I wanted to share this article and comment a bit:
< http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pallensen20140218 >
I am sometimes overly judgmental of the vegetarian lifestyle and want to go on record that this article helped me focus on what we have in common. I have far too often seen vegetarian’s eating nothing but pasta and breads with very little actual vegetables. I find that I eat far more vegetables than the vegetarians that I meet and so I get concerned about their health.
My only objections to the article are the same old links to the same cherry-picked research on how meat is bad for you. I am not going to get into a battle here, I don’t do other peoples research for them, and no one reading this is doing to swing their opinion one way or another based on links that I post. It is not worth my time, go do your own research.
The critical aspect I want to point out is that we can distill the discussion down to the rest of our diets. If I ignore their grains, and they ignore my meats, then I think we can focus on the relative merits of each other’s diets with a more clear understanding.
Outside of those two things, are they avoiding sugar and processed foods? Are they supporting sustainable and healthy farming practices for their produce? Are they avoiding preservatives, additives, and other toxins? These are the things that are really going to make a difference in a human’s health and longevity. These are things that we have in common.
Let us share the love and pass the broccoli.