http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/I'm a vegetarian. Have been for years. And I never force this lifestyle choice onto anyone. However, the evidence mounts that vegetarianism is a key part of the evolution of humanity. On the one hand, the Jains and Buddhists insist that the adoption of a vegetarian diet is a step towards world peace; refusing to exploit or kill ANY life-form makes it impossible for us to exploit or kill each other. Also, raising livestock for meat is a hugely inefficient way of producing food, and actually creates some of the hunger in the world. This blog simply brings you the facts. You make up your own mind.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/46991This post is not about the cruelty of factory farming on the birds - we've done that. This is about the cruelty to the poultry farmers, inflicted by the big growers. Tyson Foods is the largest chicken processor in the world, and controls the entire process, from chicks to the fryer. Vertical...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/41592Just in case anyone is STILL convinced that we need meat, eggs and dairy products on a daily basis to stay fit and healthy, let me just demonstrate what SOME people have done on a strict vegetarian diet. (some of this sports info may be a little out of date now - apologies) The only man to win...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/41240Antibiotics were designed to hit infections when required, not to be fed routinely (to humans or animals) as a just-in-case tactic. Today, it's all just-in-case. Of the total amount antibiotics used in the U.S., a full 55% are fed to livestock. As a result, the resistance of bugs to those...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/40598We have no right to mistreat fellow sentient beings. Even accepting that we have the right to eat them and their produce, it can not be right to make them suffer in the process. But we do. Every day. For example, the wingspan of an average leghorn chicken is 26 inches (66 cm). The amount of space...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/39808Denny's restaurant chain turned over $30 billion last year, selling industrail food. They're not the only ones by any means; in fact, industrial food is now so commonplace in the US that few people even question it's existence. But you should.... The burger meat comes from the feedlots of the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/39452There has been a concerted effort of mis-informing the public over the 'benefits' of consuming animals and animal products over the last few decades, driven by these very powerful industry groups. You owe it to yourself to question the claims they make. Here's a glimpse of the other side of the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/33631Any idea how often a heart attack strikes in the U.S.? Every 25 seconds. Phew! And every 45 seconds, a heart attack kills someone in the U.S., making it far and away the most common cause of death. But that ain't the whole story. An average American man runs a 50% risk of death by heart attack....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/33146"We live in a crazy time, when people who make food choices that are healthy and compassionate are often considered weird, while people are considered normal whose eating habits promote disease and are dependent on enormous suffering." John Robbins Every day, we ingest man-made toxins that didn't...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/32398See, the problem with mass meat production is that those who eat meat are protected from the realities behind it. There's arguably nothing wrong with eating meat per se; it's the process by which it's produced, and the scant regard for health and environment, that I so strongly dislike. One...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DamonLeigh/31881We're running out of oil. Every geologist agrees. However, with current technologies, and assuming all human beings ate a meat-centered diet, our reserves would last for a mere 13 years. Assuming an entirely vegetarian planet, our reserves could be extended out to 260 years. (The concensus today...