Why Go Veg ?
For Your Health
For Your Health
For Your Health
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
Hippocrates
For the environment
For Your Health
For Your Health
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
Einstein
for the animals
For Your Health
"Are animals property to be owned or used, or are they sentient beings deserving of rights?"
Liz Marshall, Director of Ghosts in Our Machines
HEALTH LINKS:
Chuck Carroll is host of the Physicians Committee’s popular “The Exam Room” podcast and known widely as The Weight Loss Champion, a name given to him by an NFL player for losing an incredible 275 pounds.
An instant New York Times Best Seller by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging.
"By simply ditching dairy, you will reduce inflammation and bloat. You’ll feel leaner, sharper, and stronger. And you will help us fight climate change and dietary discrimination."
A heart attack at age 70 turned Dorothy Greet's life upside down and led her on a journey to studying and teaching about plant-based nutrition.
Now, with a Cornell Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition, this retired clergywoman has written a book, Go Veg with Class, blogs about her journey, and teaches free classes to community groups upon request.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
"Leading a revolution in medicine that puts a new focus on health and compassion."
The China Project, Dr. T. Colin Campbell
The truly plant-based nature of the rural Chinese diet gave researchers a chance to compare plant-based diets with animal-based diets.
How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Gregor
Dr. Gregor is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on important public health issues.
Tracye McQuirter, MPH, public health nutritionist, author, and vegan for 33 years is on a mission: helping 10,000 black women go vegan in 2020!
FILMS:
You Are What You Eat: A twin experiment
Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body.
"The End of Medicine aims to highlight how the way in which we consume and treat animals, drives the emergence of existential health threats such as zoonotic disease, chronic disease, and perhaps even more worryingly, antimicrobial resistance."
Blue Zones employs evidence-based solutions to help people live better, longer.
Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.
PlantPure Nation explores the topical issues of the small family farmer, food deserts, modern medicine and the c
hallenges of getting plant-based nutrition included in the political process. They expose the forces that stand in the way of a wider recognition of the healing powers of a plant-based diet.
Vegucated is a 2011 American documentary film that explores the challenges of converting to a vegan diet. It "follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks."
Researchers explore the possibility that people changing their diets from animal-based to plant-based can help eliminate or control diseases like cancer and diabetes.
ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS:
Factory Farm Detox: 1 week. Zero factory farmed foods!
What is a factory farm? An industrial facility on which large numbers of animals are confined in unnatural conditions that prioritize production of meat, eggs or dairy at the expense of animals' welfare, the environment, workers, consumers, communities and farmers.
Plant-based diets can fight climate change
A major report on land use and climate change says the West's high consumption of meat and dairy produce is fueling global warming.
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
The effects of climate change.
9 Ways Veganism is Helping the Planet
Everyone can become a little more vegan!
FILMS:
"...takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian desert, the US Dust Bowl, the Norwegian Fjords and the Scottish coastlines, telling the story of our planet through shocking testimonials, poignant accounts from indigenous people most affected by our ever-changing planet, globally renowned figures and leading scientists."
7 Environmental Documentaries That Will Inspire You To Go Vegan This Earth Day
"Adopting a plant-based diet will also make a positive impact on the environment. Grab a bucket of vegan popcorn and queue up these seven documentaries to learn how you can celebrate Earth Day every day."
The fishing industry is by far the most destructive industry in our oceans. Fishing has wiped out 90% of the world’s large fish
Approx. 300,000 dolphins, whales, and porpoises are killed by fishing operations every year. Fishing kills up to 30,000 sharks EVERY HOUR. Lost fishing gear is by far the deadliest form of marine plastic
Cowspiracy may be the most important film made to inspire saving the planet.
— Louie Psihoyos, Oscar-Winning Director of "The Cove."
A documentary that will rock and inspire the environmental movement.
— Darren Aronofsky, Director of "Noah" and "Black Swan"
“You are the last best hope of Earth. We ask you to protect it or we and all living things we cherish are history.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
H.O.P.E What You Eat Matters
"H.O.P.E. is a life-changing documentary uncovering and revealing the effects of our typical Western diet high in animal-based foods. It contrasts the limited interests of the pharmaceutical and agricultural industry with the all-encompassing interests of living beings on this planet and with the power of responsible consumer action. H.O.P.E. is an urgent call to action to all of us to commit to a change towards sustainability and safeguarding our living environment."
Racing Extinction provides you with the harsh reality of animal extinction caused by human activity.
“Every other species on the planet works towards the benefit of the ecology and environment that it lives in, but us humans, we just seem like passengers on this earth.”
ANIMAL LINKS:
Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)
Founded in 1976, Farm Animal Rights Movement is a national nonprofit organization advocating for animal rights, veganism and sustainability.
We Animals Media recognizes the invisibility of animals in our world and seeks to give their lives and stories a place in the public conscience.
Animal Equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.
"Inspiring Compassion, Ending Cruelty."
FILMS:
Two daring filmmakers embark on a global quest sparked by the not-so-simple question “is there a spiritual way to kill an animal”, and along the way discover the biggest coverup in the last 2000 years.
"With the exception of our companion animals and the wild and stray species within our urban environments, we experience animals daily only as the food, clothing, animal tested goods and entertainment we make of them. This moral dilemma is largely hidden from our view."
"If I could make everyone in the world see one film, I'd make them see EARTHLINGS."
- Peter Singer, author Animal Liberation
This critically acclaimed documentary goes behind the scenes at SeaWorld parks and exposes the suffering, neglect, and abuse of marine mammals, such as orcas, who are kept in captivity and forced to perform
Bees are dying and disappearing at an alarming, unnatural rate, and Vanishing of the Bees explores exactly how deeply that affects us.
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