Vegetarianism in
a Nutshell
For Animals • For the Hungry • For the Earth • For Your Health
Why Adopt a
Vegan Diet?
For Animals • For the Hungry
For the Earth • For Your Health
“The unexamined life is not
worth living.”
—Socrates
Health
Eating for Life
Health
Meat Causes Heart Disease
“Vegetarians have the
best diet. … [They] have a
fraction of our heart
attack rate, and they
have only 40 percent of
our cancer rate.”
—William Castelli, M.D.,
director of the Framingham
Heart Study, the longest-running
clinical study in medical history
A Vegetarian Diet Prevents Cancer
“ The vast majority of all cancers,
cardiovascular diseases, and other
forms of degenerative illness can be
prevented simply by adopting a
plant-based diet.”
—Dr. T. Colin Campbell, director, The China Study
Got Cancer?
“ In nine separate studies, the
strongest and most consistent
dietary factor linked with
prostate cancer was high
consumption of milk or
dairy products.
”
—Dr. Walter Willett, chair,
Department of Nutrition,
Harvard School of
Public Health
Got Zits?
In a 2005 study of
47,000 high school girls,
Harvard researchers
found a very strong
correlation between
the amount of cow’s
milk consumed and
severe acne.
The Obesity Epidemic
Meat-eaters have
three times the obesity
rate of vegetarians
and nine times the
obesity rate of
“ Since I’ve gone vegetarian,
my body has never felt
better and my taste buds
have been opened up to a
whole new world. It’s one of
the most rewarding choices
I’ve ever made .… ”
—Alicia Silverstone
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Vegetarians: Healthy and Sexy
Fish Flesh: Poisoning Your Brain
The mercury and PCBs found in fish flesh cause brain
damage and cancer.
Environment
Environment
Think You Can Be a Meat-Eating Environmentalist?
Think again!
“
“ To be an environmentalist
who happens to eat meat
is like being a philanthropist
who doesn’t happen to
give to charity.”
—Howard Lyman
Environment
Commercial fishing and fish farms
are destroying the oceans.
Human Rights
Eating meat steals food from the hungry.
Human Rights
Animal Welfare
‘Meet Your Meat’
Chicken Factory Farms
Pig Factory Farms
Trucked to the Slaughterhouse
According to the meat industry’s own statistics, more than
1 million pigs and tens of millions of chickens and turkeys die
each year during transport to the slaughterhouse alone.
‘A Hunk of Veal in Every Glass of Milk’
Where Dairy Products Come From
The Egg Industry: The Worst of the Worst!
According to the United Egg Producers, 98% of hens used by
the egg industry are confined to battery cages.
Commercial Fishing
‘Aquaculture’: Fish Factory Farms
Animal Rights: Extending Our Circle of Compassion
They feel pain.
Animal Rights
“There will be no justice as long as man will
stand with a knife or with a gun and
destroy those who are weaker than he is.”
—Isaac Bashevis Singer
Animal Rights
“The moral arc of the
universe is long, but it
bends toward justice.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Animal Rights
No. of Democracies (Universal Voting Rights)
100 Years Ago: 0
No. of Child Protection Laws in the U.S.
100 Years Ago: 0
Animal Rights
Slavery Is Abolished: 1865
(13th Amendment)
Women Get the Right to Vote: 1920
(19th Amendment)
Animal Rights
Every time you eat, you have a choice.
By choosing vegetarian meals, you are helping fight
cruelty to animals, environmental degradation, and
global hunger.
By choosing vegetarian meals, you are making the
world a kinder, more just place.
Animal Rights
Your Choice
© Steve Lee
© Steve Lee
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