7. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
Reduced to
Facial
allow wide Well-developed Well-developed
Muscles mouth gap
minimal side-to- good side-to- good side-to-
Jaw Motion side motion side motion side motion
8. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
Broad, flattened Broad, flattened
Teeth: Short and
and spade and spade
Incisors pointed
shaped shaped
Dull and short
Long, sharp and
Teeth: (sometimes long Short and
curved to tear
Canines for defense), or blunted
flesh
none
9. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
Teeth:
Sharp Flattened Flattened
Molars
None; swallows Extensive Extensive
Chewing food whole chewing chewing
10. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
Acidic saliva: Alkaline saliva: Alkaline saliva:
Carbohydrate Carbohydrate Carbohydrate
Saliva digesting digesting digesting
enzymes not enzymes enzymes
present present present
Stomach < pH 1 (to digest
tough animal
Acidity with muscle, bone, pH 4 to 5 pH 4 to 5
food in it etc.)
11. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
Length of
3 to 6 times > 10 times body 10 to 11 times
Small body length length body length
Intestine
Simple, short
Colon and smooth
Long, complex Long, complex
12. The Comparative Anatomy of
Eating
Comparison Carnivore Herbivore Human
No skin pores;
Perspires Perspires
perspires
Perspiration through tongue
through millions through millions
of skin pores of skin pores
to cool body
Flattened nails
Nails Sharp claws
or blunt hooves
Flattened nails
16. Most popular myth:
If I don’t eat meat, I
would suffer from lack
of protein!
17. Researchers at Max Planck
Institute, Germany have
shown:
“Most vegetables, fruits,
seeds, nuts, and grains are
excellent sources of
complete proteins.”
39. Producing one pound of beef
requires 16 pounds of edible
grain, which could be used to
feed the hungry.”
John Robbins' book “Diet for a New America”
40. One hundred million people
could be adequately fed using
the land freed if Americans
reduced their intake of meat
by a mere 10%.”
41. The average American consumes in a
72-year lifetime approx:
11 cattles
3 lambs and sheep
23 pigs,
45 turkeys
1,100 chickens &
862 pounds of fish!
42. This may be at the cost of
someone dying of
malnutrition.
43. According to the Population Reference Bureau
“If everyone adopted a
vegetarian diet, current food
production would
theoretically feed 10 billion
people, more than the
projected population for the
year 2050.”
75. “Every living creature
is a son of the
Supreme Lord, and
He does not tolerate
even an ant’s being
killed. One has to pay
for it.”
76. Even the heads of
religions
indulge in killing
animals while trying to
pass as saintly persons.
This mockery and
hypocrisy in human
society
bring about unlimited
calamities;
77. therefore
occasionally
there are great
wars. Masses of
such people go
out onto
battlefields and
kill themselves.”
Srila Prabhupada
78. In order to revive
the finer tissues of
the brain to
understand subtle
things, one must
give up
meat-eating.
-Srila Prabhupada
80. “I do feel that
spiritual progress
does demand at some
stage that we should
cease to kill our
fellow creatures for
the satisfaction
of our bodily
Mahatma Gandhi wants.”
81. “Our task must be
to widen our circle
of compassion to
embrace all living
creatures including
animals.”
Albert Einstein
82. “To say we love God
and at the same time
exercise cruelty
towards a creature
moving by life derived
from God is a
contradiction in itself.”
John Woolman
83. “If a man aspires
towards a
righteous life, his
first act of
abstinence is from
injury to animals.”
Leo Tolstoy
85. Foods such as milk
products, grains,
fruits and vegetables
“increase the
duration of life,
purify one’s
existence, and give
strength, health,
happiness, and
satisfaction.”
86. On the contrary
Foods such as
meat & fish are
described as
“putrid,
decomposed, and
unclean”
94. “The devotees of the Lord
are released from all kinds of
sins because they eat food
which is offered first for
sacrifice.
(Bhagavad-gita 3.13)
95. Srila Prabhupada
explains:
As a matter of
“Human beings are
gratitude, they
provided with food
should feel obliged
grains,Lord for their
to the vegetables,
fruits, and foodstuff,
supply of milk by
the grace of the
and they must first
Lord, but itfood in
offer Him is the
duty of the human
sacrifice and then
partaketo
beings the
acknowledge the
remnants.”
mercy of the Lord.
96. Offer Food to
Krishna
Krishna
Prasadam
Nourishment Nourishment
of Body of Soul
