Two things here (Reply #31) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Vegetarian Diet Cuts Heart Risk by 32%, Study Says [View all]

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:27 PM

obamanut2012 (14,700 posts)

31. Two things here

1. Doctors don't always know what they're talking about, ESPECIALLY when it concerns nutrition. Same with vets.

2. Vegans and vegetarians who are unhealthy are "junk food veggies" or "simplecarbotarians."

It is not at all difficult to eat a balanced and nutritious diet as a vegan or vegetarian.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
Vegetarian Diet Cuts Heart Risk by 32%, Study Says [View all]	Redfairen	Jan 2013	OP
Not the first study to confirm this.	onehandle	Jan 2013	#1
Yes, but Mythbusters confirms that vegetarian farts smell worse!	TheDebbieDee	Jan 2013	#51
File this under: obvious!	Crowman1979	Jan 2013	#2
I will mark my one year anniversary as a Vegan at	chervilant	Jan 2013	#3
Congratulations!	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#60
Thank you, so much!	chervilant	Feb 2013	#74
10 year veg here!	tblue	Jan 2013	#4
So if your blood pressure and cholesterol are normal	pscot	Jan 2013	#5
I am a vegetarian, but my blood pressure and cholesterol are high.	RebelOne	Jan 2013	#20
Dairy has lots of fat.	Doremus	Jan 2013	#25
That's weird	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#6
see my post #7	srican69	Jan 2013	#9
Don't EVER listen to doctors when it comes to diet.	pangaia	Jan 2013	#16
Don't EVER listen to people telling you not to listen to doctors	WestCoastLib	Jan 2013	#19
Most MDs have zero nutrition instruction.	Doremus	Jan 2013	#26
I agree 100%.	pangaia	Jan 2013	#35
MDs and vets have almost zero nutrition education	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#32
I must disagree with your last two sentences.	pangaia	Jan 2013	#33
I don't think they teach much about nutrition in regular medical school.	Arugula Latte	Jan 2013	#50
My doctor is not better informed than me	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#61
then it is your fault for sticking with said useless doctor	dbackjon	Feb 2013	#79
I wish it were that easy.	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#80
Vitamin B-12	Babel_17	Jan 2013	#24
I am a vegetarian and take B-12 every day	RebelOne	Feb 2013	#65
Huh, I found some food for thought	Babel_17	Feb 2013	#81
Two things here	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#31
Good point.	pangaia	Jan 2013	#34
Just like with meat eaters, it's the "easy" way to eat	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#44
lifelong Veg here ...	srican69	Jan 2013	#7
Nope.	Doremus	Jan 2013	#27
This isn't true.	kwassa	Jan 2013	#40
Nope. Far more complicated than that.	Doremus	Jan 2013	#53
Where is your proof that oil is inflammatory?	kwassa	Jan 2013	#55
You are so totally wrong.	RebelOne	Feb 2013	#66
Sorry, the "fats cause heart disease" theory is wrong.	Zoeisright	Feb 2013	#76
"Bottom line - your genes matter much more than your diet."	Scout	Feb 2013	#68
Makes sense... cholesterol is found in animal products	FBaggins	Jan 2013	#8
Yes, but no difference in mortality rates for other diseases (NIH)	frazzled	Jan 2013	#10
Or the overall mortality rate	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#13
Ah - real numbers at last. The most absurd thing about medical reporting is the asinine relative	dmallind	Jan 2013	#18
frazz	RILib	Jan 2013	#23
Been a Vegetarian about 5 years.	snort	Jan 2013	#11
Your brain loves cholesterol	Viva_La_Revolution	Jan 2013	#12
There are other risks to remember	dogman	Jan 2013	#14
Some DUers go all freeper hippy puncher on vegetarians and vegans	whatchamacallit	Jan 2013	#15
The only solution is	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#30
Yet the "meat eaters" are much more prone	mzteris	Jan 2013	#37
Let's face it	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#38
I became vegetarian	mzteris	Jan 2013	#39
I'm sure that nastiness	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#42
Nothing especially new here.	pangaia	Jan 2013	#17
great story	sweetapogee	Jan 2013	#21
Statistics can be misleading	Babel_17	Jan 2013	#22
Heart disease is one thing, overall morbidity and mortality another.	thereismore	Jan 2013	#28
I manage to make up the difference	roody	Jan 2013	#29
I WENT VEG..	Capobvious	Jan 2013	#36
Veganism is much healthier than vegetarianism.	kwassa	Jan 2013	#41
I eat at least one egg yolk a day	nobodyspecial	Feb 2013	#72
most cholesterol is manufactured in our body ...	kwassa	Feb 2013	#75
But cuts the will to live 64%	AngryAmish	Jan 2013	#43
False	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#45
true	Scout	Jan 2013	#54
You just showed you have no idea what a vegetarian diet is	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#58
and i was agreeing with said poster, that a vegetarian diet	Scout	Feb 2013	#59
And we're free to say that an omnivorous diet	yewberry	Feb 2013	#62
no one said you weren't.	Scout	Feb 2013	#67
Oh, no, too funny!	yewberry	Feb 2013	#69
why yes, i did realize you were being a parrot!	Scout	Feb 2013	#70
Sorry.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#46
Do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war, Redfairen?	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#47
I'm a vegan but you have to eat really nutritious foods	leftyladyfrommo	Jan 2013	#48
DUH!!!!	bitchkitty	Jan 2013	#49
Wow	justa guy	Jan 2013	#52
I'll take my chances with meat	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#56
Also, nothing in article to indicate if they looked at types of meat	dbackjon	Jan 2013	#57
Not only that....	laundry_queen	Feb 2013	#77
Very true	dbackjon	Feb 2013	#78
GOP plans to enshrine meat as amendment to constitution...	Evasporque	Feb 2013	#63
No shit!	graywarrior	Feb 2013	#64
Yeah, but you just die of boredom.	Beacool	Feb 2013	#71
If there were a big effect, it would be obvious	FarCenter	Feb 2013	#73

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