How frequently a child on Earth dies as a result of malnutrition and
starvation:
Every 2.3 seconds
Amount of US grain exports consumed by livestock:
60%
Number of children who die as a result of malnutrition and starvation
evey day:
38,000
Amount of world grain harvest consumed by livestock during the eightees:
Half
Number of people who will die as a result of malnutrition and starvation
this year:
20,000,00
Number of people who could ber fed by using the land, water, and energy
that could be freed up from growing livestock feed if Americans reduced
their intake of meat by 10%:
100,000,000
Calories of fossil fuel expended to produce one calorie of protein from
beef:
78
Calories of fossil fuel expended to produce one calorie of protein from
soybeans:
2
Activity that accounts for more that half of all water consumed for all
purposes in the United States:
Livestock production
Amount of US cropland producing livestock feed:
64%
Amount of US cropland producing fruits and vegetables:
2%
Pounds of edible product that can be producted on an acre of prime land:
Cherries 5,000
Green Beans 10,000
Apples 20,000
Carrots 30,000
Potatoes 40,000
Tomatoes 5,000
Celery 60,000
Beef 200
Diseases that can be commonly prevented, consistantly improved and sometimes
cured by observing a low-fat diet free from animal products:
Arthritis
Asthma
Breast Cancer
Colon Cancer
Constipation
Diabetes
Diverticulosis
Gallstones
Heart Disease
Hypertension
Hypoglycemia
Impotence
Kidney Disease
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Peptic Ulcers
Prostate Cancer
Salmonellosis
Stroke
Trichinosis
Most common cause of death in the US:
Heart disease
Risk of death from heart attack for the average American man:
50%
Risk of death from heart attack for the average American man who consumes no
meat, dairyl products, or eggs:
4%
Dietary cholesterol intake needed to support human health:
None - the body makes its own
Leading sources of saturated fat and cholesterol in American diets:
Meat, poultry, and dairy products
Cholesterol found in all grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and
seeds:
None
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who east butter and cheese 2-4
times a week compared to once:
3.2 times higher
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to
less that once a week:
3.8 times higher
Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meats, dairy
products and eggs daily as compared to sparingly:
3.6 times higher
Increased risk of fatal ovarial cancer for women who eat eggs
3 or more days a weeks comapred to less that once a week:
3 times higer
Percent of calories as protein in:
Broccoli: 47%
Lettuce: 34%
Zucchini: 28%
Tomatoes: 18%
Wheat: 17%
Potatoes: 11%
Brown Rice: 8%
Health statues of pure vegitarians from many populations of the world
according to the Food and Nutritional Board of the National Academy
of Sciences:
Excellent
Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960:
13%
Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1988:
91%
Major contribution cause:
The breeding of antibiotic resistant bacteria in factory farms due to routine
feeding of antibiotics to livestock.
Amount of all inspected chickens with salmonella:
One-third
Amount of federal poultry inspectors who said they would not eat chicken:
75%
Pounds of topsoil lost in the production of one pound of feedlot steak:
35
Production of excrement by US livestock:
230,000 pounds per second
Water polution attributable to US agriculture, including runoff of soil,
pesticides and manure:
Greater than all municipal and industrial sources combined.
Amount of wells and surface streams in the US contaminated by agricultural
pollutants:
Half
World record 24 hour triathlon; swim 4.8 miles, cycle 185 miles, run 52.5
miles:
Sixto Linares
Food choices of Dave Scott and Sixto Linares:
Vegitarian