“True and constant vigor of the body is the effect…

“True and constant vigor of the body is the effect of health, which is much better preserved with watery, herbaceous, frugal, and tender food, than with vinous, abundant, hard, and gross flesh. […] the vulgar opinion, then which, on health reasons condemns vegetable food and so much praises animal food, being so ill-founded, I have always thought it well to oppose myself to it, moved both by experience and by that refined knowledge of natural things which some study and conversation with great men have given me.” - Antonio Cocchi, The Pythagorean Diet

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“There is not a single argument nor a single fact that can be offered in favour of flesh eating that cannot be offered, with equal strength, in favour of cannibalism.” - Herbert Shelton, Superior Nutrition - View Quote Details on “There is not a single argument nor a single fact…
” Recently, while I was in the street, my eye was caught by a poulterer’s shop; I stared unthinkingly at his piled-up wares, neatly and appetizingly laid out, when I became aware of a man at the side busily plucking a hen, while another man was just putting his hand in a cage, where he seized a live hen and tore its head off. The hideous scream of the animal, and the pitiful, weaker sounds of complaint that it made while being overpowered transfixed my soul with horror. Ever since then I have been unable to rid myself of this impression, although I had experienced it often before.” - Richard Wagner, On Selected Letters of Richard Wagner - View Quote Details on ” Recently, while I was in the street, my eye…
“We found that many animal-based nutrients … are strongly associated with risk of developing these types of cancers.” – Dr. Susan Mayne - View Quote Details on “We found that many animal-based nutrients … are strongly associated…
“The ever-increasing cattle production is wreaking havoc on the earth’s ecosystems, destroying habitats on six continents. Cattle raisin is a primary factor in the destruction of the word’s remaining tropical rain forests. […] Cattle are also a major cause of global warming… The devastating environmental, economic, and human toll of maintaining a worldwide cattle complex is little discussed in public policy circles… Yet, cattle production and beef consumption now rank among the gravest threats to the future well-being of the earth and its human population.” - Jeremy Rifkin, Beyond Beef, 1992 - View Quote Details on “The ever-increasing cattle production is wreaking havoc on the earth’s…
“The most extraordinary workers I ever saw, the labourers in the mines of Chili, Live exclusively on vegetable food, including manny seeds of leguminous plants.” – Charles Darwin, quoted by C.W. Leadbeater in Vegetarianism and Occultism, 1913, p. 20 - View Quote Details on “The most extraordinary workers I ever saw, the labourers in…
“O wretched and unhappy Italy! Can you not see that gluttony murders every year more of your inhabitants than you could lose by the most cruel plague or by fire and sword in many battles?” - Luigi Cornaro, Discorsi della Vita Sobria - View Quote Details on “O wretched and unhappy Italy! Can you not see that…
“Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food.” – Dr. Jane Goodall, Harvest for Hope - View Quote Details on “Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans…
“I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me – how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?” - Carré Otis, Animal Times, Summer, 2007, p. 4 - View Quote Details on “I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on…
“Showing meat eaters that you can get bigger and stronger on a vegan diet is the best thing about being a vegan strength coach.” – Mike Mahler, in www.veganbodybuilding.com - View Quote Details on “Showing meat eaters that you can get bigger and stronger…
“Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Religious Vegetarianism from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama - View Quote Details on “Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is…