meatless mondays

Could your diet affect…

your health? the planet?

Please Look At This

• Food Inc trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

Healthy Planet, Healthy People.

Go Meatless on Mondays!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

True or FalseTransportation has a higher

environmental impact than meat?

False • According to U.N. report (29 November, 2006)

• 18% of Greenhouse gases comes from meat

• 13% comes from all the world’s transportation

• Changing what’s on your plate can make the biggest difference

True or False• When I eat a burger I could be contributing to

the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest?

TRUE!!• Sounds strange right. How can this be?• Burgers come from cows.• Many cows are raised on factory farms & fed soy.• Soy is grown in the Amazon Rainforest (Brazil).• Trees are cut down to make room for the soy.

Environmental Impact:Habitat loss, wild animals are displaced, ecosystem breakdown, soy and beef travel around the world, enormous water use during production, cows produce methane, pollution from manure, waterways damaged…And you thought it was just a simple burger.

Why Meatless? Because…

Not all food is equal

Compare the difference of CO2 produced from each item

Clean water is a

scarce resource.

Should we be using it on cows?


Maybe you don’t really care about the planet. Ok, let’s get selfish.

I like my meat and I need it to be healthy

WRONG!

• Eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables can– Fight diabetes– Curb obesity– Help you live longer – Reduce risk of heat disease and cancer

TRUE or FALSE

If I don’t eat meat I will not

get enough proteins.

FALSE!!• This is a common

misconception about eating less meat.

• We actually eat much more meat than recommended.

• According to USDA, in USA, men consume up

to 190% or their daily recommended allowance of protein

and women 160%

beans lentils grains nuts fruits

vegetables

You can also get proteins from many other food sources such as

Veggies don’t have to be

boring

Coming to ISB, Sept. 13, 2010

• Do your part for the planet and go Meatless on Monday!

• Find out more at www.meatlessmonday.com

http://www.meatlessmonday.com/

Ok, ISB is not USA, but it still applies.

Take a pledge to go Meatless on Monday’s

Food Matters http://www.foodmatters.tv/

Meatless Monday www.meatlessmonday.com

Healthy Planet, Healthy People.

Go Meatless on Mondays!

Please show if you have time.

http://www.foodmatters.tv/



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