> Guest wrote:
>
>>> I posted something to the effect that my taiwanese
>>> neighbor's vegetarian, organic, all natural, pesticide
>>> free diet of grains and green veggies and little else
>>> stunted her growth, and that is absolutely true.
>>>
> How do you know? Her growth/height may have been affected by genetics,
> dearth of food during "growth" periods, childhood illness, and other
> factors.
>
>>> I
>>> don't think I made any claims about vegetarian diets
>>> generally, though I in fact I do suspect they're no
>>> good for you unless you're super careful.
>>>
> Why do you suspect that? Also, is being tall better than being short?
>
> There is no question that there is a relation between
> health/nutrition/height, but Americans who have "benefitted" the most
> from agribusiness are getting shorter. And that's a fact. Good New
> Yorker article on the subject about a year ago.
>
They're also getting fatter.
Been all over the newspapers for a few years now.
I think as a baseline, everyone just eats too much of whatever it is they eat. Compulse = Unhealthy.
Leigh www.leighm.net