Eating to Live Rather than Living to Eat

Eating to Live Rather than Living to Eat
How to Eat Right

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"Nothing will benefit human health
and increase the chances for survival
of life on Earth as much as the
evolution to a vegetarian diet."
(Albert Einstein)

* One tablespoon of vegetable oil contains enough fat
for you for an entire day. The average American eats
enough fat DAILY to equal a stick of butter. (Jane
Brody, The New York Times)

* Sugar is the #1 cause of tooth decay. The level of
sugar consumption at which most of the population will
not get dental caries is 33 lbs. (15 kg) per person
per year. The average American eats over 120 pounds
annually. (Aubrey Sheiman, "Sugar and Dental Caries"
The Lancet, 8319:282-284, Feb. 5, 1983)

* Americans consume at least twice as much protein as
they need. Worldwide, 30 grams of protein daily is
usually adequate. The US RDA of protein is about 60
grams daily for a man and about 50 g daily for a
woman. We generally eat over 100 grams of protein
daily, mostly from meat (Williams, S. Nutrition and
Diet Therapy, 7th ed, Mosby, 1993). Chronic protein
excess overloads and irreversibly damages the kidneys
by middle age.

One way out of this is to copy Nature. When in
doubt, eat like a gorilla. Gorillas are very strong,
very smart, and very vegetarian. The strongest and
longest lived animals are all vegetarians. You may
think that the lion is "king of the jungle," but lions
get out of the way of passing vegetarian rhinos and
elephants. Vegetarian tortoises live up to 150 years.

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