Food for thought

"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals. Give to every one that asks. Stand up for those in need. Devote your income and labor to others. Have patience and indulgence toward people. Re-examine all you have been told at school or in any book- dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in your words, but in the silent lines of your lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body." — Walt Whitman (excerpted and revised from Leaves of Grass- 1855)

By Guest Blogger Peter As a vegan for over 12 years (and vegetarian for 3 years before that) people often ask ‘what do you eat?’ as if plants don’t count as food. I answer ‘plants’. I rarely feel that I’m missing out, deprived or get cravings for animal foods. Quite simply there is such an ubiquitous choice of plant foods available from the five following foods groups, namely fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and nuts & seeds. The previous post below highlights just some of the plant foods available: http://greg-foodforthought.blogspot.com/2011/02/watermelon.html (scroll down) If you decide you would like to adopt a plant based diet, embracing it with the attitude of ‘abundance’ rather than ‘deprivation’, you are more likely to be successful. It’s all in the approach. Most people see veganism as a restriction and as such set themselves up to fail. For those who have no intention of ever becoming vegan your health will still benefit by increasing the amount of whole, fresh pla...

http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/01/meat-dairy-cause-cancer-video.html This is Professor T. Colin Campbell PhD's full presentation at the 2003 VegSource Healthy Lifestyle Expo. Dr. Campbell authored The China Study. Scroll down for the video.

http://www.vegsource.com/video/ This female dog is "mom" to these kittens. In the video there's also other examples of mismatched mothers and babies, such as a mother leopard taking care of a baby baboon, a mother cat and a baby deer, and others. To access this video, after you click on the above link, scroll down approx 4/5 of the way. The female dog video is on the right. On this page are approximately 36 different videos. Most are on health and nutrition. At the bottom of the page are many great clickable links. http://www.vegsource.com/ is a wonderful resource for recipes and all kinds of health info.

"Research from Harvard suggests that the high level of estrogen in the milk from a cow is correlated to an increased risk of hormone-related cancers such as ovarian, prostate, testicular and breast cancer. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association has published a report saying that as many as 75 percent of the world’s population loses the ability to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk, after infancy." The Lowdown By Vasu Murti Man is the only species that drinks the milk of another species. All other species drink the milk of the mothers of their own species until they are weaned. Cow's milk is the perfect food—if you're a baby calf! To mass produce cow's milk on a large scale via factory farming, cows have to be kept continually pregnant, giving birth, and lactating. The cows are genetically bred to produce excess cow's milk for humans. Male cows (bulls) are useless to the dairy industry, so they become veal. By supporting the dairy industry, one ind...

A few days ago I received an email from Peter, who resides in Sydney, Australia. He writes: "I stumbled upon your blog and read over many past entries. I too have studied nutrition extensively over the past 15 years." He adds, "On asking myself the simple question 'how does what you put in your mouth affect you?' I became a vegetarian in 1996. Up until then I was sceptical as to whether I could get all my nutritional requirements without eating animal products. After I moved away from home I still ate some animal products i.e. dairy and even fish on rare occasions. I was for the most part glad to remove animal products from my diet and the suffering that is attributed with them. As I gained greater knowledge about a plant based diet I became a vegan about two years after this. Being a vegan has opened my eyes to the huge variety of plant foods that are available to eat from the broad categories of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. As suc...

go to: http://www.drmcdougall.com/store_electures.html After you've arrived at the link, scroll down the page 4/5 of the way to see: FREE 4. Marketing Milk and Disease Click here to download now. Right from the doctor.