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General
Vegetarian Information
At the present time approximately 5% of the population of the United
States, or around 12 million people, consider themselves to be vegetarian.
But a high percentage of these people occasionally eat meat. According
to a Roper Poll done by the Vegetarian Resource Group in 1994 and 1997,
only 1% of the population in the US is a Pure Vegetarian. This definition
of pure vegetarian is to never consciously eat meat, fish or poultry,
but eggs and dairy can be eaten. The definition of Pure Vegetarian in this book is a person who does not consciously eat meat, fish, poultry or eggs; dairy can be eaten, which is the Hindu definition. A pure vegetarian will never eat meat under any circumstances. They will also avoid products that have meat products in them such as cheese made with the rennet of a cow's stomach, yogurt or pudding that contains gelatin, refried beans with lard in them, candy that contains eggs and other ingredients derived from meat products, and marshmallows and baked goods that contain eggs. Many people consider eating eggs to be vegetarian but according to our definition eating eggs is not pure vegetarian because it means eating what would eventually become a chicken. There are often animal products hidden in food and non-food items such as in medicines, cosmetics, toothpastes, soaps, etc. These products should also be avoided for a person to be considered a pure vegetarian. Several Reasons to be
a Vegetarian Diseases Found In Meat A report by the USDA in 1972 lists carcasses that passed inspection
after the diseased parts were removed. Examples included nearly 100,000
cows with eye cancer and 3,596,302 cases of abscessed liver. Meat and poultry are the primary sources of food borne pathogens, which
cause over 10 million cases of human illnesses and 9,000 deaths a year
in the US. Microbial pathogens are microorganisms that cause diseases
from bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Campylobacter and salmonella
are not regulated and account for 80% of illnesses and 75% of diseases
derived from meat or poultry. One infected animal can contaminate 16
tons of beef. Raw meat often contains dangerous bacteria, which is often not regulated
by either the USDA or FDA. It is expected that the consumers themselves
kill dangerous pathogen bacteria. It is often found that meat is still
raw and is not totally cooked when eaten; therefore it still contains
dangerous bacteria. The government allows the sale of chickens with airsacculitis, a pneumonia-like
disease that causes pus-laden mucus to collect in the lungs. In order
to meet federal standards, the chicken's chest cavities are cleaned
out with air-suction guns. But during this process, diseased air sacs
sometimes burst and pus seeps into the meat. Many chickens are infected with campylobacter, a bacterial infection
that causes bloody diarrhea, cramps and fever, and can lead to death
(up to 800 a year in the US). Twenty percent of chickens with this disease
were found to be resistant to quinolones (an antibiotic). This resistance
was caused by FDA approval of use of this antibiotic for therapeutic
use in chickens. Chickens contaminated with salmonella, campylobacter and other diseased
organisms are sold to people. The amount of salmonella and campylobacter
is not tested. The US Code of Federal Regulations allows for birds with
tumors and other disease manifestation to be sold after cutting out
the infected sites. Many of the seafood companies break the food safety regulations. Inspectors
from the FDA only visit seafood-processing plants once a year, and often
this only entails visiting their office and asking them what they are
doing to insure food safety. Half the fish consumed in the US are imported
and their processing plants are rarely inspected by US inspectors. E coli O157:H7, which causes humans to get sick according to the USDA, may infect half the cattle that are used for ground beef. Each year over 73,000 people become sick from it and 600 die from it in the US. Mild symptoms cause diarrhea and abdominal cramps, and red-blood-cell destruction. Worst cases may cause kidney failure, paralysis and blindness, and
a partial removal of the bowel. Hoof-and-mouth disease is a disease that causes infected animals to get blisters on their hooves and lips, and causes the animals to have problems with eating because of the blisters, loss of appetite and fever. Rarely is this disease fatal to the animals. Recently over two million animals were destroyed in the UK because
of it, though only 1,400 actually had the disease. The rest were killed
to supposedly keep the disease from spreading. Even though the government
eventually decided that the best way to eradicate the disease was by
using antibiotics (which easily kills the disease), many of the farmers
requested that their animals be destroyed because they received payment
from the government for these destroyed animals. Some farmers figured
that if their infected animals were treated instead of killed, then
the value of their herds would be highly reduced, because people would
not want to purchase meat from cattle located anywhere near where there
were infected cattle. Often cooked meat contains benzenes and carcinogenic compounds. Often meat eating can cause long-term digestive problems. Animal products
can often putrefy the colon. If food is not properly digested, it can
remain in the intestine and cause general health problems; and this
often happens with meat. In 1996, nine people in the United Kingdom died of a degenerative brain
disease linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, popularly known
as mad cow disease. Medical experts suspected that the victims contracted
the disease by eating contaminated beef. Terrible
Treatment of Animals that are Slaughtered Factory hens are forced to live through totally outrageous living conditions.
Chickens are kept crammed with four to eight chickens in a small cage.
Each hen is kept confined in about 48 to 86 square inches of space.
When egg production of chickens are reduced to almost nothing, they
can be induced to resume egg production by forced molt, which is done
by water deprivation and starvation for up to two weeks. Most hens are
molted at least once in their lives. This practice is so bad that even
McDonald's won't purchase eggs from suppliers that engage in this procedure. There is no sell-by date for chickens, so it is unknown how long a
dead chicken has been sitting around in a processing plant, trucks,
storage, on the road, or a meat case before being sold. In the production of veal, male calves are put in cramped cages and chained by their necks to keep them from turning around. They are fed a diet without roughage and iron to cause the meat of an almost fully-grown animal to be whitest and tender, like a newborn calf. They are injected with hormones and antibiotics to make them grow and to stay alive. Drugs in Animals How
Meat Eating Destroys the Environment A disproportionate amount of the resources of the earth are used to
produce meat products. About half the water used by the US is used for
cattle production. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal
protein as it does plant protein. A cow needs to eat 7 pounds of protein
derived from soybeans or grains to make a pound of beef. Around 390 gallons of water are used to produce a pound of beef and
just 25 gallons of water to produce one pound of wheat. Many trees are being cut down throughout the world so more cattle can
be grazed. Much of this deforestation takes place in the tropical rain
forests in Central and South America. Cattle production is the main
reason for the destruction of the rain forests in Central and South
America. More than 25% of the forests in Central America have been destroyed
because of cattle production. For every quarter pound of hamburger exported
from the region, there is a loss of 55 square feet of rain forest. When livestock grazes on land this tends to cause erosion of the topsoil
and the land to dry out. The US has lost about one-third of its topsoil.
Good topsoil helps to keep land more cultivable. Cattle production causes soil depletion. Around 685 million acres,
85 percent of the US western rangeland, is being degraded because of
overgrazing. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein;
35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but
just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans. Livestock
Organic Waste Helps Destroy the Environment A 1997 Senate report documents that livestock produces 10,000 pounds of solid manure for every person in the US. The waste from livestock is 130 times that produced by humans. When it rains, phosphorous and nitrogen from the manure seep into rivers and streams, which causes algae blooms (red tides). It also causes the increase of dinoflagellates, which are a one-celled entity that has killed millions of fish. If a human comes in contact with them, they experience sores on their skin and may experience memory loss. Free-Range Chickens This does not mean that all the other tortuous techniques being inflicted
on factory-farmed birds are not inflicted on free range chickens also.
Dangers of Meat &
Fishing Industry Potentially Dangerous
Chemicals and Natural Products Some things that can be dangerous in cosmetic and personal care products
are alcohol (isopropyl), DEA, DMDM hydantoin, FD & C color, fluoride,
fragrance, MEA, mineral oil, parabens, polyethylene glycol (PEG), propylene
glycol (PG), sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS),
triclosan and urea hydantoin. Many of these products can be serious
carcinogens and hormone-disrupting chemicals. Because there are no regulations in regard to what is considered to be a "Natural Product," this term is often abused. Often the so-called natural products contain the same dangerous chemicals that they propound that they are replacing. Dangerous Chemicals in
Meat Arsenic is often used as a growth stimulant. The Department of Agriculture
(USDA) found that arsenic exceeded the legal limit in 15% of the poultry
in the US. Sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate are chemicals used as preservatives
to slow down putrefaction in cured meat, giving meat its bright-red
color by reacting with pigments in the blood and muscles. If they are
not used, then the meat will have its natural gray-brown color, which
wouldn't be good for sales. These chemicals when taken in excess can
poison humans, and many people have been poisoned by these chemicals.
These chemicals can be especially dangerous to babies and young children.
The United Nations' joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee of Food Additives
warned, "Nitrate should on no account be added to baby food."
AJ Lehman of the FDA pointed out that "only a small margin of safety
exists between the amount of nitrate that is safe and that which may
be dangerous." Because of the horrible conditions that the animals to be slaughtered are put through, often they are given vast amounts of antibiotics, which can often create antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can be passed to persons who eat the meat. The FDA estimates that penicillin and tetracycline save the meat industry $1.9 billion a year. Vegetarian Babies Vegetarian woman usually have less contaminants in their breast milk
than non-vegetarian women. This is because contaminants are often found
in higher levels in the fat and tissues of animals. These contaminants
are then past onto the baby in the milk. Babies less than six months old should only drink breast milk, water
or formula. They should not be fed anything else. They should not be
given drinks that contain sugar, juices or baby cereal. Baby formula is usually made from cow milk that has been altered to
make it more digestible. Some are made of animal by-products and are
often not vegetarian. Some are soy-based and do not contain any animal
products. Brands that can be used by vegans include Prosobee, Soyalac
and Isamil. Babies should not use regular soy milk, but should use infant
formula soy milk. Usually the first food a baby starts eating is iron-fortified rice
cereal, which is easy for a baby to take. At the same time it is best
to continue to breast feed the baby. Breast-feeding should be gradually
discontinued over a period of time. When children get older, it is usually best to give them food that
is high in fat. This is because their stomachs are smaller than adults,
so they may need more dense food. In this way infants get the correct
amount of calories. Fat can be added to the diet by adding nut and seed
butters to sandwiches. Avocado is also a food high in fat. Children who are vegetarians are less likely to be overweight because
their diet contains more fibers and less fats, saturated fat and cholesterol. If you know of a vegetarian restaurant that is not listed here, or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at: vrupdate@hotmail.com |
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