To Be or Not To Be ….. a VEGETARIAN

What do Mahatma Gandhi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstien, Thomas Edison and even Adolf Hitler have in common with Dustin Hoffman, Martina Navratilova, Amitabh Bachan, Aishwarya Rai and Angela Besset…?

They were/are all VEGETARIANS…

Albert Einstein maintains that Vegetarianism is the result of evolutionary process. If one was to equate that in terms of evolutionary time scale of ape to man, consuming meat may be equated to being ape and vegetarianism to man.

According to China Health Report, 80 - 90% of all lifestyle deseases (eg., cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes) can be prevented if we would stick to quality plant based foods; and as much as $120 billion per year might be saved from the healthcare costs in the US alone.

Apart from the numerous heath benefits associated with being vegetarian – apparently the reason for Adolf Hitler to have turned into one – there are also spiritual benefits; definitely not the motivation behind Adolf Hitler’s vegetarian experiment!

Pythagoras, famous for his contributions to geometry and mathematics, said, "Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied mild or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter, only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass."

"I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb". --Vaslav Nijinsky (dancer and choreographer)