GOING VEGETARIAN HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER

by Ingrid Newkirk - PETA President

Veggie food isn't just a treat for our taste buds ; it's great for your health too... Leading scientists are now proving that what we eat directly affects the quality of our lives. While animal foods contribute to cancer, heart disease, obesity & many other top killers, a vegetarian diet can make us healthier.

With the right food selections, you can lose weight permanently, prevent heart attacks & even reverse existing heart disease. Studies have shown that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than meat-eaters and that meat-eaters are far more likely to die of heart disease & 40% more likely to die of cancer. Meat and dairy consumption is also linked with diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, clogged arteries, obesity, asthma & impotence. A 21-year-long study comparing meat-eaters and vegetarians showed that the greater the meat consumption, the greater the death rate from all causes combined.

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A vegan diet helps animals ! Modern high-pressure agriculture commonly keeps cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other animals in overcrowded stalls, cages, crates or sheds where they are often unable to turn around or take even a single step for their entire lives. Deprived of veterinary care, exercise, sunlight, and even the feel of grass beneath your feet, these living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings, whose senses are so much like our own, suffer and die at the rate of millions per day just so that we can have burgers, patties, nuggets and wieners.

Deciding what we will eat means choosing between the horrors of factory farming and respect for animals.

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