Fw: [ivu-sci] Naional Beef Association pays for Anti-Vegan Study

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>> National Cattlemen's Beef Association pays for Anti-Vegan "Study"> by Jeff Nelson>> They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Well, it's even more> dangerous when it's wearing a lot of "respectable" titles.>> In one of the most irresponsible and flat out ignorant statements of> recent days, Lindsay Allen, of the US Agricultural Research Service,> told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement> of Science (AAAS) that a vegan diet was so lacking in necessary> nutrients that it is tantamount to child abuse.> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4282257.stm>> Was this based on carefully conducted research? No. Was it based on> structured study with control groups and meticulous monitoring of what> children ate? No. Was it perhaps based on a large number of children> eating a normal vegan diet who were found to have a greater than usual> risk for illness? No. Her basis for this bizarre and completely> unfounded declaration was her experience in Africa. Children who had> been eating nothing but corn and beans were given a little meat and> their health improved. Not children on a normal, healthy vegan diet -> children who had been eating nothing but corn and beans. Adding almost> anything to their diet would have caused improvement.>> Just eating beans and corn isn't an accurate representation of a vegan> diet any more than it's an accurate representation of a kosher diet. So> what do you find when you look at children who are eating a normal vegan> diet?>> Children raised on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes grow up> to be slimmer and healthier and even live longer than their meat-eating> friends http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/veg_diets_for_children.html>> Vegetarian and vegan diets can be a healthy way of eating for all age> groups http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/children.shtml>> Vegan diets can easily meet the nutritional needs of the growing child.> http://www.andrews.edu/NUFS/Vegan%20Children.html>> So why, then would a USDA representative make such a ridiculous claim?> Could the many and strong ties between the USDA and the meat industry> have anything to do with it?http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/5884855.htm>> To answer this question, one need only look to who paid for this "study"> -- none other than the National Cattleman's Beef Association.> http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/133/11/3941S (See Footnotes)>> Surprise surprise.>> One of the more appalling aspects of this is that they are experimenting> on starving children. These are kids who are clearly starving, they are> not eating a "vegan" diet but a starvation diet. And yet like the Nazis> who experimented on human prisoners, these meat industry "researchers"> don't feed the starving, they don't give them enough food, they do some> weird pro-animal food experiment to try to twist it into a political> point to help the bottom line of the meat industry. Why is the meat> industry experimenting on starving children in Africa? If Lindsay Allen,> the meat industry's front person, tried to set up an experiment like> this in the US, she would probably be tried and convicted of crimes> against humanity. These are truly sick, ethically-challenged researchers.>> http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/ncbs_vegan_study.htm