World Vegetarian Day - 1st October 2002 - Touching base
Many vegetarians are working very hard to co-ordinate making information
about the event all over the world available to vegetarians and
non-vegetarians far and wide. If you can assist in any way it would be very
much appreciated. What I especially need is a brief overview of what you,
either as an individual or as a group intend to do.

So I'm contacting groups of vegetarians and vegetarian societies such as
you(rs), and media, or at least a member or devotee who would be willing to
try to inspire that local veg' society to do something to propagate WVD in
your region.

It might be something as simple as putting an add in the local newspaper
announcing the event to be observed by vegetarians world wide. Or maybe
like some are doing in having a special dinner and inviting people to come
for a small fee. Or some are feeding the poor, some doing radio or TV
shows, some presenting the benefits of a vegetarian diet to schools and
colleges. Even inviting a few friends round for dinner also helps.......
Others are handing out flyers advertising the fact that WVD is on 1st
October each year.

There are untold possibilities, as many as there are people/vegetarians to
spread the news.

Looking forward to your positive response and a little information as to
what you plan to do.

Please visit "Vegetarianism and Beyond" http://turn.to/Vegetarianism for
information, articles, downloads, books, vegetarian musik samples, and much
much more.

World Vegetarian Day
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Please do something to celebrate - 1st October 2002!
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Fact Sheet:
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Vegetarian - It’s Healthier
Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat. It’s a fact. Scientific
studies show that vegetarians suffer much less from illnesses like cancer,
heart disease, high blood pressure and other common health problems. A
major study reported in the British Medical Journal in 1994 found that, of
5000 meat-eaters and 6000 non-meat eaters, vegetarians had 40% less risk of
cancer and 30% less risk of heart disease than the meat-eaters and were 20%
less likely to die of any cause (Oxford Vegetarian Study).

A US study of 50,000 vegetarians showed a very low rate of cancer (Seventh
Day Adventist Study, Massachussets). It has been estimated that by
following a low-fat vegetarian diet, the risk of food poisoning is
decreased by 80%. More evidence of the benefits of a vegetarian diet is
being found each year.

From TIME magazine (July 2002) - A balanced vegetarian diet is better for
humans than one that includes meat:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020715/index.html

Vegetarian - It’s Humane
Billions of animals are killed in slaughterhouses around the world. In the
US, some half a million are killed each hour, while in the UK over 600
million are killed each year. A proportional number are killed in
Australia. It is nothing more than an undercover massacre. Animals suffer
enormously in the process. Quite apart from the terror of being killed,
they undergo pain and fear through routine stock mutilations and during
transportation to saleyards and abattoirs.

Most animals eaten in New Zealand, Australia, UK, USA and similar countries
today are intensively raised in dark, sunless sheds where they are fed a
diet of processed foods. In most cases antibiotics, growth-promotants and
hormones are routinely administered. As biological entities, these animals
are treated as little more than meat machines. We would be horrified if our
pet cat or dog was treated in this way, so why should we subject other
animals to such cruelty? The fact that the killing is done by someone else
makes it easy to eat meat but, by eating it, we are really condemning the
next animal in line. Have you ever really stopped to think about the
cruelty we systematically inflict on other species simply by eating them?

www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-cruelty-page.htm
www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-equal-respect-page.htm

Vegetarian - It’s Economical
Meat is expensive, both economically and agriculturally. With so many
starving people in the world today it is a criminal waste of food to
produce it. Meat-animals are fed perfectly good plant food which could have
been fed directly to starving people. For instance, it takes 17 kilos of
corn, beans, grain, etc, to produce one kilo of beef in feedlot cattle.
This is like investing $17.00 in a bank term deposit and withdrawing $1.00
at maturity! It requires massive reserves of land to grow the crops which
are used as animal feed. About 70% of crops grown in the US are fed to
animals and not to humans. Meanwhile, a child dies of starvation somewhere
in the world every two seconds. As the world human population grows, so too
does the need for the dwindling reserves of arable land on which to grow
crops to feed it.

see more fact about the cost of meat in different ways HERE:
www.hknet.org.nz/Cost-of-meat-page.htm

Vegetarian - It’s Environmentally Friendly
In Central America, entire forests are felled or burnt to provide land for
grazing cattle. Most of these cattle end up as second-quality hamburger
meat for the North American junk food market. Being hard-hooved, cattle
erode the vulnerable topsoil, while each animal produces over 300 litres of
methane (a “greenhouse” gas) per day. Also, the trees which are felled to
clear land for cattle ranching are left to rot. The termites which then
feed on them produce even more methane than the cattle.

Weight for weight, cattle alone outweigh the entire human population of our
planet. A recent Greenpeace report told how the dairy industry of
California uses enough water to supply a city of 22 million people. The
effluent produced from intensive piggeries, cattle feedlots and broiler
units is polluting our river systems. A NSW government newsletter pointed
out that the late Homebush abattoirs was the single greatest industrial
polluter of Sydney’s coastal waters.

www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-environment-page.htm

Vegetarian - Exploding Some Myths
Understandably, people are a bit apprehensive about changing their diet.
Everyone seems to know “someone” who looks as pale as a bleached potato
since giving up meat! The truth is that a well-balanced vegetarian diet
provides all the protein and nutrients needed for a vigorous and healthy
life (American Dietary Association Study). What is seldom pointed out are
the millions of conventional eaters who suffer from constipation,
malnutrition, gout and a host of other problems and diseases brought on by
a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in their diet, combined with the
adverse effects of meat.

A study carried out the by University of Surrey in Britain found that
vegetarians were better nourished than meat eaters, and much closer to the
“ideal” diet recommended by the government’s own health advisers.

More information on our Vegetarianism and Beyond site
www.hknet.org.nz/Vege-AdirajIntroVeg.html
Hard Facts www.hknet.org.nz/Cost-of-meat-page.htm
Links to hundreds of Vegetarianism related sites
www.hknet.org.nz/vege-links1.html

Vegetarian - Aren't We Designed To Eat Meat?
Not at all. Many people say that we are meat-eaters because we have sharp
teeth. This is like judging a book by its cover. Look inside and you will
find out what is really going on.

Our digestive system resembles that of the herbivores and the frugivores
(fruit-eaters). It consists of a very long intestine allowing slow
digestion of nutrients. By contrast, carnivores have a short digestive
tract designed so that meat can quickly pass through the body before it
putrefies and becomes toxic. To compensate for this rapid transition,
carnivores have a stomach acid concentration 10 times greater than that of
vegetarian mammals (including humans) to enable them to quickly digest the
meat. When humans eat meat it begins to putrefy before leaving the body,
often resulting in disorders as diverse as constipation and bowel cancer if
eaten persistently over a period of time. Sure, the more fibre eaten with
meat, the quicker it passes through the intestines, but why eat meat at
all? Only vegetable matter contains fibre and a good vegetarian diet
provides all the fibre the body needs without having to add
extra”artificially”. If you are serious about lowering your cholesterol
intake, a vegetarian diet is the best way to go since only animal products
contain cholesterol.

Health Fact Sheet www.hknet.org.nz/VegeGo.html
Speaking out - www.hknet.org.nz/veg-stubborn-page.htm

Vegetarianism and the Bible - You mean it says that in the Bible
www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-UmeanItsinBible.html
Religion and Vegetarianism - www.hknet.org.nz/WesternIndologists-page.htm
Random Christian Quotes supporting Vegetarianism -
www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-christians-page.htm

Vegetarian - What do I eat then?
Most people imagine vegetarian eating to be meat and two “veg” minus the
meat. To a conventional meat-eater this sounds like someone being sold a
car with the engine missing! Nothing could be further from the truth.
Vegetarian eating is about eating a wide variety offoods prepared in an
abundance of different ways.

Being a good vegetarian means being adventurous and open-minded about food.
It is not simply about eating a predictable menu day-in, day-out. Many
vegetarian staples had their origin in different countries hundreds of
years ago … pasta from China (and later Italy), tofu from China, and tempeh
from Indonesia. Tofu is bean curd made from soya beans. Tempeh is a sort of
nut-flavoured cheese made from fermented soy beans. It is rich in enzymes
and easily digested. Both can be bought at health food stores and larger
supermarkets. These are not merely substitutes for meat, but nutritious
food in themselves which have proved to be an excellent source of protein
for centuries.

Stupid things that vegetarians hear all the time from meat-eaters:
www.hknet.org.nz/veg-friends.html#Stupid

Vegetarian - Where Do I Get My Protein?
Protein is naturally very plentiful. It occurs in every living thing, plant
and animal. Apart from fruit and vegetables, good sources of protein
include pasta, lentils, rice, potatoes, soy beans, chick peas, nuts, seeds
and grains, with or without moderate use of eggs and dairy products.

The amount you need depends on different personal attributes (weight,
height, etc) and the daily requirement varies considerably from 20 to 90
grams per day. By eating a variety of foods each day you should easily meet
your individual requirements. In fact, the nutritional attitude to protein
has changed dramatically in recent years. The old-fashioned notion that
“you can never get too much protein” has now been proved wrong. Excess
protein not used by the body has to be broken down and excreted as waste.
In fact, a major culprit in many human degenerative diseases is a protein
overdose. For example, calcium loss in osteoporosis has been linked largely
to an excess of high-protein foods.

This site lists everything that anyone would need to have a balanced
healthy life-style as a vegetarian; vitamins and minerals sources, the food
triangle, check it out: www.hknet.org.nz/Vege-VitaminSources.html

Vegetarian - What about Minerals like Iron and Calcium?
A sound vegetarian diet should provide all needed nutrients. The presence
of vitamin C with iron in the diet will help iron absorption by up to 30%.
It is a myth that you have to eat meat to get sufficient iron. It is
readily available in breakfast cereals, whole grain products, soy products,
legumes and leafy green vegetables. Tiredness is not necessarily caused by
iron deficiency. It may also be caused by lack of sleep, depression, stress
and poor eating habits (usually junk food).

Calcium is found in all unprocessed vegetable foods in amounts that are
sufficient to meet the needs of both adults and growing children. Whatever
the calcium intake, the intestine absorbs sufficient calcium to meet the
body’s needs. Good sources of calcium are sesame seeds, tofu, almonds, soy
beans, parsley, green vegetables and fortified soy milk. A recent dietary
study on 6,500 Chinese found that even those who ate no animal products
actually consumed twice the amount of iron as the average North American.
In spite of the fact that dairy products were not eaten, osteoporosis was
almost unknown.

It's all here www.hknet.org.nz/Vege-VitaminSources.html

Vegetarian - The change - How Do I Start?
The best place to start going vegetarian is in the kitchen! Buy a cookbook
and start preparing. You will soon get used to the types of food that are
used and how they are prepared. Also, your taste for vegetarian food will
adapt. If you are doubtful about your abilities as a cook you can enrol in
cooking classes. Information about these is often available in health food
shops and some courses are run at TAFE colleges(in Australia). See HERE
www.hknet.org.nz/vege-links1.htm for some we know of..... otherwise the
Vegetarian Society(ies) www.hknet.org.nz/vege-links2.htm often has a list
of recommended classes.

Giving up meat might seem strange at first, but so does giving up tobacco
to the cigarette addict! If you feel that you can’t drop meat straight
away, try cutting it down bit by bit. Just increase your use of foods like
beans, grains, nuts, seeds, tofu, tempeh, gluten and some of the many low
cholesterol convenience foods (like burgers and sausages) now available at
health food stores and supermarkets.

Some Recommended On-line and Hard-copy Cook books
Higher Taste Cookbook - available from Hare Krishna temples and centres
view it on-line http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/VEG/ht/ or
at http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/VEG/
Great Vegetarian Dishes by Kurma dasa - BBT
http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/catalog/vd.html
Cooking With Kurma - http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/catalog/cwk.html
The Hare Krishna Book of vegetarian cooking
http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/catalog/hkvc.html
http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/VEG/hkvc1.html
Vegetarian and lowfat food recipes (WinHelp) (FREE
Download) http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000010774

Others available at the bookstore:
Eat More, Weigh Less by Dean Ornish
Food for Life by Neal Barnard
Squirrel’s Cookbook No.1 & No.2
PassionATE . Pure Vegetarian Cuisine
Christine Lehmann
The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals
Gentle World
The Vegan Health Plan Amanda Sweet
The Moosewood Cookbook Mollie Katzen
The Vegan Kitchen Mate David Horton
Vegetarian Cookery Rose Elliot
Sarah Brown’s Vegetarian Cookbook Sarah Brown
The Very Best of Vegetarian Cooking Janet Hunt
Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking Rose Elliot
First Steps in Vegetarian Cooking Kathy SilkFor children and babies
The Vegetarian Baby Sharon Yntema
Vegetarian Children Sharon Yntema
Rose Elliot’s Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book

Vegetarian - Do You Want to Know More?
The following books are highly recommended for their revealing analysis of
all aspects of vegetarianism and how it relates to health, the environment
and animal rights.

Living Without Cruelty Mark Gold (Green Print)
Food for a Future Jon Wynne-Tyson (Centaur Press)
The Silent Ark Juliet Gellatley
Diet For a New America
John Robbins (Stillpoint Publishing)
Why You Don’t Need Meat Peter Cox (Bloomsbury)
Animal Factories
Jim Mason and Peter Singer (Crown Publishers)
Your Heart, Your Planet
Harvey Diamond (Pythagorean Press)

Vegetarian - Why Do So Many People Eat Meat?
Meat-eating in the quantity our society eats today really began with the
industrial revolution. Better machines led to more efficient agriculture.
When a surplus of crops was produced, this was fed to animals and the
animals eaten by those who could afford meat. Thus meat became something of
a status symbol. Unfortunately the status symbol developed into a habit so
that most of us in the wealthier countries think that it is a normal part
of our diet. As we approach a new century, it is high time we turned back
to the healthier, less wasteful diet of our forebears.

Today the meat and dairy industries promote the myth of their products
being necessary through heavy advertising (you only have to count the times
they appear on television to see that!). Close behind them are the
pharmaceutical companies which provide the hormones, antibiotics and growth
promotants to the animal producers. Altogether there are many vested
interests in keeping us eating animal products! Unfortunately the only
interests that are lost in this expensive advertising jungle are yours.
Individual health … and a healthy environment … begins with good eating
habits, and a vegetarian lifestyle is the simplest and most effective way
to achieve them.

Living in Harmony with Vegetarians www.hknet.org.nz/veg-friends.html
Taking a graphic look at Animal slaughter and meat eating:
www.hknet.org.nz/DeadAnimalFleshnFood.html

Download books, musik and video VCd that reveal the truth about the big
business behind keeping you addicted to eating meat with no consideration
for man nor beast: www.hknet.org.nz/V-meetURmeat.html

Vegetarian - 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian:
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/index.html

Vegetarian - Making the Change
To make any change is not easy, particularly when it involves explanations
to friends and family. However, making a change that you know will take an
enormous burden off the environmental stresses of the planet, that will
improve your health and ultimately save millions of animals from cruelty
makes it easy.

Already in the US and Britain there is a massive change towards a meat-free
diet. Some half a million people are adopting a vegetarian lifestyle each
year in the US while the number of British vegetarians is now 4 million.
The trend is catching in Australia and New Zealand where many, mainly young
people, are realising that they want a healthy and humane future.
Whether you go vegetarian overnight or over a period of time does not
matter. The important thing is to get on the track. Even cutting down on
meat consumption will make an enormous difference.

TIME magazine ran an 8 page article asking "Should we all be Vegetarians?"
their conclusion was that a healthy balanced vegetarian diet is better than
one that includes meat www.hknet.org.nz/veg-articles.html

Health and a Meatless Diet http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-health-m...-diet-page.htm

A Beginners Guide to Vegetarianism:
http://people.qualcomm.com/sriharid/...anism/veg.html

How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat - very nice Vegetarian pages:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html

The new millenium is the time to make the change. Let’s make it a goal
for the whole planet. Remember … You’re in good company!

Vegetarian - Famous Vegetarians
Pythagoras, Plutarch, Leonardo Da Vinci, Tolstoy, Shelley, George Bernard
Shaw, Gandhi, Thoreau, Bob Dylan, Joanna Lumley, George Harrison, Paul and
Linda McCartney, Michael Jackson, Madona, Martina Navratilova, Hayley
Mills, William Shatner, Sir Mark Oliphant, Cliff Young, Peter Singer, Bob
Barker, Spike Milligan, Nigel Hawthorne, Annie Besant, Anthony Robbins,
Peter Sumner, Chrissie Hynde, Tim McCartney-Snape, Peter Brock, Lynda
Stoner, Johnny Weissmuller (the first Tarzan), Julie Christie, Morissey
(The Smiths), Marty Feldman, Murray Rose, Paavo Nurmi (9 Olympic medals),
Andreas Cahling (body building champion), Dave Scott (6-time Ironman
Triathlon winner), k.d.lang, Belinda Carlisle, Edwin Moses, Sean Hughes,
Bryan Adams, Dennis Weaver, Woody Harrelson, Killer Kowalski (champion
wrestler), Alicia Silverstone, Annalise Braakensiek, Vanessa Amorosi, Greg
Chappell, Jerry Seinfeld, Uri Geller, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, James
Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Daniel Johns (silverchair), Susie Porter, Joaquin
Phoenix, Josef Brown, Daniel Jones (Savage Garden).

To see hundreds more visit our page
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-famouspeople-page.htm

For all this and more see our page at Vegetarianism and Beyond
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Veges-Beyond5page.htm or at
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism

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