Diet and the environment: does what you eat matter?1,2,3,4 Results show that, for the combined differential production of 11 food items for which consumption differs among vegetarians and nonvegetarians, the nonvegetarian diet required 2.9 times more water, 2.5 times more primary energy, 13 times more fertilizer, and 1.4 times more pesticides than did the nonvegetarian diet. THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE DIFFERENCES CAME FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF BEEF IN THE DIET. We found that a nonvegetarian diet exacts a higher cost on the environment relative to a vegetarian diet. From an environmental perspective, what a person chooses to eat makes a difference. PMID: 19339399 Try not to harm yourself or the planet. Eat GREEN!
i don't sell or eat beef patties. i eat tons of healthy whole natural vegetables, a little fruit, nuts, seeds. I EAT GREEN!
Some of Hwang's on-going studies build upon earlier research in which he and colleagues teased out precise details of how six natural compounds in plants - luteolin, quercetin, chrysin, eriodicytol, hesperetin, and naringenin - apparently act as anti-inflammatory agents. Luteolin is found in celery, thyme, green peppers, and chamomile tea. Foods rich in quercetin include capers, apples, and onions. Chrysin is from the fruit of blue passionflower, a tropical vine. Oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and other citrus fruits are good sources of eriodicytol, hesperetin, and naringenin. Hwang's team showed, for the first time, that all six plant compounds target an enzyme known as "TBK1." Each compound inhibits, to a greater or lesser extent, TBK1's ability to activate a specific biochemical signal. If unimpeded, the signal would lead to formation of gene products known to trigger inflammation. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/194271.php I cant make this stuff up.
why? Grass fed beeves clog artery just as fast as grain fed. Not only ruin you but ruin the planet. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, EAT GREEN
DEMENTIA LINKED TO MEAT! We investigated the relationship between animal product consumption and evidence of dementia in two cohort substudies. The first enrolled 272 California residents matched for age, sex, and zip code (1 vegan, 1 lacto-ovo-vegetarian, and 2 'heavy' meat eaters in each of 68 quartets). This design ensured a wide range of dietary exposure. The second included 2,984 unmatched subjects who resided within the Loma Linda, California area. All subjects were enrolled in the Adventist Health Study. The matched subjects who ate meat (INCLUDING POULTRY AND FISH!) [my emphasis were more than TWICE as likely to become demented as their vegetarian counterparts (relative risk 2.18, p = 0.065) and the discrepancy was FURTHER WIDENED (relative risk 2.99, p = 0.048) when past meat consumption was taken into account. There was no significant difference in the incidence of dementia in the vegetarian versus meat-eating unmatched subjects. There was no obvious explanation for the difference between the two substudies, although the power of the unmatched substudy to detect an effect of 'heavy' meat consumption was unexpectedly limited. There was a trend towards delayed onset of dementia in vegetarians in both substudies. http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=110296 JUST SAY NO TO BEEVE! EAT GREEN! BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE!