This link give a lot or research on people who are harmed by a veg diet. It correlates to the number of generations of grain eaters in their forebearers. Most northern Europeans don't do well with carbs. Good references.
http://beyondveg.com/cat/paleodiet/index.shtml --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nelson wrote: > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate > ><no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > >>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Like many TM'ers back in the late 1970's I gave up on being a > >>>vegetarian. I had too many bouts with hypoglycemia, anemia and > >>> > >>> > >vata > > > > > >>>derangements. Using supplements will not often deal with the pH > >>>imbalance that occurs in some wannabe vegetarians which will only > >>> > >>> > >be > > > > > >>>solved with the inclusion of some animal protein in their diet. > >>> > >>>Now just watch the wailing and gnashing of teeth raising this > >>> > >>> > >subject > > > > > >>>causes. :) > >>> > >>> > >>Hey if it works for you, great. I tried fish and poultry for 3 years > >>after 30 years of veg, and found it didn't suit me, so I am back to > >> > >> > >a > > > > > >>neo-veg. No grains, grams of carbs no more than grams of protein, > >> > >> > >lots > > > > > >>of fresh veg, little fruit (focus on pomigranate,cranberry, > >> > >> > >blueberry > > > > > >>-- the high polyphenols and anti-oxidants). > >> > >>There are many many possible veg diets. One cannot say all are bad > >> > >> > >or > > > > > >>unsuitable because the type they tried was not good. > >>My own experience, and observations of others, is that TMO's load up > >>on carbs -- rice, dahl, chapati, little raw veg, lots of fruit. No > >>wonder they get back results with such high carb levels and low > >>protein. Its a miracle that longtime consmers of such are not all > >>diabetics (oops, MMY, Devendra, Amma, more, etc, all diabetics I > >> > >> > >think). > > > > > >>And did you use methyl form of b-12? If not, that clearly corrleates > >>with and could explain anemia,low energy, hypoglycemia, etc. And a > >>high carb, high legume consumption can correlate with vata > >>derangments. NONE of this is necessary in a well-structured veg > >> > >> > >diet. > > > > > >>+++ Would this work with all people? > >> > >> > > I was thinking or the different requirements of say a rabbit and > >a tiger and would wonder if you could make a vegitarian out of the > >tiger. > > Being a type-O kapha barbarian, I don't care much for many > >vegetables myself. N. > > > I think a good test would be to take an Indian who comes from a long > line of vegetarians and pair him with a westerner who claims they > function well as a vegetarian and see who actually performs better in a > battery of tests. Unless the westerner also comes from a long line of > vegetarians the Indian may fair way better. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/