Welcome Heroes!

Modern Day Heroes!

Memorial Day is a day when we honor American citizens who have died in battle. Statistics say that the greatest loss of American life was the civil war. Over 600,000 Americans lost their lives in that war.

In 2015, according to the American Heart Association, 633,842 people died of heart disease, and 595, 930 people died of cancer. The American Heart Association also says that 80% of heart disease can be prevented or reversed by changing to a plant based diet. The American cancer Society agrees, that switching to a plant based diet is also key to recovery.

This memorial day weekend, when we are considering putting those cows, pigs, chickens, and fish on the grill, let's think about the impact this has on us and our world!

The food and drug administration claims there is so much fecal matter on meat that it must be radiated before consumption... Think about that. In 2013, fecal pathogens sickened 1 in 4 Americans and hospitalized 300,000. The latest reports on chicken state that over 97% of chicken is tainted with salmonella, and there are different strains, some of which seem to be affecting our cognitive abilities.

We have a trillion dollar health care issue in this country and it is directly related to eating animals.

Our rivers, lakes, tributaries, and oceans are being polluted at alarming rates due to fecal run off from raising animals for consumption.

Our Rain Forest is all but gone, again due to deforestation to graze animals for consumption.

Diverse animal species are becoming extinct due to converting forested lands into grazing lands for animals, for our consumption.

Our soils are being destroyed due to government subsidized farming practices, that primarily grow grains to feed animals for our consumption.

We Americans are the largest consumers of meat per capita on the planet.

That makes us the biggest abusers and polluters of our natural resources on the planet.

At a time when planetary degradation is at an all time high, we have an opportunity to be an example to the rest of the world.

We, each and every one of us, have an opportunity to be a Modern Day Hero,

simply by changing our eating habits.