Food That Kills - Part 3 of 6

Herbivore vs. Carnivore - You be the judge !
http://www.bizarro.com/videos/mov/VeganVideoWeb.mov


Explore the consequences of a meat (animal based) diet. Are we really designed to be omnivores OR does a plant based diet suit us best?

http://www.foodkills.org/

Dr. M. Klaper
http://www.vegsource.com/klaper/



MEDICAL STATISTICS
* The third highest cause of deaths in the US is what is termed "iatrogenic", which means "induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy." This accounts for an estimated 225,000 deaths per annum which is about 10% of total deaths from all causes including old age. Of these, 12,000 deaths result from unnecessary surgery. The highest cause of deaths in the US is heart disease (725,000) and the 2nd highest is cancer (549,000). Both of these were almost unheard of at the beginning of the twentieth century.

* 180,000 deaths a year occur due to adverse reactions to prescription medications. By comparison, general accidents in life account for 98,000 per annum. This includes 42,000 from car accidents, 120 from airline crashes**, 90 from being struck by lightning** and 5 from Anthrax (in 2001). 15,500 die from murders and 20,000 from flu or its complications.

**averaged over 2-3 decades

Causes of Death Further Breakdown
1. Tobacco 435,000
2. Poor diet and physical inactivity 400,000
3. Alcohol consumption 85,000
4. Infectious agents (e.g., influenza and pneumonia) 75,000
5. Toxic agents (e.g., pollutants and asbestos) 55,000
6. Motor vehicle accidents 43,000
7. Firearms 29,000
8. Sexual behavior 20,000
9. Illicit use of drugs 17,000
* Despite all the media hype about how good the US medical system is and how we're winning the war against cancer, these statistics tell a very different story:
According to the 2001 World Health Organization report, "World Health Report Health Systems: Improving Performance", the U.S. ranks 37th out of 191 countries. A commentary published in the July 26, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association notes that in a comparison of the top 13 industrial countries based on 16 health indicators, the U.S. ranked on average 12th. The countries included in the study were, in order from the top-ranked (best health care) to the lowest-ranked, as follows: Japan, Sweden, Canada, France, Australia, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, the U.S., and Germany. Of the 13 countries compared, only Germany ranked lower overall than the U.S. In fact, the U.S. ranked dead last for three indicators. These were low-birth-weight percentages, neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall, and years of potential life lost. These rankings do not paint a picture of a country that has the world's best health care.
Is it true that we're winning the war against cancer like we're asked to believe, after the massive research funding backed by the government?
From the U.S. government's own raw statistical abstracts we find the real story:
Mortality from Cancer in the U.S.
year --- deaths/ 100,000
1967--- 157.2
1970--- 162.9
1982--- 187.3
1987--- 198.2
1988--- 198.4
1989--- 201.0
1990--- 203.2
1991--- 204.1
1992--- 204.1
1992 is the last year for which data is currently available from Vital Statistics. There is nothing to indicate that there should be any downturn between 1992 and the present. In fact, independent analysis by the CA Journal for Cancer Clinicians, Jan 97, put the 1993 death rate at 220 per 100,000. A 40% increase in cancer deaths per capita in the last 4 decades is hardly "winning the war against cancer."

* An estimated 2 million people a year (11% of those admitted) catch infections in hospitals that they didn't have when they were admitted and approximately 90,000 of them die from these infections. An approximate list in order of likelihood is: urinary tract infections (34%), surgical site infections (17%), respiratory infections especially pneumonia (13%), blood infections/bacteraemia (14%), skin (especially burns), gastrointestinal tract infections, and central nervous system infections.
* About 2,216,000 annual hospitalizations result in adverse drug reactions and these account for 106,000 deaths annually.

* As Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn demonstrates in his book "Confessions of a Medical Heretic", when hospitals or doctors go on strike, the death rate goes down and when they go back to work, the death rates rise again.

* Its estimated, that 80% of the population will end up with a tumor, cancer, disease or some type of physical problems or pain. This means approximately 4 out of 5 people are on the highway to some type of physical tragedy.
* Side effects of commonly used over the counter pain relievers include gastric ulcers, bleeding stomachs, hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths last year.

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[MrMZaccone]

@Joewillsetitright That's complete nonsense.

[MrMZaccone]

@Joewillsetitright What's your HDL vs. LDL and what are your triglicerides? While you're at it what's your HbA1c look like? Without these tests a fasting total cholesterol is almost meaningless.

[MrMZaccone]

@DianeDi Prove you wrong? I just did ... again.

[MrMZaccone]

@DianeDi Rollino's biography says he "dubbed himself" "the worlds strongest man. He held no such titles or verifiable records. It also says he followed a "nutritarian" diet, which is NOT VEGAN! Carl Lewis won 9, NOT 10 Olympic gold medals, at least six of which were won before converting to a vegan diet. The only one spreading disinformation is you and I've demonstrated that you're still telling lies and refusing to admit it. Once again what I've cited are FACTS and easy to look up.

[DianeDi]

@MrMZaccone Like I said AH, prove me wrong !

[MrMZaccone]

@DianeDi Credibility is credibility, why would "here" matter? The answer is because you live in your own little world where you make shit up. All that's needed to prove you wrong is look up the people you mentioned. the FACTS I cited are well known and well documented.

[DianeDi]

@MrMZaccone Prove me wrong! TROLL ! People aren't stupid and anyone that can read and research for themselves will see you are out to discredit. You have no credibility here so move along and print more disinfo elsewhere.

[MrMZaccone]

@DianeDi Lewis was a vegan only for the last 6 years of his long career, tested positive three times before the 1988 Olympics for the stimulants pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine and makes the false claim that his best performances were as a vegan, which is clearly not the case. Rollino was NEVER the strongest man in the world and was a nutritarian which IS NOT the same as vegan. STOP TELLING LIES!

[doordangle]

what about people that go to the gym? this really is jst a study for fat people with no hope.. I agree so many animals shldnt have to die and suffer for so many fat people..

[eatpigsnot]

i thought the Chinese had a birth limit of 1, so Chinese women are not nursing several kids