Davis County Clipper | 1979-10-24 | Page 23 | Meat Takes Land

Fileat Takes Land By PHYLLIS WEAVER Copley News Service Did you know more living creatures eat vegetation than eat meat? WITHOUT pointing fingers, it is true a non-meat eater is likely to have a better disposition. dis-position. Besides, he doesn't take the risk of cholesterol, saturated fat and digestive problems associated with a meat diet. Most animals used as a diet by man the pig, duck,, chicken, cow, goat, lamb, rabbit all feed on grains, grasses or seeds. But do we call them health nuts? IT IS well known that graz- ing animals can live on grass j alone, and pretty poor grass i at that. Before you cancel out the "vegey" diet for lack of ; ' protein, you should know that I dried grass was found to have three times the protein con- centration as beef. So you see, to eat meat is generally unnecessary and j unecological, because it takes j 50 to 100 times more land to ! produce meat than its equivalent in vegetarian food. j Nuts may be vegetarian food. j Nuts may be vegetarian, but the vegetarian is not a nut! NOW YOU know. j j