Children and Adults Should Avoid Consuming Animal Products to Reduce Risk for Chronic Disease: YES

This article is part of a debate, where researchers discuss arguments about whether humans should avoid animal products in order to decrease the risk for chronic disease. In this article, one author (Barnard) presents the primary argument that a diet free of animal products avoids several unhealthy food components such as cholesterol, saturated fat, lactose, hormones as well as food contaminated with fecal bacteria.