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Meat Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
“Extensive evidence points to the rich Western diet as the fundamental
cause of Alzheimer’s disease: … Worldwide, the incidence
of AD [Alzheimer’s disease] is more common among people who follow
meat- and dairy-centered diets, than among those people who eat a more
plant-based diet.” —Dr. John McDougall, McDougall Wellness
Center
Indeed, a flood of research shows that the toxins in meat, including
chicken and fish, increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s
disease, while the antioxidants in vegetables help prevent this deadly
disease. Click
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the billboard.
In the wake of former President Ronald Reagan’s death, there
has been a flurry of public discussion about Alzheimer’s disease
and the Reagan family’s push for stem-cell research. The public
would also benefit from being informed that Alzheimer’s, although
not currently curable, can be prevented. What better way to alert the
public than with a billboard campaign that features a respectful image
of President Reagan, calling on the public to “Win One for the
Gipper” by adopting a vegetarian diet?
This is a personal crusade for Vegan Campaign Coordinator Matt Rice,
who lost his grandmother to Alzheimer’s a little more than a year
ago. Rice had the idea of using President Reagan’s image and petitioning
Mrs. Reagan for support. Like Nancy Reagan, he wants to end the terrible
and rapidly growing plague of Alzheimer’s disease.
“Our loved ones don’t have to suffer like this,” says
Rice. “Research has shown that Alzheimer’s disease is as
preventable as heart disease. It is caused by our addiction to meat
and other animal products.”
PETA asked the American public what it thinks of the campaign, and after reviewing the evidence that meat causes Alzheimer's, 73 percent said, "Run the billboard." Many of those who want us to run the board also wrote to us. One man from North Carolina wrote, "I just visited PETA's Web site and saw the 'Win One for the Gipper' billboard and related story. I voted, 'Yes'-I emphatically urge you to place this billboard across America. I understand that PETA may experience some resistance to the use of President Reagan's picture and thus am taking the time to also let you know that many of us who have been affected by this horrific disease are cheering you on. … I thank you for exposing potential Alzheimer's sufferers to this important scientific information."
So, by popular demand, the new billboard will be run nationwide to alert people to an important way to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
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