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The Myths of Vegetarianism

References and Sources

Myth #1:
1. Sally Fallon, Mary Enig and Patricia Connolly,Nourishing Traditions, ProMotion Publishing, USA, 1995, p. 5.

2. Purdey, Mark, "The Vegan Ecological Wasteland,"Journal of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation[hereafter referred to asJnl of PPNF], Winter 1998; "Are Organophosphate Pesticides Involved in the Causation of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)?Jnl of Nutritional Medicine4:43-82, 1994.

3. Fallon, et al, op. cit., p. 6
4. Purdey, op cit.

5. Ibid

Myth #2:
6. Dunne, L.The Nutrition Almanac, 3rd ed. (McGraw Hill; New York), p. 32-33; Garrison, R. & Somer, E.The Nutrition Desk Reference, 3rd ed., (Keats Publishing; CT), p. 126.

7. Scheer, James.Health Freedom News, (Monrovia, CA), March 1991, p. 7.

8. Smith, Allan.Soybeans: Chemistry & Technology, vol 1 (Avi Publishing Co; CT), 1972, pp. 184-188.

9. Rowland, David. Digestion:Inner Pathway to Health(Health Naturally Publications; Canada), 1996, p. 22.

10. Specker, B.L. et al.,Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 47:89-92 (1998); Van den Berg, H. et al.,Lancet1:242-3 (1998); Abrams, H. Leon, "Vegetarianism: An Anthropological/ Nutritional Evaluation,"Journal of Applied Nutrition32:2, (1980) p. 59.

11. Dunne, op cit, p. 31.

Myth #3:
12. Fallon and Enig, "Tripping Lightly Down the Prostaglandin Pathways,"Jnl of PPNF, Fall 1996; Lands, W.E.M., "Biochemistry & physiology of n-3 fatty acids,"The FASEB Journal, vol. 6, May 1992, pp. 2530-2536.

13. Fallon & Enig, ibid.

14.Food Technology, October 1988, p. 134; Kabara, J.J.The Pharmacological Effects of Lipids(Amer Oil Chemists Society; IL), 1978, pp. 1-14.

15. Horrobin, DF.Reviews in Pure and Applied Pharmacological Sciences, vol 4 (Freund Publishing House; 1983), pp. 339-383; Harmon, D. et. al.,Jnl of Amer Geriat Soc, 1976 24:1: pp. 292-298; Meerson, Z, et al.,Bulletin Exper Biol Med, 1983 96:9: pp. 70-71.

Myth #4:
16. Fallon, Sally, "Vitamin A Vagary,"Jnl of PPNF, Summer 1995; Dunne, op cit, p. 14.

17. Jennings, I.W.,Vitamins in Endocrine Metabolism, Charles Thomas, 1970, pp. 39-57, 84-85.

Myth #5:
18. Price, Weston.Nutrition and Physical Degeneration(Keats Publishing; CT), 1943.

19. Smith, Russell.Diet, Blood, Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: A Critical Review of the Literature, Vector Enterprises, 1991.

20. Spencer, Herta and Lois Kramer, "Factors Contributing to Osteoporosis,"Jnl of Nutr.116:316-319 (1986); "Further Studies of the Effect of a High Protein Diet as Meat on Calcium Metabolism,"Am. Jnl Clin. Nutr.924-929, June 1983.

21. Kahn, et al.,Amer Jnl Epidem, 1984, 119:775; Snowden, et al.,Preventive Medicine, 1984, 13:490. Quotation from Kahn is printed in Smith, op cit.

22. Smith, op. cit. See also "Vegetarian Studies--A Summary" by Smith,Jnl of PPNF, Winter 1998.

23. Abrams, op cit., p. 62
24. Lyon, et al.,New Eng Jnl Med, 294:129, 1976.

25. Enig, et. al,Federation Proceedings, 37:2215, 1978.

26. Ibid. See also Price, op cit.

27. "7th Day Adventists & Cancer,"Am. Jnl Clin. Nutr.59:1136S-1142S (1994).

Myth #6:
28. Abrams,Leon. "The Preference for Animal Protein and Fat,"Food and Evolution(Temple University Press; PA), 1987; see also Price, op cit.

29. Fallon and Enig, "The Oiling of America,"Nexus, Dec 1998­Jan 1999 and Feb­Mar 1999; Yudkin, John,Pure, White and Deadly, (Davis Poynter, London), 1972; Pauling, Linus,How to Live Longer and Feel Better, (Avon Books, New York), 1985; Hoffer and Walker,Putting It All Together: The New Orthomolecular Nutrition, Keats Publishing, CT), 1995; Mann, George, (ed).Coronary Heart Disease: The Dietary Sense and Nonsense(Veritas Society; London), 1993; Cleave, T.L.,The Saccharine Disease, (Keats Publishing; CT),1975.

30.Lancet344:1195 (1994)
31.Mann, George, "Metabolic Consequences of Dietary Trans-fatty Acids,"Lancet343:1268-71 (1994); Enig, Mary et al., Fed. Proc. 37:2215, July 1978; Kummerow, F. "Nutritional Effects of Isomeric Fats,"Dietary Fats and Health, Horisberger and Bracco, eds. (Amer Oil Chem Soc; IL), 1983, pp. 391-402.

32. Wolk, A. et al.,Arch of Inter Med, 158:41 (1998); see also Chris Mudd'sCholesterol and Your Health(American lite Co; OK), 1990, for a thorough discussion of studies that show high polyunsaturate intake with increased cancer rates.

33. Hubert, H. et al.,Circulation67:968 (1983)
34.Jnl of American Med. Assoc.248(12):1465, September 24, 1982
35.Lancet339:3/2/92
36.Food Chem. News, October 3, 1994
37. Fallon, Enig, and Connolly, op. cit., pp. 17-18.

38. Ibid, pp. 14-15.

39. Enig, Mary, "Trans-Fats and Saturated Fats: Not the Same,"Jnl of PPNF, Winter 1998.

Myth #7:
40. "Death Rates of Vegetarians,"Am. Jnl Epidemiol. 97:372 (1973)
41. Smith, op. cit.; Burr and Sweetnam,Amer Jnl Clin Nutr, 1982, 36:873.

42. Price, op. cit.; Fallon, S. "Nasty, Brutish, and Short?"The Ecologist, (London), Jan/Feb 1999; Enig & Fallon, "Australian Aborigines,"Jnl of PPNF, Summer 1998.

43. Stefansson, V.,The Fat of the Land, Macmillan, New York, 1956
44. Pitskhelauri, G.Z.,The Long Living of Soviet Georgia, Human Sciences Press, New York, 1982; Moore, Thomas.Lifespan: What Really Affects Human Longevity(Simon & Schuster; NY), 1990.

45. Abrams, "Vegetarianism," pp. 74-77.

46. "Carb Loading for Athletes? Not Such a Good Idea,"Jnl of PPNF, Fall 1996

Myth #8:
47. Abrams, H. Leon, "The Preference for . . ."; Fallon & Enig, "Australian Aborigines."
48. Stefansson, op. cit.

49. Stefansson, op cit.; Fallon and Enig, "The Cave Man Diet,"Jnl of PPNF, Summer 1997.

50. Abrams, "Vegetarianism" and "Preference for . . ."
51. Price, op cit.

Myth #9:
52. Rizek, et al., "Fat in Today's Food Supply,"Jnl Amer. Oil Chem.Soc., 51:244 (1974).

53. See note 29 and 30, as well papers listed at www.realmilk.com.

Myth #10:

54. Tiney, E.H., "Proximate Composition and Mineral and Phytate Contents of Legumes Grown in Sudan,"Jnl of Food Comp. and Analysis, vol. 2, 1989, pp. 67-78; Leviton, Richard,Tofu, Tempeh, Miso and Other Soy Foods, (Keats Publishing, CT),1982; Grant, T.G., Progress in Food and Nutrition Science 13:317-348 (1989); Fallon, Sally and Enig, Mary, "Soy Products for Dairy Products? Not So Fast,"Health Freedom News, September 1995; Anderson, Robert and Wolf, Walter, "Compositional changes in trypsin inhibitors, phytic acid, saponins, and isoflavones related to soybean processing,"Jnl of Nutr., March 1995, 518S-588S.

55. Abrams, "Vegetarianism . . .," pp. 60-61; Wilson, MD, Lawrence. "Evidence for Traditional Diets from Hair Mineral Analysis,"Jnl of PPNF, Spring 1999.

56. Fallon and Enig, "Soy Products . . .," this paper can be viewed at www.mercola.com.

57. Fitzpatrick, Mike, "Soy Isoflavones: Panacea or Poison?"Jnl of PPNF, Fall 1998; see also papers on www.soyonlineservice.co.nz
58. See www.soyonlineservice.co.nz
59.Leukemia13:317-20 (1999); Hsieh, et al., Cancer Res, 1998, Sept 1, 58:17, 3833-8
60. Ishizuki, et al.,Nippon Naibunpi Gakkai Zasshi, 1991, May 20, 67:5, 622-9; Divi, et al.,Biochem Pharmacol, 1997, Nov. 15, 54:10, 1087-96; Fitzpatrick, op cit.

Myth #11:
61. "Why Not Meat? (Part 2),"Down to Earth News, Dec/Jan 1998, pp. 1-4; Ballantine, Ralph,Transition to Vegetarianism, Himalayan Institute Press, PA, 1994.

62. Abrams, "Vegetarianism . . .," pp. 75-76.

Myth #12:
63. Ballantine, op. cit.

Myth #13:
64. "Why Not Meat? (Part 3)," Down to Earth News, Feb/March 1999, pp. 1-3.

65. Pottenger, Francis,Pottenger's Cats, (Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, CA), 1997 (reprint).

66. Purdey, op. cit.; Sally Fallon, personal communication.

Myth #15:
67. SeeBiodynamics, March/April 1998, for a report on the horrors of commercial hog farming, as well as its drain on local economies and the environment. Also in this article are the benefits of "free-run," organically raised hogs. You can also check out www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ok/cafo for an horrendous exposé on commercial hog farming.

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