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Originally Posted by Michelle  Are there any? Have there been studies done?
There is so much discussion going on as to why one shouldn't eat meat, it makes me wonder if there are convincing arguments for eating it. |
While reading The China Study, I wanted to see what other people had to say. I didn't want to just take its premise as gospel, especially when a lot of the book is pretty critical of a lot of scientific studies that anyone would think were valid. I thought to myself, "Well, if those studies are so faulty, wouldn't someone have something to say about your studies, too?"
In my research (which is incredibly limited as I am not exactly out to make a living out of researching science papers, so take what I say with a grain of salt. One of those huge margarita ones will do), I found that the only arguments against what was stated in The China Study is that there is no conclusive evidence that eating less meat improves your health.
That is, I couldn't find anything that even came close to claiming that eating more meat is beneficial in some way. No one said that the book is complete bunk (at least not with any kind of supporting evidence).
Apparently the author has a stake in a business which would benefit from what he claims, but I don't know how big of a deal it is. I did some research outside of the book, and I still came to the conclusion that eating meat doesn't seem to help, and eating plants does. You may come to your own conclusion with your own conclusions. Who knows? Maybe I'll be proven wrong somewhere down the line. I'm open to that possibility.