"Steve Pope" wrote
> Omelet wrote:

> I do it the old-school way -- I balance proteins between
> grains and legumes, include various complete proteins
> I like tofu, dairy, eggs, and some meat and fish, and
> include nuts in my diet.

Same here. Reasons different but no one here is suffering.

> (And how does what I wrote conjure up "taking pride in not
> eating meat"? In the first place, I am eating meat. Maybe
> less than some folks, but a not insignificant amount.)
>
> I have reasons, including a diagnosis of gout, for eating
> a (comparatively) low-meat diet.

Mine is natural genetics and cholestrol. I had Charlotte tested. She's
like me. Don runs high too but not eye-popping 400's levels without
control. They have him on lipitor now though. His isnt yielding to diet
control and is without them well above normal even on our lower cholestrol
diet.