Vegetarian Awareness Month is going on ......So please think about some veggie logic!

• • • • No deficiencies: There is no nutrient necessary for optimal human functioning which cannot be obtained from plant food.
      • High fat plus cholesterol: Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats. Plants do not contain cholesterol.
      • "Carb" deficient: Meat is deficient in carbohydrates, particularly the starches which are so essential to proper health.
      • Vitamin deficient: Except for the b-complex, meat is largely deficient in vitamins.
      • Agricultural Chemicals: Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc.
      • Exposure to livestock drugs: There are over 20,000 different drugs, including sterols, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals. These drugs are consumed when animal foods are consumed. The dangers herein, in secondary consumption of antibiotics, are well documented.
      • Pathogenic Microorganisms: There are a host of bacteria and viruses, some quite dangerous, that are common to animals. When I eat meat, I eat the organisms in the meat. Micro-organisms are present in plant foods too, but their number and danger to human health is by no means comparable to that of those in meat.
      • Heart Disease: Meat eating increases the risk of heart disease, this country's #1 killer. The correlation is an epidemiological fact.
      • Cancer prevention: Of all the natural cancer prevention substances found: vitamin C, B-17, hydroquionenes, beta carotene, NDGA, - none has been found to be animal derived. Yet most meats, when cooked, produce an array of benzenes and other carcinogenic compounds. Cancer is infinitely easier to prevent than cure. Soybeans contain protease inhibitor, a powerful anticancer compound. You won't find it in useful quantities in animal based food.
      • Disease Inducing: The correlation between meat consumption and a wide range of degenerative diseases is well founded and includes..... Diabetes,Arthritis,Osteoporosis
      • Obesity: Studies confirm that vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters. Obesity is considered by doctors to be a disease within itself.
      • Fiber deficient: Fiber absorbs unwanted, excess fats; cleans the intestines; provides bulk and aids in peristalsis. Plant food is high in fiber content; meat, poultry and dairy products have none.
      • Body wastes: Food from animals contain their waste, including adrenaline, uric and lactic acid, etc., Before adding ketchup, the biggest contributors to the "flavor profile" of a hamburger are the leftover blood and urine.
      • Longevity: To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free.

Many veggie recipes are available at:

                                http://www.ifood.tv/tagit/brecipe/Vegan+Recipes

 Source:http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm