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Slide 2 We are what we eat ! Slide 3 Comparative Anatomy 1 1 Slide 4 Is our body designed to consume meat? Let us compare our body with a carnivore as well as a herbivore Slide 5 Carnivore Slide 6 Herbivore Slide 7 The Comparative Anatomy of Eating Well-developed Reduced to allow wide mouth gap Facial Muscles HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison good side-to- side motion minimal side-to- side motion Jaw Motion Slide 8 The Comparative Anatomy of Eating 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 Slide 9 The Comparative Anatomy of Eating Flattened Sharp Teeth: Molars Extensive chewing None; swallows food whole Chewing HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison Slide 10 The Comparative Anatomy of Eating HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison Alkaline saliva: Carbohydrate digesting enzymes present Acidic saliva: Carbohydrate digesting enzymes not present Saliva pH 4 to 5 < pH 1 (to digest tough animal muscle, bone, etc.) Stomach Acidity with food in it Slide 11 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, complex Simple, short and smooth Colon HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison Slide 12 The Comparative Anatomy of Eating Perspires through millions of skin pores No skin pores; perspires through tongue to cool body Perspiration Flattened nails Flattened nails or blunt hooves Sharp claws Nails HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison Slide 13 Health & Nutrition 2 2 Slide 14 Let us look at the nutritional value of a vegetarian diet Slide 15 Can vegetarian food ensure a balanced diet for good health ? Slide 16 Most popular myth: If I dont eat meat, I would suffer from lack of protein! Slide 17 Researchers at Max Planck Institute, Germany have shown: Most vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains are excellent sources of complete proteins. Slide 18 Famous Vegetarians 3 3 Slide 19 Albert Einstein Isaac Newton Slide 20 Mahatma Gandhi Slide 21 Plato Socrates Slide 22 Pythagoras Leonardo Da Vinci Slide 23 Larry Bird (All-time great basketball player) Greg Chappell (Former Australian cricketer) Slide 24 Carl Lewis Slide 25 Edwin Moses (400m hurdles - world record holder) Slide 26 Billy Jean King (Tennis champion of 70s) Martina Navratilova (Tennis champion) Slide 27 Health Reasons 4 4 Slide 28 Effects of Meat on Health Slide 29 Heart Disease The Number One Killer Responsible for approx. 50% of all deaths in Britain Slide 30 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. Slide 31 Cancer The Number Two Killer Slide 32 Cooked meat and fish contains carcinogens, which attack the cells DNA, alter it and develop cancer Slide 33 Meat contains 14 times more chemicals & pesticides than plant foods. Harmful Chemicals Slide 34 World Hunger 5 5 Slide 35 20 million people die annually as a result of malnutrition. Slide 36 Slide 37 ...meat consumption in rich countries is key cause for hunger around the world. UN Secretary General recently admitted that Slide 38 16 kg grain 20 people 1 kg beef 2 people Access? Slide 39 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 Slide 40 One hundred million people could be adequately fed using the land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by a mere 10%. Slide 41 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! Slide 42 This may be at the cost of someone dying of malnutrition. Slide 43 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 Slide 44 Cruelty 6 6 Slide 45 Modern Slaughterhouse Worse than a hell ! Slide 46 Hens are so tightly packed in the battery cages, that they cannot move an inch during their encagement. Slide 47 Hens are forced to lay up to 200-220 eggs every year, leading to weakened bones, feather loss etc. Slide 48 This is the reality! Slide 49 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. Slide 50 Slide 51 While our bodies are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on earth? George Bernard Shaw Slide 52 Terrorism Slide 53 Riots Slide 54 Wars Slide 55 Nuclear Threat Slide 56 Its a fact that meat eating reduces respect for all kinds of life including that of humans. Slide 57 Slide 58 Slide 59 Slide 60 Can we deny that brutality against animals makes us more brutal too? Slide 61 VIDEO MEET YOUR MEAT PRESS ENTER AGAIN Slide 62 Slide 63 7 7 Karmic Consequences Slide 64 All of our actions including our choice of food have karmic consequences. Slide 65 By inflicting injury, pain and death, one must in the future experience the sufferings caused. Slide 66 Slide 67 Slide 68 Srila Prabhupada explains Slide 69 By killing animals, not only will we be bereft of the human form but we will have to take an animal form and Slide 70 somehow or other be killed by the same type of animal we have killed. This is the law of nature. Slide 71 Slide 72 Mahabharata 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; Slide 73 Mahabharata 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. Slide 74 Srila Prabhupada explains Slide 75 Every living creature is a son of the Supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even an ants being killed. One has to pay for it. Slide 76 Even the heads of religions indulge in killing animals while trying to pass as saintly persons. This mockery and hypocrisy in human society bring about unlimited calamities; Slide 77 therefore occasionally there are great wars. Masses of such people go out onto battlefields and kill themselves. Srila Prabhupada Slide 78 In order to revive the finer tissues of the brain to understand subtle things, one must give up meat-eating. -Srila Prabhupada Slide 79 8 8 Quotes From Some World Famous Personalities Slide 80 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 Slide 81 Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures including animals. Albert Einstein Slide 82 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 Slide 83 If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. Leo Tolstoy Slide 84 Lord Krishna describes in the Gita Slide 85 Foods such as milk products, grains, fruits and vegetables increase the duration of life, purify ones existence, and give strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction. Slide 86 Foods such as meat & fish are described as putrid, decomposed, and unclean On the contrary Slide 87 VIDEO REASONS TO BE A VEGETARIAN PRESS ENTER AGAIN Slide 88 Slide 89 FAQ Slide 90 Plants and the trees also have souls! Isnt eating them killing? Slide 91 jivo jivasya jivanam One living entity is food for another in the struggle for existence. Slide 92 If we eat our designated food in a way prescribed by the Lord we are freed of all sins. Slide 93 Krishna instructs Arjuna Slide 94 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) Slide 95 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. Slide 96 Nourishment of Body Nourishment of Soul Krishna Prasadam Offer Food to Krishna Slide 97