Every year in the U.S., eight billion food animals as slaughtered horribly for no viable reason. Learn about the slaughtering process of the different food animals and ask yourself if you would wish this on someone you love. They carry seven times more breast muscle than those of twenty-five years ago, and many are crippled by the excess weight and stress. Male chicks are are worth nothing to the chicken industry and many of them are thrown live into a grinder several days after birth. Choose less chicken and more meat-substitutes such as tofu or tempeh.
Osteoporosis is of great concern in North American women.
High-protein diets are shown to cause a 'negative calcium balance' in your body leading to osteoporosis. Ignore the milk, reduce your protein intake and increase your intake of fresh fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes to give yourself the best chance at avoiding osteoporosis. Many foods are currently being genetically engineered to be resistant to pesticides or produce their own pesticides and other attrocities. These foods end up on supermarket shelves and require no labelling to inform consumers of their genetically enhanced status. Learn about how your foods are affected by genetic engineering and write your Member of Parliament or Congressman and inform them you'd like to have food labelling instituted so you can make in informed decision.