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Disease Origins – 3 October 2008
According to a study by researchers in England, livestock is the
primary transmission route for the leading cause of gastroenteritis in
the developed world, which is thought to infect 2 to 3 million people
per year in the U.S. alone.
For more information, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/health/foodborne.html
“Handling livestock these days is risky business, not the least
because humans are increasingly contracting diseases from the animals:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [CJD], Nipah virus, bird flu, and SARS are a
few examples. “Exotic,” and often endangered, animal cuisine provides
the conduit for a global pandemic. In China, wet markets display caged
and invariably sickly creatures, such as cobras, civet cats, and
anteaters, for consumers who want that “taste of the wild.” In Africa,
the bush-meat trade is blamed for the spread of Ebola and AIDS.”
– From “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice
www.vivavegie.org/itoc
One of the best health-related lectures Frank and I have ever heard
was given by the brilliant, internationally recognized expert Michael
Greger, M.D. who spoke on the history of pandemic viral infections. In a
nutshell, the origin of these diseases is animal agriculture and the
eating of animals. This was the subject of my Blog: Michael Greger, M.D.
– 12 March 2007
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20070312.html
To learn more about livestock production, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/index.html
For great-tasting recipes, photos, and information, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
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