How much fuel and water, which are finite resources, would be pillaged raising all that genetically modified soy, wheat and corn? When fields are plowed under by tractors emitting pollutants into the air, small animals, birds and bugs are destroyed in the process and our topsoil becomes less fertile. Plants have a life force, too. How do they feel when we rip them out of the ground by their roots? Would that feel like our hair being torn out? Do they scream?
Many turn to vegetarianism believing they will live longer, healthier lives. Consider the following:
“It is usually claimed that meat-eating peoples have a short life span, but the Aborigines of Australia, who traditionally eat a diet rich in animal products, are known for their longevity (at least before colonization by Europeans). Within Aboriginal society, there is a special caste of the elderly. Obviously, if no old people existed, no such group would have existed. In his book “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration”, Dr. Price has numerous photographs of elderly native peoples from around the world. Explorers such as Vilhjalmur Stefansson reported great longevity among the Inuit (again, before colonization).
Similarly, the Russians of the Caucasus Mountains live to great ages on a diet of fatty pork and whole raw milk products. The Hunzas, also known for their robust health and longevity, eat substantial portions of goat's milk which has a higher saturated fat content than cow's milk. In contrast, the largely vegetarian Hindus of southern India have the shortest life-spans in the world, partly because of a lack of food, but also because of a distinct lack of animal protein in their diet.” (1)
With so much confusing information being tossed at us on a daily basis as well as the plethora of “experts” on the internet, it’s easy to snatch snippets and put personal spins on them. What works for me and what I encourage my clients to wrap their minds around is what the vital peoples of the world traditionally consumed. When that track record is considered, we see that meat or animal products comprised 50 to 80 percent of their diet and they weren’t ravaged by the chronic diseases our society is today.
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