Did you know.....?!

Kathy Freston''Veganist''

Reading this great awesome book ''Veganist'' written by Kathy Freston.
Love books,give me a good book and I am a happy girl.



I want to tell you guys some amazing facts about the plant based diet...



DID YOU KNOW...

-On a healthful vegan diet,weight comes off effortlessly and sustainably,without counting one calorie.

-Most of us only overeat when we are eating  the wrong foods.When we eat healthfully our body knows when to stop because it will get all the nutrients we need from the foods we eat.The reason why so many people are constantly hungry is because their bodies are starving of nutrients.

-It is a myth that you can't get enough protein on a plant strong diet.Most Americans get more protein than their bodies need or can successfully use.

-Plant based food are naturally low in fat.It is very hard to be overweight on a vegan diet.



DID YOU KNOW....

-One out of every three children born after 2000 will develop type 2 diabetes,which is preventable through diet and lifestyle.

-You can reduce your chances of getting cancer by 40 percent,heart disease 50 percent, and diabetes by 60 percent by changing your diet to a whole foods,vegan diet.

-Within days of switching to a plant based diet,weight starts to drop; within one week blood sugar starts to fall; within 2 weeks blood pressure improves; and within a month cholesterol improves significantly.




DID YOU KNOW...

-The current generation of children just might be the first to have shorter life expectancies than their parents.

-Vegetarians live 10 years longer than the average meat eater.

-The poor circulation from clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and stroke can also cause impotence and dementia.A vegan diet is the best prevention.




DID YOU KNOW....

-All food poisoning-all food borne viruses,bacteria, and antibiotic-resistant infections-comes from animals,including humans.

-Over 95 percent of the meat, dairy and eggs we eat comes from factory farms,where the animals are pumped full of drugs to keep them alive and to speed up their development and productivity.Chicken get twice the antibiotic dosing that cattle do,because the conditions they are raised in are the worst of the worst and therefore require more medicine just to keep them alive long enough to be killed for their meat.

-The immune cells of vegetarians and vegans are twice as effective at destroying their targets-not only cancer cells, but virus infected cells as well-as the immune cells of meat eaters.

-The Center for Disease Control reported finding fecal contamination in 90 percent of poultry, 75 percent of beef and 43 percent of pork.

-Dairy cow and pig factories dump millions of gallons of putrefying waste into massive open air cesspits,which can then contaminate the water used to irrigate our crops.That is how a deadly fecal pathogen like E. coli 0157;H7 can end up contaminating our spinach.




DID YOU KNOW....

-You can satisfy your protein needs with a variety of plant foods for just pennies per day.

-The annual costs of meat-based diseases in the U.S., are on the order of 1 trillion dollars and climbing,costs that show up in the crazy prices of health care.

-The cheap burger at the fast food place actually ends up costing 200 dollars to bring to your plate when all true source costs are accounted for.






Did you know...

-The business for raising animals for food is responsible for about 18 percent of global warming.

-Farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning of the world's forest.

-If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods,the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as if the nation removed more than half a million cars from the U.S roads.

-A person prevents more climate change pollution by going vegan than by switching to a hybrid car.




DID YOU KNOW...

-In typical egg-producing operations,hens are crammed by the bunch into tiny wire cages stacked one upon the other for hundreds of yard.They cannot spread their wings,sometimes with broken bones,open sores and feather loss.

-Broiler chicken are often drugged up and genetically manipulated to grow extremely large,extremely quickly and as a result they often cannot support their unnatural weight-their legs remain malformed or break.Their hearts and lungs cannot keep up with the unnaturally rapid growth and many die of heart or lung failure.

-Cattle often have their horns ripped out,are castrated and branded without painkillers and end up standing in their own filth for months before they are slaughtered.





Think about how easy it can be to make a little change in this big world!!




Love and cookies

Jennifer