Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian- A person who eats no meat, fish, or poultry but who does eat eggs and dairy products
Vegan- A person whose diet excludes all forms of animal products including meat, fish and poultry, eggs, dairy, gelatin, whey, refined sugar, and honey
*Data are strong that vegetarians are at lesser risk for obesity, atonic [reduced muscle tone] constipation, lung cancer, and alcoholism. Evidence is good that risks for hypertension, coronary artery disease, type II diabetes, and gallstones are lower. Data are only fair to poor that risks of breast cancer, diverticular disease of the colon, colonic cancer, calcium kidney stones, osteoporosis, dental erosion, and dental caries are lower among vegetarians.* -FDA.gov
*Eating a low-fat vegan diet may be better at managing type 2 diabetes than traditional diets.* -WebMD
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't sunny
Easter feasts are just bad luck
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of a chicken or a duck.
Oh how I once loved tuna salad
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.
-Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
"Vegetarianism is a healthier diet." - David Stroud of the American Meat Institute
Vegan- A person whose diet excludes all forms of animal products including meat, fish and poultry, eggs, dairy, gelatin, whey, refined sugar, and honey
*Data are strong that vegetarians are at lesser risk for obesity, atonic [reduced muscle tone] constipation, lung cancer, and alcoholism. Evidence is good that risks for hypertension, coronary artery disease, type II diabetes, and gallstones are lower. Data are only fair to poor that risks of breast cancer, diverticular disease of the colon, colonic cancer, calcium kidney stones, osteoporosis, dental erosion, and dental caries are lower among vegetarians.* -FDA.gov
*Eating a low-fat vegan diet may be better at managing type 2 diabetes than traditional diets.* -WebMD
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't sunny
Easter feasts are just bad luck
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of a chicken or a duck.
Oh how I once loved tuna salad
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.
-Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
"Vegetarianism is a healthier diet." - David Stroud of the American Meat Institute"Being vegan is a statement to the whole world, no matter who listens, that I am a person who cares." -Daharja
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." -Albert Einstein
"Mercy begins with the smallest creature, and peace cannot exist without us until it exists
within." -Daharja
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." –Gandhi
Famous Vegetarians
Charles Darwin
Leonardo da Vinvi
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Ben Franklin
Mahatma Gandhi
Sir Isaac Newton
Plato
Socrates
Vincent Van Gogh
Voltaire
