From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1996:

A British study of mothers found
that 80%, including many vegetarians and vegans,
give infants plenty of fruit and vegetables
but not enough fat. “The key is to breast-feed
longer, up to two years if possible,” commented
vegan advocate Dr. Charles Attwood, author
of Dr. Attwood’s Low-Fat Prescription for Kids.
“When this is not possible, infants need other
fat sources. The key is calories, whether fat or
not, so any calorie-dense food is okay during
infancy.”
British Rail on May 2 banned a
Vegetarian Society poster of a zucchini, captioned,
“A vegetarian diet can be orgasmic.”
Said Vegetarian Society campaign director
Steve Connor, “It’s penis envy.” Accepted was
a poster of a chile pepper captioned,
“Vegetarian food makes you red hot.”

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1996:

More veggies, less fat fights cancer
WASHINGTON D.C.–– A 20-member National Research Council panel reported
February 16 that about a third of the 1.35 million new cancer cases detected in the U.S. each
year are attributable to diet; that excess calories and fat are far more likely to contribute to
cancer than either natural or synthetic chemicals in food; and that the best way to avoid cancer
is to eat more fruits and vegetables, but less fat.
That’s a tall order for meateaters, as recent studies have found that fat is the part of
meat they most crave. The National Cancer Institute reported in January that U.S. children and
teenagers eat the right volume of vegetables, but that french fries account for a third of their
consumption, while intake of dark green and yellow vegetables with cancer-fighting properties,
such as spinach and carrots, tends to be low.
The NRC report was critical of the use of animal studies to predict human health risk
from chemical consumption, pointing out that test animals typically ingest far more of a suspect
substance in a short time than most humans would ever encounter.

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