Sun, Nov-23-03, 11:52
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New Member
Posts: 8
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 190/161/140
BF:
Progress: 58%
Location: Seattle/Edinburgh/Germany
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Quote:
Vegetarianism is a religion which is falsely disguised as a healthy way of eating. True vegetarianism is the worship of animals. These people place animals on the same value level as human beings and sometimes above that of the human race. The result of their spreading myths, distortions and lies about healthy eating has lead to a dramatic surge in obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer that are not found in low-carbohydrate, high-fat, meat-eating societies. The low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet of the last 40 years has caused the early deaths of millions of people and untold suffering, both of which continue unabated to this day.
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(from the Top Ten Nutritional Myths page)
Hi Kent,
There's a lot of good information on your pages but I must say I really don't agree with your demonizing of vegetarians. I was a vegetarian for ten years and it was never a 'religion' for me, nor did I 'worship' animals - I was a vegetarian because I believed it was better for the environment, because I believed that modern meat farming and processing is unhealthy and inhumane, and because I believed that on an overpopulated planet it is far more equitable to focus on producing grains and vegetables which can feed far more people than a few pounds of meat produced with the same resources. I eat meat now for my health, but I try to restrict it to organic meats, and what's more there are several members of my family who are low-carbing AND vegetarians, so the two are not mutually exclusive. And what I found when I was a vegetarian is that they are just as much a disadvantaged minority as low-carbers are - they certainly are not controlling the upper echelons of the medical establishment and federal food agencies from where they are able to spread their vegetarian 'gospel'. The vegetarian movement and the lowfat-highcarb paradigm stem from quite different sources, and have very different aims.
In short, I wish you could just present your argument and references for the advantages of a low-carb lifestyle without resorting to attacking certain groups - you will lose far fewer listeners that way.
Thanks for listening.
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