The Methuselah Factors - most long lived peoples partly or completely vegetarians?

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Is anyone familiar with " The Methuselah Factors " by Dan Georgakas? I opened

the Pandora's box of vegetarianism on the Mercury Amalgam list, mostly

composed of scientists and several dentists. The only reason I broached the

subject is because one woman has a cornucopia of health issues and she was

talking about striving to be a vegetarian as soon as she's healthy enough to

do so. Groan...

So this guy writes that he read the above-mentioned book and that the author

studied " the world's people-groups that have been most noted for their

longevity " and found that, among other factors, " ...most of them were either

partly or completely vegetarian. Many were predominantly vegetarian and

would eat meat only ceremonially, on special occasions. "

Sounds like a big fat lie fueled by a vegetarian agenda. They probably

sucked down insects, at minimum. In any case, can anyone point me to a good

critique of this book? Or offer one of your own?

Also, another poster made the old argument about how it's more eco-friendly

not to eat meat because for every 1 lb. of meat eaten " x " amount of grains

can feed that many more people, yada, yada, yada.

Any online articles that are good refutations of these points?

TIA :-)

Suze Fisher

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