Money, wealth, riches, and empires since the beginning of time have all come and gone. But, civilization cannot survive without adequate amounts of nourishment - that is, FOOD. Something we have taken for granted for way too long.
Facts abour food supply and health that you need to know…
Here are some facts you may not know:
Did you know (DYK) ….
…meat and dairy is the worst source of calcium and protein you can consume?
DYK the body cannot store extra protein that you consume, so it gets eliminated via your urine and takes with it Calcium – calcium from your bones? DYK this only happens with excess animal protein from meat and dairy? DYK Americans consume far too much protein?
DYK the US has 4% of the world’s population yet consumes almost 25% of it’s beef?
DYK that there are 1 billion overweight people, and 900 million underfed (both malnourished)?
DYK 3rd world countries’ grain goes to feed cattle that is then shipped to the US?
DYK 3rd world countries’ land is used for cattle grazing, for meat products that are consumed by the US?
Translation: Poor countries’ land is being used to ‘feed’ our demand for hamburgers and other meats.
DYK most Americans think the majority of the world consumes milk? DYK only 45% of the world does?
DYK that the US consumes more milk per person than any country in the world yet has the highest rate of hip fractures in the world?
DYK that the cholesterol you consume only comes from meat and dairy foods? DYK that higher cholesterol levels has a direct correlation to heart disease? Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer and health care expense in the US? DYK a cholesterol level of 150mg/dL or less practically guarantees you will never have a heart attack?
Translation: Don’t consume animal-derived foods and you won’t have high cholesterol, and therefore you will see an extremely less risk of heart attack.
DYK it takes 120,000 gallons of water to create just 10 pounds of steak? Did you know a family of 4 doesn’t use that much in 1 year?
DYK it takes 284 gallons of oil to bring 1 head of cattle from its birth weight to its slaughter weight of 1250 pounds?
DYK we are not discovering more oil, that we have reached peak oil?
DYK that today it takes it takes 1 barrel of oil for every 3-5 barrels of oil extracted? DYK that it use to be 1 barrel of oil(energy) used for every 300 barrels extracted?
EROEI= Energy Return On Energy Input
Translation: We don’t have the energy sources to continue raising livestock for food.
…because…
DYK about 750 MILLION acres are needed for raising livestock in the US alone? Did you know the grains needed to feed that livestock require more than 300 million acres? DYK only 1 million acres are used in the US for the top 10 vegetables?
DYK it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of US feedlot beef?
DYK HALF of the world’s fish catch is fed to livestock?
DYK that over 70% of all grains are fed to livestock? DYK 2% of all US corn grown is eaten by humans, while 77% of all US corn grown is eaten by livestock?
DYK Guatemala exports 40 million lbs of meat to the US, while widespread malnutrition is the reason babies have a 50/50 chance of reaching age 4?
DYK every country with livestock has had an exponential increase in the amount of their own grains that now goes to feeding livestock, just in the last 15 years?…where once only 5% of their grain went to livestock now 40% does for example.
Translation: Livestock are fed better than the world’s starving or underfed, even in their own countries.
DYK the feces from livestock has no regulations for disposal while human feces has strict regulations and codes? DYK livestock generates 10 times the waste that humans do?
DYK in California alone 65% of the population’s drinking water is threatened by dairy cow manure?
DYK the Exonn Valdez spilled 12 million gallons of oil…yet one North Carolina hog farm holding an 8 acre hog excrement pond spilled 25 million gallons of hog urine and feces into the New River in NC?
DYK the biggest threat to our health from our food supply is bacteria-contaminated meat?
DYK the US pigs who have pneumonia at the time of slaughter is 70%?
DYK that CJD – the human variation of Mad Cow disease – is difficult to distinguish from Alzheimers? DYK that autopsy of Alzheimer’s patients found 15% to have CJD? DYK that there are over 4 million people currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s?
DYK Mad Cow disease does not get killed at 700 degree heat for an hour, can move across species, and survives on after the animal has died? DYK that rendering houses take dead animals and processes them and uses them in animal feed? DYK that animals such as those taken to the humane society, downer cows (those died for no explainable reason), and other animals killed or disposed of because there is no longer a need for them (like hens who can no longer lay eggs) are used in those rendering factories?
DYK that 90% of broiler chickens (raised for meat) are so obese by 6 weeks that they can’t walk?
DYK 70% of chickens are sufficiently contaminated with Campylobacter to cause illness?
DYK 90% of turkeys are sufficiently contaminated with Campylobacter to cause illness?
DYK 3 million pounds of antibiotics are used to treat people in the US, while 24.6 million pounds of antibiotics are administered to livestock in the US?
DYK the leading cause of food-borne illness in the US is Campylobacter? DYK it use to result in symptoms hours after ingestion, but now can take a week? DYK over 5,000 people each day get sick as a result of Campylobacter poisoning?
Translation: Food poisoning is become rampant because of animal factories.
DYK in a 24-hour period over 128 million chickens are killed for food?
… 8 Billion/year? DYK over 10 Billion livestock are slaughtered per year?
(Recorded during a 24-hr period as shown, from www.poodwaddle.com)
Translation: Animal factories are clearly a source of major problems, ethical or otherwise.
DYK the primary source of E.coli 0157:H7 infections is hamburgers and other forms of ground beef?
DYK the USDA estimates that 89% of US beef ground into patties contains traces of the deadly E.coli strain?
DYK meat and dairy is so cheap because of subsidies? Did you know the majority of public land is used for cattle grazing? Did you know that the gov’t only charges about $1/acre?
DYK we do not have the oil output to support the growing consumption of meat and dairy in the world?
DYKwe have added 1 BILLION people to the planet in each of the last 12, 13, and 14 years?
Translation: Exponential population growth is forcing us to change….now.
DYK we cannot sustain this type of growth if we expect to feed everyone everyday?
DYK that the reason L-Tryptophan (an amino acid) was pulled from the market was because of a genetically modified bacteria that was used to produce more L-Tryptophan caused the ill effects… while non-genetically modified bacteria have always been safe?
DYK the average age of mense is the US is 11 while the avg age in China is 17? Did you know ovarian cancer is associated with early menses and a later menopause? DYK that meat and dairy products are filled with hormones that cause this imbalance?
DYK Europe has a five-point Emergency Response Plan, a nuclear fallout-style plan, involving genetically modified organisms if the effect is widespread death of wildlife?
DYK that no insurance company will insure a Biotech company that produces GMOs?
DYK in 1995 the acres used for genetically modified crops was negligble…yet in 1999 the number of acres was close to 100 million?
DYK that Monsanto moving to control the world’s food supply through science and technology?
DYK that farmers are committing suicide because of lawsuits from Monsanto for patent infringement because of their seeds? http://geneticroulettemovie.com/seeds-of-freedom/
DYK that we are bursting at the seams, and therefore change is coming…whether we like it or not.
DYK eating a (more) vegetarian diet is the solution?
Being a vegetarian isn’t only about treating animals better….
…It is about treating yourself better.
To keep marketing meat and dairy to more people, we DO NOT have enough:
1. Energy
2. Land
3. Water
Translation: you may want to start thinking about where and how you/we are going to get healthy food……or quite possibly, any non-tainted food at all.
DYK that you now know facts that 95% of the world is oblivious to?
To Peace and Good Health.
