1. 1/2 of the water in the U.S. goes to raising animals for food! According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), chemical and animal waste runoff from factory farms is responsible for more than 173,000 miles of toxic polluted rivers and streams.
2. Most people regard pigs as dirty, lazy animals but that's completely false! They are extremely intelligent animals. Pigs “have the cognitive ability to be quite sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and certainly [more so than] three-year-olds,” says Dr. Donald Broom, a Cambridge University professor. So think about that next time your scarfing down a bacon, egg and cheese. Here's an article that goes into detail. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Science/story?id=771414&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
3. A vegetarian diet reverse heart disease! The top killer in the U.S. If you switch from the standard American diet to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 healthy years to your life, says Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The Real Age Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. “Consuming saturated, four-legged fat allows for a shorter life span and more disability." Animal products clog your arteries, zap your energy and slow down your immune system. Check this story out for more information. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/895_vegdiet.html
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