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"During the thirty-day program for the film, participants, who were meat eaters, lost between 20 and 32 pounds. Cardiovascular disease is significantly higher in meat eaters. In 1961 the AMA stated that 97 percent of heart disease would be eliminated if people gave up eating meat and ate a vegetarian diet. Udo Erasmus reports in his book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill that several species of fish actually contain toxic fats and oils. An example is the toxic cetoleic fatty acid, found in herring, capelin, menhaden, anchovetta, and even in cod liver oil!" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"One way to test this theory would be to compare the behavior of raw meat eaters with that of cooked meat eaters. (See Appendix C.) When you think about how toxic cooked food is, it is really a wonder that we are still alive and that mankind has survived for so many generations. This is only because humans, along with rats and pigs, are some of the most versatile and genetically hardy mammals. However, I wonder how long we will be able to survive as new toxic chemicals are introduced into our diet at faster and faster paces. (See Appendix A." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Therefore, omnivores with a high meat diet will have slightly more omega-3s in their tissues than moderate meat eaters and vegetarians. Some have misinterpreted this to associate ALA with prostate cancer risk. Yet, these cases may merely indicate that a diet with high meat intake providing a dominance of unhealthful saturated fat, as well as hormones used to accelerate livestock growth, might have adverse effects on prostate health. The cooking of meat adds another issue to be considered." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Although dietary deficiency of taurine has not been demonstrated to impact fetal developmerit in humans, researchers recommend that vegetarian women who intend to have children optimize dietary levels of protein and vitamin B6, since there is no taurine present in plants and vegetables. meat eaters are advised to eat only organic or "free-range" animals in order to avoid the high concentrations of hormones and pesticides found in animal products in industrialized countries. No recommended dose available. Botanicals There are many herbs that can be used safely during pregnancy." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Cardiovascular disease is significantly higher in meat eaters. In 1961 the AMA stated that 97 percent of heart disease would be eliminated if people gave up eating meat and ate a vegetarian diet. Udo Erasmus reports in his book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill that several species of fish actually contain toxic fats and oils. An example is the toxic cetoleic fatty acid, found in herring, capelin, menhaden, anchovetta, and even in cod liver oil!" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Osteoporosis is significantly higher in meat eaters or even women who drink three or more glasses of milk per day. Research suggests that the higher amounts of protein create an acidity that forces the bones to give up calcium to neutralize the acidity. The high phosphorus content in meat actually pulls calcium from the bones. In essence, from the perspective of health and diabetes in particular, animal flesh sourced protein—fish included—is inferior to vegetable protein as a quality protein source." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "VITAMIN B-12 Thirty-nine percent of meat eaters are deficient in B-12 and up to 80 percent of vegans and live-food eaters are deficient in B-12 after six years. So it is absolutely essential that we supplement with this nutrient. Research has found that vitamin B-12 is also very helpful in maintaining proper function of the nervous system in individuals with Type-2 diabetes. Increased levels of B-12 were closely correlated with reduced oxidative stress in individuals with poor blood sugar control.97 People's needs for B-12 are quite variable, and stress plays a big role in those needs." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The results of the study stunned the vegetarian community as much as the meat-producing industry: "Meat eaters are twice as likely to die from heart disease, have a 60 percent greater risk of dying from cancer and a 30 percent higher risk of death from other causes." In addition, the incidence of obesity, which is a major risk factor in many diseases, including cancer, gallbladder disease, hypertension, and adult onset diabetes, was found to be much lower in those following a vegetarian diet." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Carnivores, the Meat Eaters: Lions, Tigers, Etc. The first thing you notice about carnivores is that their teeth are nothing like those found in humans. They have huge canines for striking and seizing prey, pointed incisors for removing meat from bones, and molars and premolars with cusps for shredding muscle fiber. In carnivores, the teeth of the upper jaw slide past the outside of the lower jaw so that prey is caught in a vicelike grip. In general, carnivores don't chew much; mostly, they just tear chunks off and swallow them whole." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"In dietary studies involving the Adventists, scientists compare "moderate" vegetarians to "moderate" meat eaters. This is not a big difference. Even so, the Adventist vegetarians are much healthier than their meat eating counterparts.8 Those Adventists that "deprived" themselves of meat also "deprived" themselves of the ravages of diabetes. Compared to the meat eaters, the vegetarians had about one-half the rate of diabetes.89 They also had almost half the rate of obesity.8 In another study, scientists measured diets and diabetes in a population of Japanese American men in Washington State." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Not much research has been done with raw meat eaters. Still, it can be argued that the Eskimos ate a lot of raw blubber and remained healthy. Raw meat contains no trans fat, and perhaps this is the real culprit in heart disease. Cooked meat is definitely dangerous in this arena. Dr. Atkins, innovator of the infamous Atkins diet, which is tremendously high in cooked animal products, died indirectly as a result of his own heart disease! My personal grand experiment with raw animal foods didn't last long. You already know the disaster that happened with raw dairy." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Cousens found that in his clinical experience, even meat eaters have a high rate of B12 deficiency. There are other causes of deficiency, such as malabsorption, oral contraceptives, fungal infections, tobacco smoking, Vitamin B6 or iron deficiency, emotional stress, liver or kidney disease, pancreatic tumors, failure of the small intestine to contract and move food, or exposure to radiation, drugs or other toxins. Cousens has done extensive research with vegans and B12 and has concluded that about 80% of the vegan and live-food population are B]2-deficient." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "According to John Robbins in Diet for a New America, if meat eaters in the USA would reduce their meat consumption by a mere 10%, the resources saved could feed the 60 million people who starve to death annually. A third wasted resource from raising livestock for food is oil. According to Cousens, for each calorie we derive from consuming beef, 78 calories of fossil fuel are used, compared to less than four calories of fossil fuel burned for each calorie of plant food consumed." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Several studies have shown that compared with meat eaters, vegetarians have lower blood pressure readings. The Paleolithic diet is near-vegetarian. In one study conducted at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the researchers measured the blood pressures of 167 adults who were either meat eaters or vegetarians. One-third—33 percent—of the meat eaters had high blood pressure, compared with just 16 percent of the vegetarians. Findings like this prompted Harvard researchers to launch a study that they dubbed DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension." - James A. Duke, Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young (Get the book.)

"They also tend to weigh less than meat eaters. All of these differences may reduce gallstone incidence. The specific factors in a vegetarian diet that account for a low risk of gallstone formation remain somewhat unclear and may only be present in certain vegetarian diets and not others. For example, some studies have found that vegetarians eating a high vegetable fat diet had elevated rather than reduced risks of gallstone formation.7, 8 Coffee increases bile flow and therefore might reduce the risk of gallstones." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Compared with meat eaters, most,11 but not all,12 studies have found that vegetarians are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Vegetarians have also been shown to have stronger immune function (page 255), possibly explaining why vegetarians may be partially protected against cancer.13 Female vegetarians have been reported to have lower estrogen levels compared with meat-eating women, possibly explaining a lower incidence of uterine and breast cancers." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Vegetarianism Compared with meat eaters, most,15 but not all,16 studies have found that vegetarians are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Vegetarians have also been shown to have stronger immune functioning (page 255), possibly explaining why vegetarians may be partially protected against cancer.17 Female vegetarians have been reported to have lower estrogen levels compared with meat-eating women, possibly explaining a lower incidence of breast cancer that has been reported in vegetarian women." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Vegetarians have lower cholesterol24 and less heart disease25 than meat eaters, in part because they avoid animal fat. Vegans (people who eat no meat, dairy, or eggs) have the lowest cholesterol levels,26 and switching from a standard diet to a vegan diet, along with other lifestyle changes, has been reported to reverse heart disease in controlled research.27'28 Dietary cholesterol Most dietary cholesterol comes from egg yolks. Eating eggs has increased serum cholesterol in most studies." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Similarly, "meat eaters" can refer to people who dine exclusively on ballpark hot dogs and have never met a vegetable they didn't hate, or it can refer to small tribes of hunter-gatherers who dine on pasture-fed wild game—when they can catch it—and tons of wild fresh vegetables, fruits, and nuts. See where I'm going with this? I think, in America, we've made a huge mistake by trying to define the perfect diet in terms of protein, carbs, and fats." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"We do know that a B12 deficiency in rural communities is extremely rare and uncommon in both meat eaters and vegetarians but more common in Westernized, more affluent communities. Whether this is due to over-sterilization from our water treatments or household cleaning materials, stress, consumption of other processed foods, or all of the above is unclear. I suggest taking regular blood tests (every few years or so) and checking your B12 levels as well as other nutrients just to make sure you are on track and to give you peace of mind." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Compared to the meat eaters, the vegetarians had about one-half the rate of diabetes.89 They also had almost half the rate of obesity.8 In another study, scientists measured diets and diabetes in a population of Japanese American men in Washington State.10 These men were the sons of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. Remarkably, they had more than four times the prevalence of diabetes than the average rate found in similar-aged men who stayed in Japan. So what happened?" - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Without going too far afield, let me point out that I believe this problem in languaging has a lot to do with the difficulty in drawing conclusions from studies of "meat eaters" or "vegetarians." It's possible to be a "vegetarian" just eating Twinkies and white rice, and it's possible to be a vegetarian eating nothing but vegetables, whole grains, fruits, and eggs." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"NATUROPATHY Diet: Studies show that vegetarians have a lower risk of getting gallstones than meat eaters. If you suffer from gallstones, try to reduce the amount of PJ #?A animal products in your diet and increase the amount of vegetables you ^K^U^r eat. A liber-rich diet, including whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetables, and oat bran eaten every day at regular intervals, reduces the likelihood of gallstones. Also eat beets, artichokes, and dandelion greens regularly to improve bile flow." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Most irritable people I've met also happen to be heavy meat eaters. They're also typically obese and obviously suffer from cardiovascular disorders. People who consume the largest amounts of meat, especially red meat, tend to have the most mental disorders. Irritability is also caused by blood sugar disorders, because consuming refined sugars and carbohydrates causes an initial spike in blood sugar, followed a few hours later by a drop in blood sugar. It is during this drop that the brain is missing out on its fuel, and when that happens, people's moods and behavior start to change." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"As a general rule, vegetarians have fewer health problems than meat eaters do, in large part because they avoid junk foods and are generally more health conscious. Some vegetarians, however, are pudgy, overweight, and prediabetic. Instead of eating a lot of vegetables, some vegetarians simply avoid animal products and overindulge in breads, pastas, sweets, and sugary drinks. When vegetarians become overweight and prediabetic, it's usually a sign that their eating habits are a mismatch to their genetics or that they've adopted unhealthy eating habits." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Male vegetarians had an average bone loss of 3 percent; women 18 percent • Male meat eaters had an average bone loss of 7 percent; women 35 percent By the time a woman reaches the age of sixty-five, the average meat-eating woman in the U.S. has lost more than one third of her skeletal structure. In contrast, vegetarian women tend to remain more active, maintain erect postures, and are less likely to fracture or break bones, even with their increased physical activity. If their bones do break or fracture, they heal faster and more completely." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Other findings confirmed that during endurance tests, the vegetarians were able to perform two to three times longer than the meat eaters before reaching a point of complete exhaustion. They also needed only one-fifth the time to recover from fatigue after each test than did their meat-eating counterparts. The common belief that eating meat makes you strong is unfounded and misleading. The super-strong elephant, gorilla, rhinoceros and horse all sustain their great physical strength and stamina by eating only vegetation." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"In general, people in Western countries are mostly meat eaters, and people in traditional countries are mostly plant eaters. So what about the women in the Nurses' Health Study? As you might guess, virtually all of these women consume a diet very rich in animal-based foods, even richer than the average American. Their average protein intake (as % of calories) is around 19%, compared with a U.S. CHART 14.1: PROTEIN INTAKE IN THE U.S. AND RURAL CHINA8 c "cu o 100 c p o cu en c 0J 100 80 60 40 20 0 us China US China I Animal Protein ? Plant Protein I Animal Protein ?" - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Death in the Meat Research has shown that all meat eaters have worms and a high incidence of parasites in their intestines. This is hardly surprising given the fact that dead flesh (cadaver) is a favorite target for microorganisms of all sorts. A 1996 study by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed that nearly 80 percent of ground beef is contaminated with disease-causing microbes. The primary source of these bugs is feces. A study conducted by the University of Arizona found there are more fecal bacteria in the average kitchen sink than in the average toilet bowl." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Statistics show that on average 40 percent of vegetarians and meat eaters suffer from a vitamin B12 deficiency, indicating that lack of animal flesh is clearly not the cause. There are so many reasons for B12 deficiencies but many people now believe that being too clean—in other words sterilizing everything possible—will destroy many of the friendly bacteria that make B12. So using antiseptic soaps and bleaching agents on everything can, in fact, upset the delicate balance of friendly bacteria and this can result in serious health problems." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

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