100 Scientific Reasons to not eat meat -- Part 2
Below is an excerpt from the article in the link provided above:
"90.) Mercury and PCB exposure, due to fish consumption, shown to harm fetus brain development...
91.) Mercury in fish shown to outweigh benefits of omega-3s when it comes to brain development (specifically IQ)...
92.) Due to mercury “sticking” to our bodies, most women planning on getting pregnant need to avoid mercury containing foods 1 year before...
93.) Pregnant women eating fish once a week give their infants more mercury than if they were injected with six mercury containing vaccines...
94.) Some chemicals (dioxins, PCB, and DDE) found in fish have half lives as high as 10 years...
95.) Gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy which causes abnormal fetal growth, birth defects, and infant mortality) risk is increased when meat is consumed before pregnancy...
96.) Cow’s milk contains estrogen and other hormones (naturally) which promote the conversion of precancerous cell to invasive cancer and enhance the progression of cancer cells...
97.) Just how smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer, milk consumption is a risk factor for prostate cancer...
98.) “Meat glue” enzyme, transglutaminase, has potential food safety and allergy implications...
99.) Study found 70% of purchased chicken breasts for the study contained cancer causing form of arsenic beyond the safety thresholds of the FDA...
100.) Amino acid leucine has the greatest effect on increasing mTORC1 (believed to accelerate
the aging process). Meat products have the most leucine."
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