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Originally Posted by Villages PL
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?
*** the danger is in recommending anything without knowing someones medical issues. What are your qualifications for making this or any recommendations? are you licensed to pratice medicine? are you licensed to pratice anything?
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.
*** who assumes this knowelge?? you?? well that's a little dangerous for anyone that's not you. Again how did you attain this knowledge? What makes you qualified to say any more than this is what I do and it works for me?
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.
*** For anyone that assumes a certain minimum level of knowledge you should then know that food is medicine and in fact many medicines come from products and / or by products of food we eat. After all you are talking about using food to impact your over all health
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.
*** Not all studies are the same this study has a number not a name and the publication protcol is different for each study. Since I'm a subject of the study they didn't consult me on how or when they would publish
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.
*** How do you know anything about my health?? I just gave you some basic information not my overall health. Guess what there are people that are vegan that also die from degenerative diseases. There are also people that drink and chain smoke cigarettes and live to be 100 so what's your point. Just because your father died from horrible diseases don't use that to make your point. Diet is not the only thing that may or may not contribute to diseases how about enviromental issues? I guess everyone has it wrong if you eat vegan you will live forever and never have a degenerative disease? Please show me the study that shows this result!
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 that. And, remember, it's never about 100% certainty, it's all about reducing risk.
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Again what makes you qualified to say veganism is the answer? It might be for you, but that doesn't make it right for everyone.
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