Facts of Interest
Compassionate Teaching and Studies About animals, food, health,
and the environment From All-Creatures.org
Daily FACTS Listed by Subject
Animals (general information)
Animals as Companions/ Pets
(Companion Animals)
Animals raised for food (see Factory Farms / CAFO’s)
- 73% of USDA poultry
inspectors surveyed no longer eat chicken.
- 75% of all the
grain exported from the US to other countries goes to feed livestock
rather than to feed hungry people.
- A "factory farm" or a Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO), is a large-scale industrial site
where many animals are confined and treated with hormones and
antibiotics to maximize growth and prevent disease. Factory farming
is an attitude that regards animals and the natural world merely as
commodities to be exploited for profit. In animal agriculture, this
attitude has led to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive
environmental destruction and resource depletion, and animal and
human health risks.
- Chickens are
excluded from the U.S. Animal Welfare Act and from the Humane
Methods of Slaughter Act.
- Dead cats and dogs
from shelters and vet clinics are often mixed into livestock feed
for cattle and hogs on factory farms.
- Debeaking
is a common procedure within the poultry and egg industry in which a
hot blade is used to chop off half of a birds beak without any
painkillers.
- During an outbreak of avian
influenza among poultry there is a possible risk to people who have
contact with infected birds or surfaces that have been contaminated
with excretions from infected birds that carry the virus.
- During
slaughter, many hogs are alive when they reach the scalding-hot
water baths.
- In both
the U.S. and abroad, investigations have documented egregious
cruelty to animals in kosher farms and slaughterhouses.
- In the 1950s, it took 84 days to
raise a five-pound chicken. Due to selective breeding and
growth-promoting drugs, it now takes an average of only 45 days.
- “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s
most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to
remedy the situation.”
- Nearly 9 billion broiler chickens
are raised on factory farms each year in the United States alone.
- Raising
animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars,
SUVs, and trucks in the world combined.
- Researchers at the
University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet
is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
- The U.S.
government is exempt from false advertising laws.
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Animals Raised/ Killed for Merchandise
(also see Fur)
- Fur farmers often
use genital electrocution to kill animals for fur mainly because
it's cheaper than other killing methods.
- There are no
federal laws requiring humane protection of animals in fur factory
farms.
- Premarin and
Prempro are hormonal replacement drugs that contain pregnant mare
urine (PMU).
- Sometimes
merchandise that is labeled or advertised as fake or 'faux' fur is
actually real fur.
- The benefits of
hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to alleviate menopausal symptoms
can be obtained from HRT derived from plants and from processes that
do not require any animal suffering.
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Animals in Entertainment
(circus, rodeo, theme parks, fairs, racing, etc,)
- Between the years of 1999 and
January of 2008, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus has
received over 35 violations of state and federal humane laws from
the USDA.
- Electric prods (sometimes referred
to as "hot shots" are commonly used on rodeo animals.
- Many former racing horses are
slaughtered for profit.
- Many restrained animals that are
confined to a small, enclosed space (in labs, farms, and zoos)
resort to stereotypies, the neurotic repetition of gestures such as
pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or bar-biting.
- Oxford University published a
study that lists polar bears, lions, tigers, cheetahs and other
large carnivores as lousy candidates for captivity.
- Thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S.
have reported 5,000 horse deaths within the last 4.5 years.
- Traveling circuses (such as
Ringling Brothers) routinely abuse elephants with sharp, metal
bullhooks to train circus elephants into performing frivolous
"entertainment" for humans.
- "Without torture, there can be no
rodeo," claims Peggy W. Larson, DVM, MS, JD, a former bareback
bronco rider. “In my opinion, and based on my extensive training and
experience, it is impossible to create a humane rodeo.”
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Animals in Labs (vivisection)
- 9 of 10 doctors surveyed admit
that animal experiments are deceptive.
- Addiction experiments performed at
the University of Minnesota causes primates to suffer so terribly
that they succumb to exhibiting anything from self mutilation to
complete mental breakdown.
- Animal research has a 92% failure
rate. Just 8% of (animal-tested) drugs that enter Phase 1 and 2
trials reach the marketplace and half of products fail in the late
stage Phase 3 trials.
- Animal testing on cosmetics is not
required by the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
- Animal tests have an appalling 92%
failure rate in predicting the safety and/or effectiveness of
pharmaceuticals.
- Estimated number of animals
experimented upon in the U.S. annually exceeds 20 million.
- Fiscal 2006 USDA charts list
animals used in research by state and category of procedure: NO
PAIN, NO DRUGS: 577,885 WITH PAIN/NO DRUGS: 73,640 WITH PAIN/WITH
DRUGS: 382,298 Numbers do NOT reflect total animals used.
- Many restrained animals that are
confined to a small, enclosed space (in labs, farms, and zoos)
resort to stereotypies, the neurotic repetition of gestures such as
pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or bar-biting.
- Over 90% of animals used in
laboratory experimentation are disqualified from protection under
the U.S. Animal Welfare Act. Rats, mice, birds + numerous other
species are explicitly removed.
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Children/ Youth
Dairy
- In 2007, a tenured, and widely
admired school teacher was fired for providing students with FACTS
about the meat and dairy industry.
- In addition to other serious health
concerns, dairy products may play a major role in the development of
allergies, asthma, sleep difficulties, and migraine headaches.
- Chickens are excluded from the U.S.
Animal Welfare Act and from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
- Milk is a maternal lactating
secretion, a short term nutrient for newborns - nothing more,
nothing less.
- Raising animals for food generates
more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and trucks in the
world combined.
- Researchers at the University of
Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more
effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
- The 2007 Dairy Checkoff Unified
Marketing Plan (UMP) reported a budget of $175.2 million.
- The Dairy Checkoff works on behalf of
U.S. dairy farmers to increase sales of demand for U.S. dairy
products and ingredients.
- The Dairy Council tells us: Milk
is nature's most perfect food. The Dairy Council doesn't tell us:
Milk is nature's most perfect food for a baby calf, who has four
stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days, and is destined to
weigh 300 pounds within a year
- The dairy industry allocates the
majority its marketing budget to kids.
- The U.S. government is exempt from
false advertising laws.
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Cheese
Eggs
Milk
Diet
Environment
- Just one quarter-pound hamburger
imported from Latin America requires the clearing of six square
yards of rain forest.
- “Livestock are one of the
most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental
problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
- Odors from CAFO's may contain 170
separate chemical substances.
- People living as far as two miles
away from factory farms where hogs are raised experience symptoms
such as bronchitis and shortness of breath at rates similar to those
of farm workers.
- Producing a pound of beef protein
often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an
equivalent amount of plant protein.
- Producing a pound of grain-fed
steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water.
- Raising animals for food
causes pollution to surface water, groundwater, air, and soil.
- Raising animals for food
generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and trucks
in the world combined.
- Researchers at the University of
Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more
effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
- "The number one factor in
elimination of Latin America’s tropical rainforests is
cattle-grazing... the "hamburgerization" of the forests."
- U.S. cattle production has caused
a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands.
- Veganic farming uses no synthetic
chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, genetically modified
ingredients, nor the use of any manure or slaughterhouse byproducts.
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Air
- Odors from CAFO's may contain 170
separate chemical substances.
- People living as far as two miles
away from factory farms where hogs are raised experience symptoms
such as bronchitis and shortness of breath at rates similar to those
of farm workers.
- Raising animals for
food causes pollution to surface water, groundwater, air, and soil.
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Global Warming
- “Livestock are one
of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious
environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the
situation.”
- Raising animals for
food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and
trucks in the world combined.
- Researchers at the
University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet
is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
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Land
- Just one quarter-pound hamburger
imported from Latin America requires the clearing of six square
yards of rain forest.
- "The number one
factor in elimination of Latin America’s tropical rainforests is
cattle-grazing... the "hamburgerization" of the forests."
- U.S. cattle production has caused
a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands.
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Soil
- Raising animals for
food causes pollution to surface water, groundwater, air, and soil.
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Water
- Producing a pound of beef protein
often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an
equivalent amount of plant protein.
- Producing a pound of grain-fed
steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water.
- Raising animals for
food causes pollution to surface water, groundwater, air, and soil.
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Factory Farms/ CAFO’s
- Dead cats and dogs from shelters and
vet clinics are often mixed into livestock feed for cattle and hogs
on factory farms.
- Debeaking is a common procedure
within the poultry and egg industry in which a hot blade is used to
chop off half of a birds beak without any painkillers.
- During slaughter, many hogs are alive
when they reach the scalding-hot water baths.
- In both the U.S. and abroad,
investigations have documented egregious cruelty to animals in
kosher farms and slaughterhouses.
- “Livestock are one of the most
significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental
problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
- Many restrained animals that are
confined to a small, enclosed space (in labs, farms, and zoos)
resort to stereotypies, the neurotic repetition of gestures such as
pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or bar-biting.
- Morgan Spurlock conducted and
filmed a controlled experiment by enclosing French fries in glass
jars. One jar contained fries from McDonalds, the other from a local
restaurant. Ten weeks later, the fries from the local restaurant
were completely blackened with mold yet the McDonalds fries were
still intact without a single mold spore and appeared as if they
were "just purchased yesterday."
- Most chicken meat sold in the U.S.
contains traces of fecal matter.
- Odors from CAFO's may contain 170
separate chemical substances.
- On the typical egg farm, an average
of 5.6 hens are confined for their entire productive lifetime in a
single wire cage.
- Raising animals for food generates
more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and trucks in the
world combined.
- Researchers at the University of
Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more
effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
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Food
- Artificial coloring in foods and
cosmetics is sometimes made from crushed bugs.
- Avocados contain nearly 20 vitamins
and minerals and are high in healthy fat.
- Broccoli contains chemicals that
activate cancer-fighting genes and inhibit others that fuel tumors.
- Bananas as part of a regular diet can
cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%
- Capsaicin (an ingredient found in hot
peppers) triggers cancer cell death without harming surrounding
healthy cells.
- Christian and Jewish vegetarians
believe a vegan lifestyle promotes better stewardship of God’s
Creation.
- Evidence indicates that foods such
as cheese, sugar, meat, and chocolate might actually have brain
effects that create a food addiction to these specific products.
- Garlic consumption may reduce the
risk of developing several types of cancer, especially cancers of
the gastrointestinal tract.
- Gelatin is derived from soaking
animal (usually pig or cow) hides and bone in acids, then boiling
them to extract the gelatin, and finally turning it into a dry
powder.
- Genesis 1:29 states: "Then God
said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole
earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be
yours for food.""
- One cup of mushrooms provides about
one-third of the recommended daily intake of copper, which helps to
produce red blood cells.
- Whole grains contain protective
antioxidants in amounts near or exceeding those in fruits and
vegetables.
- Young women eating just 2 to 4
servings a week of beans or lentils seemed to cut their risk of
developing breast cancer by about a quarter, compared to those that
ate servings less than once a month.
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Food Contamination
- In a U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) study, researchers found that 66 percent of beef
samples were contaminated with super-bugs resistant to antibiotics.
- Most chicken meat sold in the U.S. contains traces of fecal matter.
- One USDA study concluded, “Eating
2 ounces of chicken per day—the equivalent of a third to a half of a
boneless breast—exposes a consumer to 3 to 5 micrograms of inorganic
arsenic, the element’s most toxic form.”
- Steve Mendell, president of the Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse,
acknowledged his company introduced sick cows into the hamburger
supply.
- The USDA recalled
143 million pounds of beef on Feb. 17, 2008, marking the largest
meat recall in U.S. history to date.
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Food Production
- Debeaking is a
common procedure within the poultry and egg industry in which a hot
blade is used to chop off half of a birds beak without any
painkillers.
- In the 1950s, it took 84 days to
raise a five-pound chicken. Due to selective breeding and
growth-promoting drugs, it now takes an average of only 45 days.
- On the typical egg
farm, an average of 5.6 hens are confined for their entire
productive lifetime in a single wire cage.
- Raising animals for
food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and
trucks in the world combined.
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Fruits
Fur
Health
- A 12-year Harvard study of nearly
78,000 women, found that women who drank milk three times a day
actually broke or fractured more bones than women who drank little
to no milk at all.
- A growing number of physicians now
claim that a healthful plant-based, oil-free diet can prevent and
(in some cases) even reverse heart disease.
- A recent study shows protein from soy
products significantly reduced participants' LDL cholesterol,
especially those who had high cholesterol.
- A vegetarian, including vegan, diet
can meet current recommendations for all essential nutrients.
- Antioxidants are substances that
may protect cells from the damage caused by unstable molecules known
as free radicals. Free radical damage may lead to cancer.
- Avocados contain nearly 20 vitamins
and minerals and are high in healthy fat.
- Bananas as part of a regular diet can
cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%
- Broccoli contains chemicals that
activate cancer-fighting genes and inhibit others that fuel tumors.
- Calcium absorption from vegetables is
better than that of milk.
- Carl Lewis, winner of 9 Olympic gold
medals, credits his best year of performance in part to the vegan
diet he adopted in 1990.
- Capsaicin (an ingredient found in hot
peppers) triggers cancer cell death without harming surrounding
healthy cells.
- Consuming more fiber on a daily
basis can increase lung capacity and decrease the risk of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Garlic consumption may reduce the
risk of developing several types of cancer, especially cancers of
the gastrointestinal tract.
- Green and black teas promote a
protective vascular effect and are good sources of antioxidants
known to inhibit cancer growth.
-
Legumes provide a good source of protein and can be a healthy
substitute for meat.
- Likelihood of a vegetarian reaching
the age of 80 compared to a non-vegetarian :1.8 times greater.
- Milk ruins the health benefits of
tea.
- New research finds that vegetables
appear to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline
sometimes associated with growing old.
- One cup of mushrooms provides about
one-third of the recommended daily intake of copper, which helps to
produce red blood cells.
- Protein needs are easily met as
long as the diet contains a variety of grains, legumes, and
vegetables.
- Results from recent clinical studies
indicate a strong possibility that dogs can be trained to detect
various forms of cancer in humans.
- Research indicates the extract from
cranberries inhibits proliferation of human tumor lines, causing an
anticancer effect.
- Results from a 10 year study found
that cat owners "appeared to have a lower rate of dying from heart
attacks" compared to feline-free households.
- Scientific data identifies a positive
correlation between a balanced vegetarian diet and a reduced risk of
of several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, and some
types of cancer.
- The benefits of hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) to alleviate menopausal symptoms can be obtained from
HRT derived from plants and from processes that do not require any
animal suffering.
- Vegetarian diets are
appropriate for all stages of the life cycle.
- Whole grains contain protective
antioxidants in amounts near or exceeding those in fruits and
vegetables.
- Young women eating just 2 to 4
servings a week of beans or lentils seemed to cut their risk of
developing breast cancer by about a quarter, compared to those that
ate servings less than once a month.
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Health Concerns
- 73% of USDA poultry inspectors
surveyed no longer eat chicken.
- Dead cats and dogs from shelters and
vet clinics are often mixed into livestock feed for cattle and hogs
on factory farms.
- Dean Ornish, M.D., of the
University of California at San Francisco, has shown that if people
who have advanced heart disease adopt a low-fat vegetarian diet,
stop smoking, reduce stress, and engage in mild daily exercise, the
plaques in their arteries will actually start to disappear.
- In a U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) study, researchers found that 66 percent of beef
samples were contaminated with super-bugs resistant to antibiotics.
- In addition to other serious health
concerns, dairy products may play a major role in the development of
allergies, asthma, sleep difficulties, and migraine headaches.
- Medical researchers at the
University of Minnesota analyzed over a thousand food samples from
multiple retail markets and found evidence of fecal contamination in
69% of the pork and beef and 92% of the poultry samples as evidenced
by E. coli contamination.
- Morgan Spurlock conducted and
filmed a controlled experiment by enclosing French fries in glass
jars. One jar contained fries from McDonalds, the other from a local
restaurant. Ten weeks later, the fries from the local restaurant
were completely blackened with mold yet the McDonalds fries were
still intact without a single mold spore and appeared as if they
were "just purchased yesterday."
- Most chicken meat sold in the U.S.
contains traces of fecal matter.
- Most common cause of death in
U.S.: Heart Disease Risk of death from heart disease by average meat
consuming American male: 50% Risk of death from heart disease by
average vegan man: 4%
- One USDA study concluded, “Eating
2 ounces of chicken per day—the equivalent of a third to a half of a
boneless breast—exposes a consumer to 3 to 5 micrograms of inorganic
arsenic, the element’s most toxic form.”
- Steve Mendell, president of the
Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse, acknowledged his company
introduced sick cows into the hamburger supply.
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Hunger and Famine
Hunting
Meat/ Meat Production
- Chickens are excluded from the U.S.
Animal Welfare Act and from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
- Dead cats and dogs from shelters and
vet clinics are often mixed into livestock feed for cattle and hogs
on factory farms.
- Debeaking is a common procedure
within the poultry and egg industry in which a hot blade is used to
chop off half of a birds beak without any painkillers.
- During slaughter, many hogs are alive
when they reach the scalding-hot water baths.
- Evidence indicates that foods such
as cheese, sugar, meat, and chocolate might actually have brain
effects that create a food addiction to these specific products.
- In 2007, a tenured, and widely
admired school teacher was fired for providing students with FACTS
about the meat and dairy industry.
- In both the U.S. and abroad,
investigations have documented egregious cruelty to animals in
kosher farms and slaughterhouses.
- In the 1950s, it took 84 days to
raise a five-pound chicken. Due to selective breeding and
growth-promoting drugs, it now takes an average of only 45 days.
- Just one quarter-pound hamburger
imported from Latin America requires the clearing of six square
yards of rain forest.
- Over the past 30 years, poultry
slaughterhouse workers "have consistently suffered injuries and
illnesses at a rate more than twice the national average."
- Producing a pound of beef protein
often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an
equivalent amount of plant protein.
- Producing a pound of grain-fed
steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water.
- Raising animals for food generates
more greenhouse gases than all the cars, SUVs, and trucks in the
world combined.
- Researchers at the University of
Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more
effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
- "The number one factor in
elimination of Latin America’s tropical rainforests is
cattle-grazing... the "hamburgerization" of the forests."
- The U.S. government is exempt from
false advertising laws.
- U.S. cattle production has caused
a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands.
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Beef
- In a U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) study, researchers found that 66 percent of beef
samples were contaminated with super-bugs resistant to antibiotics.
- Hollywood celebrity paid by Meat
Board to tout beef as "Real food for real people": James Garner –
1987. Medical event experienced by James Garner in April, 1988:
Quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery
- Producing a pound of beef protein
often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an
equivalent amount of plant protein.
- Steve Mendell,
president of the Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse, acknowledged his
company introduced sick cows into the hamburger supply.
- The USDA recalled
143 million pounds of beef on Feb. 17, 2008, marking the largest
meat recall in U.S. history to date.
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Poultry
- 73% of USDA poultry
inspectors surveyed no longer eat chicken.
- Debeaking is a
common procedure within the poultry and egg industry in which a hot
blade is used to chop off half of a birds beak without any
painkillers.
- In the 1950s, it took 84 days to
raise a five-pound chicken. Due to selective breeding and
growth-promoting drugs, it now takes an average of only 45 days.
- Male chicks, of no
economic value to the egg industry, are typically gassed or ground
up alive.
- Nearly 9 billion broiler chickens
are raised on factory farms each year in the United States alone.
- On the typical egg
farm, an average of 5.6 hens are confined for their entire
productive lifetime in a single wire cage.
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Pork
- During slaughter,
many hogs are alive when they reach the scalding-hot water baths.
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Seafood
- "Dolphin Safe" labels
on tuna fish products do not necessarily mean that dolphins were not
harmed or killed in the process.
- Scientific evidence
proves that fish do in fact, feel pain and react to it.
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Additional Ingredients
- Artificial coloring
in foods and cosmetics is sometimes made from crushed bugs.
- Gelatin is derived
from soaking animal (usually pig or cow) hides and bone in acids,
then boiling them to extract the gelatin, and finally turning it
into a dry powder.
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Nutrition
Quotes
Schools
- A 1997-1998 report found that only
33 accredited U.S. medical schools (26%) had a required nutrition
course.
- Despite the recognition that
physicians are often called upon to provide guidance in nutritional
aspects of disease and disease prevention, nutrition has not been
consistently emphasized in medical school curricula. Numerous
reports suggest that nutrition education of physicians remains
inadequate.
- Humane and reliable dissection
alternatives already exist for frogs, fetal pigs, cats, earthworms,
rats, fish and crustacean, and other species.
- Steve Mendell,
president of the Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse, acknowledged his
company introduced sick cows into the hamburger supply.
- The USDA recalled
143 million pounds of beef on Feb. 17, 2008, marking the largest
meat recall in U.S. history to date.
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Vegan - Vegetarian
- A 2008 Harris Poll survey
concluded that approximately 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3
million people, follow a vegetarian diet. Approximately 0.5 percent,
or 1 million, of those are vegans.
- A growing number of physicians now
claim that a healthful plant-based, oil-free diet can prevent and
(in some cases) even reverse heart disease.
- A recent study found that higher IQ's
in childhood are associated with an increased likelihood of being
vegetarian as an adult.
- A vegetarian, including vegan, diet
can meet current recommendations for all essential nutrients.
- Albert Einstein supported
vegetarianism.
- Carl Lewis, winner of 9 Olympic gold
medals, credits his best year of performance in part to the vegan
diet he adopted in 1990.
- Christian and Jewish vegetarians
believe a vegan lifestyle promotes better stewardship of God’s
Creation.
- Genesis 1:29 states: "Then God
said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole
earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be
yours for food.""
- Homemade, vegan recipes are
essential to optimal health; grocery stores also provide an
abundance of tasty, convenient, vegan alternatives to traditional
meat-based products.
- Likelihood of a vegetarian reaching
the age of 80 compared to a non-vegetarian :1.8 times greater.
- Many Jewish leaders confirm as it
is halachically prohibited to harm oneself and as healthy,
nutritious vegetarian alternatives are easily available, meat
consumption has become halachically unjustifiable
- Most common cause of death in
U.S.: Heart Disease Risk of death from heart disease by average meat
consuming American male: 50% Risk of death from heart disease by
average vegan man: 4%
- "Multiple experts have concluded
independently that vegan diets can be followed safely by infants and
children without compromise of nutrition or growth and with some
notable health benefits."
- New research finds that vegetables
appear to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline
sometimes associated with growing old.
- Protein needs are easily met as
long as the diet contains a variety of grains, legumes, and
vegetables.
- Researchers at the University of
Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more
effective in countering global warming than switching from a
standard American car to a Toyota Prius.
- Scientific data identifies a positive
correlation between a balanced vegetarian diet and a reduced risk of
of several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, and some
types of cancer.
- Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis
may benefit from a vegan diet.
- Throughout ancient history, some of
the most revered, influential, and brilliant thinkers of have
embraced animal compassion and vegetarian ideology.
- Veganic farming uses no synthetic
chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, genetically modified
ingredients, nor the use of any manure or slaughterhouse byproducts.
- Vegetarian diets are
appropriate for all stages of the life cycle.
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Wildlife
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