Supervixen
04-09-2002, 08:19 PM
Top health reasons to stop
eating meat (THIS HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ETHICAL TREATMENT
OF ANIMALS):
An animal-based diet is invariably
high in cholesterol, animal protein
(see #13), and saturated fat,
which combine to raise the level
of cholesterol in the blood--the
warning signal for heart disease
and stroke. Due mainly to the
meat-centered diet of most
Americans, these two diseases
account for nearly 50% of all
deaths in the US
Meat-centered diets are linked to
many types of cancer, most
notably cancer of the colon,
breast, cervix, uterus, ovary,
prostate, and lung.
The National Cancer Research
Institute found that women who
eat meat on a daily basis are
almost 4 times more likely to get
breast cancer than those women
who eat little or no meat.
Ingesting PCBs is considered a
chief cause of reduced sperm
count among American men--70%
of what it was 30 years ago
The common cold, as well as
allergies to dust, cats and pollen,
are more likely to go away when
cow's milk is taken out of the
diet.
The human intestine is not
designed to digest meat. While a
natural carnivore's intestine is
relatively short (3 times the
length of its body) and smooth
inside, a human's intestine is
proportionally 4 times longer
than that of a carnivore, deeply
twisted and puckered. Having no
fiber of its own, meat quite
arduously inches itself through
the long convoluted human
digestive tract. Before it gets to
the end it has become putrid and
toxic to the body
A diet without meat can also help
prevent diabetes, relieve the
symptoms of diabetes and can
even end the need for insulin
treatments.
The USDA does not inspect for
trichinosis in pork. It is widely
known that pork must be
thoroughly cooked before eating.
Still, about 4% of Americans have
trichinella worms in their muscles
which can periodically cause
flu-like symptoms and even
death.
According to William Castelli,
M.D., Director of The Framingham
Heart Study, vegetarians outlive
other people by about six years.
Those who eat flesh are far more
likely to contract cancer than
those following a vegetarian diet.
The risk of contracting breast
cancer is 3.8 times greater for
women who eat meat daily
compared to less than once a
week; 2.8 times greater for
women who eat eggs daily
compared to once a week; and
3.25 greater for women who eat
butter and cheese 2 to 4 times a
week as compared to once a
week.
The risk of fatal ovarian cancer is
three times greater for women
who eat eggs 3 or more times a
week as compared with less than
once a week.
The risk of fatal prostate cancer
is 3.6 times greater for men who
consume meat, cheese, eggs and
milk daily as compared with
sparingly or not at all.
Medical studies prove that a
vegetarian diet is easier to
digest, provides a wider range of
nutrients and imposes fewer
burdens and impurities on the
body. Vegetarians are less
susceptible to all the major
diseases that afflict
contemporary humanity, and thus
live longer, healthier, more
productive lives. They have fewer
physical complaints, less frequent
visits to the doctor, fewer dental
problems and smaller medical
bills. Their immune system is
stronger, their bodies are purer,
more refined and skin more
beautiful.
* Preventing cancer: "Numerous
epidemiological and clinical
studies have shown that
vegetarians are nearly 50% less
likely to die from cancer than
nonvegetarians."
* Preventing heart disease and
lowering blood pressure.
* Preventing and reversing
diabetes.
* Preventing and alleviating
gallstones, kidney stones and
osteoporosis.
* Preventing and alleviating
asthma.
Vegetarians have a 20% lower
rate of mortality from all causes
(meaning they live longer & don't
get sick as often).
* Vegetarians are 40% less likey
to get of cancer than
meat-eaters. This is thought to
be because they have a higher
intake of vitamins A,C &
eating meat (THIS HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ETHICAL TREATMENT
OF ANIMALS):
An animal-based diet is invariably
high in cholesterol, animal protein
(see #13), and saturated fat,
which combine to raise the level
of cholesterol in the blood--the
warning signal for heart disease
and stroke. Due mainly to the
meat-centered diet of most
Americans, these two diseases
account for nearly 50% of all
deaths in the US
Meat-centered diets are linked to
many types of cancer, most
notably cancer of the colon,
breast, cervix, uterus, ovary,
prostate, and lung.
The National Cancer Research
Institute found that women who
eat meat on a daily basis are
almost 4 times more likely to get
breast cancer than those women
who eat little or no meat.
Ingesting PCBs is considered a
chief cause of reduced sperm
count among American men--70%
of what it was 30 years ago
The common cold, as well as
allergies to dust, cats and pollen,
are more likely to go away when
cow's milk is taken out of the
diet.
The human intestine is not
designed to digest meat. While a
natural carnivore's intestine is
relatively short (3 times the
length of its body) and smooth
inside, a human's intestine is
proportionally 4 times longer
than that of a carnivore, deeply
twisted and puckered. Having no
fiber of its own, meat quite
arduously inches itself through
the long convoluted human
digestive tract. Before it gets to
the end it has become putrid and
toxic to the body
A diet without meat can also help
prevent diabetes, relieve the
symptoms of diabetes and can
even end the need for insulin
treatments.
The USDA does not inspect for
trichinosis in pork. It is widely
known that pork must be
thoroughly cooked before eating.
Still, about 4% of Americans have
trichinella worms in their muscles
which can periodically cause
flu-like symptoms and even
death.
According to William Castelli,
M.D., Director of The Framingham
Heart Study, vegetarians outlive
other people by about six years.
Those who eat flesh are far more
likely to contract cancer than
those following a vegetarian diet.
The risk of contracting breast
cancer is 3.8 times greater for
women who eat meat daily
compared to less than once a
week; 2.8 times greater for
women who eat eggs daily
compared to once a week; and
3.25 greater for women who eat
butter and cheese 2 to 4 times a
week as compared to once a
week.
The risk of fatal ovarian cancer is
three times greater for women
who eat eggs 3 or more times a
week as compared with less than
once a week.
The risk of fatal prostate cancer
is 3.6 times greater for men who
consume meat, cheese, eggs and
milk daily as compared with
sparingly or not at all.
Medical studies prove that a
vegetarian diet is easier to
digest, provides a wider range of
nutrients and imposes fewer
burdens and impurities on the
body. Vegetarians are less
susceptible to all the major
diseases that afflict
contemporary humanity, and thus
live longer, healthier, more
productive lives. They have fewer
physical complaints, less frequent
visits to the doctor, fewer dental
problems and smaller medical
bills. Their immune system is
stronger, their bodies are purer,
more refined and skin more
beautiful.
* Preventing cancer: "Numerous
epidemiological and clinical
studies have shown that
vegetarians are nearly 50% less
likely to die from cancer than
nonvegetarians."
* Preventing heart disease and
lowering blood pressure.
* Preventing and reversing
diabetes.
* Preventing and alleviating
gallstones, kidney stones and
osteoporosis.
* Preventing and alleviating
asthma.
Vegetarians have a 20% lower
rate of mortality from all causes
(meaning they live longer & don't
get sick as often).
* Vegetarians are 40% less likey
to get of cancer than
meat-eaters. This is thought to
be because they have a higher
intake of vitamins A,C &