Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

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You however have no reason to dismiss the studies I quote as junk other then your own bias ie, if they are cherry picked studies then produce some studies showing the opposite.

The SDA one is not objective - it's data mining. That's my reason. Why are you saying I have no reason?

Synthetic fibres are not bad for the environment (or at least any worse than deriving it from farmed animals, which produce a huge amount of methane as well as the CO2 produced form the infrastructure required to farm animals), and there are plenty of artificial leather alternatives. Furthermore its hardly beyond the realms of conceivable science that even better alternatives could be made should we choose to invest in the research.

So once again you're dodging the question. Office chairs, Lounges and Car seats that are to be upholstered in fabric and not Leather or Vinyl (and I don't understand why you and others use the phrase "artificial leather" to describe Vinyl?) Synthetic fibres are not strong enough. I don't want to hear nonsense about "maybe someday".

And as for your rhetoric about the environment - why would I consider a non-recyclable synthetic fabric that doesn't break down easily in landfill to be more environmentally friendly than natural fibres that do break down and are recyclable?

Regarding eating disorders, this is just another ad hominem attack. You are the one so obsessed with meat that despite all the evidence that veganism is healthy you still cling to anecdotes that people need meat.

You are the one so obsessed with not eating meat or animal product that you literally view them as not an option.

Regarding smoking, even occasional smoking is associated with ill health. . There is no known level of smoking that has been shown to not impact on health, but we do know on the other hand that smoking in general causes disease. Similarly, there's is no known level of meat eating that has been shown to not impact on health, but we do know on the other hand that meat eating in general causes disease. We also know that meat and smoking contain a number of toxins that harm health. Vegan food however is protective against a number of diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.

See this is what I mean. "We don't know X so thus we're assuming Z".

Additionally, we do not need any cholesterol from our diet to be healthy. The liver produces all we need from other fats. At the very least all the evidence shows that you should eat less meat to be healthy. If that is enough to convince you to reduce your meat intake, and produce less suffering for yourself, for animals, and reduce the burden of illness on society then that is all a good thing.

Really?

• While it is true that the body manufactures cholesterol in the liver, this does not mean you can cut all cholesterol out of your diet and expect to be healthy. In fact, if you are on a diet extremely low in cholesterol, you can expect quite the opposite to happen.
  
  It`s understandable that many people would balk at this suggestion. After all, nearly everyone has heard time and time again how dietary cholesterol is detrimental to your health. However, many studies have shown that diets which include saturated fats and cholesterol do not cause high cholesterol levels.
  
  

And...

• Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.
  
  Scientists studied more than 3,500 civil servants to investigate how levels of HDL or "good" cholesterol were associated with memory. HDL cholesterol can influence the formation of the beta-amyloid "plaques" that are a distinctive feature in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
  
  Higher levels of HDL are also believed to protect against damage to blood supply caused by the narrowing of the arteries.
  
  After the five-year study period, the researchers found that people with low levels of HDL were 53 percent more likely to suffer memory loss than people with the highest levels of HDL.
  
  Those with impaired memory are at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life.
  
  

You are giving people here extremely bad advice - how do you not see this??