Molli+(Pro+Vegetarian)

Incorporation. 4/23/09 . 1.)Health Reasons- diets high in fatty acids from animals can lead to disease- obesity, artery diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, and even cancer. 2.)Vegetarian Diet- low in saturated fat cholesterol, salt.
 * Dwyer, Johanna. "Vegetarianism." __Encarta__. 1993-2009. Microsoft**

**Craig, Winston. "Health benefits of Vegetarianism." __Andrews__ __University__. 2003-2008. Andrews University, MI. 4/23/09 .** 3.)Cancer risk is reduced by having plant-based diets. Including a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans, and nuts. 4.)Frequent consumption of fruits and vegetables protects a persons body from cancer and disease by providing it with essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. 5.) Cruciferous Vegetable- broccoli,brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, umbellifourous vegetables and herbs- carrots, celery, parsley.Citrus- tomatoes,cucumber,berries, grapes, Beans- Soy beans,whole grains- brown rice, oats, whole wheat, seasoning herbs-garlic, onions, chives, ginger, basil, sage, oregano. 6.)The yellow, orange, red pigments in fruit and vegetables contain antioxidants that destroy free radicals. 7.) Consumption of pink/red (lycopene) intake also reduces risks for disease and cancer. 8.)Tofu/Soy Protein- contains isoflavones which prevent tumor growth. 9.) Tofu,soy also reduce the risk of osteoporosis,stroke, and blood clots.

**"Health benefits of Vegetarianism." __UK__ __Health Information__. 2000. 4/23/09 .** 10.) Vegetarian Diet also discourages obestiy. 11.)Staples-//Grains and cereals:// Wholegrain bread, brown rice, wholewheat pasta, muesli. 12.)Staples-//Legumes, nuts and seeds:// Soya beans. kidney beans, split peas, lentils, almonds, cashews, sesame seeds. 13.)Staples-//Fruit and vegetables:// As much as you want - think variety. Try new fruits and vegetables and include them in your diet every day. 14.)Vegetables and fruit move more easily through the human digestive system than meat or meat products.

**"Why Go Veg?." __Vegetarian Times__ __Vegetariantimes.com__. 4/25/09 . ** 15.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a division of the CDC(the National Center for Health Statistics) reports 64 percent of adults and 15 percent of children aged 6 to 19 are overweight due to poor diet. 16.)The CDC reports that food-borne illnesses of all kinds makeup for 76 million illnesses a year, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), foods rich in protein such as meat, poultry, fish and seafood are frequently involved in food-borne illness outbreaks. 17.)Too much fat and animal proteins in your bloodstream means that arteries won’t open properly and that your muscles won’t get enough oxygen..leading to no energy. 18.) Meat contains toxins, pesticides, carcinogens, heavy metals."The EPA estimates that nearly 95 percent of the pesticide residue in the typical American diet comes from meat, fish and dairy products." 19.) Fish especially contain mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium that cannot be removed by cooking,freezing or washing. 20.) Meat and dairy products can also have high amount of steroids and hormones. 21.)About 70 percent of all grain produced in the United States is fed to animals raised for slaughter. The 7 billion livestock animals in the United States consume five times as much grain as is consumed directly by the American population....“If all the grain currently fed to livestock were consumed directly by people, the number of people who could be fed would be nearly 800 million,” says David Pimentel, professor of ecology at Cornell University. If the grain were exported, it would boost the US trade balance by $80 billion a year." 22.) Ten billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption each year. 23.) Farm animals spend their entire lives in crates or stalls so small that they can’t even turn around. Farmed animals are not protected from cruelty under the law—in fact, the majority of state anti-cruelty laws specifically exempt farm animals from basic humane protection. 24.)Disease-fighting phytochemicals give fruits and vegetables their rich, varied colors.

25.)Fruits and vegetables come in two main classes: carotenoids and anthocyanins. 26.) All rich yellow and orange fruits and vegetables—carrots, oranges, sweet potatoes, mangoes, pumpkins, corn—­owe their color to carotenoids. 27.) . Leafy green vegetables also are rich in carotenoids but get their green color from chlorophyll. 28.)Red, blue and purple fruits and vegetables—plums, cherries, red bell peppers—contain anthocyanins.

29.)In today's factory farms, animals are frequently injected with hormones and stimulants to make them grow bigger and faster. 30.)Feedlots are crowded, filthy, stinking places with open sewers and choking air. The animals would not survive at all but for the fact that they are fed huge amounts of antibiotics. 31.) Central America’s rainforests are being destroyed, in order to raise cattle whose meat, (found in hamburgers and processed meat), is exported to profit the US food industry. 32.) A vegetarian diet reduces pollution in the land and waters: Modern factory farms are sprayed with herbicides and pesticides to grow grains to feed cattle. 33.)Chemicals used in pesticides leak into topsoil and then into the ground and nearby streams and rivers. 34.) Over 4 million acres of cropland are lost to erosion in the US every year due to plundering farmlands to fatten animals for slaughter. 35.)High contents of toxic chemicals are often found in fish in many parts of the world’s lakes, rivers, and oceans. 36.) **Up to 5000 gallons of water for is required to raise one pound of beef. 37.)**According to the US Department of Agriculture statistics, one acre of land can grow 20,000 pounds of potatoes. That same acre of land, when used to grow cattle feed, can produce less than 165 pounds of edible cow flesh.  38.) Eating red meat or processed meat gives you the highest risk of cancer in the colon and rectum, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer. 39.) Researchers estimate that 11% of deaths in men and 16% of deaths in women could be prevented by people decreasing their red meat consumption. 40.) For women, a marked decrease in red meat or processed meat consumption was estimated to prevent about 1 in 5 deaths from heart disease.
 * "Animal Rights and vegetarianism." 4/26/09 . **
 * "Studies on Red& Processed Meat." __Vegetarian Journal__ 25 3 2009: __www.vrg.org__. 25 3 2009: The Vegetarian Resource Group . 4/26/09 .**

41.) Animals that live on farms are confined to the point that they can barely move. 42.)Animals that live on farms are denied veterinary care. 43.) Animals raised for slaughter on farms are mutilated without painkillers. 44.) Animals raised to be slaughtered are often killed while fully conscious. 45.) Feeding large amounts of grain to farmed animals in order to produce a small amount of meat is an inefficient waste of limited resources. http://www.chooseveg.com/images/FossilFuelUsage.gif 46.) According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, animal protein demands tremendous expenditures of fossil-fuel energy—-about eight times as much for a comparable amount of plant protein. 47.) The meat industry is a major cause of fresh water depletion. According to Ed Ayres, of the World Watch Institute, "Around the world, as more water is diverted to raising pigs and chickens instead of producing crops for direct consumption, millions of wells are going dry. India, China, North Africa and the U.S. are all running freshwater deficits, pumping more from their aquifers than rain can replenish." http://www.chooseveg.com/images/WaterUsage.gif 48.) Cattle grazing is a serious threat to endangered species, both in the western United States and in the rainforests of South America. http://www.chooseveg.com/SmallPhotos/RainforestDestruction_228.jpg 49.) In the United States, grazing has contributed to the demise of 26% of federal threatened and endangered species. 50.) The tens of billions of farmed animals of the world produce massive amounts of manure, which emit green house gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. http://www.chooseveg.com/SmallPhotos/DairyCowCA_228.jpg

51.)Growing feed for farmed animals requires intense use of synthetic fertilizers manufactured with fossil fuels. This process emits a tremendous amount of CO2, and the fertilizer releases nitrous oxide[3] – a greenhouse gas that is 296 times more potent than carbon dioxide. 52.) The burning of fossil fuels releases CO2, one of the primary gases responsible for global warming. 53.) The meat industry uses fossil fuels to heat the buildings that house the animals, to produce of all the crops to feed to the animals, and to transport, process, and refrigerate all of the meat. 54.) Factory farms produce run-off that pollutes our streams and rivers, endangering not only the water supply for humans but also harming delicate eco-systems. 55.) According to the EPA, over 200 manure discharges and spills from U.S. animal farms between 1990 and 1997 have killed more than a billion fish. 56.) Animal feedlots can contaminate nearby well water with high levels of nitrates, which have been linked to miscarriages in humans as well as “blue baby” syndrome in infants. http://www.chooseveg.com/SmallPhotos/runoff_228.jpg 57.) Manure lagoons and spray fields from animal agriculture also pollute the air by emitting ammonia, methane, and hydrogen sulfide. 58.) Plant foods are cholesterol-free. 59.) The Adventist Health Study found that non-vegetarians had a 54% increased risk for prostate cancer 60.) Approximately 65% of the U.S. population is overweight and 31% is obese. Pictures.. http://www.chooseveg.com/images/rainbowchard_250.jpg http://www.chooseveg.com/images/beans_250.jpg http://www.chooseveg.com/images/blueberries_250.jpg

http://www.goveg.com/images/432-Toptenpigs.jpg 61.)Eating pork products, which are loaded with artery-clogging cholesterol and saturated fat, is a good way to increase your waistline and increase your chances of developing deadly diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s, asthma, and impotence. 62.)Every time you eat animal products, you’re also ingesting bacteria, antibiotics, dioxins, hormones, and a host of other toxins that can accumulate in your body and remain there for years. 63.) Ninety-seven percent of pigs in the United States today are raised in factory farms, where they will never run across sprawling pastures, bask in the sun, breathe fresh air, or do anything else that comes naturally to them. 64.) Crowded into warehouses with nothing to do and nowhere to go, they are kept on a steady diet of drugs to keep them alive and make them grow faster, but the drugs cause many of the animals to become crippled under their own bulk. 65.) Pigs are naturally very clean and avoid, if at all possible, soiling their living areas. 66.) Many people who know pigs compare them to dogs because they are friendly, loyal, and intelligent. 67.) When given the chance to live away from factory farms, pigs will spend hours playing, lying in the sun, and exploring their surroundings with their powerful sense of smell. 68.) http://www.goveg.com/photos/240-ffpigs2.jpg Piglets teeth are cut out and their tails as well without painkillers. 69.) A pig farm with 5,000 animals produces as much fecal waste as a city of 50,000 people. 70.) In 1995, 25 million gallons of putrid hog urine and feces spilled into a North Carolina river, immediately killing between 10 and 14 million fish. 71.) . To get around water pollution limits, factory farms will frequently take the tons of urine and feces that are stored in cesspools and turn them into liquid waste that they spray into the air. This manure-filled mist is carried away by the wind and inhaled by the people who live nearby 72.) A typical slaughterhouse kills up to 1,100 pigs every hour, which makes it impossible for them to be given humane, painless deaths. 73.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented 14 humane slaughter violations at one processing plant, where inspectors found hogs who “were walking and squealing after being stunned [with a stun gun] as many as four times.” 74.) Several recent studies have shown that chickens are bright animals, able to solve complex problems, demonstrate self-control, and worry about the future. http://www.goveg.com/images/412-prettychickens.jpg 75.) Antibiotics make chickens grow so large, so fast that they often become crippled under their own weight. 76.) At slaughter, chickens are hung upside-down and have their throats slit, and they are often scalded to death in defeathering tanks. 77.) The billions of chickens killed each year are not protected by a single federal law—the “Humane Slaughter Act” exempts birds. 78.) A USDA study found that more than 99 percent of broiler chicken carcasses sold in stores had detectable levels of //E. coli//, indicating fecal contamination. 79.) In a natural setting, a hen will cluck to her chicks before they even hatch while she sits on the eggs in her nest. 80.) Cows are gentle, social animals. Each cow has the ability to recognize more than 100 other cows, and they form close friendships with members of their herd. http://www.goveg.com/images/412-threecows.jpg 81.) Cattle are subjected to abuses that would warrant felony cruelty-to-animals charges if they were committed against dogs or cats. 82.) Cows have their horns sliced off; they are branded, which causes excruciating third-degree burns; and males are castrated. This is all done without any painkillers. 83.) “In a world where an estimated one in every six people goes hungry each 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 grain to animals, creating competition for grain between affluent meat-eaters and the world’s poor.”-Worldwatch Institute 84.) A cow named Emily got away from a Massachusetts slaughterhouse, leapt over a 5-foot gate, and survived for several weeks in the woods during the New England winter before she was rescued. 85.) Numerous studies and governmental reports have shown higher rates of miscarriages, respiratory problems, and neurological diseases among people who live near factory farms. 86.) Mad cow disease is already in the United States, and the U.S. government is not following World Health Organization recommendations for ensuring that it doesn’t spread.
 * PETA . "Animals ." __People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals__. 2009. 4/26/09 . **

87.) Fish learn even faster than dogs. They learn from each other, have long-term memories, and can recognize one another. 88.) Fish gather information by eavesdropping, and some species even use tools, which, until recently, was thought to be a uniquely human trait. 89.)Fish like to play, investigate new things, and hang out with friends. 90.) Fish have extremely high levels of chemicals such as arsenic, mercury, PCBs, DDT, dioxins, and lead in their flesh and fat.

91.) Turkeys are “smart animals with personality and character, and keen awareness of their surroundings,” Oregon State University poultry scientist Tom Savage says.http://www.goveg.com/images/412-balancingturkey.jpg 92.) Turkeys are social, playful birds who enjoy the company of others. They relish having their feathers stroked and like to chirp, cluck, and gobble along to their favorite tunes. 93.) Turkeys and other animals raised for food produce 130 times as much excrement as the entire U.S. human population 94.) Killing animals is inherently dangerous work, but the fast line speeds, the dirty, slippery killing floors, and the lack of training make animal-processing plants some of the most dangerous places to work in America 95.) http://www.goveg.com/photos/240-ffducks1.jpg Ducks and geese raised for their flesh spend their entire lives crammed in dirty, dark sheds where they suffer from injury and disease and are deprived of everything that is natural to them. 96.) Ducks and geese raised for //foie gras// endure the pain of having a pipe shoved down their throats three times daily so that two pounds of grain can be pumped into their stomachs to produce the diseased “fatty liver” that some diners consider a delicacy. 97.) Cows used for milk are drugged and bred to produce unnatural amounts of milk. 98. )**Fish on aquafarms** spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. 99.) **Turkeys'** beaks and toes are burned off with a hot blade. 100.) Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter.

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