peril wrote:
> " In every respect, vegans appear to enjoy equal or better health
> in comparison to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians." -- T.
> Colin Campbell, PhD Professor of Nutrition, Cornell University
> (letter dated 3/29/98)

Not in every respect. From a study of 11,000 vegetarians and other
health conscious people:

This study was initially set up to test the hypotheses that
daily consumption of wholemeal bread (as an indicator of a high
fibre diet) and vegetarian diet are associated with a reduction
in mortality from ischaemic heart disease; the reduction in
mortality associated with both of these dietary factors was *NOT
SIGNIFICANT*.

We found that a vegetarian diet was associated with a 15%
reduction in mortality from ischaemic heart disease. This was
*NOT SIGNIFICANT* and was LESS THAN the roughly 30% reductions
REPORTED IN EARLIER ANALYSES of this cohort.... A vegetarian
diet was also associated with a *SIGNIFICANT INCREASE* in
mortality from breast cancer. However, the confidence interval
was wide.... The numbers of deaths for individual cancer sites
were small and the mortality ratios have wide confidence
intervals. The 41% reduction in mortality from lung cancer
associated with daily consumption of fresh fruit was *NOT
SIGNIFICANT*....
http://tinyurl.com/4q6fe

Additionally, the latest issue of JAMA reports the findings of a large
study concerning incidence of certain cancers and consumption of red and
processed meats. What's really interesting from the study but not
getting much attention is that consumption of fish and poultry was
linked to a significantly *decreased* rates of colorectal cancers. So
enough with your categorical claims, you foot-rubbing charlatan.