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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive
It's dangerous to make blanket statements about anything.
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If I say a vegan lifestyle is better than any other lifestyle, how dangerous can that be? Has anyone ever died in their attempt to become a vegan?
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In any study that's done never do 100% of the study partcipates reap the benifits or show the negative side effects of whatever is being studied.
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We assume a certain minimum level of knowledge about these things. Nothing is ever 100% when it comes to health and nutrition and everyone should know this.
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Certain ethnic groups respond to medication or food or nutrition different than other ethnic groups. In some cases males respond different than females and so on.
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Why mention medication? The mediterranean diet is about food, not medication. Ethnic groups: where's the proof that different ethnic groups respond differently to food and nutrition? And how many parents feed their daughters differently than they feed their sons? I never noticed it in my family or any other family.
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i have been part of an on going study (last 10 years) still unpublished.
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Does this study have a name? I'm in the "NIH AARP Diet and Health Study" and it's been going since 1995. They have already published severl papers in medical journals.
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I consume 65% of my caloric intake a day in animal fats and plant oils. my arteries are clean as a whistle, I lost 50 pounds at the start of the study and have kept it off. And i have 7% body fat
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Your health reminds me of the health my father had. He ate a good amount of meat, eggs, cheese etc every day. And at age 78 or 79 it was determined (by some type of body scan) that his arteries were "clean as a whistle". But his diet did not protect him from cancer and Alzheimer's. He had both at the same time and died from one or both of those diseases. I believe it said "cancer" on his death certificate.
So you need to find the diet that will give you the best protection from ALL degenerative diseases. In other words, you need to cover all the bases. For most people veganism will accomplish this. And, remember, it's never about 100% certainty, it's all about reducing risk.