To be honest, the entire website looks like it was made with a template from a lot of "I'm selling something to you while trying to make it look like you decided all along that you would be buying" websites. Just the font and the incredibly long page makes me feel like I should be on guard against a scam of some kind.
That said, I wouldn't immediately call the author an idiot. For one thing, it made me realize that there seems to be a lot of resistance to diets. I originally thought I would only hear things from family and friends, comments such as "Oh, I just think that moderation is key" or "But isn't dairy good for your bones?" or any other thing that we grew up "knowing" that was in fact indoctrinated into us since birth.
While looking at the website, I found that a lot of the references were to biblelife.com. A lot of the explanations were statements of fact...and apparently you just have to trust that they have their sources checked or make a cognitive jump from what was stated in one article to what was stated on the site.
There was, however, a good section that complained about the idea that red meat causes cancer. Apparently they show that it isn't unprocessed red meat that causes cancer but processed meat. Is it possible that no study has shown that unprocessed meat can cause cancer? Perhaps it is true.
Maybe it isn't a vegan diet so much as a diet that isn't processed. It was a suggestion I once read when I was trying to look up information that would counter what was stated in "The China Study". However, I personally have not found much out there that suggests eating more meat would be good for me until you pointed this site out.
It's a different viewpoint, and maybe I will find some good info on it, but so far, the website and its method of trying to scare me from the evils of vegetarianism isn't exactly convincing me that it is based on sound, scientific evidence. When I read "The China Study", I already had an opinion against Dr. Atkins, but I remember thinking that the author spent an awful lot of time in one chapter villifying him.
And the only real reason why I am even entertaining the idea of questioning the health benefits of a vegan diet is because I am in my third month of eating a vegan diet and I don't think I feel "clear headed" or "healthier". Maybe my diet is far from optimal? I don't know. Any info I find just gives me more understanding to make the best decision. For all I know, my vegan diet isn't varied enough, and my brain is slowly deteriorating while I am getting insufficient B12. Perhaps I just don't exercise enough, or maybe when I start exercising more I will find that I don't eat nearly enough to make up for the fact that a vegan diet isn't as calorie dense as I am used to. Maybe there is good evidence to suggest that eating unprocessed meat is perfectly fine and healthy.
For now, it seems that I will have to keep looking for evidence since the only strong evidence I ever see in support of non-vegan food is "Those studies are flawed and don't disprove that eating meat may be possibly ok for your body", which gives me such confidence. B-)
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