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We are what we eat !
We are what we eat !
Comparative Anatomy
Comparative Anatomy
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Is our body designed to
consume meat?
Let us compare our body witha carnivore as
well as a herbivore
CarnivoreCarnivore
HerbivoreHerbivore
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
Well-developedWell-developedReduced to allow wide mouth gap
Facial Muscles
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
good side-to-side motion
good side-to-side motion
minimal side-to-side motionJaw Motion
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
Broad, flattened and spade
shaped
Broad, flattened and spade
shaped
Short and pointed
Teeth: Incisors
Short and blunted
Dull and short (sometimes long for defense), or
none
Long, sharp and curved to tear
flesh
Teeth: Canines
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
FlattenedFlattenedSharpTeeth: Molars
Extensive chewing
Extensive chewing
None; swallows food wholeChewing
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Alkaline saliva: Carbohydrate
digesting enzymes present
Alkaline saliva: Carbohydrate
digesting enzymes present
Acidic saliva:
Carbohydrate digesting
enzymes not present
Saliva
pH 4 to 5pH 4 to 5
< pH 1 (to digest tough animal muscle, bone,
etc.)
Stomach Acidity with
food in it
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
10 to 11 times body length
> 10 times body length
3 to 6 times body length
Length of Small
Intestine
Long, complexLong, complexSimple, short and smoothColon
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
Perspires through millions
of skin pores
Perspires through millions
of skin pores
No skin pores; perspires
through tongue to cool body
Perspiration
Flattened nailsFlattened nails or blunt hooves
Sharp clawsNails
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Health &NutritionHealth &Nutrition
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Let us look at the
nutritional value of a vegetarian
diet
Let us look at the
nutritional value of a vegetarian
diet
Can vegetarian food ensure a balanced
diet for good health ?
Can vegetarian food ensure a balanced
diet for good health ?
Most popular myth:Most popular myth:
If I don’t eat meat, I would suffer from lack
of protein!
If I don’t eat meat, I would suffer from lack
of protein!
Researchers at Max Planck Institute, Germany have
shown:
Researchers at Max Planck Institute, Germany have
shown:
“Most vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains are
excellent sources of complete proteins.”
“Most vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains are
excellent sources of complete proteins.”
Famous Vegetarians
Famous Vegetarians
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• Albert Einstein• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton• Isaac Newton
• Mahatma Gandhi• Mahatma Gandhi
• Plato• Plato
• Socrates• Socrates
• Pythagoras• Pythagoras
• Leonardo Da Vinci • Leonardo Da Vinci
• Larry Bird(All-time great basketball player)
• Larry Bird(All-time great basketball player)
• Greg Chappell(Former Australian cricketer)
• Greg Chappell(Former Australian cricketer)
• Carl Lewis• Carl Lewis
• Edwin Moses(400m hurdles - world record holder)
• Edwin Moses(400m hurdles - world record holder)
• Billy Jean King(Tennis champion of 70s)
• Billy Jean King(Tennis champion of 70s)
• Martina Navratilova(Tennis champion)
• Martina Navratilova(Tennis champion)
Health ReasonsHealth
Reasons
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Effects of Meat on HealthEffects of Meat on Health
Heart DiseaseThe Number One
Killer
Responsible for approx. 50% of all deaths
in Britain
As early as 1961, the Journal of the American Medical Association had
said
“90% - 97% of heart disease can be prevented by a
vegetarian diet.”
CancerThe NumberTwo Killer
CancerThe NumberTwo Killer
Cooked meat and fish contains carcinogens, which attack the cell’s
DNA, alter it and develop cancer
Cooked meat and fish contains carcinogens, which attack the cell’s
DNA, alter it and develop cancer
Meat contains 14 times more chemicals &
pesticides than plant foods.
Meat contains 14 times more chemicals &
pesticides than plant foods.
Harmful Chemicals
World HungerWorld
Hunger
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20 million people die annually as a result of malnutrition.
20 million people die annually as a result of malnutrition.
“...meat consumption in rich countries is key
cause for hunger around the world.”
“...meat consumption in rich countries is key
cause for hunger around the world.”
UN Secretary General recently admitted that
16 kg grain20 people
1 kg beef 2 people
Access?
Producing one pound of beef requires 16 pounds of edible grain, which could be used to
feed the hungry.”
Producing one pound of beef requires 16 pounds of edible grain, which could be used to
feed the hungry.”
John Robbins' book “Diet for a New America” John Robbins' book “Diet for a New America”
One hundred million people could be adequately fed using
the land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat
by a mere 10%.”
One hundred million people could be adequately fed using
the land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat
by a mere 10%.”
The average American consumes in a 72-year lifetime approx:
11 cattles 3 lambs and sheep 23 pigs, 45 turkeys 1,100 chickens & 862 pounds of fish!
11 cattles 3 lambs and sheep 23 pigs, 45 turkeys 1,100 chickens & 862 pounds of fish!
This may be at the cost of someone dying of
malnutrition.
This may be at the cost of someone dying of
malnutrition.
“If everyone adopted a vegetarian diet, current food
production would theoretically feed 10 billion
people, more than the projected population for the
year 2050.”
“If everyone adopted a vegetarian diet, current food
production would theoretically feed 10 billion
people, more than the projected population for the
year 2050.”
According to the Population Reference Bureau
CrueltyCruelty
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ModernSlaughterhous
e
ModernSlaughterhous
e
Worse than a hell !
Worse than a hell !
Hens are so tightly packed in the battery
cages, that they cannot move an
inch during their
encagement.
Hens are forced to lay up
to 200-220 eggs every
year, leading to weakened
bones, feather loss etc.
This is the
reality!
In the U.S. alone 6,60,000
animals are killed for meat
every hour.
In the U.S. alone 6,60,000
animals are killed for meat
every hour.
“While our bodies are the living
graves of murdered animals, how can we expect
any ideal conditions on
earth?”
“While our bodies are the living
graves of murdered animals, how can we expect
any ideal conditions on
earth?” George Bernard Shaw
Terrorism
Riots
WarsWars
Nuclear ThreatNuclear Threat
It’s a fact that meat eating
reduces respect for all kinds of life
including that of humans.
Can we deny that brutality
against animals makes
us more brutal too?
VIDEO
MEET YOUR MEAT
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Karmic Consequences
Karmic Consequences
All of our actions
including our choice of food have karmic
consequences.
All of our actions
including our choice of food have karmic
consequences.
By inflicting injury, pain and death, one must in the future
experience the sufferings caused.
By inflicting injury, pain and death, one must in the future
experience the sufferings caused.
Srila Prabhupada explains
Srila Prabhupada explains
By killing animals, not only will we be bereft of the human form but we will have to take an animal form and …
…somehow or other be killed
by the sametype of animal
we have killed. This is
the law of nature.
MahabharataMahabharata
The purchaser of flesh performs violence by his wealth;
He who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste;
The purchaser of flesh performs violence by his wealth;
He who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste;
MahabharataMahabharata
The killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal.
all of these are to be considered meat-eaters.
The killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal.
all of these are to be considered meat-eaters.
Srila Prabhupada
explains
“Every living creature is a son of the
Supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even an ant’s being
killed. One has to pay for it.”
Even the heads of religions
indulge in killing animals while trying to pass as saintly persons.
This mockery and hypocrisy in human
societybring about unlimited
calamities;
therefore occasionally
there are great wars. Masses of such people go
out onto battlefields and
kill themselves.”Srila Prabhupada
In order to revive the finer tissues of
the brain to understand subtle things, one must
give up meat-eating.
-Srila Prabhupada
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Quotes From Some World Famous Personalities
Quotes From Some World Famous Personalities
“I do feel that spiritual progress
does demand at some stage that we should
cease to kill our fellow creatures for
the satisfaction of our bodily
wants.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures including
animals.”
Albert Einstein
“To say we love God and at the same time
exercise cruelty towards a creature
moving by life derived from God is a
contradiction in itself.”
John Woolman
“If a man aspires towards a
righteous life, his first act of
abstinence is from injury to animals.”
Leo Tolstoy
Lord Krishna describes in the Gita…
Foods such as milk products, grains,
fruits and vegetables “increase the
duration of life, purify one’s
existence, and give strength, health, happiness, and
satisfaction.”
Foods such as meat & fish are described as
“putrid, decomposed, and
unclean”
On the contrary
VIDEO REASONS TO BE A
VEGETARIAN
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FAQFAQ
Plants and the trees also have
souls!
Isn’t eating them
killing?
jivo jivasya jivanam
One living entity is food for another in the
struggle for existence.
One living entity is food for another in the
struggle for existence.
If we eat our designated food in a
way prescribed by the Lord we are freed of
all sins.
If we eat our designated food in a
way prescribed by the Lord we are freed of
all sins.
Krishna instructs Arjuna …
Krishna instructs Arjuna …
“The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of
sins because they eat food which is offered first for
sacrifice.
(Bhagavad-gita 3.13)
“The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of
sins because they eat food which is offered first for
sacrifice.
(Bhagavad-gita 3.13)
“Human beings are provided with food grains, vegetables, fruits, and milk by
the grace of the Lord, but it is the duty of the human
beings to acknowledge the
mercy of the Lord.
“Human beings are provided with food grains, vegetables, fruits, and milk by
the grace of the Lord, but it is the duty of the human
beings to acknowledge the
mercy of the Lord.
Srila Prabhupada explains:
As a matter of gratitude, they
should feel obliged to the Lord for their supply of foodstuff, and they must first offer Him food in sacrifice and then
partake the remnants.”
As a matter of gratitude, they
should feel obliged to the Lord for their supply of foodstuff, and they must first offer Him food in sacrifice and then
partake the remnants.”
Nourishment of Body
Nourishment of Body
Nourishment of Soul
Nourishment of Soul
Krishna PrasadamKrishna
Prasadam
Offer Food to Krishna
Offer Food to Krishna