—Continued from page 40.
high cholesterol and saturated fat.
ACUPUNCTURE
Were humans meant to eat meat,
industrial nations.
just because our ancestors did? “Non-
FACELIFT
More, livestock are forcing other
sense,” says Dr. Milton Mills, a physi-
animals out. With species loss acceler-
cian with Fairfax Hospital in Virginia
A safe, effective,
ating in a virtual “sixth extinction,” live-
and a free clinic activist. “The human
non-surgical
stock currently account for 20 percent
gastrointestinal tract features the ana-
procedure for facial of the animal biomass on the planet.
tomical modifications consistent with
rejuvenation and
Despite all this, in 2003, the aver-
an herbivorous diet.”
muscle toning.
age human ate more than 90 pounds of
“The fact that this cornerstone of
Stimulates and
exercises the
meat, double the amount 50 years ago.
the American diet aids and abets cli-
underlying facial
Cultural signals at school, work and
mate change is an ‘inconvenient truth’
muscles, creating church, as well as advertising, continue many of us don’t want to face,” remarks
a subtle, visible,
to reinforce the message that meat is
Joseph Connelly, publisher of VegNews
contouring lift to
fi rm and tighten
good and necessary for health. Veg-
magazine. He chides Al Gore for not
the face and neck.
etarianism is still depicted as a fringe
mentioning meat-based diets in his film
Reduces lines choice for health faddists.
and giving them only glancing cover-
and wrinkles.
Sadly, environmental organiza-
age in his book, An Inconvenient Truth.
No scarring.
tions today rarely propose vegetarian
A 2003 Harris Poll found that
Terri Evans
diets. Even such an enlightened source
between 4 and 10 percent of the
DOM, AP, CH, LMT, FS
as the 2005 Worldwatch report, Hap-
American people identify themselves as
Specializing in pier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat
vegetarians. Five years later, Connelly
Healthy Aging
Industry, is careful not to advocate a
says that number seems to be holding
Since 1992
vegetarian diet, instead listing it among
steady.
options that include eating less meat,
“From a sustainability point of
592-1900 switching to pasture-raised, “humane”
view, what’s really needed is for people
Walden Oaks • Airport Rd.
meat, and opting for a few non-meat
to understand the connections between
taehealthyaging.com
livestock production consumes 8 percent of the world’s
Healing Prayer
water, mainly to irrigate animal feed; causes 55 percent of
land erosion and sediment; uses 37 percent of all pesticides;
T
T
hy name is my healing,
directly or indirectly results in 50 percent of all antibiotic use;
O my God, and
and dumps a third of all nitrogen and phosphorous into global
remembrance of Thee is my remedy.
Nearness to Thee is my hope, freshwater supplies.
and love for Thee is my companion.
- Baha’u’llah -
entrées per week. Vegetarianism has
factory farming, meat eating and envi-
Baha’i Faith
become “the elephant in the living
ronmental impacts,” he advises. “That’s
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room,” but even in this food-conscious
the first step.”
www.bahai.org age, it is not easily made the center-
piece of an activist agenda.
Jim Motavalli is a freelance environ-
Michael Jacobson at the Center for
mental writer based in Fairfield, CT.
Science in the Public Interest argues
Reach him at
JimMotavalli.com.
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“From an environmental point of view,
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