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05-21-2008, 12:24 PM
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Have you ever stopped to consider the tremendous resources required to bring food to your table? Did you realize that meat is the most resource intensive food on your table?:confused: Eating less meat will not only reduce your risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer but will also cut down on the pollution of soil, air and water.
Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nation's Nobel Prize-winning panel on climate change cites studies that have shown that producing 2.2 pounds of meat causes the emissions equivalent of 80 pounds of carbon dioxide. :confused: In addition, raising and transporting that slab of beef, lamb or pork requires the same energy as lighting a 100-watt bulb for three weeks.
Eating less meat will not only cut down on the valuable resources of our climate but according to the American Dietetic Association vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and some forms of cancer. Vegetarians also tend to have lower body mass indexes and cholesterol levels.
Making a switch to vegetarian and vegan diets are not only good for the planet, but also for the health of your body.
Have you ever stopped to consider the tremendous resources required to bring food to your table? Did you realize that meat is the most resource intensive food on your table?:confused: Eating less meat will not only reduce your risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer but will also cut down on the pollution of soil, air and water.
Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nation's Nobel Prize-winning panel on climate change cites studies that have shown that producing 2.2 pounds of meat causes the emissions equivalent of 80 pounds of carbon dioxide. :confused: In addition, raising and transporting that slab of beef, lamb or pork requires the same energy as lighting a 100-watt bulb for three weeks.
Eating less meat will not only cut down on the valuable resources of our climate but according to the American Dietetic Association vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and some forms of cancer. Vegetarians also tend to have lower body mass indexes and cholesterol levels.
Making a switch to vegetarian and vegan diets are not only good for the planet, but also for the health of your body.