Vegetarianism USA Population: 270,000,000 + ้Heart Diseases High blood Pressure Cholesterol Thailand Health Report 58 per 100,000 of Thai population will die of cardiovascular diseases each year About 100 per 100,000 of the Thai population die each year of cancer 1,140 per 100,000 of Thais suffer from diabetes EFFECTS OF MEAT 1. Increases Cholesterol level leading to: -Atherosclerosis -High blood pressure -Stroke -Heart attack -Early death -Obesity 2. Increases Uric Acid Problems -Kidney diseases -Arthritis -Gout -Rheumatism 3. Carries Nitrates, Poisons and Chemical substances -Cancer -Liver diseases -Sterility 4. Transmits Animal diseases - Mad cow, etc. 5. Putrefactions -Poor elimination Advantages of a Vegetarian Diet Vegetables have substances that cure incidences of cancer Vegetarians are far healthier than meat eaters Vegetarians are more physically fit than meat eaters Vegetarians tend to be more peaceful and calm Vegetarian diet is propitious for mental and spiritual development Carnivorous Characteristics Carnivores have sharp,pointed front teeth to tear flesh They don’t have flat molar teeth to grind food Carnivores have small salivary glands in the mouth Acid saliva; no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains They perspire through the Tongue to cool the body HUMANS CHARACTERISTICS Human beings have flat, back molar teeth to grind food Humans lack sharp, pointed front teeth Well developed salivary glands, needed to pre-digest grains and fruits Alkaline saliva; much ptyalin to pre-digest grains MORE DIFFERENCES Humans perspire through pores in the skin. Carnivores have claws Stomach acid 20 times less strong than meat eaters Intestinal tract 12 times body length Much strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest tough animal muscle, bone, etc Intestinal tract only 3 times body length, so rapidly decaying meat can pass out of body quickly Origins of Eating Meat So many years ago During the last Ice Age… . Conditions were so difficult that many species, animals and plants, disappeared. For humans, survival was a difficult task . The small animals which could survive became the food alternative for the prehistoric human being Thousands of years passed… and meat became a basic staple food… Nowadays the meat industry is a colossal business . . Animals enjoy eating raw meat Humans cook their food and dress up their dishes Some famous Vegetarians Newton Martina Navratilova Einstein Saint Francis L. da Vinci Kim Basinger Brad Pitt “ … We live by death of others. We are a burial places!… ” Leonardo da Vinci