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I say go for it! And I'll second what Joe said. The biggest threat (other than mosquitoes, ticks, etc. depending on the weather)? Tiny creatures that might gnaw their way into your tent or pack to get at food. I'm not sure what realistic precautions you can take to save your gear--but Joe...

I think they probably did, and so does Jack Norris, the dietitian and vegan I sited above. One significant weakness of the EPIC-Oxford study is that it tracks consumption and makes assumptions about nutrients from that. Another is that is assumed that some of the foods that vegans eat are...

Mousey, I found something that may interest you about this. The EPIC-Oxford study tracks health-conscious eaters, both omnivorous and not. That's about as good as it's going to get. I found this report http://jacknorrisrd.com/nutrient-intakes-of-vegans/ that summarises nutritional input. He...

Let me put this another way: A group of people eat. That same group smokes at far greater than average rates. That same group lacks average access to healthcare. Epidemiologists report that this group has a shorter than average life expectancy. It must be the diet, right?

I'm afraid I don't understand you or the inference you're drawing from the data. So, let's assume that the Inuit have (a) always been exposed to high levels of carcinogens from smoke, and (b) don't live as long as urban Canadians. How does (a) tell us anything about diet affecting (b)? You...

I think it's more that he's trying to discredit these particular animal-protein heavy indigenous diets as examples for modern eating. He may be right, but the evidence he presents is problematic, to say the least.

Yes, exactly. So, irrespective of their diet--but certainly in light of their smoking habits--it's reasonable to expect lower life expediencies, higher rates of cancer, greater incidence of cardio-vascular disease, etc. And as the Canadian government reports in the citation I provided, "Inuit...

Toddy, That's a thoughtful reply. I'll try to take it as seriously as it deserves. I've learned a lot from lurking here and reading your posts--you've always struck me as sensible. Yes, that's my understanding, too. But this I take issue with. Given the very high rates of smoking among the...

Inuit smoking rates: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2017002/article/14773-eng.htm Indeed, as Dr Campbell says in his article, "...chances are that you haven’t heard the whole story. There has been some important information missing..."

That's unfortunately true, Janne. Dr Campbell has been criticised for using good data to draw biased conclusions. From http://www.airc.it/cancro/disinformazione/the-china-study/: "The negative effects of meat consumption would be seen above all in the development of breast cancer, a tumor...

I choose to eat meat. I don't deny that doing so increases suffering. I agree with this; it's impossible not to. The points I've tried to make: 1. A variety of moral assumptions and ethical systems apply to nearly any issue. As a result, claiming to hold the "most moral" position is...

In the interest of fairness, the research I've looked at pretty uniformly points to beef as the most water-intensive source of food. What does that mean exactly--I'm far from sure. For instance, http://www.pnas.org/content/111/33/11996. The authors disclose no conflict of interest, by the way...

For an academic, readable, balanced answer to this question, please see: https://theconversation.com/is-a-vegetarian-diet-really-more-environmentally-friendly-than-eating-meat-71596 Two important points the author makes: "From this we can say that a vegetarian diet does deliver a decreased...

Prophecy cites two studies in his posts that he uses as evidence that veganism is better for the environment. This one--http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034015/meta--actually argues that we could feed more people by moving away from feeding animals for meat and...

Santaman, I think--think mind you--this is not my area of expertise, that the iron in animal flesh and blood is chemically different to the iron in plants. http://hemochromatosishelp.com/heme-iron-vs-non-heme-iron/ And at least according to this...

Prophecy, In yet another example of your disingenuous argument, the direct quote from the article I posted about soy reads "The evidence on male fertility and reproductive hormones was conflicting; some studies demonstrated a deleterious impact caused by soy consumption and others showed no...

Santaman, you could be right, I can't say. It is interesting to note, though, that this study http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1957 found that consumption of unprocessed red meat increased mortality risk. They defined these terms like this: "Items included in the red meat intake were...

And it's worth emphasising, from the perspective of supplementation, that "In keeping with previous information, fish intake was protective against fatal CHD (RR, 0.83 [95% CI, 0.71-0.94]), but marine ω-3 fatty acids (0.88 [0.66-1.11]) and α-linolenic acid (0.98 [0.60-1.36]) were not." Unless...

Mousey, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1108492 From the article: "The pooled analyses of cohort studies showed that an increased consumption of alcohol (RR [95% CI] for heavy consumption, 0.69 [0.64-0.75]; for light/moderate consumption, 0.71 [0.67-0.75])...

Mousey, This study--http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1957 suggests that some red meat seems not to cause issues. The researchers note that, "studies from Japan and other Asian countries have not shown such associations with red meat intake. This difference is thought to exist mainly...