# A vegetarian diet makes you sicker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vegetarian-diet-makes-you-sicker/685633 "2014-04-08T13:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vegetarian-diet-makes-you-sicker/685633/21 "2014-04-09T13:26:52Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Although my post was intended in jest, I should point out that the Farting Fuhrer’s [food taster](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9859294/Hitlers-food-taster-speaks-of-Fuhrers-vegetarian-diet.html) claimed he eschewed meat completely in his final years. “I no longer eat animals. I have graduated to devouring Europe.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vegetarian-diet-makes-you-sicker/685633/22 "2014-04-09T13:29:48Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > [nit pick] Diets that include plant material and meat is omnivorous\*. A carnivore eats only meat.[/nit pick] > So, in my opinion, a group who doesn’t know the nomenclature of a field of study isn’t qualified to conduct said study. > > \*I am an omnivore. I would not survive as a plant eater. I was coming to post this. It’s worse than a nitpick — it’s an outright misuse of the term carnivore. I didn’t read the article but I agree — if they’re that imprecise I place no credibility in this study. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-vegetarian-diet-makes-you-sicker/685633.md?page=1)