"Rodney Long" wrote in message
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dangrang wrote:
But what about the "lacto-ovo" vegetarians? Unlike the vegans, they do
get animal protein in their diets. So according to what you say their
brains will not fail to function properly and will not have this
"chemical imbalance" from lack of animal protein in their diets, since
they do eat dairy products and eggs, both good sources of animal
proteins - yet these people still refuse to eat meat. How could that
possibly be, if what you say is correct?
Lacking animal fat, in your diet, is not the only reason for mental
illness, yet it is a major cause of it, among those who don't eat meat
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OK then, let's take a look at a "lacto-ovo" vegetarian diet (for Dutch: a
lacto-ovo meatlessarian diet), that includes, say, 3-4 cups of 2% milk and
1-2 eggs per day. I don't imagine those would be particularly unusual
amounts, there are probably many "lacto-ovo" vegetarians (for Dutch:
lacto-ovo meatlessarians) who consume milk and eggs in that range. 1 cup of
2% milk contains 5 grams of fat and 8 grams of ("complete") protein, and 1
large egg contains 5 grams of fat and 6 grams of ("complete") protein. So
the above dietary range would contain 30 - 44 grams of animal protein and
20 - 30 grams of animal fat per day - and that doesn't even include any
foods like cheese and butter the person may have.
So Rodney, don't you think that such a "lacto-ovo" vegetarian (for Dutch:
lacto-ovo meatlessarian), who consumes 30 - 44 grams of animal protein and
20 - 30 grams of animal fat per day is having enough of those animal
substances to ward off mental illness? If so, how could it be that they
still refuse to eat meat, if what you say is correct, that the lack of
animal protein (and animal fat) in the vegetarian's diet causes their brains
to fail to function properly and have a "chemical imbalance" (causing them
to continue abstaining from meat)?
-dr
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of
life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." -Albert
Einstein
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38115.html