Damn you all for encouraging me! Thanks though!
WarChild - here's one of the "healthiest" meat eaters of all time Runner Jim Fixx who proclaimed as long as he could run a marathon in under a certain time he could eat all the steak he wanted... Died of a heart attack while running...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx I'm not promoting the Vegan Diet, Vegans are usually completely devoid of any nutritional information. I'm promoting that we should eat like we did 100 years ago. Eggs on Easter, Turkey on ThanksGiving and Ham on Christmas, not for breakfast lunch and dinner every day. Developing countries that stick to traditional diets of complex carbs & starches have almost none of the diseases of affluent countries. We're eating like Kings and Queens and are all fat and dieing like them, but you don't have to be fat to diet of a bad diet.
The reason you're a walking grave yard of animal flesh is because not only "you are what you eat" but the cholesterol and fats from the animal flesh & dairy build up in your body, not just your arteries but your joints/tendons/eyes/ears/penis, etc. The good news is that your body quickly heals when you return to a normal "Potato / Rice / Bean / Whole Grain low fat diet.
Here's the big problem with the protein rich diet.
#1. Breast Milk is only around 5% protein and that's the period of time when we grow the most. You'll be hard pressed to find any plant that contains less than 5% protein. Wheat is 45% and a Potato contains every essential nutrient we need to survive. You can google and read about Potato and or Rice diets where people have lived extended periods of time under lab conditions on either.
#2. Protein is made up of Amino Acids. The key word being "Acid" when you eat a diet high in Acid and low in Alkalizing green Veggies you end up with bone loss / kidney stones / Dental problems. Your body uses your Calcium supply like TUMS, when you eat a high protein meal your body buffers the acid and thus creates the osteoporosis that is so prevalent in developed countries, but almost non existent in places like Japan and China. You can literally measure the calcium loss after a high protein meal in your urine in that the amount of calcium contained in the meal is less than that going out.
The trouble with nutritional information is that there is so much conflicting information out there and much of it is provided by people trying to sell us things like vitamins/supplements/diet products/doctor visits/bypass surgery/dairy counsel/, etc
People seem to think we're DEFICIENT in nutrients. The reality is the disease in the USA, for example, is from TOO MUCH nutrients. People haven't had berry berry / scurvy / real diseases of deficiency in at least 200 years.
Sure some people can eat like crap and smoke and live to 105, but if you're among the majority of people like myself who had to learn this all the long and hard way I'd definitely steer you to Dr. McDougall or T. Colin Campbell at your local library and for the maximum cost of a .25c late fee you can read about how to save yourself/loved ones/prevention through eating an abundance of tasty healthy plant foods like bean burritos / pasta / baked potatoes / soups / rice dishes.
The reality, with the exception of Mad Cow disease, is that a bad diet takes decades to kill/injure most people so its kind of hard to get people to heed advice about a bus that may or may not hit them 20-40 years from now if they keep eating crap. Also, if you accept that a plant based diet will keep you healthy until your 95 you may not want to live that long anyways. I'm always looking for more current and pressing motivation like -looking younger -better athletic performance -better sexual performance -extended sex life -clearing up acne -less problems with allergies -not loosing your hair -cheaper food (think bag of rice / sack of potatoes / pasta NOT Whole Foods wallet raping organic mark up) -enjoying grandchildren (because you don't die at 50 of heart attack) -weight loss -trim body -no visits to doctor -no costly prescription medicine...