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Hi Denise,

I would like to add that out of all the many vegans that I know, very few are dedicated to healthy eating. A large population of vegans are vegan for animal rights concerns and not for health. Most vegans that are vegan for health, seem to think that "a little bit (of something...

Hi Denise,

I would like to add that out of all the many vegans that I know, very few are dedicated to healthy eating. A large population of vegans are vegan for animal rights concerns and not for health. Most vegans that are vegan for health, seem to think that "a little bit (of something unhealthy) won't matter". My question is: what is "a little bit"? I see health oriented vegans often eating oil, high fats, heavily processed foods and even foods that are not entirely vegan. Many health oriented vegans still eat (what I believe to be unhealthy) foods they believe are healthy because they are advertised to be healthy; following advertising firm created terms like, "heart healthy".

I would like to think that when connected to religion, the dedication would be a matter of belief. I have found that belief is a very powerful driving force, far more powerful than knowledge or designated supposed to's.

I have also learned to be careful about "studies". In my career field of electronics design, studies are a routine basic element of design development. However, these studies are performed by people and people are inherently biased. It's not a choice. With that, In design engineering; testing is a required element of the study to learn what is real. In that testing, however, all variables must be accounted for and as many removed as possible, because all variables influence the result. This makes me untrusting of any study with data derived from a survey(s).

Just my two cents,
Ken

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