“We all love animals. Why do we call some ‘pets’, and others ‘dinner’?” ~K.D Lang *************************** Health Factoids “All fruits and vegetables contain the essential amino acids your body needs to make protein. You will get all of the amino acids you need by eating enough calories of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. You don’t need to combine fruits, vegetables, or nuts and seeds, or legumes and rice, to get complete protein.” ~ Vegan Myth, Vegan Truth by John McCabe “Early human ancestors were not predominately meat eaters, or even eaters of seeds, shoots, leaves, or grasses. Instead, they appear to have subsided on a diet of fruit. No exceptions have been found. Every tooth examined from the hominids of the twelve-million-year period leading up to Homo Erectus appeared to be that of a fruit eater.” ~Dr Alan Walker of Johns Hopkins University, in the May 15, 1979 edition of the New York Times “Seafood is simply a socially acceptable form of bush meat. We condemn Africans for hunting monkeys and mammalian bird species from the jungle, yet the developed world thinks nothing of hauling in magnificent wild creatures like swordfish, tuna, halibut, shark, and salmon for our meals. The fact is that the global slaughter of marine wildlife is simply the largest massacre of wildlife on the planet.” ~ Captain Paul Watson, SeaShepard.org The American Academy of Family Physicians notes that high animal protein intake is largely responsible for the high prevalence of kidney stones in the United States and other developed countries and recommends protein restriction for the prevention of recurrent kidney stones. It takes 10 times the amount of energy from fossil fuels to produce a calorie of animal-based food than it does to produce a calorie of plant food. ~Forks over Knives video “Our work shows that casein, the chief protein in milk, is the most relevant cancer promoter discovered.” ~ T. Colin Campbell, Ph. D., Cornell University, author of The China Study and Whole Water required for producing one pound of food in California, according to soil and water specialists working with the University of California Agricultural Extension: Water used to produce: 1 pound of lettuce - 23 gallons 1 pound of tomatoes - 23 gallons 1 pound of potatoes - 24 gallons 1 pound of wheat - 25 gallons 1 pound of carrots - 33 gallons 1 pound of apples - 49 gallons 1 pound of chicken - 815 gallons 1 pound of pork - 1,630 gallons 1 pound of beef - 5,214 gallons From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: • Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. • In recent years, heart disease played a role in one of every four deaths. • In 2008, 405,309 people died from coronary disease. • Every year about 785,000 Americans have a heart attack. • Another 470,000 who have already had one or more heart attacks have another attack. • In 2010, coronary heart disease alone cost the United States $108.9 billion. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity. • Heat disease is the leading cause of death for most people of most ethnicities in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians. • For American Indians or Alaska Natives and Asians or Pacific Islanders, heart disease is second only to cancer. All of the above information is stunning in its entirety and yet it is only a minute compilation of the devastating effects of animal product consumption. It certainly makes me ever so thankful that I found the vegan path. That decision to switch to a plant centered diet has changed my life and continues to change my life in innumerable ways.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:25:54 +0000
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