RE: Predicting A New Consumer Revolution: The Plant-Based Diet
Watch out for that so-called "mounting evidence" against meat. Most of it is done through variable isolations, which is down right impossible to do with humans. For example, it's not the vegetarian's diet that makes them healthier than meat eaters but rather they overall life habits (more exercise, less smoking, etc.).
Also, there has never, ever been a single study finding a causal relationship with saturated fat (mostly coming from animals) and diseases. In fact, it was the saturated fat hysteria that gave rise to (almost literally) lethal trans fats.
Of course, I'm not trying to convince you otherwise from your beliefs. If you're true to your description then you will try to convince people voluntarily, which I salute. Too many vegans are excessively aggressive in their "campaigning."
lol we seem to think quite a bit alike! From my original post...should have added something similar this time around:
"As an economist, I can't help being skeptical of...well, basically everything! I know how research works and I know how statistics can be used to prove the point you want. Non-findings just don't get published, which makes the journal literature biased towards the sensational. On top of that, studying complex systems like large groups of humans (economics) or even the intricate system that is a human, requires ruling out thousands of potentially correlated contributing factors, many of them unseen.
That said, all diet prescriptions should be treated as hypotheses with the humility to acknowledge that we're all different with potentially unique sensitivities to the same inputs. Also realize that there are a number of things going on in your life and environment that can effect your health. For instance, those who care about their diet are also more likely to exercise, which, itself, contributes enormously to your health; which contribution dominates is TBD."