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Can vegetarianism prevent bird flu?

by Danielle Nierenberg on September 6, 2007

Earlier this week, an MD I have long admired sent me an e-mail with the subject line, “I never thought I’d live to see the day.” When I opened his message, I found an excerpt from an editorial about zoonotic diseases in the current issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The thing that most surprised my doctor friend, who is an expert on avian influenza, was that the editorial discussed something you rarely hear in articles or news reports about the spread of bird flu (or mad cow disease or even HIV/AIDS). And it was a point he and others have been making for years. It read, “It is curious...that changing the way humans treat animals—most basically, ceasing to eat them or, at the very least, radically limiting the quantity of them that are eaten—is largely off the radar as a significant preventive measure. Such a change, if sufficiently adopted or imposed, could still reduce the chances of the much-feared influenza epidemic.”

This is big stuff from such a highly respected health journal. Most doctors and public health practitioners have shied away from recommending vegetarianism as a way not only to curb the emergence of animal diseases that can spread to humans, but also for preventing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some types of cancers. But the connections between meat and disease are certainly there. Increasingly, evidence suggests that the intensely crowded, extremely filthy factory farms that feed animals a toxic brew of antibiotics, hormones, and high-protein feed (which may also contain the ground-up bits of other animals) are at least partly responsible for some of the zoonoses we read about every day.

But according to the AJPH article, eating less meat would mean that fewer animals would need to be raised in factory farms. It would also mean we would have fewer genetically uniform—and disease susceptible—chickens (and pigs, turkeys, and other animals) closely confined in huge sheds that dot the landscapes of Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, and other U.S. states, as well as countries like China, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The AJPH author suggests that our continued consumption of animals not only has moral implications, but is also “highly imprudent” when it comes to preventing pandemics. But we do have multiple opportunities for prevention, he notes—including choosing not to eat animals from factory farms. In the end, this may be the best advice a doctor can give.

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Veganism and lowering population: let's do both

Submitted by garyl on October 4, 2007 - 9:42pm.

Going vegan is an individual action most of us in the developed world can start tomorrow. As people make this change, it profoundly alters the nature and impact of food production.

Of course, lowering the population will also help ease humanity's strain on the earth.

Buying local is another good move. However, there are only so many ways you can distribute ten billion land animals raised and killed each year (in the U.S. alone). It is the level of consumption that is the problem. Furthermore, many local farms are still factory farms; the size of the factory may vary but the animals are still crowded beak-to-beak and sick animals are allowed to languish.

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A solution we always knew

Submitted by suhemin@yahoo.co.in on September 8, 2007 - 12:57am.

To turn away from eating animals is the most logical thing to do. Many communities have been doing it. A vegeterian diet can be tasty, healthy and less prone to the transmission of diseases. And it is not difficult to turn to it. It will also help reduce human beings' ecological footprint. Let people just try. I am doing it for the past 50 years.

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Vegetarian Diets and Health

Submitted by Danielle Nierenberg on September 8, 2007 - 1:38pm.

You're not the only one who thinks vegetarian diets are healthy--even the United States Department of Agriculture says that people can get all the nutrients they need to live healthy lives from plant-based foods. And long-term studies of vegetarians show that they often live longer (like you!) and have fewer health problems than folks who include animal products (milk, eggs, meat, and cheese) in their diets.

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that is not a solution

Submitted by humanbeing777 on September 7, 2007 - 8:43pm.

What a ludicrous, short-sighted and illogical notion! The only way to prevent and stop the downward spiral of increasingly worsening disease/s and environmbental break-down is to start controlling population world-wide. Overpopulation is the root-cause!! Turning vegetarian is not going to solve the problem. Less people = less suffering - for animals and humans. It really is very simple.

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Or how about trying to get 3

Submitted by nicko on June 4, 2008 - 1:15pm.

Or how about trying to get 3 world nations to be a bit more healthy, and whats that big one, clean yes clean them up feed them and even give some vitamins to them. No GNC's around i know so go order some discount vitamins online and just type inf Africa for the shipping. Were not going to cut the population growth so we better try and control health risks starting were its the worst.

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Vegetarianism OR Local Farming

Submitted by cyndyc on September 7, 2007 - 9:44am.

Very important topic. Thank you!

I'd like to add that if you choose to continuing eating meat (or vegetables for that matter), obtaining it from a local farmer using sensible agricultural methods is a great way to avoid supporting factory farms. You'll also be reducing transportation impacts of your food, supporting local jobs, and helping to retain local diversity of land use.

If you live in the US, you can find local farms and farmers markets through http://www.localharvest.org/

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Eating Local Helps Prevent Disease Spread

Submitted by Danielle Nierenberg on September 8, 2007 - 1:32pm.

Thanks for reminding us that eating local is the best defense against the unintended--or malicious--spread of foodborne pathogens. Last year's outbreak of pathogenic E. coli from Californian farms is a perfect and deadly example of how the long distance transportation of food (people were infected in numerous states and at least 3 people died).

For more information on eating local, check out my colleague Brian Halweil's book Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1082

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