"Dave LCHF" > wrote in message
m...
> I've been on the receiving end of spams sent with Dr. Greger's name on
them.
> Whoever is doing this joins low carb support groups under false pretenses,
> then starts spewing PETA/Vegan dogma.
>
> Many Vegans seem to act as though they alone have a monopoly on the truth.
> Something as simple as the diversity of people leading to diverse and
> differing nutritional needs escapes them.

Diverse varieties of dogs all eat the same kinds of diet. Diverse kinds of
cattle all eat the same kinds of diet.

> I truly believe that vegans are hurting themselves. I don't claim to be
an
> expert, but one does not have to read much to see the match between human
> viscera and that of a carnivore.

Humans are descended from largely plant eating primates. We share no dietary
traits in common with carnivores, we don't have their teeth, their digestive
system or their biochemistry.

> having only two grams of fiber in the diet. They claim that the actual
> diet, as in the book, provides 18 grams of fiber per day.

No wonder they get constipated.

> While I once saw the character Perry Mason say that the truth is a perfect
> defense to liable, I feel that is not the situation here.

The truth is deduced by facts and logic, not feelings. The Atkins and low
carbo folk are not interested in science or health.

John