You're way off base here Anon. There are various criticisms of a vegetarian diet and its capability of maintaining health. Some people do well on it, others do not. My own naturopathic doctor says that she sees much more healing over the long-term when people get their protein from meat and fish.

Some people do eat a lot of fruit. In this day and age, it tends to be people who are not insulin-resistant who do well with it. That is not a natural condition to have, it comes from eating a poor diet, and so you have to take certain steps in order to heal it, including consuming little or no fruit.

Our ancestors were able to eat things like fruit and occasional honey because they were not also eating donuts, chocolate bars, cookies, etc.

A diet high in protein is NOT proven to cause kidney failure. Present the actual facts here please. If a person consumes large amounts of meat and does not balance it out with other dietary requirements like healthy fats and lots of veg and fruit, then yes that will cause problems. Another problem is that Americans who consume a lot of meat are also eating meat which has been grain-fed on feed lots and injected with hormones and all kinds of things. This is bad for anyone.

Look at the remaining indigenous populations of the world who eat their native diets. All of them eat meat to some extent, some more than otthers; in fact, some Inuit populations have a diet that is about 90% meat and they do very well with this, they are not dying of kidney failure. Poor health only tends to become a problem when they switch to a Western diet. I recommend looking into the studies of Dr. Weston A. Price to find out more about this. You can try this link for a start: http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm

And yes, there is plenty of evidence that grains are not very healthy foods. Some people can eat whole grains without any trouble. The majority of people cannot. Grains are a recent addition to the human diet and no, we don't have all the enzymes we need to digest grains properly. Grains contain enzyme-blockers, amongst other things. That's because they are essentially seeds, and seeds have natural defences like these to prevent creatures from eating them. Overconsumption of grains is linked to all manner of diseases including cancer, leaky gut syndrome and autoimmune problems, heart disease and more. They also contain an abundance of omega-6, which is the main reason why there is such a huge imbalance in the essential fatty acids in the Western diet. This also leads to a lot of problems.

No grain contains trace minerals or anything else that can't be got from other sources, where did this idea come from? The human race exiisted and thrived without grains for millennia. There is nothing any grain contains that is not contained in more abundance in fruit or veg. Just to be sure, because our soil is often in pretty poor condition these days, you can take a colloidal mineral supplement.

Do your research Anon and you might be surprised. Try looking at the Weston A. Price site, there's loads of info there. Also try the links at the Mercola site that I have posted in this thread. I'll give them again here:

http://www.mercola.com/article/insulin.htm

http://www.mercola.com/2006/nov/9/i...se-your-risk-of-deadly-kidney-cancer.htm

Regards,
Linda.