101 Reasons To Go Vegetarian
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101 Reasons To Go Vegetarian
- 1. Warning: This presentation could save your life and our planet. Why A Vegetarian Diet Matters
- 3. What is the #1 Killer in America? Heart Disease 28.5% of all deaths Vegetarians? 24% reduction “Vegetarians have the best diet; they have the lowest rates of coronary heart disease of any group in the country.” William Castelli, M.D., Director, Framingham Health Study, the longest-running study of diet and heart disease in world medical history
- 4. What is the #2 Killer in America? Cancer 22.8% of all deaths Vegetarians? 60% reduction “Some people scoff at Vegetarians, but they have only 40% of our cancer rate. They outlive us.” William Castelli, M.D., Director, Framingham Health Study, the longest-running study of diet and heart disease in world medical history
- 5. How to Reduce Heart Disease and Cancer? More of These: Less of Those:
- 6. Obesity US population overweight or obese; causing increased risks of premature death: 55% Obesity between General US and Vegetarian US populations: 3:1 Amount spent annually on weight loss programs in the US: $75 Billion
- 7. Smart Lifestyle Are Vegetarians Healthier? Heart Disease: Less Cancer: Less High Blood Pressure: Less Obesity: Less Hypertension: Less Gall Stones: Less Diabetes: Less Osteoporosis: Less Are Vegetarians Healthier? Life Expectancy: More Years Added to Your Life If You Don’t… Immune System: More Smoke: 6 Eat Meat: 10
- 8. Human? What Are We Designed to Eat? Did you notice how Body Part Herbivore Carnivore quickly we digest Facial Muscles Well-Developed Reduced vegetarian food in comparison to non- Good Side-to- Minimal Side-to- Jaw Motion Side Motion Side Motion vegetarian foods? Broad & Flat for Sharp & Pointed Teeth Grinding for Tearing Extensive Chewing Swallowing Chewing Saliva Alkaline Acidic 10-12 times 3-6 times Colon body length body length Fingers No claws Claws Perspiration Skin Pores Tongue
- 9. I don’t have any Reason 2: spare ribs! Healthier for Animals Too! Jesus loves me too! I’m not a nugget!
- 10. How we like to perceive farms...
- 11. What Really Happens on Factory Farms What Factory Happened Farming! To You?
- 12. Fish Farm Facts: Foul Fish Farms Aquaculture is growing 3 times faster than land-based animal agriculture. Fish farms are rife with pollution, disease, and suffering. Aquafarms pollute the environment with of fish faeces, antibiotic-laden fish feed, and diseased fish carcasses. Fish on aquafarms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. Conditions on some farms are so horrendous that 40 percent of the fish may die before farmers can kill and package them for food.
- 13. What about Wild Fish? Wild Fish have lost a lot of their nutritional value because of environmental pollution. They are commonly intoxicated with PCBs, DDT, dioxin, mercury, and other toxic chemicals. By 2050, there will be virtually nothing left to fish from the sea. Today’s commercial fishing vessels use dragnets that are miles long and devastate marine life and ocean beds. For 1 Kg of fish, 12.5 Kg of marine life is hauled up with the fish and discarded.
- 14. What about Family Farms? From 1967 to 2002, about 90% of farms in America shut down - unable to compete with mega factory farms. Today, just 4 companies produce 81% of cows, 73% of sheep, 57% of pigs and 50% of chickens.
- 15. What’s in your Meat? Antibiotics Steroids Pesticides Hormones Meat contains on average 13 times more pesticides than vegetables 80% of all antibiotics sold in USA go to farm animals
- 16. Food Borne Illnesses Animals that have been standing in yards of faeces and urine for long periods of time, Primary source of E.Coli: Beef have a range of health issues such as cancerous growths, Primary source of Campylobacter: Chicken cysts, pustules, and are just Primary source of Salmonella: Eggs sick, miserable animals.
- 17. Animal Lover? Are you really? Hey Mom, What’s for Dinner? Which do you pet? Fake Name Real Name Which do you eat? Beef Cow Steak Grilled Cow Veal Baby Cow Boeuf Cow cooked Bourguignon with pork fat Fillet Mignon Cow’s Loin Tender Meat Slaughtered Why? Factory Cow Can you tell your kids the truth?
- 18. Reason 3: Healthier for the Planet!
- 19. Water Depletion It took nature millions of years to form the great Ogallala aquifer. This is the largest body of fresh water on Earth, and it lies under the great American grain belt. It is one of the reasons the U.S. Has the world’s largest food supply. At present, more than 13 trillion gallons of water are taken from Ogallala every year, with the vast majority used to produce beef. More water is taken from Ogallala for beef production that is used to grow all the fruits, and vegetables in the entire country. At current rates, it’s only a matter of time before wells go dry and the U.S. will lose its grain surplus and its ability to provide security for its people. The same pattern is taking place all over the world. As more water is diverted to raising cattle, millions of wells are going dry. John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 20. Gallons of Water Required Water Waste to Produce One Pound of... Lettuce 23 Tomatoes 23 Water in the USA used Potatoes 24 to raise livestock: Wheat 25 Half of all water used Carrots 33 Apples 49 You save more water Gallons of Water Required by not eating 1 pound to Produce One Pound of... of meat than you do Chicken 815 by not showering for Pork 1,630 6 months! Beef 5,214 A vegan diet requires only 300 gallons of water per day, while a typical meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day. John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 21. According to the EPA, hog, chicken & Water Pollution cattle waste has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in the USA and contaminated groundwater. In the U.S., livestock produces 130 times Animal Waste Causes: Water Pollution more waste than people do. While there Water Oxygen Depletion are strict laws governing the disposal of Fish Kills human waste, laws are lax or Aquatic Dead Zones nonexistent for animal waste. Diseases Groundwater Contamination Nitrate Pollution Health Issues Respiratory Problems Physical and Emotional Illness Chemical Pollutants and Pathogens Fecal Bacteria Illness Outbreaks Air Pollutants John Robbins, The Food Revolution http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanwater/that_stinks/
- 22. Land Use Cattle grazing in the west has Livestock uses 1/3 of the polluted more water, eroded more topsoil, killed more earth’s entire land surface, fish, displaced more mostly permanent pasture. wildlife, and destroyed more vegetation than any other land use. John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 23. 70% of former forests Deforestation in the Amazon were razed for grazing. Greenhouse-warming carbon gas released by clearing and burning enough rainforest to produce just 1 hamburger is equivalent to driving a typical American car for 25 days. John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 24. Animal Extinction Leading cause of species in the US and in South American tropical rainforests being threatened or eliminated: Livestock Grazing John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 25. Global Warming U.N. Report Warns: Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars. The livestock sector accounts for 9% of CO2, 65% of nitrous oxide, and 37% methane produced from human-related activities. Methane is 23 times and nitrous oxide 296 times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide. U.N. Report : “Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options”
- 26. Acid Rain Livestock generates 64% of human-related ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. U.N. Report : “Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options”
- 27. Sustainability 2.5 Acres of Land can Feed: Cabbage 23 people Potatoes 22 people Rice 19 people Corn 17 people Wheat 15 people 2.5 Acres of Land can Feed: Chicken 2 people Eggs 1 person Beef 1 person John Robbins, The Food Revolution
- 29. Where most Americans Advertizing learn about food: Advertizing Amount spent annually by McDonald’s on advertizing: $800 million Amount spent annually by the National Cancer Institute to promote fruits and vegetables: $1 million http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss
- 30. High Healthcare Annual US healthcare costs due to smoking: Pressure $65 Billion Most common problem for which people go to doctors Annual US healthcare in the USA: costs due to meat- High Blood Pressure centered diets: $90 Billion Incidence of high blood pressure in meat eaters compared to vegetarians: 300% Patients who are able to discontinue medication after adopting a high-fiber vegetarian diet: 58% Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine John Robins, The Food Revolution
- 31. We Vote Each Time We Buy ?
- 32. “In a world where an estimate 1 in every 6 people goes hungry every day, the politics of meat consumption are Food Crisis increasingly heated, since meat production is an inefficient use of grain – the grain is used more efficiently when consumed directly by humans. Continued growth in meat output is dependent on feeding grains to animals, creating 10 Kg of grain competition for grain between affluent meat eaters and the world’s poor.” produces… - Worldwatch Institute Only 1 Kg of Beef If meat consumption increases, then grain prices increase, putting at risk 2.5 billion people living on less than $2/day. 1. John Robbins, The Food Revolution 2. Worldwatch Institute
- 33. Unsustainable Production U.S. farmland producing vegetables: 4 million acres U.S. farmland producing hay for livestock: 56 million acres U.S. grain and cereals fed to livestock: 70% 1. John Robbins, The Food Revolution 2. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Corn/abused072705.cfm
- 34. Who’s Eating Our Food? People Livestock 2% 77% 1. John Robbins, The Food Revolution 2. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Corn/abused072705.cfm
- 35. Inconsistent Policies Where do you go for Where do you go for abusing a puppy? abusing a cow? To Jail To Lunch
- 36. Meat & Politics The USDA website, www.usda.gov, shows many key staffers who once worked for the National Cattleman's Beef Association - the industry's most powerful lobbying group. Although the FDA’s food pyramid recommends eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables, meat is subsidized by the federal government about 30 times more than fruits and vegetables. John Robbins, The Food Revolution http://blog.prospect.org/blog/ezraklein/assets/ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/food%20subs%20pyramid.jpg
- 38. Evolution of Consciousness Year Human Animal Slavery Slavery 1850 Common None Today Banned Common 2050 Banned Banned ?
- 39. Time Tested Wisdom Ayurveda the most world’s most ancient and time proven medicinal system based largely on prevention of disease recommends a vegetarian diet. Ahimsa or Non-Violence is one of the corner stones of Yoga, the world’s most ancient practice for union of the body, mind and soul. Buddhist Monks commonly practice vegetarianism out of compassion and to benefit from deeper meditations and enhanced inner peace. Early Christians still close to the direct teachings of Jesus and his disciples were vegetarian. http://www.ivu.org/history/christian/christ_veg.html
- 40. Take Action You can be part of the solution!
- 42. Myth #1: Plants suffer too! You really can’t see the difference? Honestly?
- 43. Myth #2: I Need to Eat Meat to make Muscles! Eats Meat Really? Strongest Mammals on Earth: Buffalos Vegetarian Bulls Vegetarian Eats Grass Camels Vegetarian Elephants Vegetarian Giraffes Vegetarian Hippos Vegetarian Horses Vegetarian Rhinoceros Vegetarian
- 44. Myth #3: Vegetarians Lack Protein Protein Facts: 1. Too much protein is as harmful as too little, and is linked with shorter life expectancy, increased cancer and heart disease risk, widespread obesity and diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney stress, and bad digestion. 2. High protein-diets bring about temporary weight-loss, at the expense of overall health, and 4. Complete animal protein is not superior to people quickly regain weight once complete protein from more than one plant they return to a normal diet. source – they give the same result in different ways. 3. A varied vegetarian diet with a balance of protein, fats & 5. Protein from plant sources doesn't include carbohydrates, and adequate excess calories from fat, toxic residues, or an calorie intake provides more than overabundance of protein, which stresses the enough protein. kidneys . http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/articles/protein-veg-diet.php
- 45. In Conclusion… Eat Less Meat
- 46. OR… GO VEG !
- 47. Comments & Suggestions antoinetinawi@gmail.com
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- 15 Most Common Causes of Death in the United StatesWhere you live has a good deal to do with how you will die. In the United States, the top two causes of death are responsible for more than 50 percent of the annual death toll. In the world at large, there's a lot more variety in how you meet your Maker. Here is our list of the 15 most common causes of death in the United States:Cause Percent of Total Diseases of the heart 28.5% Malignant tumors 22.8%Cerebrovascular diseases 6.7% Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5.1% Accidents (unintentional injuries) 4.4% Diabetes mellitus 3.0% Influenza and pneumonia 2.7% Alzheimer's disease 2.4% Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis 1.7%Septicemia (blood poisoning) 1.4% Suicide 1.3% Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 1.1% Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 0.8% Parkinson's disease (tied) 0.7% Homicide (tied) 0.7%Source: CDC/NHS, National Vital Statistics System
- 15 Most Common Causes of Death in the United StatesWhere you live has a good deal to do with how you will die. In the United States, the top two causes of death are responsible for more than 50 percent of the annual death toll. In the world at large, there's a lot more variety in how you meet your Maker. Here is our list of the 15 most common causes of death in the United States:Cause Percent of Total Diseases of the heart 28.5% Malignant tumors 22.8%Cerebrovascular diseases 6.7% Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5.1% Accidents (unintentional injuries) 4.4% Diabetes mellitus 3.0% Influenza and pneumonia 2.7% Alzheimer's disease 2.4% Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis 1.7%Septicemia (blood poisoning) 1.4% Suicide 1.3% Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 1.1% Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 0.8% Parkinson's disease (tied) 0.7% Homicide (tied) 0.7%Source: CDC/NHS, National Vital Statistics System
- http://www.organicnutrition.co.uk/articles/the-dangers-of-obesity.htm
- A.D. Andrews, Fit Food for Men
- www.fishinghurts.com/fishFarms.aspAquaculture is a billion-dollar industry and is growing 3 times faster than land-based animal agriculture. Land-based farms raise thousands of fish in ponds, pools, or concrete tanks. Ocean-based aquafarms are situated close to shorelines, and fish in these farms are packed into net or mesh cages. All fish farms are rife with pollution, disease, and suffering, regardless of their location.Aquafarms squander resources—it can take 5 pounds of wild-caught fish to produce just 1 pound of farmed fish—and pollute the environment with tons of fish feces, antibiotic-laden fish feed, and diseased fish carcasses. Fish on aquafarms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. Conditions on some farms are so horrendous that 40 percent of the fish may die before farmers can kill and package them for food.
- Since the 960s, the demand for meat has tripled while 2 million family farms have shut down.John Robbins, The Food Revolutionhttp://skeptoid.com/episodes/4047http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farming
- http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/news-update-farm-animals-get-80-of-antibiotics-sold-in-us/
- It took nature millions of years to form the great Ogallala aquifer. This is the largest body of fresh water on Earth, and it lies under the great American grain belt. It is one of the reasons the U.S. Has the world’s largest food supply.At present, more than 13 trillion gallons of water are taken from Ogallala every year, with the vast majority used to produce beef.More water is taken from Ogallala for beef production that is used to grow all the fruits, and vegetables in the entire country.At current rates, it’s only a matter of time before wells go dry in KS, NE, OK, CO, NM and portions of these states become inhabitable. The U.S. Will lose its grain surplus and its ability to provide security for its people.
- Water in the USA to raise animals for food: 50% of all water usedYou save more water by not eating a pound of meat than you do by not showering for six months!A vegan diet requires only 300 gallons of water per day, while a typical meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day.
- Report by the U.S. Senate Agricultural Committee:“Untreated and unsanitary, bubbling with chemicals and disease-bearing organisms...[livestock waste] goes onto the soil and into the water that many people will...ultimately drink. It’s poisoning rivers and killing fish and sickening people. ... Catastrophic cases of pollution, sickness, and death are occurring in areas where livestock operations are concentrated. ... Every place where the animal factories have located, neighbours have complained of falling sick.”
- The USDA’s “Wildlife Services” kills more than 1.5 million wild animals annually that might compete with livestock. This is done at public expense to protect the private interests of cattlemen.Grazing is one of the leading causes of species endangerment in the U.S.The #1 factor in elimination of tropical rain forests in Latin America is cattle-grazing.Livestock uses 1/3 of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture and 1/3 of the global arable land is used to producing feed for livestock.
- Forests cleared to create new pastures is a major driver of deforestation. 70% of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing. Amount of greenhouse-warming carbon gas released by driving a typical American car, in one day: 3KgAmount released by clearing and burning enough Costa Rican rainforest to produce beef for one hamburger: 75 KgTime before the Costa Rican rainforest would be gone if it were cleared to produce enough beef for the people of Costa Rica to eat as much beef, per person, as the people of the USA: 1 YearWhat one hamburger produced by clearing forest in India would cost if the real costs were included in the price rather than subsidized: $200Imports of beef by the U.S. from southern Mexico and Central America during the past 25 years has been the major factor in the loss of about half of the tropical forests there – all for the sake of keeping the price of hamburger in the U.S. about a nickelless than it would have been otherwise.
- Imports of beef by the U.S. from southern Mexico and Central America during the past 25 years has been the major factor in the loss of about half of the tropical forests there – all for the sake of keeping the price of hamburger in the U.S. about a nickelless than it would have been otherwise.Number of bird species in one square mile of Amazon rainforest: More than exist in all of North America Life forms destroyed in the production of onefast-food hamburger made from rainforest beef: Members of 20 to 30 different plant species, 100 different insect species, and dozens of bird, mammal, and reptile species
- U.N. Report Warns:Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns.The livestock sector accounts for 9% of CO2, 65% of nitrous oxide, and 37% methane produced from human-related activities. Both methane (23 times) and nitrous oxide (296 times) are considerably more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide.The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by 50%, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level.
- Number of people that can be fed with whose food energy needs can be met by the food produced on 2.5 acres of land if the land is producing:
- AdvertizingWhere most Americans get their information about foods: AdvertizingAmount spent annually by McDonald’s on advertizing its products: $800 millionAmount spent annually by the National Cancer Institute promoting fruits and vegetables: $1 million
- Blood PressureMost common problem for which people go to doctors in the USA: High Blood PressureIncidence of high blood pressure in meat eaters compared to vegetarians: 300%Patients who are able to completely discontinue use of medication after adopting high-fiber vegetarian diet: 58%
- It takes 7-10 Kg of grain to produce 1 Kg of BeefAs meat consumption worldwide increases, grain prices increase, putting 2.5 billion living on less than $2 per day at risk.“In a world where an estimate 1 in every 6 people goes hungry every day, the politics of meat consumption are increasingly heated, since meat production is an inefficient use of grain – the grain is used more efficiently when consumed directly by humans. Continued growth in meat output is dependent on feeding grains to animals, creating competition for grain between affluent meat eaters and the world’s poor.”
- Too much protein is as harmful as too little, and is linked with shorter life expectancy, increased cancer and heart disease risk, widespread obesity and diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney stress, and bad digestion. High protein-diets bring about temporary weight-loss, at the expense of overall health, and people quickly regain weight once they return to a normal diet.A varied vegetarian diet with a balance of protein, fats & carbohydrates, and adequate calorie intake provides more than enough protein.Complete animal protein is not superior to complete protein from more than one plant source – they give the same result in different ways.Protein from plant sources doesn't include excess calories from fat, toxic residues, or an overabundance of protein, which stresses the kidneys .