Some statistics
that will amaze you and break your heart.
1. 50% of all Americans die from heart attacks and
strokes (heart disease)
2. 33 % of all Americans die from cancer (1 in 3).
3. 8% of all Americans die from diabetes.
4. Every 25 seconds someone in America
suffers a heart attack.
5. Every 45 seconds someone in America dies
from a heart attack.
6. Most common cause of death in America:
heart attack.
7. Risk of having a heart attack by average
American: 50%.
Risk of having a heart attack by average
American vegetarian: less than 4%.
8. Amount you reduce your risk of heart
attack by eliminating meat, dairy and eggs
from your diet: over 90%.
9. Increased risk of breast cancer for women
who eat meat compared to non-meat eaters:
over 4 times.
10. Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer
for men who consume animal products compared
to vegetarians: 3.6 times higher.
11. Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer
for women who consume animal products,
compared to vegetarians: 3 times higher.
Some of the diseases
commonly prevented, consistently improved
and often cured by a low-fat, vegetarian
diet include:
Strokes, kidney stones, prostrate cancer,
diabetes, peptic ulcers, hemorrhoids,
obesity, salmonellosis, heart disease,
breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach
cancer, hiatus hernias, gallstones,
arthritis, trichinosis, osteoporosis, colon
cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer,
constipation, diverticulosis, irritable
colon and gout.
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