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Old 06-22-2012, 07:26 PM
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All contributing factors I'm sure, but more so perhaps for cancer related issues, mostly.

As you said no specific research to prove those associations, and if you did all that and were a vegan you still can get hit by a bus.

However, there is research on eating a vegan diet, rock solid!

Oh vegans can & do drink, (not driving)
I do not know or really care, if there is research proving how chemicals impact us, I believe they do just as having to many X-rays does, so I choose to limit or completely remove chemicals from my life style, to the degree that I can.
The government tells us
eggs are bad and change's it mind
milk is bad and changes it's mind
coffee is bad and changes it's mind
sunscreen is good and changes it's mind
cholesterol medicine is good for you, maybe
Again etc., etc.,
I choose not to listen because behind all of it is often an agenda. If a vegan says I stopped doing something because of all the bad things in meat,eggs milk, whatever then how can chemicals be discounted in non-food items.
It may be proven that being a vegan is healthy from a medical standpoint (ie, eg, low blood pressure, low cholesterol, low whatever) but, unless you have an identical twin you are doing a double blind study with and the twin is eating all the bad stuff you are not, then you can not prove it will lengthen your life. It is the same as those that exercise all the time saying it will help life expectancy. A great number of long distance runners over the years have dropped dead while running.
Do what you will because life is a crap shoot and everyone should enjoy it anyway they feel they want, but if you espouse vegan then you should include chemicals (environment) in the equation or it it not a complete equation.