Go Veg - Save the Planet!

Om Shanthi.

Here are some important facts encouraging us to follow Sri Gurudev's teachings on diet, to share with students, friends and family -

Some Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet:

• Save Your Life …
• Lower blood pressure
• Lower cholesterol levels
• Reduce Type 2 diabetes
• Prevent stroke conditions
• Reverse atherosclerosis
• Reduce heart disease risk 50%
• Reduce heart surgery risk 80%
• Prevent many forms of cancer
• Stronger immune system
• Increase life expectancy up to 15 years
• Higher IQ

Save Our Planet …

Conserve up to 70% clean water

Save over 70% of the Amazonian rainforest from clearance for animal grazing

A solution for world hunger:

Free up 3,433 million hectares of land annually

Free up 760 million tons of grain every year (half the world’s grain supply)

Consume 2/3 less fossil fuels than those used for meat production

Reduce pollution from untreated animal waste

Maintain cleaner air

Save 4.5 tons of emissions per US household per year

Stop 80% of global warming

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SAVE OUR PLANET, SAVE YOUR LIFE -

GO VEG! BE GREEN!

SOURCES:
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
American Dietetic Association
Stockholm International Water Institute
Smithsonian Institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Supreme Master TV