No meat = fewer deaths in Denmark

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This is from " The Case for Vegetarianism " by John Lawrence Hill, pgs.

82-83, it's a neat case in point.

 

" The salutary effects of vegetarianism can be seen by looking to a

number of situations, where...reliance on animal products was reduced

or eliminated. One of the most interesting of such instances

occurred in Denmark during World War I. Between October of 1917 and

October of 1918, a British blockade of Denmark prevented the

importation of meat. The Danes were forced to live on a diet of

milk, vegetables, and grains during this period. During this same

period, the death rate dropped dramatically -- by 34 percent. The

correlation between the blockade and the death rate is highlighted by

the fact that there were far fewer deaths during this period than

there were for any similar period over the course of the previous

eighteen years. Moreover, once the blockade was lifted and people

returned to their previous diet of meat, the death rate returned to

its usual level. A government medical official attributed the

markedly reduced death rate during the period of the blockade to the

change in diet. "

 

Now that's dramatic!

 

Mike