The
Science of Eating and Good Health
Ayurveda
and Vegetarianism
Time
To Speak Out Against Meat Eating As Unnatural
Useful
Vegetarian discussions, ideas,
solutions
for new Vegetarians especially:
NOTE: This site is not purely
vegetarian.
Dietary and Nutritional information - make an informed and conscious choice guys........
Amounts and quantity of different food groups:
An Interesting Article on Vegetarianism by a sympathetic meat-eater - Slow Food:
A Beginners Guide to Vegetarianism:
How
Mary and Frank and Friends Eat - very nice Vegetarian pages:
Should devotees and our mission be Vegan/conditional Vegan
Giving
up on Commercial Milk saves cows?
A
perspective on whether devotees not using milk from commercial farming
would save cows.
Veganism: Relative or Absolute
........many nice articles and links here
Milk
in a Vegetarian Diet
Interview
with Harish Johari on the importance of milk in a vegetarian diet.
What about Eggs then, are they really a vegetarian food option???
So you think "White Meat is okay"???
What is "White Meat?"
White meat is usually the "product" that meat eaters refer to that originates from the dead bodies of chickens and fish (various "sea food" oysters and shell fish, lobsters, crabs and crustations), and some say pork (dead pigs bodies), or dead rabits, the neighbour's cats, mice or rats, snakes.....etc. or what about a nice snail
the neighbours big fat cator
a stool eating hog - pig
rats on top and dogs below Chinese
food marketspanner
crabs
Dolphins being
killed en masse at Futo Harbor, Japan. The red is dolphin blood.
Certain it is better than harming the sacred cow, but really there's still no excuse, nor will any be heard in the ultimate court. These poor creatures undergo so much suffering just for the satisfaction of the tongue.
Please take a moment to order for yourself the Meet Your Meat video CD HERE 4 FREE
Lobsters are boiled alive - those who eat them say the screams that
one hears is only air being released from under the shell - yeah right
!
In simple terms the egg is meant to be a chicken, or whatever bird it is coming from. However, the egg either has not become fertile or has died, and the chicken expells it from the body as part of its menstrual cycle just as human females do. Alternatly you will find in a "live egg" a small feotus inside the egg. It's again the same thing, either you are killing another living being or you are eating the menstrual cycle remnants of the chicken - it's up to you - BUT IT ISN'T REMOTELY VEGETARIAN.
Some might argue that this is the same with Milk, but if you look at the intent of milk production by this wonderful creature the cow, there's obvious difference. The cow intends the milk to be given to help nuture her dependents. We see the cow as our mother and protect her rather than exploit her simply for milk production, plus the end product gives life because it is life rather than being dead matter as in the case of an egg.
WHY NOT TO EAT EGGS??!!
http://www.sonjuhi.com/main.htm
(Trivia)
Eggs contain D.D.T. :
After eighteen months of research it has been established that 30%
of eggs contains D.D.T. (Poison).
---Agricultural Dept., Florida, America, Health Bulletin – October
1967
Eggs cause Heart Trouble, High Blood Pressure Etc.
Even if we had the best of eggs we would be better off without them,
as they are too high in cholesterol. They are one of the important causes
in diseases of the heart, arteries, brain, kidney, gallstones etc. While
fruits and vegetables and vegetable oils have none or hardly any cholesterol.
---Dr. Catherine, Oceano, California (U.S.A.) – How healthy are eggs,
P 7
Eggs cause Corrosion of Blood Vessels:
Eggs are also harmful. You may say that eggand I get along well, but
a chemical analysis proves differently. The yoke of eggs contain cholesterol,
a waxy alcohol that deposits in the liver and blood vessels producing corrosion,
hardening of the arteries.
----Dr.J.Wilkins (England), How healthy are eggs, P 6-7
Eggs cause Skin Diseases & Paralysis
The Egg white is the more harmful portion of the egg. Animals fed on
fresh egg white developed severe skin inflammation and paralysis.
----Dr. Robert Gross ( England ), How healthy are eggs, P 3-4
The factor in egg white that causes eczema is AVIDIN.
----Dr.J.Wilkins (England), How healthy are eggs, P 4
Eggs cause T.B. and White Diarrhea
Chicken diseases are numerous. Eggs may carry T.B. from chickens. If
an infected chicken survives it matures and lays infectious eggs. Chickens
leukemia may be transmitted through the eggs. Hens infected with white
diarrhea will lay eggs containing the germs, which usually consists in
the collitic symptom complexes in human beings.
----Dr. Robert Gross (England), How healthy are eggs, P 1
Eggs contain Phosphoric acid
Eggs are acid forming and they have excess of Nitrogen fat and phosphoric
acid, and can not therefore form the natural diet of man.
----Dr. Govind Raj, How healthy are eggs, P 8
Eggs do not suit Human Digestion
Both the bile and pancreatic juices are indifferent to egg white, Nearly
33 to 50% of the egg white passes through the digestive tract undigested.
----Prof. Okada (England), How healthy are eggs, P 3
WELCOME A HEALTHY VEGETARIAN DIET OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND
MILK, AND AVOID OR MAYBE EVEN GIVE UP EGGS:
The food value of milk is high, as excellent proteins are available
in it. There is little that eggs supply which milk cannot. In the age of
science particularly all the minerals and the vitamins can be supplied
artificially and these could supplement milk wherever necessary. A lactovegetarian
diet properly constructed is as nourishing as a diet containing meat or
eggs. Dependence on meat or eggs for vitamins is no longer necessary.
----Dr. Anand Nimai Surta, How healthy are eggs, P 5-6
Eggs Add Cost, But No Significant
Nutritional Benefits, say Indian Nutritionists
Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/printedition/260303/detCIT02.shtml
NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 25, 2003: The scientific community has rejected the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's proposal to include eggs as part of their midday meal in the capital. They say eggs have few nutritional benefits and even the protein content in wheat flour is almost the same. All eggs do, they say, is add to the cost of the program. "The purpose of midday meals is to make up for calorie-deficit, so a cereal-based diet remains the best choice," says Dr. Umesh Kapil, professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, AIIMS. Compared to eggs, both wheat flour and rice have twice the calorie content for the same amount. Then cost has to be factored in, with eggs costing the government six times more than the same amount in cereals. "Whole wheat flour chapatis served with legumes or vegetables are healthier than eggs as the protein content of wheat flour is not significantly lower than egg," explains Kapil. HPI adds: Eggs contained an average of 213 mg of cholesterol, which is a major factor in the development of atherosclerotic plaque and coronary artery disease. Cereal-based foods contain no cholesterol.
Courtesy of http://www.HinduismToday.com/
EGGS NON GRATIS from Autumn 1998 issue of The
Civil Abolitionist
http://www.linkny.com/~civitas/page74.html
Before their yolks were denounced for being a rich source of cholesterol,
eggs were generally considered a valuable source of protein. Now
that consuming too much protein has been shown to accelerate calcium loss,
concern about getting enough protein does not seem to make eggs a good
dietary choice even from a strictly nutritional point of view. (From
a humanitarian point of view they are, of course, strictly off limits -
unless you keep chickens or know someone else who keeps chickens kindly.)
In the last decade or so, there has been another compelling reason to avoid eating eggs: Salmonella enteritidis, which can cause severe diarrhea, damage to the colon, arthritis, and death, especially in the very young, the old, and anyone with a weakened immune system, which would include cancer patients, transplant recipients, anyone who is ill or recovering from an illness.
In 1994, the Centers for Disease Control warned that no one should eat
undercooked eggs. That was the year 224,000 people in 48 states became
ill after eating ice cream that had been transported in trucks that had
previously carried liquid eggs. This incident demonstrated that even
trace amounts can sicken.
The US Department of Agriculture estimates that Salmonella poisoning
kills 661 Americans a year and causes illness in another 661,663.
The organism is inactivated by thorough cooking as in baked goods or "hard
boiling" (20 minutes). Use in sauces and pancakes can be iffy.
The likely source of the problem is the the unhealthy conditions in which egg-laying chickens are kept. Dosing them with subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics gives the bacteria opportunity to develop resistant strains. Reproducing chickens from a narrow gene pool gives pathogens a stable environment in which to multiply resulting in chickens with infected ovaries.
Although eggs are classified as a "hazardous" food that needs refrigeration, this has not been enforced. Washing them in warm water (Chickens have a single vent for egg-laying and waste evacuation.) has been suggested as a source of spreading contamination.
The egg industry has been successful in thwarting regulation and making
it impossible to trace the source of eggs found to be contaminated because
they are not segregated during the packing operation. (Just as genetically-manipulated
soy beans are not segregated from natural ones.)
Consumer education and warning labels would be an easy fix.
Source: The Economist , July 4, 1998
OVER 100 EGGLESS CAKE recipies:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip
EgglessDotCom - A site for vegetarian baking without eggs.
http://www.eggless.com/
A really nice article on why brown rice is better for us all than the cheap white processed starchy rice that most people eat:
Eat Brown Rice
By the way Basmati Rice is often classified as a brown rice.
Chapter 6 Dhyana-yoga TEXT 16
naty-asnatas tu yogo 'sti
na caikantam anasnatah
na cati-svapna-silasya
jagrato naiva carjuna
WORD FOR WORD
na--never; ati--too much; asnatah--of one
who eats; tu--but; yogah--linking with the Supreme; asti--there is; na--nor;
ca--also; ekantam--overly; anasnatah--abstaining from eating; na--nor;
ca--also; ati--too much; svapna-silasya--of one who sleeps; jagratah--or
one who keeps night watch too much; na--not; eva--ever; ca--and; arjuna--O
Arjuna.
TRANSLATION
There is no possibility of one's becoming
a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much
or does not sleep enough.
PURPORT
Regulation of diet and sleep is recommended
herein for the yogis. Too much eating means eating more than is required
to keep the body and soul together. There is no need for men to eat animals,
because there is an ample supply of grains, vegetables, fruits and milk.
Such simple foodstuff is considered to be
in the mode of goodness according to the Bhagavad-gita. Animal food is
for those in the mode of ignorance. Therefore, those who indulge in animal
food, drinking, smoking and eating food which is not first offered to Krsna
will suffer sinful reactions because of eating only polluted things. Bhunjate
te tv agham papa ye pacanty atma-karanat. Anyone who eats for sense pleasure,
or cooks for himself, not offering his food to Krsna, eats only sin. One
who eats sin and eats more than is allotted to him cannot execute perfect
yoga. It is best that one eat only the remnants of foodstuff offered to
Krsna. A person in Krsna consciousness does not eat anything which is not
first offered to Krsna. Therefore, only the Krsna conscious person can
attain perfection in yoga practice. Nor can one who artificially abstains
from eating, manufacturing his own personal process of fasting, practice
yoga. The Krsna conscious person observes fasting as it is recommended
in the scriptures. He does not fast or eat more than is required, and he
is thus competent to perform yoga practice. One who eats more than required
will dream very much while sleeping, and he must consequently sleep more
than is required. One should not sleep more than six hours daily. One who
sleeps more than six hours out of twenty-four is certainly influenced by
the mode of ignorance. A person in the mode of ignorance is lazy
and prone to sleep a great deal. Such a person cannot perform yoga.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bhagavad Gita As It
Is On-line
Bhagavad
Gita on Food Types:
CHAPTER 17:7
ähäras tv api sarvasya
tri-vidho bhavati priyaù
yajïas tapas tathä
dänaà
teñäà bhedam
imaà çåëu
.
TRANSLATION
"Even the food each person prefers
is of three kinds, according to the three modes of material nature. The
same is true of sacrifices, austerities and charity. Now hear of the distinctions
between them."
PURPORT
In terms of different situations
in the modes of material nature, there are differences in the manner of
eating and performing sacrifices, austerities and charities. They are not
all conducted on the same level. Those who can understand analytically
what kind of performances are in what modes of material nature are actually
wise; those who consider all kinds of sacrifice or food or charity to be
the same cannot discriminate, and they are foolish. There are missionary
workers who advocate that one can do whatever he likes and attain perfection.
But these foolish guides are not acting according to the direction of the
scripture. They are manufacturing ways and misleading the people in general.
.
Bhagavad Gita 17:8.
.
äyuù-sattva-balärogya-
sukha-préti-vivardhanäù
rasyäù snigdhäù
sthirä hådyä
ähäräù
sättvika-priyäù
.
TRANSLATION
"Foods dear to those in the mode
of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give
strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty,
wholesome, and pleasing to the heart."
.
Bhagavad Gita 17:9.
.
kaöv-amla-lavaëäty-uñëa-
tékñëa-rükña-vidähinaù
ähärä räjasasyeñöä
duùkha-çokämaya-pradäù
.
TRANSLATION
"Foods that are too bitter, too
sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode
of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease."
.
Bhagavad Gita 17:10.
.
yäta-yämaà gata-rasaà
püti paryuñitaà
ca yat
ucchiñöam api cämedhyaà
bhojanaà tämasa-priyam
.
TRANSLATION
"Food prepared more than three
hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid,
and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those
in the mode of darkness."
PURPORT
Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Food Additives
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/non-vegetarian-food-additives.htm
ANIMAL-DERIVED FOOD ADDITIVES LIST - AUS
http://www.vnv.org.au/FoodAdditives.htm
Questions About Food Ingredients - US
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
Confusing food labels - UK
http://www.thesite.org.uk/healthandwellbeing/fitnessanddiet/food/confusingfoodlabels