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Milk – 3 April 2009
In becoming vegetarians/vegans, if my husband Frank and I had it to
do all over again, all products containing milk would be the first
to be eliminated from our diet. Dairy products cause a multitude of
health problems, and even bad breath and body odor; yet the powerful
dairy industry with their commercials, as well as their lobbyists in
Washington, rake in the money at the expense of the public’s health.
Humans are the only animals who continue to consume milk after
they’ve been weaned. After all, cow’s milk is for calves, goat’s milk is
for goats, sheep’s milk is for lambs, dog’s milk is for dogs, cat’s milk
is for cats, rat’s milk is for rats…you get the picture!
As Dr. Frank A. Oski, former Director of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins
University says:
“There’s no reason to drink cow’s milk at any time in your life.
It was designed for calves, not humans, and we should all stop
drinking it today.”
Julie Klotter, M.D. had this to say about milk in the Townsend
Medical Letter, May 1995:
“In reality, cow's milk, especially processed cow’s milk, has
been linked to a variety of health problems, including: mucous
production, hemoglobin loss, childhood diabetes, heart disease,
atherosclerosis, arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, depression,
irritability, and allergies.”
To learn more about milk and its effect on health, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/health/sub-milk.html
Also be sure to visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/cattle.html#dairy
Easy Way to Stay Slim and Healthy For Life – 2 April 2009
Two major studies have emerged recently that show the vegan
lifestyle to be conducive to lower body weight. A Swedish study of
55,000 women and a British study of 65,000 men and women both found
vegans to have lower BMIs (body mass index) and to suffer less often
from obesity. Vegan food tends to be lower in calories by volume.
And since plant-based fare is likely to contain abundant fiber, it
satiates quicker.
~ From “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice
www.vivavegie.org/itoc
Since going vegan over twenty years ago, my husband Frank and I have
maintained a healthy weight while eating all that we want of whole
grains, vegetables, legumes, and fruit – no “junk food.” Nothing could
be easier! And I should add – going vegan is also good for the
conscience.
For lots of health articles, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
For great-tasting vegan recipes, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
For an added incentive to avoid animal-derived products, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/index.html
Dirty Secrets – 1 April 2009
The huge, powerful meat and dairy industries are very secretive
about the oppressive conditions affecting not only their non-human
victims, but also their human workers, many of whom are foreigners –
Mexican, Latin American, and Asian. Even though meat packing is the
most dangerous industry in the United States, workers are so afraid of
being fired, that most are silent about the suffering that they
endure; and many vent their frustration in horrific cruelty toward the
animals who are at their mercy.
In any discussion about animal abuse and slaughterhouses, it is very
important to include the dairy industry because, once their milk
production wanes, cows are expendable and sent to the slaughterhouse. Of
course, since the milk production of cows depends on the birth of
calves, the vicious cycle continues as their male babies, after cruel
confinement, are killed for veal.
“Due to oppressive conditions…turnover rates in many plants soar.
After quitting, thousands of legal and illegal workers recruited from
pockets of unemployment end up looking to slaughterhouse communities
to pick up the social costs associated with their joblessness and
resulting crime. Disabled workers…find it impossible to ever work
again. Drained of their usefulness to the slaughterhouse, they’re cast
aside, reminders of a system that places nearly as little value on
human life as it does on animal life.”
– From: Slaughterhouse – The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect,
and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry by Gail
A. Eisnitz.
Also visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/book/r-slaughterhouse.html
Also be sure to visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/index.html
Celebrate Life! – 31 March 2009
Sunday afternoon, Frank and I drove down to New Jersey for a Lenten
Vegan Dinner held as a fundraiser for God’s Creatures Ministry. As
guest speaker, Frank talked about the meaning of Passover and Easter,
and how Jesus spoke of life. Therefore, it stands to reason that the
lives of Christians, by their everyday choices, should reflect His
teachings. Obviously, eating body parts and secretions from animals
contradicts the respect for life that Jesus taught.
It’s always fun to be with people who really “celebrate life” with
their vegan lifestyle choices.
For more information about God’s Creatures Ministry, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/gcm/index.html
Also visit:
“God’s Creatures Ministry – 10 November 2006”
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20061110.html
“God’s Creatures Ministry – 31 August 2007”
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20070831.html
“A Little Bit of Heaven? – 3 March 2008”
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20080303.html
Emily Dickinson – 30 March 2009
This poem by Emily Dickinson seems to express the belief that no
matter what a person suffers physically; his or her soul remains free
– if that is indeed what they desire. I think that the last two lines,
“Captivity is consciousness, / So’s liberty,” summarize the idea that
it is a matter of choice.
No Rack Can Torture Me
Emily Dickinson
No rack can torture me,
My soul’s at liberty,
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one
You cannot prick with saw
Nor rend with scimitar,
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, and one will flee.
The eagle of his nest
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than mayest thou,
Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So’s liberty.
For a short bio of Emily Dickinson and more of her poems, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/poetry/dickinson_emily.html
For a large collection of poetry and stories, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/poetrydir.html
Michael A. Klaper, M.D. – 29 March 2009
“People are the only animals that drink the milk of the mother of
another species. All other animals stop drinking milk altogether
after weaning. It is unnatural for a dog to nurse from a giraffe; a
child drinking the milk of a mother cow is just as strange. It is
not surprising that problems ensue from this inherently unnatural
act.”
– Michael A. Klaper, M.D., American author and international
lecturer
(from: Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet)
“Every nutrient we require – proteins, vitamins, minerals and
others – can be obtained (or synthesized by the human body) from
plant-based foods.”
– Michael A. Klaper, M.D., American author and international
lecturer
(from: Incredibly Delicious, by Gentle World, page 14)
To read more of Dr. Klaper’s quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quotes/klaper_michael.html
For a large collection of quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quote.html
Abuse at University of California, Davis – 28 March 2009
In 2007 the University of California, Davis (UCD) imprisoned and/or
experimented on over 7600 non-human primates. The stress and abuse
suffered by these sensitive, intelligent animals often causes them to
lose their minds. Self-destruction, aggression, and severe and ongoing
conditions of gastro-intestinal inflammation are some of the results
of their caged existence.
If you want to help end this obscene cruelty of innocent victims,
visit: www.saenonline.org.
Also please visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/monkey.html
To read Letters and Responses, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/letters.html
We wrote the following letter to Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef (contact
information is below) about the conditions at the University of
California, Davis (UCD):
28 March 2009
Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef
Mark Hall, Fifth Floor
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2065
Fax: (530) 752-2400
lnvanderhoef@ucdavis.edu
Dear Chancellor Vanderhoef:
We have become aware of the warehousing and resultant abuse of the
thousands of primates at the University of California, Davis.
Please use your office to put an end to this disturbing cruelty that
also reflects poorly on the reputation of your facility.
We look forward to your reply. You can contact us at the address in
this letter.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Frank L. Hoffman
Mary T. Hoffman
