From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 16:33:33 MDT
> > I have to disagree here: I was a vegetarian for 3-4 years, and while
> > I was a little less chunky than I am now, I was certainly every bit
> > as large and strong and healthy. I gave it up simply because all of
> > the studies I'd relied on to get me there had been debunked/
> > contradicted by later, better studies.
>
> What sort of vegetarian?
Lacto, so there was certainly animal protein in my diet. But I knew
some pretty husky Vegans, too. I probably wouldn't even disagree that
the stereotype of vegans as skinny and undeveloped (which was probably
formed early in our culture, with the first appearance of vegetarians
in the fifties) is not without some basis in fact; but it's still just
a stereotype with a lot more counterexamples now than there were back
then.
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