Vegetarianism

Before looking at the health advantages of a vegetarian diet, consider what a cow eats. Cows eat grass, right? Wrong. Cows are supposed to eat grass.

I'll never forget my first morning waking up in Glastonbury in southwest England's Devonshire county. (It's the countryside town where King Arthur's buried.) I ambled down the cobblestone mainstreet and stopped in a small store. I asked for some milk because I didn't see any in the tiny cooler. The shopkeeper pointed to some small glass bottles in a case by the door. "Here?" I asked. "Why isn't it refrigerated?" "What for?" he replied. "It was in the cow a couple hours ago?"...

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Nutrition

Youngsters are sold and told what they should eat in high-powered marketing campaigns aimed directly at them. Every major candy bar spends 50 million dollars a year to get the message to kids: Eat me!

And worse, if a school system dietitian or administrator tries to change things and plan for fresher foods, often their hands are tied.

"It's an industry supply chain and it's locked in. Even if the menu planners and chefs are aware and want to make healthier meals, it's hard for them to break that chain," said Patrick Davis, owner of The Granery Whole Foods Market....

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