RE: Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?
January 21, 2014 at 9:55 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2014 at 10:10 am by James2014.)
Re the number of centenarians in each country. It will be down to a number of factors, eg quality of medical care, obesity rates, social factors, genetics, prevalence of smoking and indeed the general quality of the diet, an important consideration of which will be meat consumption)
For instance on average a Japanese person consumes only a third(43kg per year) of the amount of meat a person in the USA would consume (125 kg per year)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/d...ate-change
If you don't agree with what you posted, then you should make that clear.
No I am not a vet, but trust me I am more qualified than a vet! I made a specific point against what the vet said using sound reasoning, if you cant argue against it then stop appealing to authority.
Regardlless, I could just as easily find my own authorities (eg a vet named Dr Andrew Knight) who says "There is no scientific reason why a diet comprised only of plant, mineral and synthetically-based ingredients cannot be formulated to meet all of these needs. In fact, several commercially-available vegan diets aim to do so, and have jointly supported a healthy population of thousands of vegan cats, dogs and ferrets (who are also naturally carnivorous) for many years (Weisman 2004)"
http://www.vegepets.info/diets/veg_feline.html
For instance on average a Japanese person consumes only a third(43kg per year) of the amount of meat a person in the USA would consume (125 kg per year)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/d...ate-change
(January 21, 2014 at 9:48 am)Aractus Wrote:(January 21, 2014 at 9:38 am)jg2014 Wrote: You just wrote that....No, I quoted it. Dr. Marie (a veterinarian) is the one who said it.
I'll ask you again - are you a qualified vet or not?
If you don't agree with what you posted, then you should make that clear.
No I am not a vet, but trust me I am more qualified than a vet! I made a specific point against what the vet said using sound reasoning, if you cant argue against it then stop appealing to authority.
Regardlless, I could just as easily find my own authorities (eg a vet named Dr Andrew Knight) who says "There is no scientific reason why a diet comprised only of plant, mineral and synthetically-based ingredients cannot be formulated to meet all of these needs. In fact, several commercially-available vegan diets aim to do so, and have jointly supported a healthy population of thousands of vegan cats, dogs and ferrets (who are also naturally carnivorous) for many years (Weisman 2004)"
http://www.vegepets.info/diets/veg_feline.html
