From IIM Ahmedabad To Happiness

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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THE HYGIENE OF FOOD
increased physical activity, and/or less obesity, often associated with vegans...
There's some evidence that vegetarians have lower rates of osteoporosis, kidney stones, gallstones, and diverticular disease.
- Dr. Alley, H. (1995), Vegetarianism, University of Georgia, Cooperative Extension Service
In a survey conducted on behalf of The Vegetarian Society, the majority of people said that they gave up meat and fish because they did not morally approve of killing animals, or because they objected to the ways in which animals are kept, treated and killed for food. It is encouraging to note that starting from Tolstoy, Einstein, Shakespeare, Newton and continuing to Mahatma Gandhi, all were vegetarians. Famous other vegetarians include Sir Paul McCartney and his daughter Stella, and tennis champion Martina Navratilova. Views of a few of them on vegetarianism:
A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
- Leo Tolstoy
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Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
- Albert Einstein
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.
Paul and Linda McCartney
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The only purpose of food is to keep our body in good health and spirit, so that our soul can perform more important tasks that it is striving for, e.g., positive thinking, and self-realization. The