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Review of the three books influential and profound American contemporary vegetarian movement

Vegetarian News 2015-10-25

To make Americans who measure everything with a pragmatic perspective, they must calculate a financial account.It was not until 1971 that the best-selling book "Diet on a Small Planet" by Francis Moore Lapie was published that the Americans had the urge to eat vegetarian food.In the book, Lapie calculated accurately: In order to produce a portion of carnivore, 14 times the grain is needed to feed animals (in the United States, the feed additives that "urge pigs not to brag" are strictly limited, and the extension of the growth cycle of livestock causes a large amount of grain consumption), which is converted into currency, which is more than 3 or 4 times. This calculation is really unpaid.Of course, Lapie also grasped the mentality of Americans who like to act as a spiritual leader on the earth. He continued to write: In the United States, the grain consumed by livestock accounts for 80% of the national grain consumption. If every American reduces meat consumption by 10%, all the people on the earth who are trapped in famine will have sufficient grain to feed.

The book quickly rose to become the number one bestseller in the market, with millions of copies sold and a pioneer in the instigation of the American vegetarian movement, driving the vegetarian trend of the 1970s.

1987Another vegetarian book by John Robin, "The Diet in New America", captured another American public mentality that is generally valued by human rights and feared death, and did his best to intimidate and threaten.The first part of the book reveals the horror inside story of livestock feedlots;The second part is to use extremely convincing words to describe how fatal meat is and the benefits that vegetarian food can bring to people's safety and health;The third part explains the serious consequences of animal husbandry to the environment of the entire world.This detailed information is a horrifying revelation for many people, including many vegetarians.As a result, a vegan movement was launched again in the United States. In the following two years, nearly 10 private vegetarian groups were established in Texas alone. Every day, thousands of Americans began to notice the huge price of meat consumption in agriculture, environment and medical care, and began to develop humane care for animals.More and more people believe that the good nutritional components of vegetarians are important factors in longevity, preventing diseases, maintaining bodybuilding, and reducing stress, thus joining the ranks of vegetarians.

At present, the level of understanding of "vegetarianism is health" in the American medical community can be said to be unimaginable to the general public.In 2007, Dr. Campbell's academic work "Life-saving Diet" became the best-seller of that year.Relying on a medical survey project that lasted 20 years and had as many as 80 million scientific data, Campbell gave Americans who were superstitious about technology a blow - "A variety of cancers have 80 million related to meat", "The more meat protein you consume, the more cancers you suffer from", "The daily intake of 15% to 16% of animal protein may start cancer."Ma Lilin, director of the American Cancer Research Center, responded quickly: "Today, the Cancer Research Center advocates vegetarianism to reduce cancer risk.Thanks to Dr. Campbell and several people who had been prescient twenty-five years ago.", not only for professionals, this rigorous academic work, coupled with Dr. Campbell's position in biomedical and nutrition, has also built a bridge to tell the general American public the arguments from the scientific community.Dr. Campbell faced the audience in an interview on the radio: “Whatever some scientific researchers, doctors or policy-making officials say, laymen must know that a vegetarian diet is definitely the healthiest diet.”

Since the 1980s, a large number of Americans have begun to get tired of meat and quit meat. The value of ordinary vegetables such as eggplant, loofah, and water spinach has risen sharply, becoming the best food on Americans’ dining tables.Oriental Tofu, which has always been destined to be with the United States, is now full of saliva from the president to the common people.Today, 16 million people in the United States have chosen to eat vegetarian life. In addition, many people know that eating meat is not as good as eating vegetarian food, but because of the accumulation of habits, they have to improve their dietary structure by slowly reducing meat and eating more vegetables and fruits.

Now a fashionable new name, "vegetarian culture", has emerged in the United States.If you go to a restaurant to eat big meat and fried food, fashionable Americans will shrug and wink at you. I will translate it for you and say, "This guy still lives in the old society now!"According to a new survey, 37% of American teenagers have chosen to avoid eating red meat, and they have become the main force of American vegetarianism today.

2024-02-05 18:11
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