There's also food allergies. If, as you suppose, we do better with plant-based foods then why do we have so many allergies against them?
Of course you might point out lactose intolerance, that's not an allergy it's an intolerance (the fundamental inability to digest lactose), and it's true that we are not biologically designed to consume dairy past the weaning process - except of course for those of us lucky enough to have the lactose persistence gene which keeps the enzymes needed to digest dairy in our small intestines. For us dairy is healthy.
As for allergies, some people have an allergy to crustaceans or to fish or to eggs. But the most common allergies are to nuts, to peanuts, to wheat and gluten, to soy-beans, and to other specific plants. I've never heard of anyone anywhere having an intolerance to a particular type of meat that isn't fish, although I have heard of people who find an intolerance to meat in general (eg. to white meat vs. red meat). In fact one of my family members was like this for many years and couldn't eat meat so she was forced by her body to be veterinarian (although I'm pretty sure she still ate fish). However now she can and does eat meat again, the intolerance was not a life-long condition.
Also you keep saying you don't want anecdotal evidence like this:
http://youtu.be/T3Px5-9dn3o
The problem with your stance is that it completely contradicts the advice of physicians and the overwhelming majority of dieticians, and most holistic-food enthusiasts (besides vegans) who all advocate that people should work out for themselves what kind of foods are best for their bodies. Dieticians everywhere say that no one diet is right for everyone.
Of course you might point out lactose intolerance, that's not an allergy it's an intolerance (the fundamental inability to digest lactose), and it's true that we are not biologically designed to consume dairy past the weaning process - except of course for those of us lucky enough to have the lactose persistence gene which keeps the enzymes needed to digest dairy in our small intestines. For us dairy is healthy.
As for allergies, some people have an allergy to crustaceans or to fish or to eggs. But the most common allergies are to nuts, to peanuts, to wheat and gluten, to soy-beans, and to other specific plants. I've never heard of anyone anywhere having an intolerance to a particular type of meat that isn't fish, although I have heard of people who find an intolerance to meat in general (eg. to white meat vs. red meat). In fact one of my family members was like this for many years and couldn't eat meat so she was forced by her body to be veterinarian (although I'm pretty sure she still ate fish). However now she can and does eat meat again, the intolerance was not a life-long condition.
Also you keep saying you don't want anecdotal evidence like this:
http://youtu.be/T3Px5-9dn3o
The problem with your stance is that it completely contradicts the advice of physicians and the overwhelming majority of dieticians, and most holistic-food enthusiasts (besides vegans) who all advocate that people should work out for themselves what kind of foods are best for their bodies. Dieticians everywhere say that no one diet is right for everyone.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
