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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3434813" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>You love to argue.  Of course we knew veggies were good for you.  But for decades the government put out a food pyramid telling what it consisted of a good diet.  Meat and dairy figured prominently.  I never heard of a vegan 35 years ago and vegetarians were a very small minority.  35 years ago I don't think they had figured out the connection between blood pressure and cholesterol building up plaque in arteries.  When I did find out a few things I should've stopped.  I didn't.  I paid the price for that, not you.  I do eat healthier now.  And will still probably be killed by the diabetes.  It's a progressive disease, and about the best I can hope for is to get the weight off and eat very few carbs.  I'm trying.  Have dropped 40 lbs since retiring.  Again, not as cut and dried as you make it.</p></blockquote><p></p>