> There is nothing inherently more healthy about a vegetarian diet than a non-vegetarian diet. Can you provide a reference for this totally unsupported asserti

> There is nothing inherently more healthy about a vegetarian diet than a non-vegetarian diet. Can you provide a reference for this totally unsupported assertion? There is a wealth of evidence that contradicts this statement. Here is a link to one highly respected and large study - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study > How do you think they fatten up animals before slaughter? By feeding them meat? No, by feeding them grain. What? This comment is stupid on so many levels I don't know where to start. Here's a short list - These animals are 'by definition' different to humans. You can't extend results beyond species. - The animals are mostly dedicated herbivores. Feeding them meat would make them sick and very unhealthy to consume. - Meat is a lot more expensive to produce than grain. It takes about 10 calories of plant material to produce 1 calorie of meat. Using meat to produce meat would be uneconomical and ultimately unsustainable. - I'm not sure about the 'species BMI' they aim for but I would have thought that meat from 'obese' cows wouldn't be all the popular. I thought consumers generally tried to avoid the obvious fat.