<\/font><\/font>THE SPIRITUAL
\n SCIENTIST<\/font><\/b>
<\/font><\/font>A Cyber Magazine for Those Who
\n Think<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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Vol 1 Issue
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<\/font>THINK BEFORE YOU
\nEAT<\/font><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
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Every day, several times a day, every living being, in whichever part of
\nthe world he may be, enjoys a universal ritual – eating.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
Most people decide what they eat based mainly on taste, cost, habit,
\nnutrition and convenience. But for those who are a little more thoughtful, here
\nare some other points worth considering.<\/i>

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A FEW FACTS??<\/font><\/i>\n<\/p>\n
NUTRITION<\/font><\/p>\n
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Let us compare the nutrition values of some common vegetarian foods and
\nsome common flesh foods:<\/i>
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Vegetarian foods (100 gm)<\/i><\/p>\n
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Sr. No.<\/i><\/td>\n Name of food stuff<\/i><\/td>\n \n Medical calories<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Cashewnut<\/i><\/td>\n \n 596<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Coconut<\/i><\/td>\n \n 444<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 3<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Groundnut<\/i><\/td>\n \n 549<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 4<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Cheese<\/i><\/td>\n \n 348<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 5<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Ghee<\/i><\/td>\n \n 900<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Flesh foods (100 gm)<\/i><\/p>\n
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\n Sr. No.<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Name of food stuff<\/i><\/td>\n \n Medical calories<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Egg<\/i><\/td>\n \n 173<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Fish<\/i><\/td>\n \n 91<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 3<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Mutton<\/i><\/td>\n \n 194<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 4<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Pork<\/i><\/td>\n \n 114<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 5<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Beef<\/i><\/td>\n \n 114<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ANATOMY<\/font><\/p>\n
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Let us compare some of the physiological features of flesh eaters, plant
\neaters & human beings:<\/i>
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\n Sr. No.<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Features of flesh eaters<\/i><\/td>\n Features of Plant eaters<\/i><\/td>\n Features of human beings<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Intestinal tract only 3 times body
\n length, so rapidly decaying meat can pass out of body quickly<\/i><\/td>\n Intestinal tract 10-12 times body
\n length, fruits do not decay as rapidly, so can pass more slowly through
\n body<\/i><\/td>\n Intestinal tract 12 times body
\n length<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Small salivary glands in the mouth
\n ( not needed to predigest grains and fruits )<\/i><\/td>\n Well developed salivary glands,
\n needed to predigest grains & fruits <\/i><\/td>\n Well developed salivary glands
\n needed to predigest grains & fruits<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 3<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n Acid saliva; no enzyme ptyalin to
\n predigest grains<\/i><\/td>\n Alkaline saliva; much ptyalin to
\n predigest grains<\/i><\/td>\n Alkaline saliva;<\/i> <\/p>\n
Much ptyalin to predigest grains. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 4<\/i><\/center><\/td>\n No flat back molar teeth to grind
\n good<\/i><\/td>\n Flat back molar teeth to grind
\n food<\/i><\/td>\n Flat back molar teeth to grind
\n food<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Clearly the human body is not made for a non-vegetarian diet.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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HEALTH<\/font><\/p>\n
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Due to their unnatural diet meat-eating human beings are far more
\nsusceptible to diseases and disorders as compared to their vegetarian
\ncounterparts. Comprehensive investigations by groups such as the National
\nAcademy of Sciences have linked meat eating to cancer, and the Journal of
\nAmerican Medicine reports: “90-97% of heart disease could be prevented by a
\nvegetarian diet.”<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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ENVIRONMENT<\/font><\/p>\n
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Meat eating also has hazardous effects on the environment, such as forest
\ndestruction, agricultural inefficiency, soil erosion and desertification, air
\npollution, water depletion and water pollution.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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WORLD HUNGER<\/font><\/p>\n
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Consider the following data. One thousand acres of Soyabeans yield 1124
\npound of usable protein. One thousand acres of rice yield 938 pound of usable
\nprotein. One thousand acres of corn yield 1009 pound of usable protein. One
\nthousand acres of wheat yield 1043 pound of usable protein. Now consider: this
\none thousand acres of Soyabeans, corn, rice or wheat, when fed to a steer, will
\nyield only about 125 pounds of usable protein.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
These and other findings point to a disturbing conclusion: meat eating is
\ndirectly related to world hunger. A few statistics are as follows –<\/i> <\/p>\n
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If all the Soyabeans and grains fed yearly to U. S. livestock were set
\n aside for human consumption, it would feed 1.3 billion people.<\/i>\n <\/li>\n
It takes 16 pounds of grains and Soyabeans to produce 1 pound of
\n feedlot beef. Therefore about 20 vegetarians can be fed on the land that it
\n takes to feed 1 meat eater.<\/i>\n <\/li>\n
Feeding the average meat eater requires about 4,200 gallons of water
\n per day, versus 1,200 gallons per day for lacto-vegetarian diet.<\/i>\n <\/li>\n
While it takes only 25 gallons of water to produce a pound of wheat, it
\n takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of meat.<\/i>\n <\/li>\n
Harvard nutritionist Jean Mayer has estimated that reducing meat
\n production by just 10 percent would release enough grain to feed 60 million
\n people.<\/i> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In summary, millions will continue to die of thirst or
\nstarvation, while a privileged few consume vast amounts of proteins wasting land
\nand water in the process. Ironically, this same meat is their own bodys’ worst
\nenemy.<\/i>

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A FEW QUOTES??<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n
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“Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live
\nby the death of others. We are burial places! I have since an early age abjured
\nthe use of meat.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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Leonardo Da Vinci<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when a tiger wants
\nto murder him, he calls him ferocity.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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George Bernard Shaw<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely
\nphysical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the
\nlot of mankind.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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Albert Einstein<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we
\nshould cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily
\nwants. “<\/i> <\/p>\n
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M. K. Gandhi<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“The flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an
\nact which is contrary to moral feeling- killing. By killing man suppresses in
\nhimself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity- that of sympathy and
\npity towards living creatures like himself and by violating this his own
\nfeelings become cruel.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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Leo Tolstoy<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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Benjamin Franklin<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“As long as man massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he
\nwho sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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Pythagoras<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same
\nsort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher’s stall passes as food.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
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J. H. Kellogg.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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THE VEDIC PERSPECTIVE<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n
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The Bhagavad Gita states that foods such as milk products, grains, fruits,
\nand vegetables increase the duration of life and give strength, health,
\nhappiness, and satisfaction. Conversely, foods such as, meat, fish and fowl are
\nputrid, decomposed and unclean. They cause numerous hazards to physical
\nhealth.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
The Srimad Bhagavatam, the summum bonum of all Vedic literature, states
\nthat meat-eating is one of the four pillars of sinful life. Apart from bringing
\nsevere sinful reactions, meat-eating also dulls the human intellect thus
\nrendering it incapable of understanding the higher dimensions of life. Therefore
\nreal spiritual life, nay real human life, can not begin unless a human being
\nstops killing his younger brothers, innocent animals, just for the satisfaction
\nof his tongue.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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A REQUEST<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n
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We request all the readers of ‘Spiritual Scientist’ to forward this
\narticle to their friends and relatives who may have been misled and victimized
\nby the treacherous propaganda blitz of the meat packing industry. This will help
\nthem to think for themselves about their dietary habits and arrive at an
\nintelligent and mature decision.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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\n <\/font>The Spiritual
\n Scientist<\/font><\/b> <\/p>\n
Investigating Reality from the Higher Dimensional
\n Perspective of Vedic Wisdom<\/i><\/font>
Published by
\n Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture and Education (BACE), Pune<\/font><\/b>
Dedicated to <\/font><\/b>
His Divine
\n Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada,<\/font><\/b>
The Greatest Spiritual Scientist of the Modern Times<\/font><\/b>
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Magazine Committee:<\/font><\/b>
Radheshyam Das
\n (M Tech IIT, Mumbai), Director, IYF<\/font><\/b>
Chaitanya Charan Das (BE E&TC), Editor, The Spiritual
\n Scientist<\/font><\/b>\n <\/p>\n
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$\"Hare$ By Caitanya Caran Das<\/strong><\/p>\n
Most people decide what they eat based mainly on taste, cost, habit, nutrition and convenience. But for those who are a little more thoughtful, here are some other points worth considering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-caitanya-caran-das"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}