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dbussone 03-29-2015 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 1036974)
Could the Vegetarian Calculator possibly have a biased viewpoint. :confused:
Oops!

CFrance 03-29-2015 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1036961)
Your right it can't be found in Google if you search for the WRONG name of the organization :024:

try Vegetarian Calculator

it's calculator not calender

the issue of credibility is your choice, but it was picked up as valid article by hundreds of other media world wide..

The other choice is to do your own math :loco:
My quote was directly from USAToday.com. They're the ones who called it the Vegetarian Calendar.

dbussone 03-29-2015 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1036979)
My quote was directly from USAToday.com. They're the ones who called it the Vegetarian Calendar.
Double oops!

obxgal 03-29-2015 09:58 PM
Talk about a load of you know what. I put in 3 months and the vegetarian calculator said:
How many animals you saved: 51
How many lbs of meat you didn't eat: 49

How small are these animals considering they weighted a tad over a pound each. You could eat 49 pounds of beef and that wouldn't even be one cow. Amazes me some people believe this stuff.

Loudoll 03-29-2015 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 1036349)
Sorry to learn of your loss, but there are so many reasons that illnesses can arise - all we can do is our best to limit them, and it sounds as though he did that, but lost out on the roll of the dice.

Conversely, the media always ask those alive at 110 what they attribute for long life, and it usually includes smoking and heavy drinking, which ends up promoting use of same to those who don't understand probabilities.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I like that dice metaphor and I agree.
Then there are the heavy drinkers/smokers who end up living a long time saying that if they'd known they were going to live so long they would have taken better care of themselves.

Villages PL 03-31-2015 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1036352)
While it is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet, it is also important to remember that our genetic background plays a much larger role than we may wish to think. My motto is everything in moderation.
Genes play a much smaller role than most people have been led to believe. For example, genes can be turned on or off by lifestyle activity. We can see this because many people who have the genes associated with breast cancer never develop breast cancer. And the same has been demonstrated for Alzheimer's etc.

Of course if one lives a poor lifestyle, genes will play a larger role because genes for disease will more likely be turned on.

Polar Bear 03-31-2015 04:55 PM
7,000 animals?
 
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 1037887)
Genes play a much smaller role than most people have been led to believe...
What to believe...decades of scientific and medical research and study, or one highly biased, agenda-driven opinion? Hmmm.

dbussone 03-31-2015 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1037905)
What to believe...decades of scientific and medical research and study, or one highly biased, agenda-driven opinion? Hmmm.

Double Hmmm!

KayakerNC 03-31-2015 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1037905)
What to believe...decades of scientific and medical research and study, or one highly biased, agenda-driven opinion? Hmmm.
Triple Hmmm.

dbussone 03-31-2015 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by KayakerNC (Post 1037916)
Triple Hmmm.

And the Hmmmms have it!

jimbo2012 03-31-2015 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 1037887)
Genes play a much smaller role than most people have been led to believe. For example, genes can be turned on or off by lifestyle activity. We can see this because many people who have the genes associated with breast cancer never develop breast cancer. And the same has been demonstrated for Alzheimer's etc.

Of course if one lives a poor lifestyle, genes will play a larger role because genes for disease will more likely be turned on.
Search Google, naysayers, the statement is correct in most cases.

here's one quick read

However it is easier to define in certain diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart conditions.

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dbussone 03-31-2015 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1037933)
Search Google, naysayers, the statement is correct in most cases.



here's one quick read



However it is easier to define in certain diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart conditions.



.

Two diseases out of the myriad of genes impacting the human body does not support your claim.

graciegirl 03-31-2015 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1037933)
Search Google, naysayers, the statement is correct in most cases.

here's one quick read

However it is easier to define in certain diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart conditions.

.
The simplistic answer posted by VPL about genes being turned on or off shows a lack of basic understanding about the role of genetics in mammals. A micro deletion of the elastin gene can cause a syndrome, but they just aren't turned on or off by lack of carrots, thank you.

manaboutown 03-31-2015 06:36 PM
Some of us are just born carnivores. We have a full set of canine teeth. I love bloody rare T-bone steaks more than anything else I can think to eat.

To me vegetarian is Latin for poor hunter.

jimbo2012 03-31-2015 06:37 PM
Gracie, I said in most not all diseases.


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