An Apple a Day Really Can Help Keep the Doctor Away

According to the American Dietetic Association, “appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.” In fact, a plant-based diet has been shown to protect against, and even reverse, some of the nation’s top killers, including heart disease and diabetes. Additionally, animal products have been linked to urinary tract infections in women and a host of problems for men, from impotence to infertility. Learn more with these health resources:

Forks Over Knives, award-winning film
Vegan for Life, advice from two dietitians
NutritionFacts.org, the lastest health research
Latest in Clinical Nutrition, tons of tips

Also see the FAQs answered by our dietitian

DID YOU KNOW?

Because a whopping 80% of antibiotics are given to farmed animals, many bacteria are becoming antibiotic-resistant, resulting in increasing salmonella, listeria, e.coli, and MRSA outbreaks. Steer clear with meatless meals!

Animal Love

Polls show that most Americans care about animals and overwhelmingly favor laws to protect all animals - even farmed animals - from harm. Yet, to most people’s surprise, farmed animals are denied adequate legal protections, and each year nine billion birds, pigs, and cows are routinely treated in ways that would result in criminal prosecution if those same abuses were inflicted upon the cats and dogs with whom we share our homes. Sure, farmed animals may look different than cats and dogs, though they’re just as smart, social, and playful. Need proof?

Watch our top 5 cutest videos of farmed animals.

Recipe: Make at Home Corn Dog Goodness

Undoubtedly, animals suffer on factory farms. But farm worker justice is an issue too. Meat industry workers endure hazardous conditions such as higher exposure to disease and inhalation of toxic fumes, and the companies employing them often crush union organizing efforts. Farm worker advocate Cesar Chavez was a vegetarian, as were Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King. We can support what they stood for by choosing plant-based foods - and if that’s not a good excuse to eat a veggie corn dog, we don’t know what is!

Get Field Roast’s recipe for this American Classic.

Warmly,

Jaya Bhumitra
Campaigns Director
Compassion Over Killing

THE “ICK” FACTOR

Not only is eating meat, dairy, and eggs detrimental to our health, it’s also well, kind of gross. Learn more - just keep a paper bag handy!

PLANT-POWERED ATHLETES

Ultrarunners Rich Roll and Scott Jurek, Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier, and MMA fighter Mac Danzig are just a few professional athletes choosing plant foods to improve their game.