Article: Placing the weight of the world on food

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The article:

 

Placing the weight of the world on food

Sometimes a sandwich is just a sandwich.

 

December 15, 2008

by Eric Burkett, Food and Drink Examiner

 

Browsing on line a few nights ago, I ran across an impassioned post on

a vegan/raw food site from a woman concerned about a cover-up by

“experts” about the health implications of a vegan/raw food diet for

children. Her concerns weren’t quite what you might think: a committed

vegan herself, she was dismayed by efforts to raise children on a

vegan/raw food diet despite evidence such a diet is dangerous for them.

 

I do not believe vegan or raw diets are healthy...

 

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