Escapee -- I would tend to agree that their are still 1000's of yet undiscovered nutrients in the vegetable kingdom that are valuable to health. This is why I base my diet around as many fruits and vegetables as possible. Dairy, however, is such a polluted and nutrient poor food, that I do not believe there is any nutrient in it which would improve my health from the current status. It would take too many calories for too little bang for my buck.
I would be curious what your health scare was, and what dietary advice you found in the China Study. While I found the China Study an enjoyeable read, I found next to nothing in the text that would be described as specific dietary advice -- at best the advice was grossly general. Hard to know much about nutrition from that text alone.
While I don't doubt that you are feeling better now than you were, it may be because your knowledge of the potential pitfalls of a vegan diet were lacking. You likely would have been able to be at least as successful while still maintaining a vegan diet. As with any way of eating, there is much to know and most of the gurus on the internet simply spread misinformation, which makes it only more difficult to figure out the science from the nonsense.
Best,
Joey
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