On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:29:18 -0700 (PDT), Paul Grieg >
wrote:

>On Jun 10, 9:13 pm, Peter Brooks > wrote:
>> On Jun 10, 5:39 pm, Paul Grieg > wrote:

>> Along with the saturated fat and cholesterol scares of the past
>> several decades has come the notion that vegetarianism is a healthier
>> dietary option for people. It seems as if every health expert and
>> government health agency is urging people to eat fewer animal products
>> and consume more vegetables, grains, fruits and legumes. Along with
>> these exhortations have come assertions and studies supposedly proving
>> that vegetarianism is healthier for people and that meat consumption
>> causes sickness and death. Several medical authorities, however, have
>> questioned these data, but their objections have been largely ignored.
>
>I agree with this as far as it goes, but it has a carnivore bias.
>Notice he doesn't say that a balanced vegetarain diet is less healthy
>for people. There's surely a great difference between Tanya's trendy
>diet and, say, the balanced diet of a Hindu woman. There are a lot of
>Hindu's so vegetarainism doesn't automatically affect reproduction
>(unless it encourages it!)

Hindus that are vegetarian are lacto-vegetarians. Butter and buffalo
milk or cow's milk figure prominently in their diet. Even then, at most
only 30% of the population is strictly vegetarian.