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15 - JAIN WAY OF LIFE AND ETHICAL LIVING AND ENVIRONMENT
pound of meat, on average of 2,500 gallons of water is used, while one pound of potatoes, wheat or rice requires an average of 50 to 250 gallons of water.
WATER NEEDED TO PRODUCE:
Animals raised for food produce about 130 times more poop than does the entire human population of the U.S roughly 89,000
pounds per second
1ib.
219 2,500 GALLONS GALLONS
You save
more water by not eating a pound
of beef than you do by not showering
for six months!
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1ib. Provides
It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of animal flesh! All that grain could be used much more efficiently if it were fed directly to people.
GRAIN
16.
Feeds up
to 10 people per day
Provides 1/3 of daily
caloric needs of one person
4. Land Usage A third of the surface of North America is devoted to grazing. Half of American croplands grow livestock feed for the dairy and meat industries. In the USA, this represents 220 million acres of land, in Brazil, 25 million acres, and half of the forests in Central America have been deforested for livestock production. 5. Impact on Health More than 25 to 50 years of medical study have indicated that consumption of meat and dairy products is associated with the major causes of disease and death among middle and upper-class people around the world: heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and even fractures. Some studies have shown that as milk consumption increases, fractures actually increase, which shows, contrary to advertising, that consuming calcium in milk does not protect people. "Not only meats, but also dairy foods, contribute to high fat and cholesterol diets which are major causes for heart disease and type2 diabetes." "Dairy foods are linked to prostate cancer and the development of type 1 diabetes."
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JAINISM AND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
