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There are plenty of life long vegetarians in India so this article seems nonsense. I would agree that people should watch their diet and make adjustments but categorically declaring that we need animal fat doesn’t make sense.

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From my travels it seemed that most Indian vegetarians were happy to drink milk, and quite a few ate eggs.

It reminds me of a vegetarian restaurant owner in India, who told me he followed the advice of his guru: from the egg comes a chicken (so no), from the milk comes no calf (so yes).

Except there is only milk because there was a calf at some point, which was taken away from its mother and sold for veal if it was a male calf or turned into another milk machine if it was female.

Milk cows are forcibly impregnated year after year to keep their milk flowing. All this shortens their lifespan to 4 years instead of their natural 20.

Milk is a product of cruelty.

This sounds like udder nonsense

There are also plenty who won’t touch any kind of animal products. You certainly have to adjust your diet but you don’t “need” animal products.

It's been proven that you can survive eating nothing but hotdogs. But ... it probably wouldn't be advisable in general.

i really want to see that study. did they have access to mustard?

You need onions and ketchup for complete nutrition.

Ketchup on a hotdog has been scientifically proven to be fatal in at least 90% of cases. Mustard, on the other hand, has a completely safe record

but if sweet pickled cucumber relish is added, the relish binds the ketchup molecules and reduces mortality by 0.71 +- .09 (95% CI)

It didn't kill me but made me stronger.

Ghee, that doesn't sound right.

There are a bunch of regions that don't use much ghee, but instead use mustard or coconut oil.

My point is that generalizing Indian vegetarianism as being void of animal fat isn't right. Wiki has this to say about it (without source mind you):

   In India, vegetarianism is usually synonymous with lacto vegetarianism

I understand that point. My point is that it is possible to do well without animal products. I am not saying people should do that but there are plenty of examples where it works.

Nice play with words :)

Fat from dairy is still animal fat and it has quite a lot of it.

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