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Vegetarians (such as myself) tend to eat very well and make sure to eat a complete diet. I know several very tall, very healthy vegetarian kids. Plus, half of I
by telesilla 6y ago
Vegetarians (such as myself) tend to eat very well and make sure to eat a complete diet. I know several very tall, very healthy vegetarian kids. Plus, half of India also?
- HighlandSpring 6y agoIndia also has very high incidence of cardiovascular disease. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
- EForEndeavour 6y agoThat's a completely specious argument. How do you know vegetarianism itself is causing CV disease to rise? Is it the vegetarianism, or could it be the concomitant increase in "western-style" diets, reduction in physical activity, alcohol, and smoking? Hint: it's the latter. This paper establishes a beneficial association of vegetarian diet with CV risk factors compared to non-vegetarian diets in India: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208768/ I'd love to see the basis for your argument that India's high and rising CV disease incidence is somehow an argument against vegetarianism.
- telesilla 6y agoI have very, very low cholesterol, likely due to a low carb diet more than anything: not sure that's related to meat eating.