Reply #103: No, they usually get their protein from over-processed, unnatural soy.

[Emillereid]

I was actually responding to the claim that if humans just ate the grain directly it would be more efficient than running it through the cow.

They are cutting down the amazon to raise soy as well, btw.

Also while some people seem to do alright as a vegetarian, many of us do not -- I followed Robbins/Ornish advice for about 3 years and I have never been so unhealthy in my life. It did spur me on to become a nutritionist though. BTW, vegetarian do not live longer - in fact, female vegetarians do not live nearly as long as their non-veggie sisters.

..."The table below presents the annual death rates for vegetarians and nonvegetarians which Smith derived from the raw data in the seven-year Burr and Sweetnam study. As can be seen, the "marked" difference between vegetarian and nonvegetarian men in Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) was only .11 percent. The difference in all-cause death rate was in the opposite direction, a fact that Burr and Sweetnam failed to mention. Moreover, the IHD and all-cause death rates among females were actually slightly greater for heart disease and substantially greater for all causes in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians.


Annual Death Rates of
Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians
IHD
All-Cause
Male vegetarians .22% .93%
Male nonvegetarians .33% .88%
Female vegetarians .14% .86%
Female nonvegetarians .10% .54%

These results are absolutely not supportive of the proposition that vegetarianism protects against either heart disease or all-cause mortalities. In fact, they indicate that vegetarianism is more dangerous for women than for men.''' more at link : http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vegetarianism.html

Actually the www.westonaprice.org and http://www.beyondveg.com/ are both excellent sites!

I'm an omnivore like my ancestors.