[Pox]

A More Vegetarian Argument Among health experts who are not persuaded by the good saturated fat and cholesterol argument are Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and Dr. Andrew Weil, founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Both physicians are also widely published and internationally known speakers.

Barnard remains adamant that “meat is unhealthy,” regardless of whether you point a finger at saturated fat, cholesterol, the fact that many vitamins are not found in meat, the absence of fiber, or the presence of arachidonic acid (which promotes inflammation). These factors can increase a person’s risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes, he notes.

Interesting article, and the excerpt I posted above was automatically ignored.

[tiki]

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is an extreme left wing group and I wouldn’t believe a word he says.

[huldah1776]

Thanks for pointing out the arachidonic acid. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have been in slight discomfort (constant) for about a year now. Just read an article correlating rheumatoid with Alzheimers. My grandmother had both. Crippled physically and mentally but after 85, passed at 92. Her daughter (my aunt) is suffering with Alzheimers, but I don’t know if she has the arthritis, too. Going to ask.