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<blockquote data-quote="barusaby" data-source="post: 145341" data-attributes="member: 8015"><p><strong>Re: Consumption of Alcohol Amongst Sikhs</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Man is not designed to eat meat</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This can be confirmed by comparing the physiology and anatomy of vegetarians and meat eaters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A piece of meat is just part of a corpse, and its putrifaction creates poisonous wastes within the body. Therefore meat must be quickly eliminated. For this purpose, carnivores possess alimentary canals only three times the length of their bodies. Since man, like other vegetarian animals, has an alimentary canal twelve times his body length, the rapidly decaying flesh is retained for a much longer time producing a number of undesirable toxic effects.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Vegetarian diets are bulkier than those containing animal products, because they are relatively high in carbohydrates and fiber. Overeating, obesity and constipation are generally not seen in vegetarian. It can take up to 5 days i.e. 120 hours for meat to be digested and eliminated. Putrifactions is the prime source of growth of undesirable bacteria, which is the common cause to disease in flesh food. A plant-based diet is eliminated from the body within a period of 24-hours, thereby preventing any potential accumulation of toxins. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If the vegetarian diet has less fat it takes less than 24 hours to be digested and eliminated. Higher the fat in vegetarian diet longer is the period that is more then 24 hours for digestion and elimination. If the diet of juices of fruits and vegetables is taken, it takes 12 to 15 hours for digestion and elimination. If solid fruit and vegetables <span style="font-size: 12px">are eaten it takes more hours for similar function. Every body knows this fact in his daily life. While eating different types of diets, constipation and loose-motions (dioherrya) are correlated with the type of food consumed. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Factual Indicaters of Vegetarianism</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Prof. W.C. Rose</strong> of University of Illinois and authority on protein diet, says, “About 23 gms. Protein in a day is all one needs.” Persons eating meat get on the average of 83 gms. of protein a day which cause many diseases. It is well known fact that people may go for a number of days without protein yet suffer no bad result. The fruit alone, if amply supplied in sufficient variety, would provide people with enough protein to meet the actual body demand of about 23 gms. Mrs. Ellen G. White, the leading Writer on health, wrote in the book “Meat is the greatest disease breeder that can be introduced into the human system” </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Denmark</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> during the First World War in 1918 remained on vegetarian diet for one year and established world record for lowered death rate-34% due to marked decrease in the illness rate. Eating meat by the whole nation the next year sent the death rate back to its pre war level.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dr. E. V. Mc Collum, the leading nutritionist of John Hopkins University gives his opinion that any one who chooses to eliminate flesh food from his diet is better off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">People who consume animal products are 10 times more susceptible to heart diseases, 40% more susceptible to cancers and at increased risk for many other illnesses, including stroke, tuberculosis, obesity, appendicitis, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes and food poisoning. Meat contains accumulation of pesticides and other toxic chemicals up to 14 times more concentrated than those found in plant food. Dr. Carrel Alesus, noble prize winner in 1912, proved that length of life depends largely on eliminating waste and adding nutrition to the cell. Aging and fatigue are hastened by flesh food which increases wastes of various poisons that the animals would have eliminated. The urea and the uric acid, which would have been eliminated by animals from their body, remain in the slaughtered flesh consumed by the person who takes meat. These poisons cause many disorders in the body. Another damage facing the meat-eater is the diseases in animals that get propagated through meat-eating. The rapid rise of Leukosis in Cattle induced blood cancer or Leukemia among the children in USA. Meat is the most putrefactive of all foods. When it spoils in intestines, it can make the persons more violently ill than any other food.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Dr. Wendell Stanley, </strong>Noble prize winner in 1957, confirms that cancer germs are communicative. People are continuously eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis, cancerous germs and other fatal diseases. Saturated fatty acids in the flesh food cause many diseases like heart diseases, atherosclerosis and many forms of cancer, stroke and degenerative diseases. A high intake of animal protein causes an excessive excretion of calcium, thereby causing loss of calcium from bones, which in turn increase the risk of developing osteoprosis, kidney and gall bladder stones. Excess protein from meat diet has been linked to kidney stone, osteoporosis and heart disease and some cancers. Any normal variety of plant foods provides more than enough protein for the need of body. Large amount of antibiotics are being fed to livestock to control bacterial diseases which are becoming immune to these drugs at an alarming rate. Of all antibiotics used in USA 55% are fed to live stock. These are passed on to those persons who eat flesh.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">John Robin’s book ‘Diet For New America’ </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">says that it is strange but true that U.S physicians are as a rule ill-educated in the single most important factor of health, namely diet and nutrition. Out of 125 medical schools in U.S. only 30 require their students to take a course in nutrition. The average U.S. physician is exposed to only 2.5 hours of study on nutrition. These doctors in U.S. are ill equipped to advice their patients to minimize foods, such as meat, that contain excessive amounts of cholesterol and are known causes of heart attack, cancer, strokes, diabetes and brain diseases, alzhemere, Parkinson's disease and other fatal diseases. </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Food consists of 2 components:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. Essential nutrients.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. Bioactive compounds for health promotion and disease prevention. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Plant based diets or chemical power houses are rich in these bioactive compounds - phytochemicals.These phytochemicals include indoles, thiocyanates, coumarins, phenols, flavonoids, terpenes, protease inhibitores and plant sterols that may protect humans from many cancers and other diseases. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The National Academy of Sciences USA has recently suggested an increased intake of fruits and vegetables in the diet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Protective effect of a vegetarian diet is believed to be due to the following values:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a). <strong>Mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids</strong> are better for overall health as compared to saturated fatty acids in flesh food.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">b). <strong>The essential fatty acids like Omega 3</strong>, are found in green vegetables and linseed (Flaxseed) whereas Omega 6 fatty acids are abundantly found in fresh food as well as plant food rich in saturated fatty acids. The best ratio for healthy brain & vitality is less than 3:1 (Omega 6 and Omega 3). Higher ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 causes many fatal diseases as mentioned above.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">c). <strong>Anti-oxidant vitamins,</strong> which are very essentials for protection from heart, cancer and other diseases, are very rarely found in flesh food but available in abundance in plant food.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">d). <strong>Minerals like potassium, sodium and other micro nutrients</strong> are abundantly available in plant food.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">e). <strong>Phytochemicals</strong> which are very essential for prevention of diseases are only available in plant food.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">f). <strong>Fiber</strong> being very rich in Plants is very conducive for protection from many diseases like constipation, intestinal colon cancer and diabetes. Flesh food has very little fiber contents.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">g). <strong>Plant protein</strong> is better than flesh food protein for avoiding the occurrence of many diseases.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Effect on our organs</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kidney is the organ that is adversely affected by various toxins. This vital organ, which extracts waste from the blood, is strained by the overload of poisons introduced by meat consumption. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Non-vegetarian animals can metabolize almost unlimited amounts of cholesterol and fats without any adverse effects. On the other hand, the vegetarian species have a very limited ability to deal with any level of cholesterol or saturated fats beyond the amount required by the body. When, over a period of many years an excess is consumed, fatty deposits (plaque) accumulate on the inner walls of the arteries, producing a condition known as arteriosclerosis i.e. hardening of the arteries. Because the plaque deposits constrict the flow of blood to the heart, the potential for heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots is tremendously increased. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A high intake of animal protein causes an excessive excretion of calcium, thereby encouraging the loss of calcium from bones, which in turn increases the risk of developing osteoporosis, kidney and gall-bladder stones.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Prevention of Disease </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Diets rich in plant foods – whole grains, vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, and seeds – are associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nuts (eg. almonds, groundnuts) are rich in mono- and poly- unsaturated fatty acids.They decrease the levels of LDL cholesterol (“bad cholesterol”) and also decrease the ratio of total HDL to cholesterol. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Fruitarians have the highest proportion of Vitamin C in their diet. It has been found that fruitarian biochemicals are similar to the neuromolecules in the electrical synapses of the brain. It is believed that perception of the senses is more sharp when there is less animal fat shrouding the nerves.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A new modality for treatment of hypertension is based on dietary changes. This is known as DASH - “dietary approach to stop hypertension”. This approach uses natural foods that are rich in potassium and low in saturated and total fat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the US and other developed countries cardiovascular diseases, cancer and strokes are the three leading causes of death in addition to diabetes and brain diseases. Vegetarian diets protect against all of these.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gall stones are also less frequent in vegetarians.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Increased intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risks of Alzheimer disease, cataracts and some of the functional decline associated with ageing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">Ø </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Food sources rich in dietary fiber, folate and Vitamin C (such as fruits and vegetables) protect against gout.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Probability of Diseases in Non-vegetarian:- </span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Over a thousand diseases could be contacted by humans while eating the flesh and products of animals. Ex: Brucellosis, trichinosis, toxopl, asmosis, ptomaine, Histoplasmosis, Salmonella infection (prevalent in canned food)</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Production of biochemical equivalent to anger & fright:-</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Research has indicated a relationship between the adrenal poisons secreted by frightened, terrified animals during slaughter and aggressive behaviours. Adrenalin is a long protein chain enzyme; persons who eat the animals flesh are eating the biochemical equivalent to fright and anger.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Nutritional Reasons</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The main protein foods in a vegetarian diet are the soya beans, pulses (peas, beans and lentils), nuts, seeds and grains, all of which are relatively energy dense. As the average protein level in pulses is 27% of calories; in nuts and seeds 13%; and in grains 12%, it is easy to see that plant foods can supply the recommended amount of protein as long as the energy requirements are met.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">High concentrated protein in flesh food is not conducive for the health of mankind. The natural source of protein from vegetation is far better for health purposes. Besides, there is plenty of protein in soyabean, pulses, nuts and other seeds and is easy to digest.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Longevity</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Bible indicates that for ten generations before the flood, when the people were vegetarian, they lived an average of 912 years. After the flood they began eating flesh food and their life of next ten generations was shortened to an average of 317 years. A government study comparing the non drinking, non smoking Mormons Christians to non drinking, non smoking vegetarian, Adventist Christians confirm that Adventists lived an average seven years longer. The National Geographic reported that three longest lived tribes in the world were Centenarian Vegetarians. They are the Hunzas of Tibet; the Azerbaijaines of the Caucuses and the Villcabamba of Ecuador. The Eskimos of North Pole live on mainly flesh food. Their average life span studied by the experts is hardly 30-40 yrs. The following persons who lived longer life in the world were vegetarians. They were Camele Toza of America, 187 yrs., Peters Jortan of Hungary 185 yrs., Henry Jonkin of Park Shire 161 yrs. Joseph Regton of Italy 160 yrs., Thomspor of England 152 yrs., Lady Cantarine of Counton Desmais 146 yrs. and Jonathan of Harport 136 yrs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bishnoi (Vishnoi)is a sect of Hinduism started by their Guru Jambeshwar in Rajasthan who belonged to <em>Kashatriya</em> (Rajput clan) around 1500 AD. They follow 20+9 principles of humanity. They are strict vegetarian and do not take any intoxicants, drugs, alcohols and cigarette etc. They do not take even cereals. Their diet consists of millets, grams, lentils, vegetables, green mustard, gram, spinach and other traditional old vegetables. They eat water melon and its seeds which are dried and mixed in the millet flour. They consume liberal quantity of curd and butter milk from camels and sheep. They strictly follow “<em>Ahinsa</em>” i.e. they do not kill animals, birds or even perennial plant for keeping the ecological balance. In Bishnoi villages, the wild animals and birds like deer, nilgai, rabbits, pea{censored}s and other birds roam and flutter very close to the Bishnoi’s houses because these wild animals and birds perceive that they would not be harmed. In adjoining villages, where other communities kill and eat their flesh, not a single trace of these wild animals and birds is found. There are rare and unbelievable examples where the Bishnoi ladies brought up deer babies by feeding them on their breast milk and feeding their own kids on sheep milk. There are also exemplary deeds of the Bishnois who sacrificed their lives for defending the wild animals and birds against the hunters like princes of the royal families. About 30 years back, the average lifespan of the Bishnoi clan was more than 100 years and there were many examples in the past where more than 50 percent crossed the age of 125 years. Even now, when the western diet and culture has invaded this clan they are still vegetarian and their average lifespan is still more than 90 years which is 20 years more than the average lifespan of other communities of that area who take flesh food.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barusaby, post: 145341, member: 8015"] [B]Re: Consumption of Alcohol Amongst Sikhs[/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Man is not designed to eat meat[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman]This can be confirmed by comparing the physiology and anatomy of vegetarians and meat eaters. A piece of meat is just part of a corpse, and its putrifaction creates poisonous wastes within the body. Therefore meat must be quickly eliminated. For this purpose, carnivores possess alimentary canals only three times the length of their bodies. Since man, like other vegetarian animals, has an alimentary canal twelve times his body length, the rapidly decaying flesh is retained for a much longer time producing a number of undesirable toxic effects. Vegetarian diets are bulkier than those containing animal products, because they are relatively high in carbohydrates and fiber. Overeating, obesity and constipation are generally not seen in vegetarian. It can take up to 5 days i.e. 120 hours for meat to be digested and eliminated. Putrifactions is the prime source of growth of undesirable bacteria, which is the common cause to disease in flesh food. A plant-based diet is eliminated from the body within a period of 24-hours, thereby preventing any potential accumulation of toxins. If the vegetarian diet has less fat it takes less than 24 hours to be digested and eliminated. Higher the fat in vegetarian diet longer is the period that is more then 24 hours for digestion and elimination. If the diet of juices of fruits and vegetables is taken, it takes 12 to 15 hours for digestion and elimination. If solid fruit and vegetables [SIZE=3]are eaten it takes more hours for similar function. Every body knows this fact in his daily life. While eating different types of diets, constipation and loose-motions (dioherrya) are correlated with the type of food consumed. [/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][/B] [B]Factual Indicaters of Vegetarianism[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Prof. W.C. Rose[/B] of University of Illinois and authority on protein diet, says, “About 23 gms. Protein in a day is all one needs.” Persons eating meat get on the average of 83 gms. of protein a day which cause many diseases. It is well known fact that people may go for a number of days without protein yet suffer no bad result. The fruit alone, if amply supplied in sufficient variety, would provide people with enough protein to meet the actual body demand of about 23 gms. Mrs. Ellen G. White, the leading Writer on health, wrote in the book “Meat is the greatest disease breeder that can be introduced into the human system” [/FONT][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Denmark[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] during the First World War in 1918 remained on vegetarian diet for one year and established world record for lowered death rate-34% due to marked decrease in the illness rate. Eating meat by the whole nation the next year sent the death rate back to its pre war level. Dr. E. V. Mc Collum, the leading nutritionist of John Hopkins University gives his opinion that any one who chooses to eliminate flesh food from his diet is better off. People who consume animal products are 10 times more susceptible to heart diseases, 40% more susceptible to cancers and at increased risk for many other illnesses, including stroke, tuberculosis, obesity, appendicitis, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes and food poisoning. Meat contains accumulation of pesticides and other toxic chemicals up to 14 times more concentrated than those found in plant food. Dr. Carrel Alesus, noble prize winner in 1912, proved that length of life depends largely on eliminating waste and adding nutrition to the cell. Aging and fatigue are hastened by flesh food which increases wastes of various poisons that the animals would have eliminated. The urea and the uric acid, which would have been eliminated by animals from their body, remain in the slaughtered flesh consumed by the person who takes meat. These poisons cause many disorders in the body. Another damage facing the meat-eater is the diseases in animals that get propagated through meat-eating. The rapid rise of Leukosis in Cattle induced blood cancer or Leukemia among the children in USA. Meat is the most putrefactive of all foods. When it spoils in intestines, it can make the persons more violently ill than any other food. [B][/B] [B]Dr. Wendell Stanley, [/B]Noble prize winner in 1957, confirms that cancer germs are communicative. People are continuously eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis, cancerous germs and other fatal diseases. Saturated fatty acids in the flesh food cause many diseases like heart diseases, atherosclerosis and many forms of cancer, stroke and degenerative diseases. A high intake of animal protein causes an excessive excretion of calcium, thereby causing loss of calcium from bones, which in turn increase the risk of developing osteoprosis, kidney and gall bladder stones. Excess protein from meat diet has been linked to kidney stone, osteoporosis and heart disease and some cancers. Any normal variety of plant foods provides more than enough protein for the need of body. Large amount of antibiotics are being fed to livestock to control bacterial diseases which are becoming immune to these drugs at an alarming rate. Of all antibiotics used in USA 55% are fed to live stock. These are passed on to those persons who eat flesh.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] John Robin’s book ‘Diet For New America’ [/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman]says that it is strange but true that U.S physicians are as a rule ill-educated in the single most important factor of health, namely diet and nutrition. Out of 125 medical schools in U.S. only 30 require their students to take a course in nutrition. The average U.S. physician is exposed to only 2.5 hours of study on nutrition. These doctors in U.S. are ill equipped to advice their patients to minimize foods, such as meat, that contain excessive amounts of cholesterol and are known causes of heart attack, cancer, strokes, diabetes and brain diseases, alzhemere, Parkinson's disease and other fatal diseases. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] Food consists of 2 components:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman]1. Essential nutrients. 2. Bioactive compounds for health promotion and disease prevention. Plant based diets or chemical power houses are rich in these bioactive compounds - phytochemicals.These phytochemicals include indoles, thiocyanates, coumarins, phenols, flavonoids, terpenes, protease inhibitores and plant sterols that may protect humans from many cancers and other diseases. The National Academy of Sciences USA has recently suggested an increased intake of fruits and vegetables in the diet. Protective effect of a vegetarian diet is believed to be due to the following values: a). [B]Mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids[/B] are better for overall health as compared to saturated fatty acids in flesh food. b). [B]The essential fatty acids like Omega 3[/B], are found in green vegetables and linseed (Flaxseed) whereas Omega 6 fatty acids are abundantly found in fresh food as well as plant food rich in saturated fatty acids. The best ratio for healthy brain & vitality is less than 3:1 (Omega 6 and Omega 3). Higher ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 causes many fatal diseases as mentioned above. c). [B]Anti-oxidant vitamins,[/B] which are very essentials for protection from heart, cancer and other diseases, are very rarely found in flesh food but available in abundance in plant food. d). [B]Minerals like potassium, sodium and other micro nutrients[/B] are abundantly available in plant food. e). [B]Phytochemicals[/B] which are very essential for prevention of diseases are only available in plant food. f). [B]Fiber[/B] being very rich in Plants is very conducive for protection from many diseases like constipation, intestinal colon cancer and diabetes. Flesh food has very little fiber contents. g). [B]Plant protein[/B] is better than flesh food protein for avoiding the occurrence of many diseases. [B]Effect on our organs[/B] Kidney is the organ that is adversely affected by various toxins. This vital organ, which extracts waste from the blood, is strained by the overload of poisons introduced by meat consumption. Non-vegetarian animals can metabolize almost unlimited amounts of cholesterol and fats without any adverse effects. On the other hand, the vegetarian species have a very limited ability to deal with any level of cholesterol or saturated fats beyond the amount required by the body. When, over a period of many years an excess is consumed, fatty deposits (plaque) accumulate on the inner walls of the arteries, producing a condition known as arteriosclerosis i.e. hardening of the arteries. Because the plaque deposits constrict the flow of blood to the heart, the potential for heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots is tremendously increased. A high intake of animal protein causes an excessive excretion of calcium, thereby encouraging the loss of calcium from bones, which in turn increases the risk of developing osteoporosis, kidney and gall-bladder stones. [B]Prevention of Disease [/B][/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Diets rich in plant foods – whole grains, vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, and seeds – are associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. [/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Nuts (eg. almonds, groundnuts) are rich in mono- and poly- unsaturated fatty acids.They decrease the levels of LDL cholesterol (“bad cholesterol”) and also decrease the ratio of total HDL to cholesterol. [/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Fruitarians have the highest proportion of Vitamin C in their diet. It has been found that fruitarian biochemicals are similar to the neuromolecules in the electrical synapses of the brain. It is believed that perception of the senses is more sharp when there is less animal fat shrouding the nerves.[/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]A new modality for treatment of hypertension is based on dietary changes. This is known as DASH - “dietary approach to stop hypertension”. This approach uses natural foods that are rich in potassium and low in saturated and total fat. [/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]In the US and other developed countries cardiovascular diseases, cancer and strokes are the three leading causes of death in addition to diabetes and brain diseases. Vegetarian diets protect against all of these.[/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Gall stones are also less frequent in vegetarians.[/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Increased intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risks of Alzheimer disease, cataracts and some of the functional decline associated with ageing.[/FONT] [FONT=Wingdings]Ø [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Food sources rich in dietary fiber, folate and Vitamin C (such as fruits and vegetables) protect against gout.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] Probability of Diseases in Non-vegetarian:- [/FONT][/B] [FONT=Wingdings] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Over a thousand diseases could be contacted by humans while eating the flesh and products of animals. Ex: Brucellosis, trichinosis, toxopl, asmosis, ptomaine, Histoplasmosis, Salmonella infection (prevalent in canned food)[/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] Production of biochemical equivalent to anger & fright:-[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman]Research has indicated a relationship between the adrenal poisons secreted by frightened, terrified animals during slaughter and aggressive behaviours. Adrenalin is a long protein chain enzyme; persons who eat the animals flesh are eating the biochemical equivalent to fright and anger. [B][/B] [B]Nutritional Reasons[/B] The main protein foods in a vegetarian diet are the soya beans, pulses (peas, beans and lentils), nuts, seeds and grains, all of which are relatively energy dense. As the average protein level in pulses is 27% of calories; in nuts and seeds 13%; and in grains 12%, it is easy to see that plant foods can supply the recommended amount of protein as long as the energy requirements are met. High concentrated protein in flesh food is not conducive for the health of mankind. The natural source of protein from vegetation is far better for health purposes. Besides, there is plenty of protein in soyabean, pulses, nuts and other seeds and is easy to digest.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] Longevity[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman]The Bible indicates that for ten generations before the flood, when the people were vegetarian, they lived an average of 912 years. After the flood they began eating flesh food and their life of next ten generations was shortened to an average of 317 years. A government study comparing the non drinking, non smoking Mormons Christians to non drinking, non smoking vegetarian, Adventist Christians confirm that Adventists lived an average seven years longer. The National Geographic reported that three longest lived tribes in the world were Centenarian Vegetarians. They are the Hunzas of Tibet; the Azerbaijaines of the Caucuses and the Villcabamba of Ecuador. The Eskimos of North Pole live on mainly flesh food. Their average life span studied by the experts is hardly 30-40 yrs. The following persons who lived longer life in the world were vegetarians. They were Camele Toza of America, 187 yrs., Peters Jortan of Hungary 185 yrs., Henry Jonkin of Park Shire 161 yrs. Joseph Regton of Italy 160 yrs., Thomspor of England 152 yrs., Lady Cantarine of Counton Desmais 146 yrs. and Jonathan of Harport 136 yrs. Bishnoi (Vishnoi)is a sect of Hinduism started by their Guru Jambeshwar in Rajasthan who belonged to [I]Kashatriya[/I] (Rajput clan) around 1500 AD. They follow 20+9 principles of humanity. They are strict vegetarian and do not take any intoxicants, drugs, alcohols and cigarette etc. They do not take even cereals. Their diet consists of millets, grams, lentils, vegetables, green mustard, gram, spinach and other traditional old vegetables. They eat water melon and its seeds which are dried and mixed in the millet flour. They consume liberal quantity of curd and butter milk from camels and sheep. They strictly follow “[I]Ahinsa[/I]” i.e. they do not kill animals, birds or even perennial plant for keeping the ecological balance. In Bishnoi villages, the wild animals and birds like deer, nilgai, rabbits, pea{censored}s and other birds roam and flutter very close to the Bishnoi’s houses because these wild animals and birds perceive that they would not be harmed. In adjoining villages, where other communities kill and eat their flesh, not a single trace of these wild animals and birds is found. There are rare and unbelievable examples where the Bishnoi ladies brought up deer babies by feeding them on their breast milk and feeding their own kids on sheep milk. There are also exemplary deeds of the Bishnois who sacrificed their lives for defending the wild animals and birds against the hunters like princes of the royal families. About 30 years back, the average lifespan of the Bishnoi clan was more than 100 years and there were many examples in the past where more than 50 percent crossed the age of 125 years. Even now, when the western diet and culture has invaded this clan they are still vegetarian and their average lifespan is still more than 90 years which is 20 years more than the average lifespan of other communities of that area who take flesh food.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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