Facts excerpted from the Pulitzer Prize nominated
DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA
By John Robbins
Number of U.S. medical schools
125
Number of U.S. medical schools with a required course in nutrition
30
Training in nutrition received during 4 years of medical school by average U.S. physician
2.5 hours
How frequently a heart attack strikes in U.S.
Every 25 seconds
How frequently a heart attack kills in U.S.
Every 45 seconds
Most common cause of death in U.S.
Heart attack
Risk of death from heart attack by average American man
50%
Risk of death from heart attack by average American vegetarian man
15%
Risk of death from heart attack by average American purely vegetarian man
4%
Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of meat, dairy products and eggs 10%
9%
Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of meat, dairy products and eggs 50%
45%
Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of meat, dairy products and eggs 100%
90%
Rise in blood cholesterol from consuming 1 egg per day
12%
Rise in heart attack risk from 12% rise in blood cholesterol
24%
Meat, dairy and egg industries claim there is no reason to be concerned about your blood cholesterol as long as it is
"normal"
Your risk of dying a disease caused by clogged arteries if your blood cholesterol is "normal"
over 50%
Your risk of dying of a disease caused by clogged arteries if you do not consume saturated fat and cholesterol
5%
Leading sources of saturated fat and cholesterol in American diets
Meat, dairy products and eggs
Hollywood celebrity paid by Meat Board to tout beef as "Real food for real people"
James Garner
Medical event experienced by James Garner in April, 1988
Quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery

World populations with high meat intakes who do not have correspondingly high rates of colon cancer
None
World populations with low meat intakes who do not have correspondingly low rates of colon cancer
None
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to women who eat meat less than once a week
4 times higher
Egg Board's advertising slogan
The incredible edible egg
Photographs often accompanying the egg board's slogan
Young women in bathing suits, emphasizing the shape of their breasts
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat eggs daily compared to women who eat eggs less than once a week
3 times higher
Milk Producer's original ad campaign slogan
"Everyone needs milk."
What the Federal Trade Commission called the "Everyone needs milk" slogan
"False, misleading and deceptive"
Milk Producer's revised campaign slogan
"Milk has something for everybody."
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat butter and cheese 3 or more times a week compared to women who eat these foods less than once a week
3 times higher
Part of female chicken's body that produces eggs
Ovaries
Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week compared to women who eat eggs less than once a week
3 times higher
Foods males in U.S. are conditioned to think of as "manly"
Animal products
Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meats, cheese, eggs and milk daily compared to men who eat these foods sparingly or not at all
3.6 times higher

The Meat Board tells us
"Today's meats are low in fat."
The Meat Board shows us
A serving of beef they claim has "only 300 calories".
The Meat Board doesn't tell us
The serving of beef they show us is only 3 ounces (half the size of an average serving of beef) and has been surgically defatted with a scalpel.
The dairy industry tells us
Whole milk is 3.5% fat.
The dairy industry doesn't tell us
That 3.5% figure is based on weight and most of the wieght in milk is water.
The dairy industry doesn't want us to know
The amount of calories as fat in whole milk is 50%.
Oscar Mayer tells us
It is a "myth" that hot dogs are fatty.
Oscar Mayer demonstrates their point favorably comparing the fattiness of hot dogs to such low fat bastions as
Margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressing and cream cheese.
The Dairy Council tells us
Milk is nature's most perfect food.
The Dairy Council doesn't tell us
Milk is nature's most perfect food for a baby calf, who has four stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days, and is destined to weigh 300 pounds within a year.
The Dairy Council tells children
To grow up big and strong drink lots of milk.
The Dairy Council occasionally tells children
The enzyme necessary for digestion of milk is lactase.
The Dairy Council never tells children
20% of Caucasian children and 80% of Black children have no lactase in their intestines.
The meat, dairy and egg industries tell us
Animal products constitute 2 of the "Basic 4" food groups.
The meat, dairy and egg industries don't tell us
There were originally 12 official basic food groups, before these industries applied enormous political pressure on behalf of their products.
The meat, dairy, and egg industries tell us
We are well-fed only with animal products.
The meat, dairy, and egg industries don't tell us
The diseases which are commonly prevented, consistently improved, and sometimes cured by a low-fat vegetarian diet include:
Strokes; Heart Disease; Osteoporosis; Kidney Stones; Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Prostate cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Ovarian cancer; Cervical cancer; Stomach cancer; Endometrial cancer; Diabetes; Hypoglycemia; Kidney disease; Peptic ulcers; Constipation; Hemorrhoids; Hiatal hernias; Diverticulosis; Obesity; Gallstones; Hypertension; Asthma; Irritable colon syndrome; Salmonellosis; Trichinosis.

Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by meat
55%
Supplied by Dairy products
23%
Supplied by vegetables
6%
Supplied by fruits
4%
Supplied by grains
1%
Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT
99%
Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT
8%
Relative pesticide contamination in breast milk of meat-eating mothers compared to pesticide contamination in breast milk of vegetarian mothers
35 times as high
Percentage of male college students sterile in 1950
.5
Percentage of male college students sterile in 1978
25
Sperm count of average American male compared to 30 years ago
Down 30%
Principle reason for sterility and sperm count reduction of U.S. males
Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides (including dioxin, DDT, etc.)
Percentage of hydrocarbon pesticide residues in American diet attributable to meats, dairy products, fish and eggs
94%
The Meat Board tells us Not to be concerned about the dioxins and other pesticides in today's beef because
the quantities are so small
The Meat Board doesn't want us to know
How potent dioxin and other pesticides are.
The Meat Board particularly doesn't want us to know
A mere ounce of dioxin could kill 10 million people
The USDA tells us
Our meat is inspected
The USDA doesn't tell us
Less than 1 out of every quarter million slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical residues
The dye used for many years by the USDA for many years to stamp meats "Choice", "Prime", or "U.S. No. 1 USDA"
Violet dye No. 1
Current status of Violet Dye No. 1
Banned as proven carcinogen
Wingspan of average Leghorn chicken
26 inches
Space average leghorn chicken given in egg factories
6 inches
Number of 700 plus pound pigs confined to space the size of a twin bed in typical factory farm
3
Reason today's veal is so tender
Calves never allowed to take a single step
Reason today's veal is whitish-pink
Calves force fed on anemia producing diet
McDonald's brags
60 Billion sold
McDonald's doesn't brag about
50 million butchered
McDonald's clown, Ronald McDonald, tells children
Hamburgers grow in hamburger patches and love to be eaten.
McDonald's clown, Ronald McDonald, doesn't tell children
Hamburgers are ground up cows who've had their throats slit by machetes or their brains bashed in by sledgehammers.
Original actor to play Ronald McDonald
Jeff Juliano
Diet now followed by Jeff Juliano
Vegetarian
Number of animals killed for meat per hour in U.S.
500,000
Occupation with highest turnover rate in U.S.
Slaughterhouse worker
Occupation with highest employee rate of injury in U.S.
Slaughter-house worker
Cost to render an animal unconscious prior to slaughter with captive bolt pistol so that process is done humanely
1 penny
Reason given by meat industry for not utilizing captive bolt pistol
Too expensive