On Thursday, November 7, 1991 1:59:46 AM UTC+5:30, David F. McWade wrote:
> >>I hate to break this to you, but vegetarians (and especially vegans) are
> >>HEALTHIER as a rule than meat eaters.  They tend to live much longer,
> >>have more endurance, are in better shape, and are by no means
> >>"malnourished."
>
> >These are interesting "facts". Have any statistical evidence or
> >correlation studies to cite?
>
> Most definitely.  I have quite a bit, although I only have a little bit
> of time.  But ponder this:
>
> -95% of all former meat-eaters report that switching to a vegetarian
> diet increases their energy, vitality, and overall feeling of well-being.
>
> -In almost every physical study along these lines, vegetarians have two
> to three times the stamina and endurance as meat eaters, and one-fifth
> the recovery time.  In one study reported to the Yale Medical Journal,
> sedentary vegetarians had more stamina than athletic meat-eaters!  In
> one bicycling study, men on a pure vegetarian diet pedaled for an
> average of 167 minutes, while men on the high meat diet pedaled for an
> average of 57 minutes.  To the best of my knowledge there has not been a
> single study that has arrived at dissimilar results.  (So much for the
> "beef gives strength" advertising.)
>
> -Andreas Cahling, the Swedish *body builder* who won the 1980 Mr.
> International title, is a vegetarian.
>
> -A disproportionate number of vegetarian athletes (relative to the
> general population) hold world records.  This includes Ed Moses, Dave
> Scott, Sixto Lenares, etc.
>
> -The populaions with the highest life expectancies in the world
> (Vilcambas of the Andes, Abkhasians of the Black Sea, Hunzas of the
> Himilayas) are 90 to 100 years.  All three are either totally vegetarian
> or very close to it.  Conversely, the lowest life expectancies (Eskimos,
> Laplanders, Greenlanders, Russian Kurgi tribes) are 30 to 40 years, and
> these populations have the highest animal flesh consumption.
>
> -Over 50% of all male meat-eaters have heart attacks in their lifetime.
> The lacto-ovo vegetarian male heart attack rate is about 15%, and the
> pure vegan male (no milk or eggs either) heart attack rate is about 4%.
> Even the Journal of the American Medical Association says that a pure
> vegetarian diet
>
> -

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