(February 24, 2014 at 6:09 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Anecdotes are not data to be sure, but it's an interesting cautionary tale.
I think it's certainly possible to eat a balanced nutritional diet without meat, although it seems easier to do it WITH meat. The question remains why should we. After all, one of the freedoms we all enjoy is to kill ourselves with whichever poisons we like at whatever speed we choose.
We thus return to the ethical side of things, and the question of how far we extend our empathy and to what degree we legislate personal morality.
I am to understand that while yes, this is anecdotal "evidence" it should not be dismissed out of hand but applied to the individual following any form of "dietary restrictions/ modifications"
As I have been saying all along, if it works for you great!, for some the diet works & for others it is an abysmal failure and can be life threatening. To elevate dietary choices to the level of religious "ethical" observance is flying very close to mental illness and eating disorders.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
