THE MYTHS OF VEGETARIANISM Stephen Byrnes, PhD

Stephen Byrnes, PhD, enjoys robust health on a diet that includes butter, cream, eggs, meat,whole milk, cheese, and liver. He is the author of Diet & Heart Disease: Its NOT What You Thinkand Digestion Made Simple (Whitman Books; 2001); and The Lazy Person’s Whole FoodsCookbook (Ecclesia Life Mana; 2001). Visit his website at http://www.altpowerhealth.com.Recommended Further Reading:The Weston A. Price Foundationhttp://www.westonaprice.orgWhy I am Not a Vegetarianhttp://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/0902/vegetarian.htmlBeyond Vegetarianismhttp://www.beyondveg.comThe Cholesterol Mythshttp://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htmThe Paleolithic Diet Pagehttp://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/The Great Fallacies of Vegetarianismhttp://www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk/00509.htmHumans Against Animal Rights Terrorismhttp://vicious_kitten.tripod.com/nonvegan.htmlPETA Suckshttp://www.petasucks.ccAnimal Rights.nethttp://www.animalrights.netReferences1. (a) S Fallon and M Enig. Nourishing Traditions, (New Trends Publishing; Washington, D.C.),2000, 5; (b) Breeds of Livestock. University of Oklahoma, Department of Animal Science postedat http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds.2. Breeds of Livestock. University of Oklahoma, Department of Animal Science posted athttp://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds.3. W Bender and M Smith. Population, Food, and Nutrition. Population Reference Bureau;1997.4. B Carnell. Could vegetarianism prevent world hunger? Posted athttp://www.animalrights.net/faq/topics/diet/vegetarianism_world_hunger.htm, and accessed onJanuary 3, 2002.