Giving up meat will resolve major issues

Eating your morning bacon, a noontime hamburger, or a dinner steak or pizza, does give rise to three hot topics in politics that cause fiery conversations.

The first issue is illegal immigration. Watching for just a minute a video showing how the cow becomes your hamburger or the treatment of chickens will leave you asking, "Who in their right mind would work in a slaughterhouse?" The answer is illegal aliens, and they do not complain for fear of deportation.

The second issue is our health care reform. Was there any mention of promoting health and nutrition, or subsidizing fruits and vegetables that prevent heart, cancer, diabetes, etc.? In T. Colin Campbell's "The China Study," he was able to prove that animal protein and casein in dairy are directly correlated to heart, cancer, and other illnesses.

In countries where there is more dairy consumption, there are more breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Animals are given hormones, steroids, and 70 percent of the antibiotics in this country. We are ingesting those by eating animal foods.

The third issue is the environment. Consider the impact of how much land clearance, water usage in processing, sewage and fecal runoff, animal flatulence that causes global warming, 80 percent of corn and soy crops raised to feed animals, and transportation fuel is used because of our obsession with animal meats and cheese.

I would rather eat broccoli and kale than suffer a chemotherapy treatment. I would rather give up meat and cheese than have a heart attack. I would rather eat plants than destroy my earth. I would rather eat beans than make a man work in those killing factories.

I just wish I could get a discount on my health insurance if I am able to stay out of the doctor's office.

Diane Crawford

Arlington Heights