More vegetarian info coming my way, odd.. this bit of timing. This is a news clipping from Nutra Ingredients, Plant diet may not be bad for bones 3/29/2005 - People who eat no animal products and only raw plant-based foods may have healthier bones than previously thought, shows US research. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis studied 18 strict raw food vegans, aged from 33 to 85, and found that although their bones were light in weight, they may be healthy. The vegans, who had been on the diet for an average of 3.6 years, had lower body mass indices than a comparable group following a more typical western diet, including refined carbohydrates, animal products and cooked food. They also had significantly lower bone mass in important skeletal regions such as the hip and lumbar spine, sites where low bone mass often means osteoporosis and fracture risk. But they did not have other biological markers that typically accompany osteoporosis, shows the study, published in the 28 March issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine (vol 165, pp 1-6). read the rest of the story here: http://nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=59013&n=wh13&c=bjmpxkdyhcqatcw I particularily got a kick out of this quote "And in spite of the fact that the raw food group did not drink milk or eat cheese, they had higher vitamin D levels than people on a typical, Western diet. Fontana attributed the vitamin D levels to sun exposure. " na... you think? people not eating dairy healthier? can't be!.... (sorry)