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AMAZING FACTS!

 

Guess what?

The funders for The American Academy of Pediatrics 1995 nutrition video for

children were The Sugar Association and the Meat Board!

 

Read on for more amazing facts!

 

 

WIDELY HELD BELIEF AMONG AMERICANS

The U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world

Some data otherwise.

 

Annual per capita income in Shanghai - $350 (1)

 

Annual per capital income in New York City - $20,500 (1)

 

Money spent on medical care in Shanghai annually - $38 per person (1)

 

Money spent on medical care in New York City annually - $3,000 per person (1)

 

Number of infants born in Shanghai who die before their first birthday - 10.9

per 1,000 births (1)

 

Number of infants born in New York City who die before their first birthday -

13.3 per 1,000 births (1)

 

Life expectancy at birth in Shanghai - 75.5 years (1)

 

Life expectancy at birth in New York City for people of color - 70 years (1)

 

Life expectancy at birth in New York City for whites - 73 years (1)

 

Average amount of time U.S. patients are allowed to speak before being

interrupted by their doctors - 18 seconds (2)

 

Percentage of U.S. patients who, once interrupted, go on to finish their

statement or question - 2% (2)

 

 

Widely held belief among Americans - Birth practices in the U.S. have improved

greatly since the 1960s

Some data otherwise.

 

U.S. rank among world nations in infant mortality - 25th (3)

 

Percentage of nations in Western Europe whose infant mortality rates are

superior to US - 100% (3)

 

Percentage of births attended by midwives in Western Europe - 75% (4)

 

Percentage of births attended by midwives in U.S. - 4% (4)

 

Average cost of midwife-attended birth in the U.S. - $1,200 (5)

 

Average cost of physician-attended birth in the U.S. - $4,200 (6)

 

Healthcare savings obtainable annually by utilizing midwifery care for 75% of

pregnancies in the U.S. - $8.5 billion a year (7)

 

U.S. caesarean rate in early 1960s - 3% (8)

 

U.S. caesarean rate in 1996 - 22.9% (9)

 

Average cost of a caesarean birth in a U.S. hospital - $8,000 (10)

 

U.S. caesarean rate in for-profit hospitals compared to non-profit hospitals -

nearly double (11)

 

Year the AMA elected its first woman board member - 1989

 

Number of women presidents in AMA's 148 year history - 0 (12)

 

Percentage of medical school deans in U.S. today who are women - 3% (12)

 

Percentage of today's gynecologists and obstetricians who are male - 80% (13)

 

Percentage of their patients who are male - 0%

 

Percentage of American women who will have a hysterectomy in their lifetimes -

50% (14)

 

Most common reason for hysterectomy in the U.S. - fibroids (15)

 

Number of women with fibroids who are relieved of the pain and heavy bleeding

within three months of adopting a low-fat high-fiber vegetarian diet - the vast

majority (16)

 

Second most common reason for hysterectomy in the U.S. - endometriosis (15)

 

Number of women with endometriosis whose symptoms disappear or lessen

dramatically on a low-fat high-fiber vegetarian diet - the vast majority (17)

 

Percentage of American physicians who recommend dietary changes for fibroids and

endometriosis - less than 1% (18)

 

Menopause, Naturally

Most widely prescribed drug in U.S. - Premarin (Estrogen Replacement Therapy)

(19)

 

Primary reasons prescribed - Hot flashes, osteoporosis, and heart disease

 

Percentage of menopausal women who obtained complete relief from hot flashes by

taking 200 mg of vitamin C and 200 mg of bioflavonoids 6 times a day - 67% (20)

 

Percentage of menopausal women who obtained relief from hot flashes by taking

two herbal capsules three times a day (licorice root, burdock root, wild yam

root, dong quai root, and motherwort) for three months in a double-blind

placebo-controlled study - 100% (21)

 

Percentage of women in same study who obtained relief from placebo - 6% (21)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians who discuss natural approaches with their

menopausal patients - 2% (22)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians who routinely prescribe estrogen - 84% (22)

 

Years a woman must take estrogen to obtain benefits for osteoporosis - 20 or

more (23)

 

Health drawbacks to estrogen - substantially increased breast cancer risk,

increased risk for liver and gallbladder disease, prolonged incidence of

fibroids and endometriosis, greatly increased uterine cancer risk (if taken

without progestins), increased side effects (if taken with progestins) (24)

 

Years a woman must take natural progesterone to obtain benefits for osteoporosis

- 1 (25)

 

Health drawbacks to natural progesterone - rare (25)

 

Percentage of post-menopausal women who showed substantial new bone formation on

natural progesterone cream - 97% (25)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians familiar with natural progesterone - less than 1%

(18)

 

Evidence that heart disease can be prevented and reversed with low-fat

vegetarian diets - conclusive (26)

 

Average bone loss of 65-year-old meat-eating American woman - 35% (27)

 

Average bone loss of 65-year-old vegetarian American woman - 18% (27)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians who recommend low-fat vegetarian diets to prevent

heart disease and osteoporosis - less than 1% (18)

 

Kids, Drugs, and Nutrition

Primary treatment for U.S. schoolchildren diagnosed with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Ritalin

 

Percentage of U.S. schoolchildren on Ritalin - 5% (28)

 

Potential side effects from Ritalin - Anxiety, hair loss, convulsions, nausea,

insomnia, headaches, weight loss, slowing of growth, compulsive nervous

behaviors (29)

 

Number of well-designed studies in which Ritalin has been shown to enhance

long-term learning - 0 (30)

 

Percentage of hyperactive children who improved when artificial colorings,

flavorings and sugar were eliminated from their diet - 79% (31)

 

Change in problem behavior (theft, insubordination, hyperactivity, suicide

attempts, etc.) in juvenile delinquents when artificial colorings, flavorings

and sugar were eliminated from their diet - Dropped 47% (32)

 

 

Years when New York City public schools gradually eliminated all artificial

colors and flavors and reduced sugar in school cafeterias serving more than 1

million schoolchildren- 1979-1983 (33)

 

American Academy of Pediatrics position on medication and drug treatment for

children with ADHD - endorsement (34)

 

Number of words in American Academy of Pediatrics position paper on ADHD about

nutrition - 0 (34)

 

Funders for American Academy of Pediatrics 1995 nutrition video for children -

The Sugar Association and the Meat Board (35)

 

Title of fact sheet promoted by the American Dietetic Association that focuses

on ADHD - " Questions Most Frequently Asked About Hyperactivity " (36)

 

Answer given to questions, " Is there a dietary relationship to hyperactivity?

Should I restrict certain foods from my child's diet? " - " No. " (37)

 

Statement given regarding sugar - " Sugar has a mildly quieting effect on some

children. " (40)

 

Source of fact sheet promoted by American Dietetic Association - The Sugar

Association (36)

 

Number of accredited medical schools in the United States - 127 (41)

 

Number with no required courses in nutrition - 95 (41)

 

Average U.S. physician's course work in nutrition during four years of medical

school - 2.5 hours (42)

 

Percentage of first year medical school students who consider nutrition to be

important to their future careers - 74% (43)

 

Percentage who, after two years of medical school, still consider nutrition

important - 13% (43)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians who are overweight - 55% (44)

 

Percentage of U.S. physicians who eat the recommended daily servings of fruits

and vegetables - 20% (44)

 

Antibiotics Tomorrow

Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960 - 13% (45)

 

Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1987 - 91% (45)

 

What's happening to all our antibiotics today - becoming increasingly

ineffective due to microbes developing resistance (46)

 

Primary cause - overuse of antibiotics (46)

 

Effect of antibiotics on viruses - none

 

Number of antibiotic prescriptions written by U.S. doctors for cold viruses

annually - 4 million (47)

 

Total purchases of antibiotics by U.S. hospitals in 1962 - $94 million (47)

 

Total purchases of antibiotics by U.S. hospitals in 1995 - $8.7 billion (47)

 

Breeding ground of many antibiotic resistant bacteria today - U.S. hospitals

(48)

 

Number of Americans who die each year from infections they pick up in a hospital

- more than four times the number who die in automobile accidents (47)

 

Alternative Medicine and the AMA

 

AMA's historical relationship to midwifery - vehement opposition

 

AMA's historical relationship to virtually all alternative forms of medicine -

vehement opposition

 

Characterization of holistic medicine found in Alternative Health Methods - " A

melange of banalities, truisms, exaggerations, falsehoods, overlaid with

disparagement. . . of logical reasoning itself. " (49)

 

Tobacco and the AMA

Number of Americans killed by cigarettes annually - 434,000 (more than are

killed by automobile accidents, fires, alcohol-related deaths, murder, suicide,

AIDS, cocaine and heroin combined) (50)

 

Number of American deaths caused by second-hand smoke annually - 50,000 (more

than are killed by AIDS, illegal drugs and teenage drinking combined) (51)

 

Percentage of U.S. smokers who have never been advised by their doctors to quit,

despite averaging over four doctors' visits a year - 56% (52)

 

Year it was learned that 96.5% of patients with lung cancer had been smokers -

1950 (53)

 

Year the U.S. Surgeon General announced that smoking not only caused lung

cancer, but also heart disease and emphysema, and was costing the country tens

of billions of dollars a year in healthcare costs - 1964

 

Public statement by AMA president Edward R. Annis in 1964 regarding Surgeon

General's report - " The AMA is not opposed to smoking and tobacco. " (54)

 

Title of the AMA's primary study of the health consequences of tobacco

(1964-1978) - the AMA-ERF study

 

Amount of funding for AMA-ERF study provided by AMA - $500,000 (55)

 

Amount of funding for AMA-ERF study provided by tobacco industry - $16,000,000

(55)

 

Position of AMA when the American Cancer Society, the Public Health Service and

the Federal Trade Commission supported health warnings on cigarette packages -

opposition (56)

 

Year that AMA's Member Retirement Fund was discovered to have millions invested

in tobacco securities - 1981 (57)

 

Year the AMA wrote a special supplement published by Newsweek on personal health

to " help readers avoid self-induced illnesses " - 1983 (58)

 

Consequence of U.S. tobacco export promotion - Tremendous rise in tobacco use in

many countries, particularly among young people. Smoking among teenage girls in

Korea rose more than 300%. (59)

 

Average tax per pack of cigarettes in England - $3.09 (60)

 

Average tax per pack of cigarettes in Canada - $3.25 (60)

 

Average tax per pack of cigarettes in Norway - $3.93 (60)

 

Average tax per pack of cigarettes in U.S. - $0.51 (60)

 

What happened in New Zealand between 1980 and 1991 due to a tax increase of

$1.97 per pack - Cigarette consumption dropped more than 60% (60)

 

Number of nations who have raised cigarette taxes substantially who have not

experienced dramatic reductions in cigarette consumption - None (60)

 

Healthcare savings obtainable annually in U.S. with a 60% drop in cigarette

consumption - $60 billion (18)

 

Do You Trust These People To Make Your Healthcare Decisions For You?

World's largest private cancer treatment and research center - Memorial

Sloan-Kettering

, Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Board of Overseers and Managers - John S.

Reed

 

John S. Reed's other job - Director, Philip Morris Health insurance companies

heavily invested in tobacco stocks - Travelers, Prudential, Cigna, MetLife,

Aetna (61)

 

Prudential Insurance Company's 1995 investment in tobacco stocks - $248 million

(61)

 

How much health insurance companies typically pay for a heart patient's bypass

surgery - $30,000 (62)

 

How much for a heart patient's balloon angioplasty - $7,500 (62)

 

How much for a heart patient's nutrition and stress management education - $150

(62)

How much health insurance companies typically pay for teaching a well person how

to eat well, stay healthy, and prevent heart disease - $0 (62)

 

The Cancer Industry

Percentage of cancer patients whose lives are reliably saved by chemotherapy -

3% (63)

 

Evidence for the majority of cancers that chemotherapy exerts a significant

positive influence on survival or quality of life - none (63)

 

Percentage of oncologists who said that if they developed cancer they would not

participate in chemotherapy trials due to " the ineffectiveness of chemotherapy

and its unacceptable degree of toxicity " - 75% (64)

 

Percentage of people with cancer in the United States who receive chemotherapy -

75% (65)

 

Company that accounts for nearly half of the chemotherapy sales in the world -

Bristol-Meyers Squibb

 

Chairman of the Board, Bristol-Meyers Squibb - Richard L. Gelb

 

Richard L. Gelb's other job - Vice-Chairman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer

Center

, Bristol-Meyers Squibb - James D. Robinson III

 

James D. Robinson III's other job - Chairman of the Board, Memorial

Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

, Ivax, Inc. (a prominent chemotherapy company) - Samuel Broder

 

Samuel Broder's other job (until 1995) - Executive Director, the National Cancer

Institute

 

 

Reclaiming Our Health

 

Medical costs attributable to smoking and meat consumption combined- greater

than the costs of providing health coverage for all currently uninsured

Americans (66)

 

Annual costs, according to the World Health Organization, required to provide

every human being on Earth with access to primary education, healthcare, family

planning services, safe drinking water, and adequate nutrition - $20 billion

(67)

 

Annual healthcare savings obtainable in the U.S. alone by providing universal

prenatal care, utilizing midwifery, encouraging breastfeeding, raising tobacco

taxes to Canadian level, and eliminating government subsidies for tobacco and

meat production - $120 billion (18)

 

As provocative as these facts are, their significance can best be grasped in

context. In Reclaiming Our Health, John Robbins brings these and many other

stunning realities into a perspective that shows a way to true healing for us as

individuals, for our society, and for the whole earth community.

 

 

Endnotes

(1) Analysis released April 26, 1996 by the American College of Physicians

 

(2) H.B. Beckman, et al., " The Effect of Physician Behavior on the Collection of

Data, " Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov. 1984, pp. 692-96

 

(3) The State of the World's Children, 1996, UNICEF

 

(4) The Alan Guttmacher Institute, " Facts in Brief, " March 1993

..

(5) Midwives Alliance of North America survey, Feb 1993, reported in " Perinatal

Healthcare Statistics, " Mothering , Fall 1993

 

(6) Health Insurance Associates of America, 1993, reported in " Perinatal... " as

per note 5

 

(7) - " Perinatal... " as per note 5

 

(8) Esther Zorn, " Profile of the Cesarean Epidemic. " Francis C. Notzen,

" International Differences in the Use of Obstetric Interventions, " Journal of

the American Medical Association, June 27, 1990, vol 263, no. 25, pg 3286-91.

Richard Johnson, " Cesarean Section Rates An American Disgrace " , International

Journal of Issues in Medicine, April, 1996

 

(9) R. Johnson, as per Esther Zorn, " Profile of the Cesarean Epidemic " . Francis

C. Notzen, " International Differences in the Use of Obstetric Interventions, "

Journal of the American Medical Association, June 27, 1990, vol 263, no. 25, pg

3286-91. Richard Johnson, " Cesarean Section Rates An American Disgrace, "

International Journal of Issues in Medicine, April, 1996

 

(10) M. G. Rosen and J. C. Dickinson, " Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: A

Meta-Analysis of Indicators for Success, " Obstetrics and Gynecology vol 76,

1990, pp. 865-69

 

(11) Marsden Wagner, " An Epidemic of Unnecessary Cesareans " , Mothering, Fall

1993, p. 72. Lynn Silver and Sidney Wolfe, " Unnecessary Sections - How To Cure a

National Epidemic " Public Citizen Health Research Group, Washington, DC.

 

(12) Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse, Outrageous Practices (New York: Fawcett

Columbine, 1994), p. 42

 

(13) John M. Smith, Women and Doctors (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992),

p. 2

 

(14) Celso-Ramon Garcia, et al., " Preservation of the Ovary: A Re-evaluation " ,

Fertility and Sterility, 42(4), Oct, 1984, pg 510-14. J. Smith, as per John M.

Smith, Women and Doctors (New York: Atlantic Monthly, Press, 1992), p. 2.

Christiane Northrup, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (New York: Bantam, 1994), p.

152

 

(15) Stanley West, The Hysterectomy Hoax (New York: Doubleday, 1994), p. 1, 23

 

(16) - C. Northrup, as per note 14, p. 172

 

(17) - Ibid, p. 166

 

(18) - Figure based on author's research and calculations

 

(19) L. L. Piana Simonsen, " Top 200 Drugs of 1992: What Are Pharmacists

Dispensing Most Often? " Pharmacy Times, April 1993, pp. 29-44

 

(20) Carolyn DeMarco, Take Charge Of Your Body (Winlaw, B.C. Well Women Press,

1994), p. 220

 

(21) Tori Hudson, et al -- " A Pilot Study Using Botanical Medicines in the

Treatment of Menopause Symptoms, " Townsend Letter for Doctors, Dec. 1994, pg

1372

 

(22) " Women's Information About Menopause is Limited " , North American Menopause

Society, Sept 4, 1993. Results of a Gallup survey of 833 menopausal women

 

(23) Editorial, New England Journal of Medicine; Aug 27, 1992

 

(24) Sadja Greenwood, Menopause, Naturally (Volcano, Calif.: Volcano Press,

1992), pp. 111-15.

 

(25) John Lee, " Osteoporosis Reversal with Transdermal Progesterone, " Lancet,

336, 1990, p. 1327. John Lee, " Osteoporosis Reversal: The Role of Progesterone, "

Clinical Nutritional Review, 10, 1990, pp. 384-91. John Lee, " Is Natural

Progesterone the Missing Link in Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment? " Medical

Hypotheses, 35, 1991, pp. 316-8.

 

(26) Dean Ornish, " Can Lifestyle Changes Reverse Coronary Heart Disease? "

Lifestyle Heart Trial, Lancet, vol 336, July 21, 1990, pp. 129-33. Dean Ornish,

Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (New York: Random House,

1990). Caldwell Esselstyn, Journal of Family Practice 1995; 41(6), pp. 560-68.

 

(27) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 1983.

 

(28) Associated Press, " Ritalin Maker Opens Drive to EndAbuse, " New York Times,

Mar. 28, 1966, p. A-13. " U.C. Professor Critical of Ritalin Dependency, " San

Jose Mercury News, Mar. 3, 1996, p. 5-B.

 

(29) - Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)

 

(30) Alfie Kohn, " Suffer The Restless Children, " Atlantic Monthly, Nov 1989, pg

98

 

(31) J Egger, et al., " Controlled Trial of Oligoantigenic Treatment in the

Hyperkinetic Syndrome, " Lancet, 1985, pg 540

 

(32) Stephen Schoenthaler, " Institutional Nutritional Policies and Criminal

Behavior, " Nutrition Today, 20(3), 1985, pg 16. See also: Stephen Schoenthaler,

" Diet and Crime: An Empirical Examination of the Value of Nutrition in the

Control and Treatment of Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders, " International Journal

of Biosocial Research, 4(1), 1983, pg 25-39. Stephen Schoenthaler, " Types of

Offenses Which can be Reduced in an Institutional Setting Using Nutritional

Intervention: A Preliminary Empirical Evaluation, " International Journal of

Biosocial Research, 4(2), 1983, pg 74-84. Stephen Schoenthaler, " The Los Angeles

Probation Department Diet Behavior Program: An Empirical Evaluation of Six

Institutions, " International Journal of Biosocial Research, 5(2), 1983, 88-98

 

(33) Stephen Schoenthaler, et al., " The Impact of a Low Food Additive and

Sucrose Diet on Academic Performance in 803 New York City Public Schools, "

International Journal of Biosocial Research, 8 (2), 1986, pg 185-195

 

(34) " Medication For Children With An Attenton Deficit Disorder (RE 7103), "

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Children With Disabilities,

Committee on Drugs; Pediatrics, 80(5), Nov 1987

 

(35) Amy O'Connor, " In The News, " Vegetarian Times, Oct 1995, pg 20

 

(36)Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Sept 1994, pg 975

 

(37) " Questions Most Frequently Asked About Hyperactivity, " Produced by the

Sugar Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.

 

(40) " Consumer Fact Sheet: Diet and Behavior, " The Sugar Association,

Washington, D.C.

 

(41) Association of American Medical Colleges. Cited in Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin,

" Physician, Know Thy Nutrition, " Vegetarian Times, Feb 1993, p. 48

 

(42) U.S. Senate Investigation, cited in John McDougall, The McDougall Plan

(Clinton, NJ: New Win, 1983), p. 7

 

(43) According to a study by Roland Weinsier, Chairman of the Department of

Nutrition Sciences at the Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham, published in the

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1988

 

(44) Wall Street Journal, " Odds and Ends, " June 9, 1993, p. B-1

 

(45) Irvin Molotsky, " Animal Antibiotics Tied to Illnesses in Humans, " New York

Times, Feb 22, 1987

 

(46) Stuart B. Levy, The Antibiotic Paradox: How Miracle Drugs are Destroying

the Miracle (New York: Plenum Press, 1992)

 

(47) Jeffrey Fisher, The Plague Makers (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), p.

31

 

(48) Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague (New York: Penguin, 1994), p. 437

 

(49) " Holistic Medicine, " in Alternative Health Methods (Chicago: American

Medical Association, 1993), p. 81

 

(50) Introduction, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the

Surgeon General; U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, 1994. U.S. Dept of

Commerce, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1993; Tables 126, 131, 135;

U.S. Govt Printing Office, Washington, 1993

 

(51) Geoffrey Cowley, " Poisons at Home and Work, " Newsweek; June 29, 1992.

Michael Jacobson and Laurie Ann Mazur, Marketing Madness (Boulder, CO: Westview

Press, 1995), p. 149. C. Northrup, as per note 36, p. 612

 

(52) R. F. Anda, et al., " Are Physicians Advising Smokers to Quit? The Patient's

Perspective, " Journal of the American Medical Association, April 10, 1987, pp.

1916-19

 

(53) Ernest Wynder, et al., " Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in

Bronchogenic Carcinoma, " Journal of the American Medical Association, May, 1950,

pg 329-38

 

(54) Richard Harris, A Sacred Trust (New York: New American Library, 1966), p.

159

 

(55) " Smoking Study Funds Donated, " and " Research Group Named, " AMA News, Feb

17, 1964, pg 1. Howard Wolinsky and Tom Brune, The Serpent on the Staff (New

York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1994), p. 152

 

(56) H. Wolinsky, as per note 76, p. 153

 

(57) " Doctor's Dilemma, " Wall Street Journal, March 12, 1981, Sec 2, p. 29

 

(58) M. Jacobson, as per note 72, pg 159

 

(59) " Philip Morris: Death, Disease, and Duplicity, " Multi-National Monitor,

Dec. 1994, pg 14

 

(60) Hal Kane, " Putting Out Cigarettes, " WorldWatch, Sept-Oct 1992, p. 9

 

(61) " The Tobacco-Health Insurance Connection, " Lancet, July 8, 1995. " Health

Care Giants Invest Their Juicy Profits in Tobacco Stock, " Public Citizen Health

Letter, Aug. 1995, pg 12

 

(62) Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (New

York: Random House, 1990), p. 28

 

(63) John Cairns, " The Treatment of Diseases and the War Against Cancer, "

Scientific American, 253(5), Nov. 1985, pp. 51-59. John Bailar and Elaine Smith,

" Progress Against Cancer?, " New England Journal of Medicine, 314, May 8, 1986,

pp. 1226-33. Ulrich Abel, Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Cancer (Stuttgart:

Hippokrates Verlag, 1990)

 

(64)Ralph Moss, Questioning Chemotherapy (Brooklyn: Equinox, 1995), p. 40

 

Ibid, pp. 73-4

 

Neal Barnard, et al., " The Medical Costs Attributable to Meat Consumption, "

Preventive Medicine (24), 1995, pp. 646-55

 

" Citings, " World Watch, May/June 1993, p. 8

 

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