Vegetarians Cut Heart Disease Risk By 32 Percent (compared towhat?)
On 2/1/2013 1:49 PM, Dutch wrote:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>> Vegetarians Cut Heart Risk By 32%
>
> Statistics like this tend to be misleading because they compare
> vegetarian diets against a wide range of diets that include meat, many
> of which are patently unhealthy. I'd rather see a study comparing
> vegetarian diets against well balanced diets that include some meat but
> exclude fast food and highly processed foods, diets with healthy levels
> of fats, sugar and salt. That would tell a different story.
>
> Having said that, I'd rather have a slightly higher risk of heart
> disease and enjoy my life.
So you saw that the jyotishithead, Jay Stevens - not a doctor, not a
Hindo - just reposted more of the same in response to your post?
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