Guest guest Posted August 7, 2002 Report Share Posted August 7, 2002 Dear South Bay Veggies, I came across this well-researched tidbit the other day about long- life. " ...the correlation between meat eating and a lowered life expectancy is striking, all the more so when one considers that some with the longest lifespans often live in conditions of severe poverty. The Russian Caucasians, the Yucatan Indians, the East Indian Todas, and the Pakistani Hunzakuts live on diets with little or no animal products. All of these groups have average lifespans of ninety to one hundred years. Imagine how long those in more affluent, cleaner, and more medically advanced countries might live if they were to relinquish meat eating. Conversely, populations with the highest rates of meat in the diet - Eskimos, Laplanders, Greenlanders, and the Russian Kurgi tribes -- also have the lowest life expectancies, which average little more than thirty years. " (from The Case for Vegetarianism by John Lawrence Hill, page 83) Now we have to keep our club going so we will have friends when we outlive all our " regular " friends. Best wishes, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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