Hi JGC
Im a vegan and have been for about 7 years. I had been a vegetarian for 30 years before that but having read about and witnessed the appalling conditions in producing milk and eggs, in order to keep them at a low price, i stopped eating them. Just after i dropped the dairy produce seven years ago i was diagnosed with prostate cancer, a pretty malignant form that was on the point of spreading, so surgery was out off the question. I had radical radiotherapy. Seven years on the tumour is still active but contained. It is interesting to see that mainstream medicine now suggests a reduction in dairy produce for people diagnosed with hormonal based cancers !
The main point i would like to make though is that veganism/vegetarianism is a very personal choice and certainly should not be dictated to others but environmentally there is a strong case for reducing meat and dairy consumption and ethically a case most definitely to reduce the suffering involved in industrialised animal based food production. Perhaps greater development in the production of organic meat and milk would be a step forward.
By the way i have never felt healthier, mind you that could be Lifeflow !
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