Benefits of a Vegan Diet

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Save Water: It takes between 2,500 and 5,200 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat, while growing 1 pound of wheat only requires 25 gallons. 2,500 gallons of water would meet the total water needs of a family of four for one month! Simply by passing up a few hamburgers, you'll save as much water as you save by taking 40 showers with a lw-flow nozzle or as much water as it takes to maintain a typical household for an entire month. Similarly, while taking anywhere between 23 to 49 gallons to produce a pound of lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, or apples, it takes 815 gallons of water to produce a pound of chicken, and 1,630 gallons of water to produce a pound of pork. A totally vegetarian diet requires only 300 gallons of water per day, while a meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day. You save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year. The amount of water saved by becoming a strict vegetarian is in excess of 1,400,000 gallons per year!

Save Gas: Raising animals for food requires more than one-third of all raw materials and fossil fuels used in the United States. 78 calories of fossil fuels are expended to get one calorie of protein from beef compared to only 2 calories of fossil fuel to get the same protein from soybeans. Growing grains, vegetables and fruit for food uses less than 5% the raw material consumption used in the production of meat. If every human being on the planet ate a meat-centered diet, the world’s known oil reserves would last a mere 13 years. However, if human beings no longer ate meat, they would last 260 years.

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Protect your heart and general health!
Diets with more animal-based protein will create higher blood cholesterol levels and higher risks of atherosclerosis, cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease and kidney stones, to name just a few chronic diseases... The China Study pg. 308

Dozens and dozens of studies show that the countries where low rates of heart disease consume low amounts of animal-based foods, and dozens and dozens of studies show that individuals who eat more whole, plant-based foods get less heart disease... Still more studies document that a diet low in animal-based foods and high in unprocessed plant-based foods can slow or reverse heart disease...

[This same process can be done] not only for heart disease, but for obesity, Type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, multiple-sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. The China Study, pgs. 203-204

There is strong evidence that [Type 1 diabetes] is linked to diet, and, more specifically, to dairy products. The ability of cow’s milk protein to initiate Type 1 diabetes is well-documented.  The China Study, pg. 187

More economical and nutritious than a diet using animal products
Generally, a tasty yet simple vegetarian diet based on unrefined whole grains (brown rice, whole wheat, oatmeal, etc.), beans, fruits, nuts, and vegetables—typically considered “poor man’s food”—is more economical than a meat-based diet.

There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants... Eating animals is a markedly different nutritional experience from eating plants. The amounts and kinds of nutrients in these two types of foods shown in the chart below, illustrate these striking nutritional differences:

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF PLANT AND
ANIMAL-BASED FOODS (PER 100 CALORIES OF ENERGY)

*Equal parts of tomatoes, spinach, lima beans, peas, potatoes
**Equal parts of beef, pork, chicken, whole milk

As you can see, plant foods have dramatically more antioxidants, fiber and minerals than animal foods. In fact, animal foods are almost completely devoid of several of these nutrients. Animal foods, on the other hand, have much more cholesterol and fat [plant foods contain NO cholesterol]. They also have slightly more protein than plant foods, along with more B12 and vitamin D, although the vitamin D is largely due to artificial fortification in milk.   The China Study, pgs. 230-231

 

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