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Originally Posted by joylangtry 
Think about advertising and cigarettes and alcohol. Depending on one's age and/or interest in TV ads going back into the 50's, you may recall that cigarettes and alcohol were pretty heavily promoted on TV for years. In much the same way we have and continue to see meat and dairy products promoted in our culture.
After these ads were banned, it eventually became common to promote the opposite, warning of the dangers of tobacco & alcohol use. By now it is generally unstylish to smoke cigarettes and I even see here a movement building toward an alcohol-free lifestyle. It is now considered common knowledge that these things are harmful, or at least very potentially harmful.
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Joy, this piece and your whole comment is very rational and said with a lot of logic. I completely agree, today we have been so brainwashed into saying what we are lead to believe to say.
Most people don't even realize that vegetarianism was promoted especially around the 1800 and 1900's until about the 1950's at which time 2 things happened, we got a basic hold on protein, vitamins and minerals and thought one could only survive on animal products to have these, and so the meat and dairy industry began their push and the second thing that happened is factory farming began. So most people between 30 and 60 today cannot fathom any other way.
But we simply need to step out of the box and try it as you said for oursevles. It is not that crazy, on top of all of that, the benefits really are impressive.
At the end of the day it is not about what any study or person says. It is I believe about consulting our own conscience and not being afraid to look at things in a new light.