For generations, far too many people have died before their time with our culture of poor diet, heavy drinking and smoking all taking their toll.

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But if you expose yourself to food cultures, people who know how to do great things without meat - Middle Eastern food culture, Asian and Indian, you can eat really well without having meat in the diet.

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