<dh_ld...nomail.com> wrote in message news:h4i0kv0fh2pmfo5mrbbo0v2bhrkprkhlii...4ax.com... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:13:25 +0100, "pearl" <tea...signguestbook.ie> wrote:Our Fellow Creatures Have Feelings - So We ShouldGive Them Rights TooBy Jeremy RifkinThe Guardian - UK8-15-03 [...]So what does all of this portend for the way we treat our fellowcreatures? What about the thousands of animals subjected eachyear to painful laboratory experiments? __________________________________________________ _______ If scientists could replace animal research and testing with methods which did not need to use animals then they would. There are several reasons for this: * Scientists do not like or want to use animals in research. Like the vast majority of people they do not want to see animals suffer unnecessarily. In fact less than 10% of biomedical research uses animals. Unfortunately for much of the work involved in biomedical research there are as yet no working alternative techniques that would allow us to stop using animals. * Biomedical research is producing thousands of new compounds, which may have potential as new drugs. It is much more efficient to screen these compounds using rapid non-animal techniques to test their effectiveness and toxicity. * The very high standards of animal welfare and care required of British research establishments are a contributory factor in making animal research very expensive. If scientists can develop alternatives to using animals it will allow them to divert their limited research funds to other areas of research. [...] http://www.bret.org.uk/noan.htm __________________________________________________ _______ [...] From the bald eagle to the red wolf, biomedical research has helped bring many species back from the brink of extinction. Conservation and captive breeding programs, often using fertilization techniques developed for humans, have made it possible for these animals to be reintroduced into the wild, and today their numbers are growing. Biologists and wildlife veterinarians rely on the latest research in reproduction, nutrition, toxicology and medicine to build a better future for our wild animals. In vitro fertilization, sperm banks and artificial insemination were all developed to help human couples, but today they also are regularly used to ensure the survival of endangered species. [...] http://fbresearch.org/helpingwildlife.html
Stop raising livestock, and many thousands of threatened species
will be able to recover as their now overgrazed habitat regenerates.
__________________________________________________ _______ WITHOUT ANIMAL RESEARCH: Polio would kill or cripple thousands of unvaccinated children and adults this year.
"We commissioned an OPV Vaccine Report and started making all
kinds of other inquires. The OPV Vaccine report that we received was
a shocking report. It covered a recent period a little less than 5 years
and the following is the summary for that period: The number of Vaccine
Associated events that occurred: 13,641 ..The number of events resulting
in death 540"--The Polio Connection of America & Polio vaccine victims:
http://web.archive.org/web/20001218012700/http://village.ios.com/~w1066/poliov6.html
Most of the nation's one million insulin-dependent diabetics wouldn't be insulin dependent -- they would be dead.
Am J Public Health 1985 May;75(5):507-12
Does a vegetarian diet reduce the occurrence of diabetes?
Snowdon DA, Phillips RL.
We propose the hypothesis that a vegetarian diet reduces
the risk of developing diabetes. Findings that have generated
this hypothesis are from a population of 25,698 adult White
Seventh-day Adventists identified in 1960. During 21 years
of follow-up, the risk of diabetes as an underlying cause of
death in Adventists was approximately one-half the risk for all
US Whites. Within the male Adventist population, vegetarians
had a substantially lower risk than non-vegetarians of diabetes
as an underlying or contributing cause of death. Within both
the male and female Adventist populations, the prevalence of
self-reported diabetes also was lower in vegetarians than in
non-vegetarians. The associations observed between diabetes
and meat consumption were apparently not due to confounding
by over- or under-weight, other selected dietary factors, or
physical activity. All of the associations between meat
consumption and diabetes were stronger in males than in females.
PMID: 3985239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
60 million Americans would risk death from heart attack, stroke or kidney failure from lack of medication to control their high blood pressure.
Animal product consumption and mortality because of all
causes combined, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes,
and cancer in Seventh-day Adventists.
Snowdon DA.
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
This report reviews, contrasts, and illustrates previously published
findings from a cohort of 27,529 California Seventh-day Adventist
adults who completed questionnaires in 1960 and were followed
for mortality between 1960 and 1980. Within this population, meat
consumption was positively associated with mortality because of all
causes of death combined (in males), coronary heart disease (in
males and females), and diabetes (in males). Egg consumption was
positively associated with mortality because of all causes combined
(in females), coronary heart disease (in females), and cancers of the
colon (in males and females combined) and ovary. Milk consumption
was positively associated with only prostate cancer mortality, and
cheese consumption did not have a clear relationship with any cause
of death. The consumption of meat, eggs, milk, and cheese did not
have negative associations with any of the causes of death investigated.
PMID: 3046303 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Clin Sci (Lond) 1979 Sep;57(3):285-8
The effect of high animal protein intake on the risk of calcium
stone-formation in the urinary tract.
Robertson WG, Heyburn PJ, Peacock M, Hanes FA, Swaminathan R.
1. Studies were carried out on six normal male subjects to determine
the short-term effect of increasing the dietary consumption of animal
protein on the urinary risk factors for stone-formation, namely, volume,
pH, calcium oxalate, uric acid and glycosaminoglycans.
2. An increase of 34 g/day of animal protein in the diet significantly
increased urinary calcium (23%) and oxalate (24%). Total urinary
nitrogen increased by an average of 368 mmol/day. The accompanying
increase in dietary purine (11 mmol of purine nitrogen/day) caused a
48% increase in the excretion of uric acid.
3. The overall relative probability of forming stones, calculated from
a combination of the risk factors, was markedly increased (250%)
throughout the period of high animal protein ingestion.
PMID: 573189
Doctors would have no chemotherapy to save the 70% of children who now survive acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Do a quick search on Royal Raymonde Rife.
More than one million Americans would lose vision in at least one eye this year because cataract surgery would be impossible.
Research shows that increased intake of vitamin C and other antioxidants
reduces cataract risk. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439092_3.
...and which foods are good sources of vitamin C and other antioxidants?
Hundreds of thousands of people disabled by strokes or by head or
See above, and;
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jul;78(1):57-64.
Intake of fruit and vegetables and the risk of ischemic stroke
in a cohort of Danish men and women.
Johnsen SP, Overvad K, Stripp C, Tjonneland A, Husted SE,
Sorensen HT. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus
University Hospital and Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
(SPJ and HTS).
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that a high
dietary intake of fruit and vegetables is associated with a reduced
risk of ischemic stroke. The magnitude of the effect is uncertain,
and only one study reported data on the intake of specific fruit
and vegetables and the risk of stroke.
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the intake of fruit and
vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of ischemic stroke,
with particular attention paid to specific fruit and vegetables and
subtypes of ischemic stroke.
DESIGN: In a prospective cohort study of 54,506 men and
women who were included in the Danish Diet, Cancer, and
Health study from 1993 to 1997, estimated total intakes of fruit
and vegetables (in g/d) were extracted from a semiquantitative
food-frequency questionnaire completed at baseline. Data about
subjects hospitalized with ischemic stroke were obtained from
the Danish National Registry of Patients and were verified later
by record reviews. The follow-up for ischemic stroke ended on
the date of a first hospital admission for stroke or transient
ischemic attack, the date of death or emigration, or the end of
the study, whichever came first.
RESULTS: We identified 266 cases of ischemic stroke involving
hospitalization during 168 388 person-years of follow-up (median
follow-up: 3.09 y; range: 0.02-5.10 y). After adjustment for potential
confounders, persons in the top quintile of fruit and vegetable intake
(median: 673 g/d) had a risk ratio of ischemic stroke of 0.72 (95%
CI: 0.47, 1.12) relative to persons in the bottom quintile of intake
(median: 147 g/d) (P for trend = 0.04). When comparing the top
quintile with the bottom quintile, an inverse association was most
evident for fruit intake (risk ratio: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.38, 0.95; P for
trend = 0.02). Similar risk estimates were seen for most types of fruit
and vegetables, although the risks were significant only for citrus fruit.
CONCLUSION: An increased intake of fruit may reduce the risk
of ischemic stroke.
PMID: 12816771
spinal cord injuries would not benefit from rehabilitation techniques.
Excellent physiotherapeutic techniques already exist.
The more than 100,000 people with arthritis who each year receive hip replacements would walk only with great pain and difficulty or be confined to wheelchairs.
J Altern Complement Med 2002 Feb;8(1):71-5
Effects of a very low-fat, vegan diet in subjects with
rheumatoid arthritis.
McDougall J, Bruce B, Spiller G, Westerdahl J,
McDougall M. St Helena Hospital, Deer Park, CA, USA.
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the effects of a very low-fat,
vegan diet on patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
DESIGN: Single-blind dietary intervention study.
SUBJECTS AND STUDY INTERVENTIONS: This
study evaluated the influence of a 4-week, very low-fat
(approximately 10%), vegan diet on 24 free-living subjects
with RA, average age, 56 +/- 11 years old. Outcome
measurements: Prestudy and poststudy assessment of RA
symptomatology was performed by a rheumatologist blind
to the study design. Biochemical measures and 4-day diet
data were also collected. Subjects met weekly for diet
instruction, compliance monitoring, and progress assessments.
RESULTS: There were significant (p < 0.001) decreases in fat
(69%), protein (24%), and energy (22%), and a significant
increase in carbohydrate (55%) intake. All measures of RA
symptomatology decreased significantly (p < 0.05), except for
duration of morning stiffness (p > 0.05). Weight also decreased
significantly (p < 0.001). At 4 weeks, C-reactive protein
decreased 16% (ns, p > 0.05), RA factor decreased 10%
(ns, p > 0.05), while erythrocyte sedimentation rate was
unchanged (p > 0.05).
CONCLUSION: This study showed that patients with
moderate-to-severe RA, who switch to a very low-fat, vegan
diet can experience significant reductions in RA symptoms.
PMID: 11890437
Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 2001 Aug;8(4):228-31
[Clinical remission of an HLA B27-positive sacroiliitis on vegan diet]
[Article in German]
Huber R, Herdrich A, Rostock M, Vogel T. Ambulanz fur
Naturheilverfahren und Umweltmedizin, Abteilung Innere Medizin II,
Universitatsklinik Freiburg.
BACKGROUND: Positive effects of fasting and vegan diet in
patients with rheumatic diseases are reported in the literature.
MEDICAL HISTORY: We present a 33-year-old patient with
double-sided HLA B27-positive sacroiliitis, which was diagnosed
by magnetic resonance tomography. Since about 10 years he
therefore had pain in the iliosacral region. Numerous sessions
of physiotherapy, a cure treatment, and treatment with sulfasalazine
and doxycycline were not effective. The patient was dependent on
the daily intake of the nonsteroidal antirheumatics meloxicam
2 x 7.5 mg and ibuprofen 400-800 mg and the analgetic tramadol
50-150 mg, but evening and night pain and morning stiffness
persisted under this treatment.
TREATMENT: We recommended a temporary vegan diet,
i.e. to completely avoid animal fats and proteins.
COURSE: 3-4 days after changing on vegan diet the complaints
improved distinctly and persistently. After consumption of meat 6
weeks later, complaints worsened. Consequent vegan diet again
resulted in significant improvement of the pain and morning stiffness.
At follow-up 3 months after the initial contact, tramadol and
ibuprofen intakes had been stopped, meloxicam had been reduced
to 1 x 7.5 mg. The patient was almost completely free of complaints.
CONCLUSIONS: It was demonstrated that in a single case of
sacroiliitis which was refractory to other treatment, vegan diet
resulted in a convincingly improvement of complaints.
7,500 newborns who contract jaundice each year would develop cerebral palsy, now preventable through phototherapy.
Or healthy parents.
There would be no kidney dialysis to extend the lives of thousands of patients with end-stage renal disease.
See above.
Surgery of any type would be a painful, rare procedure without the development of modern anesthesia allowing artificially induced unconsciousness or local or general insensitivity to pain.
Shame animals are still forced to suffer horribly in needless experiments.
Instead of being eradicated, smallpox would continue unchecked and many others would join the two million people already killed by the disease.
"If vaccines are so effective in preventing disease
why have epidemics occurred around the world
following mass vaccination programs? In the
Philippines for example, "after ten years of
compulsory inoculation against smallpox (25
million shots) over 170,000 got smallpox and
75,000 deaths were recorded between 1911 and
1920" (from the Townsend Letter for Doctors
article "Are Vaccines Generally Detrimental to
the Human Defence System," Feb/Mar 1994).
"I was working in one of the oldest lung illness
treatment centres in Germany, and just by chance,
I looked at the files of those people who had
fallen ill during the first German epidemic of
smallpox, in 1947...We had always been told that
the smallpox vaccination would protect against
smallpox. And now I could verify, thanks to the
files and papers, that all of those who had fallen
ill had been vaccinated. This was very upsetting
for me." Dr Buchwald, M.D.
http://www.iol.ie/~creature/Vaccines.htm
Millions of dogs, cats, and other pets and farm animals would have died from anthrax, distemper, canine parvovirus, feline leukemia, rabies and more than 200 other diseases now preventable thanks to animal research. http://www.ampef.org/research.htm
ANIMAL LOVERS//a real health hazard, a law that needs changing
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CHANGE THIS LAW
"Important Alert" for all animal lovers who wish to have
the legal right to choose a safe, effective alternative to drug
vaccines, please write to your national congressmen in
Washington D.C. to EXEMPT homeopathy vaccine nosodes
from the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act of 1913 under article 154a.
This law is enforced by the USDA.
Please cover the following points and add any personal views:
1.The Act is outdated: 1913 was an era when single agent biologic
vaccines were used and was of some benefit. Today the animal owner
has no choice but unsafe dangerous multiple complexes of 6-7 agents
within one vaccine, and 4-5 others in a series given every 2-3 weeks
apart starting at 3-4 months of age. This is repeated at 6 months and
then yearly for the rest of the animal's life. This is not needed, many
have life time immunity after one injection (Canine Hepatitis and
Leptospirosis) and science has proven that a vaccine containing more
than two viruses and/or bacteria overwhelm the animal's immune system
with little or no antibodies being formed for proper protection. Periods
between vaccinations must be no less than 6 weeks for the immune
stimulation process to recover in order to respond properly to the next
vaccination.
2. The Act perpetrates the very real danger of vaccinosis , which is
becoming more and more apparent today. Vaccinosis is illness and death
caused by drug vaccinations. Scientific documentation link vaccinations
to formation of cancerous growths (sarcomas) in cats vaccinated with
Feline Leukemia and Rabies vaccines; Clinical Feline Leukemia illness
can be precipitated by the Feline Leukemia vaccine; and Paralysis and
Aggressive Behavior development is linked to Rabies Vaccine in dogs.
Organ pathologies of heart, kidney, liver and immune mediated illnesses
and some deaths of animals are being linked to vaccinosis. There are
over 750 website links related to animal vaccinosis authored by
veterinarians, immunologists, animal owners/breeders and biologists.
When you do some research and discover that vaccines contain some
of the most poisonous compounds and elements known to man (and
foreign organic material that is also toxic when injected into anything),
i.e. formaldehyde, mercury and aluminum compounds, phenol (carbolic
acid), borax (ant killer), methanol, dye, acetone (solvent, polish
remover),disinfectant, glycerine, antifreeze, MSG and several other
poisons, plus also toxic when injected, animal organ tissue and blood
(e.g. monkey, cow, chicken, pig, sheep, dog, etc), contaminant animal
viruses (e.g. SV40, which causes cancer in humans), aborted human
foetus cells, large foreign proteins, mutated (more virulent) human
viruses in high doses, bacterial endotoxins, antibiotics, bacteria,
genetically modified yeast, latex, and animal, bacterial and viral DNA,
which, when injected, can be incorporated into the recipient's DNA,
then LOGIC dictates that you question whether violent poisons,
which by definition are very harmful, are really going to be good for
any living creature's immune system(?), let alone your tiny infant and
baby animal with its very immature immune and neurological systems.
3. There is a safer, effective form of immunization that has been
documented for over 2000 years in Greece and Europe: the use of
homeopathic vaccine nosodes. Today many veterinarians in this country,
Great Britain and Germany are using this preferred method of
vaccination. Scientific studies have currently been made and proven the
safety and efficacy of homeopathic vaccine nosodes in England by
Dr.Christopher Day who proved the use of the Parvo vaccine nosode
conferred 90% immunity in his dog study with no adverse reactions.
4. The Act of 1913 is unjust, giving no choice to the American citizen.
It denies them the right to choose homeopathy vaccine nosodes as a safe
alternative to drug vaccinations.
The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act of 1913 must be changed!
Sincerely, Gloria Dodd DVM
(http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com)
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