THE LURE
OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyl
OF POLITICALLY CORRECT
DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-
vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in
favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyl
of vegetarianism often prevent earnest
vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion
of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyl
of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.
In Let Food Be Thy Medicine, Jack cites Weston Price in support
of a
diet that omits «beef, whole milk and eggs» in
favor of lowfat, high - fiber
vegetarian foods.14 In his description
of Price's work, he makes no mention
of the emphasis that Price puts on animal foods.
Combined with the lack
of convincing clinical data in
favor of n — 3 fatty acid supplementation for cardiovascular endpoints and the lack
of data in those that consume a
vegetarian diet, it is difficult to make the recommendation that
vegetarians should consume fish to optimize their cardiovascular mortality.»