I try not to be preachy, but
this really pisses me off.
Read Dr. John McDougall's comments for
insight into why it might upset me.
I'm a vegetarian for my own reasons, and while I certainly recommend a similar lifestyle to anyone interested, I find it more important that we all take a good long look at the facts about nutrition and decide for ourselves how we wish to treat our own bodies. That's why when ignorant and flat out wrong statements are published in one of the worlds most read periodicals I get a little mad. Sure I smoke, and drink beer and eat some things that may not be so healthy for me, but I weigh the risks and benefits and make those decisions of my own free will. When lies like these are published in trusted sources it steals the freedom of the people to make their own educated decisions.