[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Could the Vegetarian Calculator possibly have a biased viewpoint.

Oops!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Your right it can't be found in Google if you search for the WRONG name of the organization

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

My quote was directly from USAToday.com. They're the ones who called it the Vegetarian Calendar.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by CFrance

My quote was directly from USAToday.com. They're the ones who called it the Vegetarian Calendar.

Double oops!

[obxgal]

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]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

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]

Originally Posted by dbussone

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]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

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]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

What to believe...decades of scientific and medical research and study, or one highly biased, agenda-driven opinion? Hmmm.

Double Hmmm!

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

What to believe...decades of scientific and medical research and study, or one highly biased, agenda-driven opinion? Hmmm.

Triple Hmmm.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

Triple Hmmm.

And the Hmmmms have it!

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

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]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

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

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

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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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]

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]

Gracie, I said in most not all diseases.