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Ahimsa (Non-violence)
Art & Science of Meditation
8 AHIMSA (NON-VIOLENCE)
The Smart Choice is to be a Vegetarian - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (The Times of India, Dec 4, 2014)
"The debate on 'why it is good to be a vegetarian' has long been settled. The internet is full of information on why eating meat is not good for both one's own health or the environment. For example, according to the US Department of Agriculture, 70 per cent of food poisoning is caused by meat, including exposure to arsenic. Another research says that the production of one kilogram of beef is responsible for as much carbon dioxide emission as by driving 250 km in a
car.
There is plenty of disturbing footage also available on what treatment animals are subjected to in slaughterhouses, like the documentary 'Meet your Meat'. They are injected with hormones so that they grow faster and add more bulk. All these chemicals then end up in the bodies of people who eat this meat. But their system cannot take these chemicals and they eventually turn into cancers and other immune system disorders. The milk from these animals is also toxic and is rejected by the consumers' biology. In fact, large number of cases of lactose intolerance and diseases among meat eaters was what gave birth to the vegan movement.
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