not every vegetarian/vegan stereotype meat eaters. in fact you are being stereotypical by saying that we all do.
you should know.. veggie burgers arent greasy, it purely depends on how you are cooking your food, and its not fake meat... its just soybeans!!! and they are so much helthier for you by the way and with no cholesterol either... but there are some vegetarians who only eat nasty fried foods, and pastas.. but there are others who actually eat healthy. same goes for the meat eaters.
and meat doesnt cause cancer or any of that stuff.. but it has been scientifically proven that by eating meat you are at higher risk for those kinds of diseases. it was even shown in cancer patients on a diet with meat became much worse, while the ones not eating meat were getting better.
and about the milk thing -- cows still are kept in horrible conditions today.. and yes cows produce milk when they are pregnant... but to you honestly think that the owner of the dairy farm really wants to wait for his thousands of cows to get pregnant. no if he did, he would have to have male cows (not part of the dairy buisness) and there would be a lot more unnecessary work for his buisness.. all cows are artificially inseminated, which is rape.
milk-calcium-bone density myth --
(all the following was taken from www.vegsource.com/attwood/milk...
The true connection between milk and strong bones isn't exactly what the dairy industry has been telling us all these years. Calcium balance, the relationship between the intake and loss of the mineral determines bone density, mostly during childhood and adolescence. Good bone density attained by the age of 18 usually lasts a lifetime for people consuming a balanced plant-based diet and remaining physically active. Milk and other dairy products, although rich in calcium, are high in animal protein, which has been shown to create calcium loss through the urinary tract. A 1994 National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference concluded that calcium balance and bone density depended at least 3O percent on the ratio of intake to loss, not on calcium intake alone. According to a report in Science magazine in 1986, evidence is accumulating that calcium intake (considered alone) is not related to bone density
This may explain why countries consuming the most milk also have the highest incidence of osteoporosis. Exceptions exist, but a common determining factor seems to be the high protein consumption in populations who require very high levels of calcium intake. For instance, the RDA of calcium in the United States is up to 1,200 mg daily. This is much higher than the World Health Organization's recommendation of 500 mg. for children and 800 mg for adults. Areas of the world where dietary protein is very low have low national recommendations. In Thailand, for example, the recommended daily intake of calcium is only 400 mg. for all ages. Elderly South African Bantu women, who consume a very low protein diet (5O grams daily, compared with 91 grams for Americans) and only 450 mg. calcium daily, have no osteoporosis despite the calcium drain of nursing an average of 10 children. On the other hand, Eskimos, consuming a very high protein diet (250-400 grams) of fish, and a calcium intake of over 2,000 mg daily, have the highest rate of osteoporosis in the world!
Calcium in Milligrams per 100 Calories
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Arugula..........................
Watercress....................... 800
Turnip greens.................. .650
Collard greens................. 548
Mustard greens.................490
Spinach.......................... 450
Broccoli......................... 387
Swiss cheese................... 250
Milk (2-percent).............. 245
Green onions................... 240
Okra............................. 213
Cabbage.......................... 196
Whole milk..................... 190
Cheddar cheese.............. 179
American cheese............. 160
interesting