LAist: ABC7 Experiments with Vegetarianism

tristen

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:43:50 -0800

What doesn't cause cancer now a days? I still don't buy it. Bring on the burgers!

Carrie Meathrell

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:34:03 -0800

woah. I actually agree with torrmoz. Eat less meat!

torrmoz

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:07:29 -0800

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html By MARK BITTMAN (author of "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian." He is not a vegetarian.) Published: January 27, 2008 - If Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan to a Prius. - Livestock production generates nearly a fifth of the world's greenhouse gases — more than transportation. - Agriculture in the U.S. contributes to nearly three-quarters of all water-quality problems in the nation's rivers and streams. - Meat factories consume enormous amounts of energy, pollute water supplies, generate significant greenhouse gases and require ever-increasing amounts of corn, soy and other grains, a dependency that has led to the destruction of vast swaths of the world's tropical rain forests. - About two to five times more grain is required to produce the same amount of calories through livestock as through direct grain consumption.

Kokrra

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:23:34 -0800

YEs, Right! Life is much better without this precautions. Every more day I live in US, I can't believe at all this advertisement. Seriously, do people live anymore? everything is being tagged!!! Tag: this can cause Cancer! This can Cause Ulcer! Actually the studies show, that not ALL the smokers can get the lung cancer, only some of them might. And cancer is unpredictable! ARGH!!!!