The document discusses the health, environmental, and ethical benefits of a plant-based or vegan lifestyle. It profiles several people who have adopted vegetarian or vegan diets and experienced health benefits. It also outlines some of the negative impacts of meat production, including the resources required to produce meat and the conditions of factory farms. The overall message is that shifting to a plant-based diet can improve personal and planetary health.
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Vegan Power!
Carl Lewis : 9-time Olympic Gold Medalist
Patrik Baboumian : Germany’s strongest man
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Vegan Power!
Dave Scott :
6-time Ironman Champion
Ang Hwee :
National Weightlifter and
Coach for YOG 2010
John Salley :
4-time NBA champion
Gorilla can lift as
heavy as 30 adult Elephant can carry as heavy as 130
humans. adult humans.
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Vegan Diet Heals our Body
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What does Bill Clinton and Khaw Boon Wan
have in common?
Prominent statesmen
Heart bypass surgery
Adopted the plant-based
or vegan diet
Common source of inspiration:
The work of Dr Caldwell Esselstyn
of the world renowned Cleveland
(USA) Clinic and author of
“Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease”.
Dr Esselstyn’s Quote:
“Heart Disease need never exist,
and if it exists, it need never persist.”
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‘Forks Over Knives’ Trailer
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Harvard School of Public Health: Limit dairy and red meat
Replace
Extracted from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu: Out-dated
“………., high intake (of dairy) can increase the risk of Food Pyramid
prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.
Limit milk/dairy
Plus, dairy products can be high in saturated fat as well as
retinol (vitamin A), which at high levels can paradoxically
weaken bones.”
Limit red meat
avoid bacon,
“Animal protein and vegetable protein probably have the cold cuts and
same effects on health. It's the protein package that's likely other processed
to make a difference…..” meat
Beans and nuts
“……Research suggests that people who eat modest are alternative
amounts of red meat have a higher risk of developing colon sources of protein
cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, and a higher risk of
dying from heart disease, cancer, or any cause.”
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Meat-out Long Life!
The most impressive data arises from a study of 1904 vegetarians over 21 years
by the German Cancer Research Center:
• Vegetarian men reduced their risk of early death by 50%
• Women vegetarians benefit from a 30% reduction in mortality
A 12-year study that followed over 60,000 Britons, half of whom were
vegetarian:
Vegetarians are 45% less likely to contract leukaemia, stomach and
bladder cancers than meat eaters.
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Vegan Diet Heals our Planet
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Bangkok Flood
Northern China Drought Hurricane Katrina
Global Warming
Cambodia Flood Crisis Is Here.
Singapore Flood
Can’t we hear our Mother Earth crying?
If all Antarctica glacier were to melt,
Diminished food and
sea level could rise up to 70 metres! Wild Forest Fire
water supplies
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World Leaders on Climate Change
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If all Americans didn't eat meat for just one day a week, this would save the same CO2
emissions as 90 million plane tickets from New York to LA or from LA to New York.
90 million tickets, each year, just by eating no meat for just one day a week!
Source: http://www.meatthetruth.nl/en/
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Meat production takes up 70% of the world’s agricultural land
UN 2006 Report
•Only 30% of the world’s agricultural land
is used to produce food for human!
•Worldwide Deforestation Rate:
36 football fields / min
•It takes 33 times more land to support
the lifestyle of an omnivore than it does
to support a vegan.
Hard Truth: In Amazon, nearly 100% of the deforested land is used by
livestock & feed. To date, 50% of the world’s rainforest is lost.
• Eat 1 burger = deforest 6 sq. m. of land
• Eat 4 burgers = deforest the size of a classroom
• Eat 12 burgers = deforest the size of a HDB 3-room flat
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Livestock – the #1 Cause of Global Warming
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51% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emission is Caused By Livestock
More than global transportation all combined! Worldwatch Institute
Refrigeration of Carcass
Methane
fart
Methane
burp
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Documentary Film ‘The End Of The Line’
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Chia Seeds
gives us
7.7 times
as much
Omega-3
as
Salmon!
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Vegan Diet Heals World Hunger
And Water Shortage
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More than 50% of world’s crops feed the animals, not people
UNEP 2010 Report
Hard Truth: 1 Billion People Suffer from Hunger Annually
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Only 2.5% of Earth’s water is freshwater.
70% of world’s freshwater is used to produce food.
UN 2012 World Water Day
A person needs to drink 2 to 4 litres of water a day.
But we virtually eat 2000 to 5000 litres of water!
1 billion people lack access to clean water.
To produce 1 kg of Amount of Water Needed
And 10 times
Tomato 180 litres
Wheat 1500 litres
Rice 2500 litres
Chicken 4300 litres
Pork 6000 litres
Beef 15,500 litres
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Vegan Diet Saves Lives
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What’s Really Going On At Factory Farms?
Conveyor belt leads the male chicks into a grinder.
Debeak without anesthesia Filthy and overcrowded living condition.
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What’s Really Going On At Factory Farms?
Dairy cow in labour
Male calves are slaughtered for Veal or Leather.
Injected with hormones Artificial Insemination
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What’s Really Going On At Factory Farms?
Gestation Crate Farrowing Crate
Castrated without anesthesia Teeth cut without anesthesia
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60 billion land animals are unnaturally bred & slaughtered for food globally.
Farmed animals live in filthy conditions and are tortured from birth.
Injected with growth hormones and regular dose of antibiotics.
Peta.org
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Veggie Insight!
Biz Stone
(Twitter Co-founder, a vegan for a decade
and investing in a vegan meat company)
Mark Zuckerberg
(Facebook Founder almost a vegetarian
Albert Einstein eats animals he kills)
since he only
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Veggie Genius!
M. Gandhi Sir Isaac Newton
Leonardo Da Vinci
Brian Greene Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
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Veggie Divas!
Natalie
Portman Faye
(vegan) Wong
Barbie Hsu
(大S)
Anne Hathaway
Ellen
Degeneres (vegan)
Kate Winslet Pamela Anderson (vegan)
Maggie Q (vegan)
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Veggie Hunks!
Jason Mraz Jacky
Cheung
Mike Tyson
Simon
Cowell
Tobey
Maguire
Brad Pitt Chris Wang Michael Clarke Duncan
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Less Meat Now!
Where to dine?
Popular Blogger:
http://www.hungryangmo.com/
What to cook?
Google keywords:
COURTESY VEGAN BURG
asian vegetarian tofu recipes / vegan pasta recipes, etc
Join us in this noble diet!
COURTESY LOVING HUT
Weekday Vegan
Weekend Vegan
Monday & Thursday Vegan
Breakfast & Lunch Vegan
COURTESY PEGGY ONG
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UNEP 2010 report reveals that 70% of the world’s freshwater is consumed by livestock, not people, WHILE, 1 billion people still lack access of clean water??To produce 1 kg of maize, 1300 litres of water is required. To produce just 1 kg of beef, 15500 litres of water is required. And you know what? 15500 litres of water is sufficient for a man to shower for 4 months! And we finish it within a dinner for family of 4!