Friendly vegetarian messages

March 6, 2002

Here is a gem I received a few days ago. We are obviously striking some

nerves in the vegetarian/vegan community. I also received another one today

from EX-vegans who are about to go public with their recent change to

meat-eating and subsequent improved health. Apparently, though I've never

heard of them, they are big deals in the vegan movement. I wish I could post

the letter to our group, but the author asked to remain anonymous until they

go public with their switch.

I wrote a stinging response to the author of the below letter (hey--I give

as good as I get). Its been my experience that people who claim to have been

vegan for X number of years and are healthy, that they ALWAYS cheat from

time to time. I even know one couple who own a health food store here in

Honolulu who say they are vegetarians, but then confess to eating fish once

a week!

Anyway, enjoy.

All the best,

Byrnes, PhD, RNCP

dear " doctor " byrnes,

your article made me so mad i yelled at the screen at least a dozen times.

for the last 17 years i have been vegan. i have had 3 wonderful healthy

strong children while vegan and no miscarriages in my life. i have never

been healthier in my life. my children are all vegetarian, play sports and

have endless amounts of energy.

i LOVE how all of your information comes from some of the worst places

imaginable (ex-westonaprice.org), they spew more propaganda than peta (in my

eyes, not a great champion for animal rights, or anything, for that matter)

ever could. you could have gotten third party, reputable sources, but you

blew your chance with that! i bet a million dollars you work for the meat

and/or dairy industry. i hope you got paid a lot for this absolutely silly

article.

my views on people who write such ridiculous things about something as silly

as being healthy are that you are just jealous that you haven't the

strength or willpower to abstain from artery clogging swine fat. we all

know the facts about meat consumption, don't try to candy coat the

situation.

thanks for raising my blood pressure with your tainted views.

sincerely,

nicole

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