just a reminder

[madlookin]

i followed some links tonight from tpuc and ended up watching this...
http://www.meat.org/index-1.asp?c=gwduba0410

we are here(tpuc) to wake up and become conscious,it starts with being conscious...imho

[madlookin]

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein

"Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." - Albert Schweitzer

And for those of you who need further convincing, read on.

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The Hunger Argument

•Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million

•Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10%: 100 million

•Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by people: 20

•Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80

•Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95

•Percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 90

•How frequently a child dies as a result of malnutrition: every 2.3 seconds

•Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an acre: 40,000

•Pounds of beef produced on an acre: 250

•Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56

•Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of edible flesh from feedlot beef: 16

The Environmental Argument

•Cause of global warming: greenhouse effect

•Primary cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels

•Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free diet: 3 times more

•Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75

•Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising: 85

•Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce meat-centered diet: 260 million

•Amount of meat imported to U.S. annually from Central and South America: 300,000,000 pounds

•Percentage of Central American children under the age of five who are undernourished: 75

•Area of tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55 square feet

•Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1,000 per year

The Cancer Argument

•Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week: 3.8 times

•For women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week: 2.8 times

•For women who eat butter and cheese 2-4 times a week: 3.25 times

•Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times

•Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily vs. sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times.

The Cholesterol Argument

•Number of U.S. medical schools: 125

•Number requiring a course in nutrition: 30

•Nutrition training received by average U.S. physician during four years in medical school: 2.5 hours

•Most common cause of death in the U.S.: heart attack

•How frequently a heart attack kills in the U.S.: every 45 seconds

•Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 percent

•Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat: 15 percent

•Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat, dairy or eggs: 4 percent

•Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption of meat, dairy and eggs by 10 percent: 9 percent

•Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption by 50 percent: 45 percent

•Amount you reduce risk if you eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from your diet: 90 percent

•Average cholesterol level of people eating meat-centered-diet: 210 mg/dl

•Chance of dying from heart disease if you are male and your blood cholesterol level is 210 mg/dl: greater than 50 percent

The Natural Resources Argument

•User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S.: livestock production

•Amount of water used in production of the average cow: sufficient to float a destroyer

•Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of wheat: 25

•Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of California beef: 5,000

•Years the world's known oil reserves would last if every human ate a meat-centered diet: 13

•Years they would last if human beings no longer ate meat: 260

•Calories of fossil fuel expended to get 1 calory of protein from beef: 78

•To get 1 calory of protein from soybeans: 2

•Percentage of all raw materials (base products of farming, forestry and mining, including fossil fuels) consumed by U.S. that is devoted to the
production of livestock: 33

•Percentage of all raw materials consumed by the U.S. needed to produce a complete vegetarian diet: 2

The Antibiotic Argument

•Percentage of U.S. antibiotics fed to livestock: 55

•Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960: 13

•Percentage resistant in 1988: 91

•Response of European Economic Community to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: ban

•Response of U.S. meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: full and complete support

The Pesticide Argument

•Common belief: U.S. Department of Agriculture protects our health through meat inspection
Reality: fewer than 1 out of every 250,000 slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical residues

•Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 99

•Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 8

•Contamination of breast milk, due to chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in animal products, found in meat-eating mothers vs. non-meat eating
mothers: 35 times higher

•Amount of Dieldrin ingested by the average breast-fed American infant: 9 times the permissable level

The Ethical Argument

•Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the U.S.: 660,000

•Occupation with highest turnover rate in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker

•Occupation with highest rate of on-the-job-injury in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker


The Survival Argument

•Athlete to win Ironman Triathlon more than twice: Dave Scott (6 time winner)

•Food choice of Dave Scott: Vegetarian

•Largest meat eater that ever lived: Tyrannosaurus Rex

[gonks]

Albert were a Veggie?

also does this lot apply to wild food meat foraging?

[madlookin]

hi gonks...na...reading through its very US based stats...its our own responsability what we put in our bodies....i've not eaten flesh (knowingly for 20yrs) and i'm quite a unlikely veggie...my neighbours are really suprised if i drop it into a conversation...i'm proud of it too,but thats also bullshit really cos so are the sheep cows and rabbits...it was a read/copy and paste...just a reminder
madlookin
"trying to be kind to the animals"

[gonks]

oh i thought you were on to me with carrot power lol.

[madlookin]

maybe carrots have got some mystic power and they really can help us see in the darkness of this world...

[gonks]

i dont know but they keep me bloody warm in winter. i love carrot soup

[madlookin]

yahoo front page tonight

Ham 'raises risk of heart disease'
1 hour 38 mins ago

Eating processed meats like bacon, ham and sausages can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to new research.
Ham 'raises risk of heart disease'
Processed meats are already linked to a higher chance of developing bowel cancer but a round-up of worldwide research has shown a link with other conditions.

A review by the Harvard School of Public Health in the US found people who eat processed meats have a 42% higher risk of heart disease and a 19% increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.

However, unprocessed red meats, such as beef, pork or lamb, do not raise the risk.

Experts examined 20 worldwide published studies involving more than a million people.

They found a 42% increased risk of heart disease and 19% increased risk of Type 2 diabetes for each daily serving, on average, of 50g of processed meat.

A serving of 50g is roughly the equivalent of two rashers of bacon or one hot dog.

Writing online in the journal Circulation, the authors said: "Consumption of processed meats, but not red meats, is associated with higher incidence of coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus (Type 2).

"These results highlight the need for better understanding of potential mechanisms of effects and for particular focus on processed meats for dietary and policy recommendations."

The authors said that, until now, studies have shown an inconsistent link between meat, heart disease and diabetes

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(eventualy the day will come when they say "don't eat any meat it's not good for you")

[astronaut]

"As long as there will be slaughterhouses there will be battlefields"
Leo Tolstoy

[freemanjack]

Mad, just a spanner in your works, a vegetarian, animal lover who cared greatly for children and described himself as a humanist was.... Hitler. Trying hard to be veggie and you are right the survival of us all depends on our ability to eat only what we have available without pouring more energy into our food than it returns to us. ie; meat.
freemanjack, I like sprouts.