[vegan314]

I do not have enough posts to have links so I can only provide copy and paste stuff.
But here are a few that really opened my eyes to the greed behing what we are told is good for us.
And of course the recalls should be enough to make people realize what we are told is safe is greed based.
Look at the drug recalls AFTER "testing".

I know its hard to see what we are really eating, it may actually make you stop eating all that yummy stuff. But you are here for....your health? If you are not on this board for your health, then why?

I am interested in not being screwed over by the diet industry,health "care" practitioners who recieve less than 4 hours credit in nutrition and the impact on the body but who are more than happy to be there to push pills and take your $$ AFTER your way of eating and your excess weight has done you harm,the USDA, the farming/cattle/food industry who are additive crazy interested in shelf life and profits far more than what we are consuming, a goverment that lets lobbyists influence their common sense....the list goes on.
So I read, and I compare, and I study.

I am fat. I am also many other things. But there's one thing I am not anymore and that is as ignorant as I have been in the past.

pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/protein_myth.html

bodybuilding.com/fun/maia25.htm

milksucks.com/osteo.asp

Highly recommend checking out this site:pcrm.org

Kidney disease: When people eat too much protein, they take in more nitrogen than they need. This places a strain on the kidneys, which must expel the extra nitrogen through urine. People with kidney disease are encouraged to eat low-protein diets. Such a diet reduces the excess levels of nitrogen and can also help prevent kidney disease.
Cancer: Populations who eat meat regularly are at increased risk for colon cancer, and researchers believe that the fat, protein, natural carcinogens, and absence of fiber in meat all play roles.
Osteoporosis: Diets rich in animal protein cause people to excrete more calcium than normal through their kidneys and increase the risk of osteoporosis. Countries with lower-protein diets have lower rates of osteoporosis and hip fractures.
More here about calcium,protein and osteoporosis:

msu.edu/~corcora5/food/vegan/osteo.html

Kidney stones: Increased calcium excretion increases risk for kidney stones. Researchers in England found that when people added about 5 ounces of fish (about 34 grams of protein) to a normal diet, the risk of forming urinary tract stones increased by as much as 250 percent.
This is not from one or two sites, but numerous places on the web and books on health I have read.
Consuming excessive amounts of protein is hard on your body, does not create muscle, and sets you up for many health problems down the road.

A diet high in animal protein creates an acidic enviroment, your body uses calcium to neutralize this and leeches it from your calcium supply in your bone mass. Thus weakening your supply. Milk is full of animal protein so that in itself is a catch-22.
There are wonderful sources other than dairy for calcium.
There are great sources other than meat for protein that does not put a strain on your system.
Just cutting down on meat protein and upping plant source protein is beneficial.

Want to find out what your putting in your body? Read "Mad Cowboy" by Howard Lyman
Want to reverse diabeties instead of controlling it? read "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs "

Barnards book is what really started me on my new way of life.