Information about plant-based diets
Plant-based diets don't just help animals - they are great in many other ways too!
HUMAN HEALTH – it’s straightforward and simple – according to the American Dietetic Association, vegans are less likely to develop heart disease, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure than meat-eaters are. Please research Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, whose patients have reversed their heart disease on a plant-based diet, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, whose book the China Study illustrates the connection between animal proteins and cancer, the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine and Dr. Michael Greger.
THE ENVIRONMENT – consuming meat is one of the most damaging things you can do to the earth. It causes enormous amounts of pollution and the meat industry releases more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation industry. A recent United Nations report concluded that a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change. Furthermore, it takes 10 times the amount of land to grow crops to feed livestock than it does to grow crops for human consumption. 70% of the former Amazon rainforest is now used for livestock.
WORLD HUNGER – It takes about 16 pounds of grain to produce merely 1 pound of meat. According to the USDA and the United Nations, one acre of land can either produce 20 pounds of usable protein from slaughtered animals, or 356 pounds of protein if soybeans were grown instead. See how easy solving world hunger can be?