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Default native americans and vegetarianism

John Coleman wrote:

>>Ipse dixit. BTW, are you immortal?

>
> this thread is about health and illness, not mortality


You made a claim about mortality:
Thousands of these people died of infectious disease needlessy because
of their ignorance of how to heal and live healthily.

Are you mortal or not? If you die, can we assume that you died of your
"ignorance of how to heal and live healthily"?

>>Post hoc fallacy.

>
> no


Yes, in its classic form. You wrote:
I have never had a cold or flu or any of the common ailments suffered by
civilised peoples and their toxic diets since I went raw 7 year ago.

Your claim is that your diet caused illness and disease.

> a result confirmed by many raw foodists


Anecdotal evidence, not from a scientific study utilizing controls.

> and documented by Ehret -


Ehret's writings touch on metaphysics, not science. And as someone has already
kindly pointed out, he was a racist. BTW, what was his educational background
and of what academic pursuit was he professor?

> science
> is about theories that can be confirmed by observation


You do not comprehend the scientific method. If you did, you would not have
named Ehret as a source.

>>Taking vitamin pills to make up for your dietary deficiencies is NOT

> natural.
>
> the biochemistry cares not one hoot if the B12 is from a pill or a bug or a
> piece of faeces - it is all B12, and our nature requires that stuff -
> however B12 from a stack of meat isn't healthy


What makes B12 from meat or dairy less healthy or desirable than from eating a
pile of bullshit, as you seem wont to do?