^^^^ Thank you, no Abigail will not be raised to be look her nose down on people that eat meat. When her or my friends come over, I will make normal meat meals e.t.c I just wont be eating any myself. Like I said before, I have eaten meat for 24 years, but I will be educating her about the reasons why I no longer do so. They are valid reasons. When she gets older, its up to her to decide what she wants to do, but I am hoping the evidence, is enough to deter her from a meat diet. There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants.
About the FDA well....one word. Corrupt.
In 1990, the Monsanto company (agricultural company) sought FDA approval for Posilac which is Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH), (used to increase cows' milk production) is banned in the all of the European Union, Canda, Japan, and every other industrialized country in the world. It has been linked to increased levels of Insulin Growth Factor-1, and has been known to promote prostate & thyroid cancer but the FDA have no interest in these findings and still approve the use of it. They ignore the fact that the WHO or the United Nations Food Standards body refuse to endorse the hormone's safety and STILL choose to allow the use of Posilac.
Now here is just SOME of the corruption,
Extract taken from Skinny Bitch:
" The FDA Deputy commisioner at the time of the BGH approval was a former Monsanto lawyer.During his tenure at the FDA, this same deputy commissioner wrote the policy exempting BGH from special labeling. Yet, fingers also point to a former top scientist with Monstanto, who was hired by the FDA to review her own research, conducted where she was working for Monsanto. This little beauty also allowed a hundred-fold increase of antibiotic resides in milk.
What I find quite shocking, is that the scientist reviewed her OWN work?
"Fear not. The FDA's bad behaviour isnt singular to the dairy industry. It also has a sketchy history with monosodium glutumate (MSG). One former FDA Commissioner testified before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition that MSG was safe, citing four sources. It was later discovered that two of the studies were non existent, and the other two were incomplete!
Ever see the words, "natural flavours" on food packaging ingredient lists? Yeah, that's because the FDA allows companies to be vague and doesnt require them to tell us exactly what we're eating. The FDA has a list of approximatly 400 foods that meet a standard of identity" meaning, companies arent required to spell out their ingredients. For example, ice cream manufacturers can use any of 25 specified additives without listing them in their ingredients. Who wants to put something into his or her body without even knowing what it is?
There is so much bureaucracy and red tape surrounding health related government agencies that your are much better off fending for yourself. After all, why would anyone take nutritional advice from organizations that let colour dyes, hydrogenated oils, chemical preservatives, and artificial flavours into the food we eat?"
The makers of Ben & Jerry's are environment activists, and swear that the milk used for the ice cream is from the healthiest cows. Yet, dioxin was found in unhealthily large numbers in a sample of ice-cream in supermarkets.
This kind of information rarely gets out in the public, as there would be outrage but its the people at the *top* that are allowing this information to be kept quiet.
I am not really an animal rights activist as such, but after spending so much time researching the benefits of having a whole foods, plant based diet, reading the 'China Study' speaking to doctors and healthcare professionals I have decided to become a dietary vegan. The transition has not been easy at all! But, ever since making this change, as well as doing a detox the pounds have literally dropped off!
but when he's here it's a no meat diet! His poos are always so much more pleasant when he's been at home haha 
