Healthy Eating & Treatment of Animals

The following notes I took at a Bronte Creek conference. The speaker's name was Ben, who works with Joseph Pace. The information should be very accurate and is also included in a book they wrote together. Yeah, I know it's a lot, but believe me, it's worth reading. It'll make you think, I guarantee it!

we figure it's easier to start again on a new planet instead of fixing ours (ie. possible to live on Mars?)
if we give it time, the earth will heal, but not without our help
eating has more effect on the earth than anything else
we change the name of animal products so we won't feel as guilty ie. pork instead of pig - pork isn't an animal?
1 pound of the pork we eat takes 7 pounds of grain (a pig eats 7lbs of grain for every lb)
on 1 acre of land: 20 000lbs of apples, 40 000lbs of potatoes, but only 200lbs of beef
it takes 4 acres of land to feed a meat eater; 1/2 acre or less for a vegetarian
500 000 000 animals slaughtered anually in Canada, in USA even more
77% of Canada's grain supply is used to feed livestock which will be slaughtered
many wells contain harmful bacteria from agricultural companies
1 cow produces as much waste as 16 humans
you can't get the same nutrients from veggies, etc. if fertilizers are used
animal products could be considered as a fuel by-product

McDonald's: Murder, Money, Mind Control!!!
China is trying to copy North American lifestyle (ie. fastfoods) - the more meat you eat, the richer you are - NOT!
an average American in a lifetime will eat 21 cows, 14 sheep, 12 hogs, 1400 chicken, 1000lbs of other birds. You save these, plus 1 acre of trees each year if you're a vegetarian

CHICKENS:

chickens are no longer considered animals, they are a commodity. They have been genetically altered and have no real life
500 000 000 broiler chickens are killed annually
only contact farmers have with them is plucking out the dead ones
average chicken lives 41 weeks instead of 10 years, yet is expected to grow to grow to it's full size
many chickens have heart attacks, 90% of chickens in US have cancer, many kill eachother, 70% are conscious when killed
always kept indoors in tight-fitting cages
layer chickens: there are 19.6 million in Canada and produce 6 billion eggs a year
their day is only 12 hours long (artificial lighting), therefore are forced to lay eggs twice a day instead of once
there are 4 layer chickens to a 16x18" cage and peck eachother to death. To prevent this their beaks are cut off. Many have osteoporosis. Why not bigger cages, more freedom?
quality of meat is not important - gets thrown in chicken soup, nuggets; male chickens are thrown out and used for fertilizer worth 25 cents

PIGS:

16-20 million pigs in Canada that live 6 months, yet supposed to live 20 years
pigs are bruised, kept inside, their tail is cut off so they won't chew on them because they're kept too close together
pigs are as intelligent as dogs
their noses are broken with crowbars to control in trasportation
in US, 30% of pigs have ulcers, 80% have pneumonia
mothers have no contact with their piglets, they are stripped from their mother when born
"forget pigs as an animal, treat as a machine for more profit" - NOT!
cows and pigs are castrated without any anesthetic when babies

DAIRY CATTLE

75-100% are confined
they produce 3 times as much milk as natural and since they are milked so often they get infections. Government allows a certain amount of puss to get in the milk
when they die they become dogfood or ground beef
they spend no time with their babies who are not allowed to drink any of their mother's milk (this offers immunity for them)
they live 6 years, impregnated every year in order to produce milk
"red veal" are not confined
"white veal" are kept indoors and fed very little water (because they would eat more!)

FARMING:

in 1951 21% of people were farmers, today only 4%, yet there is more farm space then ever before
there is more labour on organic farms, which creates jobs

SLAUGHTER HOUSES:

in slaughter houses, people can't move, often not allowed a washroom break, nothing!
people get cut often but have no time to clean their wounds, therefore blood gets on meat
when most animals are transported to slaughter houses, they go without food or rest for up to 72 hours and sometimes freeze to the sides of the trucks
cows live 14-16 months out of 20 years because this is the most economic time, otherwise they would eat more than would bring money
they are unloaded from the truck, put on a conveyor belt, a metal bolt is shoved in their skull to knock them unconscious (often missing), get hauled up by back legs, eviscerated
the cruelty is removed from Canada's Criminal Code. Why? Aren't they animals too?
slaughter houses use water in a day enough for 20 000 people

HEALTH:

(advertisement): "Last year over a million people left the same suicide note: 'Shopping List: butter, eggs, mayo, ham, bacon, chicken'"
there are 300 trillion cells in our body
we get energy from what we eat
you're made up of what you eat, and what you eat stays in your body
50% of cancers are diet-related
Canadians eat twice the amount of fat they're supposed to
animal products contain over 30g of fat
fibre is very important but we only consume 1/3 of the required amount
free radicals are cells that cling to healthy cells and destroy them - animal products are loaded with these; also with chemicals, pesticides (which is also sprayed on cattle)
plants have zero cholesterol, way fewer chemicals and pesticides,?li>
Canada's #1 killer is heart disease - comes from eating more meat
in US, cases of 18 year olds having heart attacks have been reported!
by reversing your diet you reverse heart disease, therefore expensive transplants might not be necessary
the more dairy you have, the more chance of breast cancer
the more fat you have, the greater risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer
THESE ARE NOT GENETIC
in Iceland, meat is consumed in very large amounts. On average, their lifespan is lower, also have the highest rate of osteoporosis
we take antibiotics but we become resistant to them since they are also in animal products in large amounts
eat a variety of veggies and lost of fibre
milk is only for babies (they're mother's milk, not cow's milk). We are the only species on the planet that consumes another specie's milk. So is that natural?

many healthy athletes are vegetarian

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