thecreature

we do have smooth teeth!

It's the development of ways to clean drinking water that has saved the most lives. People are living longer but in general, diseases are on the increase in the 'West' (such as cancer and heart disese), these can be prevented if people changed their lifestyle choices (for instance cut down on their fat intake, stop smoking, do more excersie). Here's a fact: you're three times less likely to develop cancer if you have a vegetarian diet. This is partly due to the fact that our digestive systems aren't designed to be carniverous, carnivored have an extremely short digestive system, ours is long,therefore meat gets stuck in our colons and could be a reason why there is so much colon cancer around. Something to thinkabout eh?!

INDEED! even though meat is tasty, we have no right to take away an animals life just because we can and becasue it happens to be tasty!

We won't get into the animal testing debate here. This is about food.

You could never prove that kind of thing. Besides, Evolution does not work in reverse....except if it were benficial.

Probably not, it's the advances in cleanliness/madicine/antibiotics and clean drinking water that's to thank for this.

Do you not think that we have evolved beyond that, the fasct that we have the choice to see beyond that and be compassionate creaures who do not harm others and subsiquently the environment is surely a rational evolution. The way meat and dairy products are produced today is not natural or kind, it's extremely cruel and environmentially damaging, but also bad for your health. The animals don't get a chance to excersie as they would normally, therefore the meat is extremely fatty ands full of cholesterol, and can clogg up arteries causing heart disease etc. When you are ingesting all the antibiotics and other drugs these animals have been forcefed to keep them healthy in such unclean, dirty, disease ridden conditions. That's not natural even if you claim meat eating is. The fact is, you can get all the nutrients you need from a plant based diet, thus lowering your cholesterol intake thus improving health, as well as reducing the environmental impact that factory farming hgas on the environment, it feed more people than a meat based-diet does: therefore possibly reducing world hunger, and it is not cruel to animals.

There will definitley be stuff without onions in.

There most certainly will not be saw dust on the menu, I would never eat anything tastless or bland. The food will be really good, come and try it before judging!

Actually there are a few vegan wines.....

We are going to have a few chef's making amazing cakes, pies, muffins, salads, burgers, casseroles, cakes, biscuits, sosage rolls etc....I think you should all come along before judging what vegan food is like, then you can make an informed decision. If you've tried vegan food before I suggest you still come along and try the food becasue the stuff you may have had before would not be as good!

Hardly any of the eggs and honey are produced in a way which is 'typical' of a farmyard setting. Eggs: The male Chicks are killed instantly. The Hens are de-beaked with a hot blade to stop them pecking at themselves out of boredom.The Hens are placed into extremely cramped conditions, never let out of their cages,pumped with drugs so that they lay eggs more often and are killed after a very short lifespan becasue their body cannot take the strain of laying so many eggs...they are no use to the farmer any longer except for low grade meat. The hen is therefore looked at as an economic benefit and not an individual as she truly is. The hen cannot fulfil any of her instincts, such as dust bathing. Cram as many birds into a tiny space, make her lay as many eggs as possible and kill her for meat. That's basically the extent of it.

The fact is that rain forrests are cut down for soya to feed animals to be reared for meat. If humans ate that soya directly and did not feed it to the animals we would feed the world 3 times over. The fact that meat production is increasing as the world popultation increases means that were running out of space to grow food....using precious land to raise animals just to eat them is wasteful, if the animals hadn't been bred for food and we ate the soya directly, we would need much less land, therefore a vegan causes much less environmental damage than a meat eater would.

What would you all say to coming along to sample free vegan food? Come and see for yourselves at the Free Vegan Food Fayre at The Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield. Saturday 9th December, 12-3.30pm. This can only be a positive day! Free tasty food that doesn't harm animals, is better for the enviroinment and your health. Organised by Animal Aid and Sheffield Animal Friends. Who's coming?