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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

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Home cooking for Violet was difficult because her carb/protein/fat ratios need to be consistent in order for her blood sugar to be predictable. Tags: Books Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters. There's the acupuncturist/chiropractor, opthamologist, orthopedist, neurologist, physical therapist and the trainer.

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From Today's New York Times

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It’s a terrible but ultimately not surprising tale, given the continued lack of self-regulation and the emphasis on profit over safety in the meat industry. The only way the meat industry will change its ways is for people to stop buying ground beef and cause sales to plummet. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J.,

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Deliciously Vegan!

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Not all meat eaters are cold, cruel, selfish individuals insensitive to animal suffering. Many, if not most, of the meat eaters I know are deeply concerned about the fact that the animals they eat are raised in factory farm conditions. Life without meat seems unbearable to them. They realize that factory farming is inhumane.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

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exports of grain for that year and was enough to feed every human being with more than a cup of cooked grain every day for a year. Given the people in the world who are hungry or even starving, we should not eat meat, since in eating meat we are, as it were, wasting grain that could be used to feed the hungry people of the world.

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Jan Narveson on Moral Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

And there are two relevant kinds of alternatives here: one is treating the animals better before we eat them, the only disadvantage of which is that it would make meat considerably more expensive. Human ingenuity is great, and undoubtedly a skilful vegetarian cook can come up with quite a panoply of delicious dishes.

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Think Vegan Food Must Be Boring and Bland? Think Again!

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People who have eaten meat and dairy products their entire lives, often simply can't imagine what vegans eat. Their latest effort is their co-authored book The Vegan Joy of Cooking, due out this fall. This reaction is due largely to a lack of imagination. Still skeptical about how tasty vegan fare can be? Watch out Emeril!

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

If you currently eat meat, make a commitment to reduce your consumption of animals in January and stop eating them altogether in February. Switching to a vegan diet devoid of meat and animal products also almost always results in significantly lower plasma cholesterol levels. Free Fat-free vegan recipes can be found at Fatfree Vegan.

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