backfiredbecausetheexcessintake(acknowledgedintheexcerptabove)ofanimal
productshasledtothemyriadofdiseaseswhichwehavealreadydescribedelse-
where in this volume.
Themeatanddairyindustrieshave,forreasonofgreed,engenderedamovetowards
greaterandgreaterconsumptionofmeatanddairyproductsmuchinthesameway
thatthetobaccoindustryhasengenderedadesiretoconsumecigarettesandother
tobaccoproducts,throughadvertising,hormonesand/orotherchemicalsplacedin-
sidetheproducts,alongwithpromotingtheideathatconsumingtheseproductsisa
signofsocialstatusandavitalsourceofpleasureinlife.Ifmeateatingwasneces-
saryforanimallifeformshowdoweexplaintherobust,massiveandpowerfulcon-
stitutionofcattle,whicharestrictvegetariansorelephants,whicharestrictvegetari-
ansandthelargestlandmammalsonearth?Avegetarianjokegoes,“Ifyouwant
topbeasstrongasacow,whynoteatwhatthecoweatsandnotthecow.”Thepro-
teinargumentisthemostcommonreasonadvocatesofmeateatinggiveforthene-
cessitytoeatmeat.Theevidencegiveninthisvolume(whichisalsoavailableinall
thelibrariesoftheworld)showsthatthisisabogusargumentwhichhaslittletodo
with science and much to do with egoism, greed, and the desire for sense pleasure.
VegetarianSources for Protein
Inshort,humanbeingsdonotneedmeatproductstosurvive.Ifthereisaweaknessintheelementsof
someplants,theyshouldbeidentifiedandthecorrectplantsshouldbeused.Forexample,legumes
arethebestsourcesforlysinewhilegrainsarepoorinlysinebutsufficientinmethionine.Sotheor-
dinarydietshouldincludetheseinordertogetthesevitalnutrients.Theanswerisnottogetlysineor
methioninefromanimalproducts.Therefore,theprojectistochoosecertainfoodsthatwillprovide
theessentialaminoacidssothatthebodywillbeabletocreatetheproteincompoundsthatitneeds,
whilenotgettingtheessentialaminoacidsfrommucusformingfoods.Onceagain,thisinformation
isreadilyavailableinreferencesources(encyclopedias)andmedicalschoolsinlibrariesalloverthe
world.