Ah man, where to start?
Let's see, 1st: So whatever you are doing is working. Good for you. Which is what, exactly?
2nd: You have anecdotal evidence of exactly one doctor. Great, I'll take your word for it.
3rd: I'm impressed with your research. Every last page of it.
4th: A guy gets sued and suddenly he's an expert? That's as good as the advertising for that "Airborne" crap. No scientists here, this was invented by a TEACHER. You know that means good.
Look, there are huge problems with our society. I won't dispute that. But, take a look at our teeth. We are omnivorous scavengers. We are slow, and weak as a species. That means with bare hands we can probably get bugs and the like for our protein requirements, along with naturally growing plants. Look at the difference between heritage plants and what we've got today. We eat processed foods with way too much sugar, and our meat animals have been bred to where they can no longer survive without us.
I'm going to eat fruits, vegetables and grains with some meat. I'm also going to take a multi-vitamin.
1) Based on your condescending response you're obviously just looking for something else to attempt to poke holes into. I'll pass.
2) I'm just sharing information passed on to me by a medical doctor. I never said I spoke to God. Should I have done a survey of 100 doctors to satisfy your requirements? Doctor's don't know everything but they tend have a fairly informed view on health compared to your average citizen.
3) Eloquent
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4) I have no idea what this connection is you're fishing for here. Howard Lyman grew up in environment where he was a 3rd or 4th generation organic (as all farms were back them) farmer/rancher. He went off to school and got a degree in modern farming practices came home and overhauled the entire operation. In other words he turned his ranch into a petrochemical factory farm. I think he knows a thing or two about the production of food, beef in particular. Not according to you though, you compare him to some teacher who made some gimmicky supplement.
The teeth thing doesn't jive, not only are we not built to be carnivores but also not omnivores. Along w/ a comparison of teeth, take a look into our digestive tract, jaw, stomach acidity and saliva etc.
http://www.aaarg.ca/Health.htm
http://microbiology.suite101.com/article.cfm/are_humans_omnivores
The last points you make about processed foods, sugar, state of "farm" animals I agree with. Food isn't what it used to be, including produce. Michael Pollan has written some provocative books on the subject including Omnivore's Dilemma.
^^^But there are a lot of other doctors who, in the media, say you need to be careful when you become a vegetarian, as you may not be getting everything you need.
I'm not disagreeing with you. Just saying.
Fair enough, to be honest I was expecting to receive the response you mentioned. It would have been inline what some of my friends were telling me at the time. Thats why I thought it was worth sharing.
According to "Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type" there's different diets for each type of blood. At least one is meat heavy and another is vegetarian...I believe one is primarily seafood based...there's a few others. I haven't read it but know some people who swear by it.
I gave up without 'planning' 40 years ago. I took B12 on and off for the first couple of years but haven't done so for a least thirty years.
Thats basically about how I take it, whenever I think of it...sometimes very long stretches. Like the doctor told me, he's not recommending I need to take it, he just said take it if I want to play it safe and ease my concerns. It was the only thing that was low in my blood test and even then it was only marginally down. Nothing to be worried about apparently.
