I tried to tell them vegetarians they were all loony

[dentin]

"Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not claim expertise on Abkhasian culture."

Imagine that will ya.     Well, perhaps you have the time/inclination( I don't) to do some research and post some opposing "expertise" in this matter.       

[Becinhu]

Funny, I never did.


Women can get the same sickness, well....I say women.....I refer to these weird types who think it's natural to continue breast feeding their children until little Johnny is old enough to be able to say "Mum, I'm hungry, get your tits out."

DANGIT SWOOP! just spit beer on my monitor!!

I was an agriculture major in college.....

[DREDIOCK]

Perhaps they "taste better" no way to tell, and even if I could I wouldn't. However the following might shed some light, as it were , on the benefits of reducing/eliminating animal flesh from one's diet.

"The cultures with the longest lifespans in the world are the Vicambas, who reside in the Andes of Ecuador, the Abkhasians, who live on the Black Sea in the former USSR, and the Hunzas who live in the Himalayas of Northern [Bharat.] [21] "

MOre here>  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/abkhasians.html

But they do eat some meat. They havent eliminated it entirely from their diet..
Personally I think its the combination of diet,lifestyle and location that has more to do with their good health then any 1 thing.
They probably don't use any non organic fertilizer or use much n the way of man made chemicals either.
Not to mention there probably isn't much in the way of industr/y/ial pollution in that area as well. So they probably aren't as effected by the filth coming out of smokestacks.

These quotes say alot as well

The Abkhasians don't live near a university research center or pharmacy
Probably why there hasnt been any "reported" cases of cancer

Part of the reason they are able to live so long may have to deal with the hilly country they live in where they have to walk everywhere.
No cars=lower air pollution
Walking - No couch potatoes

But to say longevity is based purely on being vegan, or diet alone is hogwash.

[DREDIOCK]

Quote shamelessly stolen from another website.

Vegans never die, they just eventually begin to smell like prey and get eaten by carnivores who can't help themselves.

 

[dentin]

But they do eat some meat. They havent eliminated it entirely from their diet..
Personally I think its the combination of diet,lifestyle and location that has more to do with their good health then any 1 thing.
They probably don't use any non organic fertilizer or use much n the way of man made chemicals either.
Not to mention there probably isn't much in the way of industr/y/ial pollution in that area as well. So they probably aren't as effected by the filth coming out of smokestacks.

These quotes say alot as well

The Abkhasians don't live near a university research center or pharmacy
Probably why there hasnt been any "reported" cases of cancer

Part of the reason they are able to live so long may have to deal with the hilly country they live in where they have to walk everywhere.
No cars=lower air pollution
Walking - No couch potatoes

But to say longevity is based purely on being vegan, or diet alone is hogwash.

Umm, take your hypothesis/opinion to the author of the  link ( http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/abkhasians.html ] ..mebbe we can get a definitive correlation between longevity (or lack thereof) and a meat-free (or reduced) diet...not that I really care.  `cause ina few hrs I'm tossing a few slabs `o` beef on the grill. 

[DREDIOCK]

Umm, take your hypothesis/opinion to the author of the  link

Naaa. Much better and more fun to take my hypothesis/opinion to the author of the post who put the link up there.

All Im saying is that diet alone isnt the proboble reason for longer life spans or the absence of "reported" diseases

[dentin]

Naaa. Much better and more fun to take my hypothesis/opinion to the author of the post who put the link up there.

All Im saying is that diet alone isnt the proboble reason for longer life spans or the absence of "reported" diseases

 Perhaps if you change your diet to that of the Clam on the following link, you'd live a really long life.        Hit the following link..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567562/Clam-405-is-oldest-animal-ever.html

[DREDIOCK]

Yea. that might do it