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But, i think that before you spread the gospel of the wonders of a meat and dairy free diet, which the main protein and calcium sources are made up of soy (soy milk, tofu, soy enriched products) that you should look into this site. Not trying to deter anyone from cleaning up a poor diet by going vegan to increase natural foods and veggie intake or animal rights activasts and environmentalists from trying to better our earth but i think that we should acknowledge that any extreme way of eating has it's pitfalls:
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Vegetarians and vegans do not all rely on soy products. Some eat it only occasionally. Some don't eat any soy at all. Incorrect assumption.
There is also some debate about soy: some studies show health concerns but some studies show positive qualities. Is the potential danger of a serving of soy worse than a greasy, preserved, horomone-filled oversized burger?
Calcium and protein are in plenty of foods; animals and soy are not required.
A low or no meat diet isn't "extreme". In meat-happy America it's seen as extremist, but many parts of the world they eat very little meat.
If anything is extreme, it's the standard American diet, where we've convinced ourselves something isn't a meal if there's not a huge hunk of meat in it. In America, the odds are extremely likely for the average American to end up with heart disease and/or cancer. There are countless studies and science that show a high meat diet is one of the main risks for heart disease & cancer. This diet is very literally killing us.
Meat is an interesting thing: it's loaded with saturated fats. A saturated fat is one which is solid at room temperatures (lard, butter, etc). Now imagine all that fat coagulating into solids in your blood vessels. When you digest meat, the saturated lipids enter your bloodstream and solidify in your arteries, forming plaques. Enough plaques and you're set up for ideal cardiovascular problems: heart attack, bypass, clots, clogs, high blood pressure, and more.
