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Sunday, May 4, 2008

[India_Vision_2020] Re: we can be socially responsible by going vegetarian

Dear all !

I am vegetarian and support Vegetarian life style.

However in my opinion the food habits of different people have roots
in history and people have simply got used to eating things which
were available easily in their surroundings.

To give a simple example in our country people eat mostly rice or
wheat depending on availability of same in that region.

So I do not think everybody has a choice to be vegetarian all over
the world.

Best Regards,

Dharamvir

--- In India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com, "GAUTAM SEN" <g_sen03@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Dear Group,
> saurabh jain has rightly pointed the non-veg lifestyle as one
important
> reason of the impending food crisis.
> But apart from this, Veg food are by -default good for out health.
Just
> remember the concept 'BIOMAGNIFICATION'. It tells us that the higher
> the'level'of the food source in the food chain, the
> greater(i.e.magnified) will be the concentration of the contaminants
> (pesticides, heavy metals e.t.c) in our body. So, in this polluted
> world, logically its better to take food from the lowest topic level
> (i.e, producers or plants) and thus keep the level of these
> contaminants(pesticides, heavy metals e.t.c) to minimum in our own
body;
> thus allowing us a troublefree longlasting healthy body.
> Apart from this, another factor is that physiology of animals are
> similar. So, hormones from the animal we are consuming can disrupt
our
> own hormonal balance. Actually this is the root cause of many
diseases
> we had rerely experienced few genarations ago.
> Moreover, there is always possibility of transfer of pathogens from
the
> animal to human. Bird flu and mad cow disease are well known
examples
> but tubrerculisis is often transfered in this way.
>
> With kind regards,
> G.Sen
> Research Scholar,
> BIT-Mesra
>
> --- In India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com> , saurabh jain
> <saurabh_bmit@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently there have been lots of news about potential food
crisis in
> US. While so many reasons are being cited, one thing that no one
puts is
> our non-vegetarian food habits. We seem to ignore that animal food
takes
> up far more resources than plant food. If we recollect the concept
of
> food chains existing in nature, we would know that the efficiency of
> energy transfer from one species to another is only 10%. That means
> animals we eat retain only 10% of what they eat, rest of the energy
is
> consumed in daily activities like movements, digestion etc. So, if
the
> land that is currently being used for raising food for animals is
> directly put to use for cultivating food grains meant for humans,
food
> crisis is history.
> >
> > Infact most of us have an inner urge to be socially
responsible. And
> in different ways we try to contribute something to the society.
Looking
> at the above fact, the first step to become socially responsible
should
> be to go vegetarian. And I have touched upon only economic aspect of
> changing food-habit. Morally, we will be more satisfied that no
animal
> has suffered just to fulfill our appetite. Its medically proven,
non-
> vegeterian people are more prone to various diseases such as heart
> disorders, osteoporosis, high blood pressure etc. Moreover, we will
live
> by loving and respecting not only humans but also other species.
> >
> > So, its my earnest request contemplating more on this issue.
Please
> reply me if there is any discrepency over the points I have put
above.
> >
> > Finally, I would only say, that we can still live a healthy
life by
> avoiding non-vegetarian food.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Saurabh jain
> > IT Engineer,
> > Cognizant Technology Solutions, Kolkata
> >
> >
> >
>

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