In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

Only he is responsible for his health. Whatever a guru or practitioner says, he is the one who makes the decisions about his health, and that must require his participation, not his blind following of said advice.

What if the guru/practitioner used misinformation, coercion, or manipulative sales tactics in order to "convert" this person to their distorted views? No karma incurred there? Clear conscience for those folks? Any negative effect on polarization, do you think?

A guru/practitioner may very well incur karma from manipulation and coercion. The person who is sick, and seeking information, must still decide what to do with that information. There are 2 sides to an equation: allopathic doctors giving out medications pushed by the pharmaceutical companies, and, the people who take the medications without questioning them or the doctor. Health gurus selling their books, supplements, and programs, and, the people who blindly follow without researching and educating themselves on the validity and efficacy of the product.

There are no victims in the equation.