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Vegetarian Society of Colorado Grand Junction Area Branch Calendar
We now have our events posted on the 'upcoming events' calendar on http://www.vegetariansocietyofcolorado.org/ Please visit and consider becoming a member. And, check this out, the VSC is now on Facebook! (You don’t have to join to look at VSC on Facebook)
Information: Marian 970-255-0417 Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you want to be removed from this email list.
Two suggestions we have received:
Request for as much of the potluck food as possible to be organically grown.
Request for people to limit their use of perfume, aftershave when attending events.
Have your been keeping up with what's new on http://nutritionfacts.org/? New topics include "What is the best fruit juice?"*, "Ginger and apple juice appear to protect human nerve cells from the neurotoxic Alzheimer’s plaque protein amyloid Beta in a petri dish." -Not to be missed! *answer - the juice in the whole fruit of course!
Have a question about your vegan diet? Dr. Greger will answer any nutritional questions you have!
Quotes:
"Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife - birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes - by the million in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the millions, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative - and fatal - health conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year, sends out cards praying for Peace on Earth.”
- David Coats, Old MacDonald's Factory Farm
"I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It's about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It's challenging one's self to open one's eyes and question society's assumptions and habits. It's about critical thinking and compassion and how we would like to see the world evolve."
- Michael Greger MD, American lecturer and author
Quotes:
"Spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants." --Mahatma Gandhi
"I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals." --Richard Pryor
"Whether industrialized
societies…can cure themselves of their meat addictions may ultimately be a
greater factor in world health
than all the doctors, health insurance policies,
and drugs put together."
—The China-Oxford-Cornell Project on
Nutrition
"Documented benefits of a pure vegetarian (vegan) lifestyle include permanent
reduction in weight, blood pressure, serum cholesterol,
and blood sugar, as well
as risk reduction for cardiovascular disease and half a dozen common forms of
cancer.
Allergies, arthritis, and asthma also respond to vegan nutrition, which
means no meat, fish, chicken, dairy, eggs, or even honey."
—William
Harris, M.D.
The human commitment to harmony, justice, peace, and love is ironic as long
as we continue to support the suffering and shame
of the slaughterhouse and its
satellite operations.
--Karen Davis, PhD (Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned
Eggs; 1996)
Interesting Facts to consider:
Nearly 800 million people could be fed by all the grain currently fed to US livestock(1)
70% of United States grain goes to feeding farm animals(2)
It takes almost 7 pounds of corn and soy to produce just one pound of pork(3)
More than half of the water used for all purposes in the United States goes to livestock production(4)
441 gallons of water is needed to produce one pound of meat(5)
14 gallons of water is needed to produce one pound of wheat(5)
Every pound of beef that is avoided can save 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of water(6)