How to win an argument with a meat eater

The Hunger Argument

• Amount of total US grain production consumed by livestock: 70%
• How frequently a child on Earth dies as a result of malnutrition and starvation: Every 2.3 seconds
• Amount of US grain exports consumed by livestock: 66%
• Amount of world grain harvest consumed by livestock throughout the eighties: Half

• By 1977, the amount of all raw materials (base products of farming, forestry and mining, including fossil fuels) consumed by the U.S., devoted to the production of livestock: One third
• Activity that accounts for more than half of all water consumed for all purposes in the United States: Livestock production
• Amount of US cropland producing livestock feed: 64%
• Amount of US cropland producing fruits and vegetables: 2%

• Amount of all diseases in the U.S. that are diet related: 68%
• Diseases that can be commonly prevented, consistently improved,and sometimes cured by observing a low-fat diet free from animal products:

  Arthritis, Asthma, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Constipation, Diabetes, Diverticulosis, Gallstones, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Hypoglycemia, Impotence, Kidney Disease, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Peptic Ulcers, Prostate Cancer, Salmonellosis, Strokes, Trichi nosis.

• Amount spent annually in U.S. to treat cardiovascular disease: $135 billion
• Most common cause of death in US: Heart disease
• Dietary cholesterol intake needed to support human health: None - the body makes its own
• Cholesterol found in all grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds: None

• Amount of all cancers in the U.S. that are diet related: 40%
• Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week: 3.8 times higher
• Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs three or more days a week compared to less than once a week: 3 times higher

• Amount of original US cropland permanently removed from production due to excessive soil erosion: One-third
• Amount of wells and surface streams in the U.S. contaminated by agricultural pollutants: Half
• Pounds of topsoil lost in the production of one pound of feedlot steak: 35
• Production of excrement by US livestock: 230,000 pounds per second