Book Title: Way of Life Part 3
Author(s): Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana

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________________ DISCOURSE 58 spread. You have to save yourselves from these evil traditions. You can save yourselves from these evil traditions only if you possess a strong will-power and sense. CANCER AND DEATH FROM MEAT-EATING man. You must understand well how harmful meat-eating is to The American government newspaper The Washington Post gave this suggestion once: "The danger of food-poisoning in men is becoming so prevalent that the American Public Health Association has thought to bring a suit against the U.S. Government because it does not require labels on meat similar to those required on cigarette-packets stating that "Meat can cause diseases". (THE WASHINGTON POST NOV. 8, 1971) The implication is this. Meat-eating causes many diseases. Meat-eating may cause cancer and death. (FLESH FOOD AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF DISEASE AND DEATH) 133 Meat, fish and the flesh of hens contain D.D.T. in considerable quantities. Soon after animals die, their flesh begins to putrefy and highly dangerous and harmful germs appear in it. Those who eat such meat will naturally get many dreadful diseases. On account of eating meat man's power to chew food is affected. The eating of eggs may cause heart-diseases because they contain a large proportion of cholesterol. Doctor Robert Gross of the U.S.A. has said. "An egg contains about 4 grains of cholesterol. When eggs are eaten the cholesterol content of the blood rises and the tendency towards the development of gall-stones, heart-troubles, brain and kidney diseases, increases". How much propaganda by the government is going on in support of eating eggs, fish and meat! You should be extremely careful. You should not fall into the snares of those propa Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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