Go vegan

Would you like to have a healthier lifestyle, help prevent animal suffering and do something to save the environment?

A vegan (total vegetarian) diet can help you achieve all of the above.

Todays factory-farmed animals are crowded so closely together they cannibalize and self-mutilate due to intense stress. They are de-horned, de-beaked, tail-docked and castrated without anesthesia. These farm animals are deprived of sunlight, fresh air and all aspects of a normal life. The inspection process at the slaughterhouse is so fast that farm animals are frequently treated inhumanely.

The production of animal products is very detrimental to the environment. Tons of manure generated by billions of livestock often foul the nations waterways, causing water pollution and the death of many forms of aquatic life. So many parts of the United States experience drought conditions; the raising of livestock and marketing the finished product uses a lions share of precious water, exacerbating the problem.

A vegan diet protects against cancer, and because it contains zero cholesterol will not cause heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes. It has been proven that the consumption of animal products can cause these detrimental conditions.

A vegan diet, one that contains a wide variety of plant-based foods, contains all the essential nutrients a human body needs, except vitamin B-12, which is easily supplemented daily. It has been proven that vegans have the strongest bones.

For a free packet of vegan recipes and nutrition information, call 224-1361.

BARBARA BONSIGNORE

Concord

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