weight norms and to birth weights of infants of non vegetarians." Pediatrics. 1989;84 ____ 7) Meat eaters obtain more vitamins and nutrients than vegetarians, because the animals they eat also consume vegetables. "Vegetarian diets offer disease protection benefits because higher concentration of antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, carotenoids, and phytochemicals." Am J Clin Nutr. 1996;63(suppl) ____ 8) It is a proven fact that vegetarians have higher rates of heart disease than meat eaters. "Mortality from coronary artery disease is lower in vegetarians than in non vegetarians." British Medical Journal, 1994; 308

____ 9) Meat eaters have lower rates of diabetes than do vegetarians. "Type 2 diabetes mellitus is less likely to be a cause of death in vegetarians than non vegetarians." Am J Clin Nutr. 1988;48(suppl) ____ 10) Meat eaters have lower rates of breast cancer than do vegetarians. "Breast cancer rates are lower in populations that consume plant based diets." American Cancer Society Cancer Facts and Figures, 1994 ____ Real science overwhelmingly supports the conclusion that a plant-based diet make for healthier people. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com -------------------THE NOTMILK NEWSLETTER:SUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to-notmilk- UNSUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email

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