"You can always tell the pioneers ... by the arrows in
their backs"
BOOK / AUDIO
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TOXIN
by Robin Cook (Mystery)
Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook--master of medical
mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy comas--returns with an all too likely villain
drawn right from current headlines: the American meat industry. If you've ever wondered
where the E. coli bacteria comes from, and exactly how it can ravage the human body,
destroying everything in its path, this is the book for you. |
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Movie
quote: "...and here is a little advicedon't eat at a restaurant
located next to a pound..." - Robin Williams as Adrian Kronower, in "Good
Morning, Vietnam" |
There are plenty of
sites on the internet to gross out you and your friends on the subject of animal cruelty
as a basis for a vegetarian diet. There are also numerous sites on food cleanliness
as a basis for a vegetarian diet (remember mad cow disease, where they were grinding up
the carcasses of diseased cows and supplementing their cattle feed with it?) If you
just insist on knowing this stuff, try these sites:
This is a terrific resource for anyone
interested in animal rights. Plenty of links.
The transformation of
animals into food
If you have a
heart, I guarantee this site will put you off wanting to eat any more animals.
CAUTION -- extremely harsh photos. |
Non-Movie
quote: "Slaughterhouses should be in restaurants and grocery stores.
They should have a glass wall so people must see the animals and choose. Look into the
animals eyes and say, OK, slit his throat." Ingrid Newkirk
co-founder of PeTA |
Peta has done more,
in my opinion, to stop animal cruelty than any other organization I know of. Their
website has plenty of links to gross you out -- lots of pictures (or links to pictures) of
puppy mills, dolphins caught in tuna nets and trainers beating orangutans and
elephants. If you want some cruelty-free ammo, this is the place to get it. Gross images |
PUPPY BURERS? And just remember that because something is
gross to one culture does not mean it's gross to another. In America, we think it's
the grossest possible thing to grind up our pets and have puppy burgers, but in other
cultures, it's considered a normal part of their carnivorous diet. In America, we
think it's perfectly fine to grind up cows for our food, but in India (where cows are
considered sacred) it's the worst possible afront to God. |
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GENETICALLY
MODIFIED FOODS Very interesting topic to explore. Food scientists are messing
around with our food in a major and bizarre way...like adding fish genes to our
strawberries. What! True. Check out these sites to learn more.
It's not
nice to fool Mother Nature...
Here
is a partial list of GM foods:
- Fritos Corn Chips
- Bravos Tortilla Chips
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes
- Total Corn Flakes
- Blue Morning cereal
- Heinz 2 Baby Cereal
- Enfamil Prosobee Soy Formula
- Similac Isomil Soy Formula
- Carnation Alsoy Infant Formula
- Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
- Snackwell's Granola Bars
- Duncan Hines Cake Mix
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
- Coca Cola
- Nestle's Chocolate
- NutraSweet (aspartame)
- Karo Corn Syrup
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- Quick Loaf Bread Mix
- Ultra Slim fast
- Quaker Yellow Corn Meal
- Light Life Gimme Lean
- Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
- Land 'O Lakes Butter
- Cabot Creamery Butter
- Fleishmann's Margarine
- Gardenburgers
- Boca Burger Chef Max Favorite
- Morning Star Farms Better 'n Burgers
- Green Giant Harvest Burgers
- McDonald's McVeggie Burger
- McDonald's French Fries
- Kraft Salad Dressings
- Ovaltine Malt Powdered Mix
- Old El Paso Taco Shells
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(Sources:
Consumer Reports, Sept. 1999; Peak & Prairie Dec. 1999 - Jan. 2000; News on Earth,
Dec. 1998) |
TIP:
Experts estimate that
up to 70% of the food products sold in the U.S. may contain some genetically modified
ingredients. To keep your diet clear of them, stick to an organic regimen. At this point,
organic foods have not been genetically modified. Until labeling of GM foods is required,
eating an organic diet is the only way to ensure that your food won't eat you before you
eat it. |
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This
book should totally gross you out. British artist and author, Sue Coe, makes her
point in a brutal way. Dead Meat is a disturbing visual record of Coe's
visits to 40 slaughterhouses, cattle ranches, and hatcheries to document the grisly
practices of the meat-packing industry. Although she was not allowed to photograph on the
premises, she was permitted to draw and sketch, and much of this work is jarringly
graphic. |
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