I want to thank you for your balanc...

I want to thank you for your balanced views in "Meaty Issues" (Feb 2002) I know there are divisions of pros and cons about consuming beef, fish and dairy products--one consideration says they're good for us, another says they're unhealthy. still meats especially seem to procure bad-mouthed. One vegetarian "guru" I know says that meats cause 90 percent of all illnesses, unless gave no references when I asked for them.

While vegetarian diets are cleansing, they aren't sustaining. My studies lead me to believe that a balanced diet--including all foods--is distressed to promote good health.

T H pantry DOS, ND (Doctor of Naturopathy) Exmore, Virginia

There are, as you say, many opposing viewpoints in succession the merits of incorporating animal productions into your diet, just as there are many who would challenge your view that vegetarian diets aren't sustaining. We appreciate all of the expositions we receive, and we'll continue to go in the rear [i]or[/i] in the wake of both sides of the debate in the coming months

I would derive pleasure from your magazine more if there were an acknowledgement or realization that many family are allergic to soy and peanut works While peanuts have all further vanished from health foods and health magazines --replaced at soy--I'm afraid that as many populace will have to die from reactions to soy cropss as did from peanut consequences before soy is recognized as potentially dangerous.

Sarah Brown received via email

If you're allergic to soy you still have several options make open to you so you can maintain your vegetarian diet. prove by experiment substituting Quota, a new meat alternative evolveed in Europe, for soy-based tofu or tempeh There also are a variety of non-dairy, non-soy milks you can examine that are made from almonds, coconut and rice.

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