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Death in your Diet
Merchandise
is sheer murder?
We do too, which is why we object to the unnecessary slaughter of millions of animals every year - at a time when more and more doctors are admitting that eating meat can do us more harm than good.
For a healthy diet, doctors recommend that we eat more fibre. Fibre is only found in plant foods such as fruit, vegetables, cereals, beans, lentils and nuts. Animal foods, e.g. meat, eggs, fish and dairy produce, contain no fibre. By reducing animal foods and increasing plant foods in our diet, we reduce the risks of heart disease, cancer of the colon and many other illnesses linked to meat eating.
TAKE DEATH OUT OF YOUR DIET
In a lifetime, the average meat eater eats 36 pigs, 36 sheep, 8 cattle and 50 poultry. But how many of us could slit an animal’s throat or even watch it being done? Not you? Then why allow others to do it for you?
Factory Farming
means misery for animals. Dunng their short lives on intensive farms, animals are kept in totally unnatural conditions, often never seeing daylight, being denied exercise, movement and fresh air. Battery hens are just one example:
Battery hens spend their whole lives crammed five to a cage measuring 45cm by 50cm. The wingspan of each bird is about 80cm. Each hen stands all day and night on a sloping wire mesh floor, unable even to turn around freely.
The Majority World
Livestock farming isn't just killing animals. Its production is also causing starvation for millions of people. Almost half the world's grain is fed to livestock, which are being reared for human consumption. Meanwhile, a third of the world's human population is starving. 15 million children die every year of malnutrition, yet this planet could supply ample food for everyone. Up to 90% of grain is lost in producing meat; it takes 10kg / 10lb of grain to produce 1kg of meat. During the famine, cereal was exported from Ethiopia to provide the western world with meat it didn't need.
Going Vegetarian
doesn't mean giving up anything! It means swapping the monotonous 'meat and two veg' for a varied and healthy diet which is good for you, for animals and for the world's precious resources.
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