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Is Non -Vegetarian Food Permitted Or [ << Previous Page | Next Page >> ] (ii)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 1.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT Geographical location and surrounding environment influences the food
habits of human beings. (a) People living in the coastal regions of India e.g.
Kokanis eat more fish (b)
South-Indians are basically rice eaters. 2.
DESERT AREAS: In vast desert
areas there are very few plants like dates and figs. Hence people’s staple
diet is food obtained from animal sources. 3.
ESKIMOS IN ARTIC AND ANTARCTICA Eskimos living in
Artic regions where edible vegetation is scarce survive on non- vegetarian food
mainly consisting of seafood. (iii)
PERSONAL CHOICE 1
Preference of food habits due to taste. smell. colour. etc. 2
Avoid food due to taste. smell. colour etc 3
Personal choice 4
No objection on personal choice Personal
choice in matters of diet should not be interfered with, as long as it is not
harmful for the person, the society and the environment in the longer run. (iv) HUMANE OR ETHICAL REASONS 1
Humane Reasons 2 All Life Is Sacred According to
Islam we cannot harm any living creature unnecessarily. If it is required for
our own safety, security and sustenance, we are permitted to interfere in their
life cycle. We are even allowed to slaughter lawful, permitted living creatures
for food. 3
Even plants
have life 4 Even plants can feel pain There was a research
done by a farmer, who invented an instrument which converted the cry of the
plant to the audible range of human being so that he could hear the cry of the
plant. Thus, he was able to realize immediately when the plant cried for water.
Latest researches show that not only the plants can cry but they can even feel
happy and sad. They to have emotions. Just because we are
unable to hear cry of plants or realize the pain and torture inflected on plants
as compared to animals, it does not justify our killing plants for food, but not
animals. 5. killing a living creature
with two senses less. is not a lesser crime On the contrary you
would say that he has killed a “Masoom” an innocent person and insist
that the judge should give the murderer a greater punishment for his cruelty. (6)
Killing a human being and
non-human being In
Islam killing any living creature. (Who is a non-human being). Unnecessarily or
for Sport or for fun is prohibited, but if it is required for security,
safety and sustenance, it is permitted. Thus killing any lawful living creature
for food is permitted. 7 Killing
one animal Is better than killing hundred plants 8
World
Foundation On Reverence For All Life 9
Milk is
Non-veg 10 Animals
feel pain while milking The first time when the cattle is milked, she resists due
to pain but later she gets conditioned and may not resist. 11
Why Not
Drink The Milk Of An Elephant? I want to ask a simple question to Lacto Vegetarians: why don't you
drink the milk of elephants, which is also nutritious? The answer is very easy -
it is because an elephant will not allow you to milk her due to the pain it
causes her In short you are inflicting pain on the cattle and in the same breath
speaking against cruelty to animals. How absurd. 12 Robbing
The Milk meant for the Calf: If you do not agree to the concept that cattle and certain animals have
also been created as food for human beings, then how can you drink the milk of
cattle which milk is meant for its offspring? Are you not robbing the milk of
the calf and depriving it of its nourishment? If a cattle is not created for
food for the human being then you are in plain English robbing the milk of the
calf. Just because you are more powerful than the cattle, are you not applying
the law of the jungle? Why this hypocrisy of the highest order?: 13
Taking students to slaughter
houses to witness bloodshed Is like taking girls to watch a difficult
childbirth: 14 If
plants and crops can be grown for food then why can't animals be raised for
food? (v)
ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. Humans Have Omnivorous Set Of Teeth If you ask any dentist, he will confirm that human beings
have omnivorous set of teeth meant for eating both vegetarian and non-vegetarian
food. 2.
PoInted teeth in human beings are like dog's
and not like monkey's Even if we were to agree that pointed teeth of humans are
like teeth of apes and monkeys, Let us point out also that all apes and monkey
are not vegetarian-many species even eat meat. 3 Human beings can digest both
vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food 4 Arguments favouring that
human beings can also digest non-vegetarian food: (a) Human
beings cannot digest raw meat like carnivorous animals Normally
human beings do not have raw meat but they cook their meat to soften it for easy
digestion. (b) Human
being cannot digest certain raw
vegetables and pulses Similarly
human beings cannot digest certain raw vegetarian food unless cooked like rice,
wheat, moong, drumstick, etc which can easily be digested raw by herbivorous
animals. Just
because human beings normally do not digest raw meat, does not make meat eating
prohibited for us. Similarly, should several raw vegetarian foods that cannot be
digested raw by human beings be prohibited? (c) Eskimo
literally means eaters of raw flesh There
are certain human beings like Eskimos who live in the arctic region, and eat raw
flesh. Eskimos literally means eaters of raw flesh. (d) Human
digestive juice doesn't contain cellulose enzyme like the herbivorous animals The
digestive juice of the human being does not contain cellulase enzyme like the
herbivorous animals. Most vegetables contains cellulose which is not digested in
the human intestine it consumed raw. (e) Human
digestive juice contains enzyme to digest non-veg. There
are certain enzymes present in the digestive juices of the human beings which
are specifically used to digest non-vegetarian food e.g. trypsis, chymotrypsis,
lipase, etc. 5 Primitive man was non-Veg The
diet of the primitive man was mainly non-vegetarian. The Australian aborigines
also eat non-vegetarian food. 6.Human
intestine is like the intestine of herbivorous animals The
human intestines are long, elastic and capable of pushing food ahead like the
intestines of the herbivorous animals. It is unlike the intestine of the
carnivorous animals, which are short and straight and their food transition time
is lesser. Since vegetables
require longer intestine for digestion and absorption as compared to
non-vegetarian food and since man is omnivorous, to digest both non-vegetarian
food and vegetarian food, the human intestine has to be long. 7 .
Liver and kidney of human beings is like
herbivorous animals - It is smaller than that of carnivorous animals 8.
HCL content in the gastric juice in human being is less
as compared to carnivorous animal The
HCL content in the gastric juice of human being is less as compared to
carnivorous animal because HCL is needed to provide acetic media for the protein
digestive enzyme, which are pepsin, trypsur, and chymotrypsin. Different animals
have diflerent HCL content depending upon the amount of flesh eaten. Similarly
the HGL content of the human being is appropriate to digest the amount of meat
eaten and also considering the fact that the meat is cooked 9.Blood
Ph of human beings and herbivorous animals are alkaline Similarly
the blood PH of the human being is alkaline. 10
Blood Lipo Protein in human
being and herbivorous animal is same 11 Saliva of carnivores are more acidic than that of the human beings 12 Human beings like herbivorous animals have skin pores and well
developed salivarY gland. 13 plants regrow when cut but this is not possible with animals Fruits ripen and fall, leaves are lopped off from the tree and new ones
arise. Such a Phenomenon is neither possible nor seen in animals. Limbs when cut
cannot grow again. There are certain animals, which have this function to regrow
certain parts of their body for e.g. the skin of the snake and the tail of the
lizard. If any part that regrows can be eaten, then will the vegetarians eat the
tail of the lizard, which regrows? It is a delicacy for certain non-vegetarians.
Will they apply the same logic? (vi)
BEHAVIOURAL CONSIDERATIONS (1) Non vegetarian foods makes
the person violent (a)
The Food You Eat Has An Effect
On Your Behavior (b) Only
eating of the herbivorous animal Is allowed (c)
The Glorious Qur’ân Says
Prophet Prohibits What Is Bad The glorious Qur’ân
says in Surah A`raaf Chapter 7 Verse 157(7:157) And in Surah Hashr Chapter 59 Verse
7(59:7) For a
Muslim, The Prophet’s (PBUH) statement is sufficient to convince him that
Allah does not wish humans to eat some kinds of meat while allowing some other
kinds. (d) Ahaadeeth
Of Muhammad (Pbuh) prohibiting eating of carnivorous animals According
to a Ahaadeeth narrated by lbn Abbaas in Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim the
Holy Prophet (PBUH) prohibited the eating of i. Wild animals with canine teeth i.e. meat eating carnivorous animals.
These are animals belonging to the cat families such as lion, tiger, cats, dogs,
wolfs hyenas, etc ii.
Certain rodents like mice, rats, rabbits with claws, etc. iii.
Certain reptiles like Snakes, alligators etc. iv.
Birds preying with talons or claws, like vultures, eagles, crows, owl,
etc; (2)
Non-vegetarians
are more social and less violent There were a group of students, which were only fed
on non-vegetarian. diet and another group of students were fed with pure
vegetarian food. It was found that the group of students who were fed with
non-vegetarian food were more social and less violent (3) (a) NOBLE
prize winners for peace were
non-vegetarian The
ideological vegetarian to prove their point that vegetarianism makes a person
peaceful quote names like Mahatma Gandhi, failing to realize that most of the
Noble-Prize winners for peace in this century were Non-vegetarians. Like Yasser
Arafat1 Anwar Saadat, vitzah Rabin, Menachin Begin, Mother Teresa,
etc. (b) Hitler was a vegetarian Who was the person who had massacred and killed
the maximum number of human beings in the world in the history of mankind? It
was Adolf Hitler, who killed '6 million' Jews. Who was he? He was a
vegetarian. Now that the fallacy has been exposed and their counter argument
proved wrong, they say that Hitler was a pure vegetarian is a myth, and he
sometimes ate non-vegetarian food. I personally do not base my arguments that
diet makes a person peaceful or violent by giving examples of individual
personalities There are more other important and relevant factors that make a
person peaceful or violent than merely diet. (4) Non-vegetarians
are more Intelligent (A)
Ideological vegetarians claim that
vegetarian diet makes a person more intelligent. In fact animal behavioural
scientists have noted that to survive, meat eating predators must outsmart their
vegetarian prey. However, all such theories and research break down because of
the difficulty of defining intelligence. (B)Most of The Noble Prize Winners Were Non-Veg. Ideological vegetarians, to
prove their point that vegetarian diet enlightens the mind and makes a person
intelligent, give a list of names of philosophers and scientists who were
supposedly vegetarian like Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw,
Aristotle, Mahavir, etc. failing to realize that a list of greater scientists
and philosophers who were non-vegetarian can be readily given. Almost all the
latest scientific developments have been made by westerners, most of whom are
non-vegetarian. Jesus Christ (PBUH) and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) were
non-vegetarian. More than 90% of the Noble Prize winners are non-vegetarian. (5) Vegetarianism
doesn't make a person strong Giving isolated unheard examples of
a few vegetarians who were in the Indian army and were strong (e.g. Yadunath
Singh Naik) and then quoting unauthentic research that vegetarians are more
energetic and strong is one of the most unscientific ways of proving a point,
which way convince an ideological vegetarian, but certainly not a logical
person. Almost all the winners of the world wrestling competition are
non-vegetarian. All the people who got the title of Mr. Universe for
bodybuilding are non-vegetarians. Arnold Schwarzenigger, the famous body builder
who won 13 World titles, 7 Mr. Olympia, 5 Mr. Universe and 1 Mr. World is a
Non-vegetarian. (6) Vegetarianism
doesn’t make a person an athlete The crusaders of
vegetarianism further give unheard examples such as one successful athlete
unheard of by the name Sardar Paramjit Singh who was a vegetarian. Almost all
atheletes who hold world records are non-vegetarians. Carl Lewis is a
non-vegetarian. (7)
carnivorous animals have stronG sense of smell and good
night vision unlike herbivorous animals and human beings Crusaders
of vegetarianism argue that carnivorous animals have strong sense of smell and
good night vision but human beings are like herbivorous animals, who do not have
strong sense of smell and vision. I agree that most of the carnivorous animals
have strong sense of smell and vision but the reason is because such animals
hunt their own food while growing up unlike human beings. It is totally wrong to
say that none of the herbivorous creatures have strong sense of smell and
vision. Bees have a very strong sense of smell and vision. (8)
Sound of carnivorous animals
is hoarse unlike the herbivorous animals and human beings Ideological
vegetarians give illogical comparisons to prove their point of view and argue
that the sounds of carnivorous animals are very hoarse unlike those of
herbivorous animals and human beings. They try to put forth a point that
vegetarian diet makes the voice melodious. Which animal is known maximum for its
hoarse voice? It is general knowledge that it is the donkey and the donkey is a
herbivorous animal. Who is most well known for a melodious voice in India? -
Lata Mangeshkar. is she a vegetarian or a Non-Vegetarian? NON-VEGETARIAN!
Muhammad Rafi was a Non-Vegetarian. Who
is the most famous singer is the world today? Michael Jackson; who is a
Non-Vegetarian. (Though most of us may not find him melodious) By
no way am I trying to prove that a non-vegetarian diet makes a person's voice
melodious. I am only disproving the illogical arguments put forth by crusaders
of vegetarianism. 9.Most
of the world record holders are non-vegetarian: If
you analyse the dietary history of world record holders and after conceding
maximum benefit of doubt to the vegetarians, yet we will find that more than 90%
of the world record holders will be non-vegetarians. There may be a few records
which may be related to the diet of a person but I would be considered a fanatic
non-vegetarian if I were to say that all these records were won by them because
they are Non-Vegetarians. (vii)
ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATION 1.
To Derive one Kg meat protein.
animal has to be fed 7 to 8 kg vegetable protein Some
argue that vegetarian diet is much more economical because to derive one kg of
meat protein, the animal has to be fed 7 to 8 kg of vegetable protein. If
these statistics are correct then I ask the vegetarians to thank the
Non-Vegetarians for doing a great favour to them. If we non-vegetarians would
not slaughter animals for food then these animals would live for another 5 to 10
years depriving 7 to 8 vegetarians of their food for a few years. We also lessen
the burden of the vegetarian by not insisting on having his food. 2
Land needed to graze an
average animal can sustain 5 average human families Ideological
vegetarians argue that land needed to graze an average animal can sustain 5
average human families. They further add that land, which will produce one ton
of beef, will produce 10 to 20 tons of highly nutritious Veg. food. ·These people fail to realise
that the animals graze on land unsuitable for crop cultivation.
·Animals eat those portions of
plants that are considered inedible (corn stalks and husks) by humans. ·By eating such
inedible plant parts, they provide by-products and services that ease human
bodies. ·Many nomadic
populations survive on lands that lack-farming potentials by feeding on animals
whose nourishment is coarse vegetation that humans can't digest. ·Excluding the
forest and pastures1 according to reports of United Nation and FAO,
70 % of the land in the world is cultivatable but only 10 % is under
cultivation. This means that 60% of the land which can be used for producing
food is lying waste. Thus there is no question of scarcity of land for
agriculture and no fear that the animals are using scarce land meant for crop
cultivation. 3 Better
to use the milk of the cow then to
kill it: I
marvel the logic of Mr. Gopinath Agarwal who says that a cow on an average gives
10 kgs of milk per day i.e. 3000 Kgs of milk per year which can satisfy the
hunger of 6000 people at a time. In its complete productive years a cow can
satisfy the hunger of 90,000 people at a time. If the cow is killed then its
flesh can not even satisfy a 1000 people at a time. Thus, concluding that
killing a goose that lays a golden egg daily is never a wise proposition. No
milkman is a fool to sell a milking cow to the slaughter house and neither is a
butcher a fool to purchase a milking cow because a milking cow is multiple times
more expensive than an old cow which has passed its' age of productivity. A
milking cow in Mumbai costs 20,000 to 25,000 rupees while an old non-milking cow
fetches only 3000 to 5000 rupees. A
cow lives for about 20 years and does not give milk for the first 4 to 5 years
and the last 4-5 years. We are smarter. We kill the goose after it stops laying
the golden eggs permanently so that we can benefit from all the golden eggs as
well as the flesh of the goose. "Sanp bhi mare aur lathi bhi na toote."
In other words, killing two birds with one stone. All
off-springs of cows are not females and hence can not produce milk. Gopinath
says that they can be used for pulling carts, transporting freight, plowing the
fields, etc.,, all of which are cruelty to the animal specially when there are
better alternatives in the field of science and technology. Even if I agree with
him, only a small percentage of the millions of bullocks in India can be used
for this purpose. What will happen to the remaining bullocks as well as the old
non-milking cows and the old bullocks which cannot be used for labour? Only 25%
of the available cows, bulls, oxes are useful to the owners and the remaining
are unproductive. There are only four options, either: i.
We look after them properly and feed them which costs on an average 18000
rupees a year, which I doubt whether even 0.1% of the people may be doing. ii.
Give it to Jivdaya organisation which too cannot support them and hence
leaves them free. These cattle invade the fields and eat crops and vegetable
which are useful to human beings, thus incurring a greater loss. iii.
Transport them and leave these
unproductive animals in jungles. Doing so will also cost a fortune. in the
jungle, being weak, they will be easy prey to wild animals. iv. The last option of
giving such animals to slaughter houses is best for both. The owners may fetch a
few thousand rupees and the animal will not have to die of hunger or become prey
to the wild animals and die a slow ruthless and torturous death. Besides being
slaughtered painlessly, they can be useful for human beings after their death.
Their flesh can be used as food, their hide can be used as leather (shoes,
chappals, belts, purses, valets, clothing, bags, etc..) and the bones for other
uses (every one knows what is its use) 4
Hundred times more water required for non-veg.
According to Dr. Nemichand, meat
eating creates serious problems of shortage of water because one pound of wheat
requires 25 gallons of water while one pound of flesh requires 25,000 gallons of
water. I am not interested in knowing from where he got these statistics but
according to him shortage of water is due to the animals drinking water. This
is the hypocrisy of the highest order. On one hand the
vegetarians speak about animal rights and ask one and all not to be cruel
towards them and on the other hand they blame the poor animals for drinking
water and causing shortage of water. In Islam, according to Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH) it is mentioned in: Saheeh Bukhari Volume 3 Ahaadeeth no, 551 and Saheeh Bukhari volume 8
Ahaadeeth no.38 "That there is a reward for giving water to a thirsty dog and
also for serving any animal." It's a common fact that 2/3rd
of
the world is occupied by water, drinking water for the animals need
not be purified like is done for human beings. Instead of solving the problem of
providing the available water, Dr. Nemichand gives the solution of eradicating
animals and solving your hypothetical problems of water shortage. We make better use of them by consuming them as lawful
food. 5.
Eat the animals who die naturally: R. Das director of Iskon Youth says
that yet if the Non- Vegetarian insists on drinking milk, then they should only
eat animals who die naturally. I admire his great love for animals that he is willing to let human
beings die just to save animals. It is an established medical fact that eating
meat of dead animals is detrimental to human beings. Besides causing diseases
like Anthrax bacillus. Brucellosis,
parteurella multocida, hemorihagic septicunia, flesh of dead animals causes
heptospirosis which can even cause death. The Glorious Qur’ân prohibits dead
meat in no Less than 4 places. In
Surah Baqarah chapter 2
verse 173 (2:173) In
surah Ma’idah chapter 5
verse 8 (5:8) In
Surah A’naam chapter 6
verse 145 (6: 145) In Surah Nahl
chapter 16 verse 115 (16:115) 6
If
cattle is not slaughtered for food then you have over
population of cattle If cattle are
not slaughtered for food, then there will be over population of cattle. I am
aware that for the sake of food, cattle are multiplied artificially. If this
artificial multiplication is stopped along with stopping of slaughtering of
cattle for food yet they will multiply. Our creator Almighty God has created the
cattle also for food. No wonder that their gestation period is very short from 3
months to 6 months and they have several off-springs in a short period as
compared to human beings. With most of the people practicing family planning
birth control, it is plain logic that in the cattle where the reproductive
growth is multiple times and with absence of family planning, the cattle
population is bound to increase multiple times as compared to human population.
How will we solve the problem of over population, which will cause a phenomenal
loss to the human beings if the cattle are not slaughtered for food? 7
No
harm in paving more money
for good quality food Even if the animal protein is more
expensive than the vegetable protein but the animal protein is of a higher
quality then what is the problem if a person is willing to pay more money to buy
a better quality of food or a food of his personal choice if he can afford it? It is similar to some one saying it is foolish of the rich people to buy
one square feet of apartment space for 25, 000 rupees in South Mumbai when the
same one square feet of apartment is available for less than one thousand rupees
in distant suburbs. 8.Vegetables are more
expensive than meat in western countries In India, vegetarian food is
cheaper than non-vegetarian food but in western countries it is the opposite.
vegetarian food is more expensive than the non-vegetarian food and fresh
vegetables cost phenomenal amounts. This is the reason why mainly rich and
affluent people as a vogue have adopted vegetarianism. With all the crusading of
vegetarianism, less than 1% of Americans are pure vegetarians, according
to American Council of Science and Health. (viii)
NUTRITIONAL VALUE 1
Dr. George R. Kerr's
statement According to Dr.
George R. Kerr who is a professor of nutrition, and international and family
health at the university of Texas U.S.A., "The authors of virtually all
popular diet disease books ... advance hypothesis that are untested, ill
tested, unfounded, unlikely or disproved." 2
Protein of Non-veg. is of
higher Quality Protein is
broken in the body into amino acid and there are 22 known types of amino acid,
out of which 14 are non-essential, which are manufactured naturally in the body
while 8 are essential amino acids, which cannot be manufactured naturally within
the body and must be obtained from our food. pRotein of animal origin are biologically
complete protein or higher quality protein since they contain all the 8
essential amino acids required by the human bodies. 3.
All Essential FattY Acids
Present in Meat Similarly there
are essential fatty acids i.e. poly unsaturated fatty acids which are not
synthesized in the body and have to be provided in the food. Meat contains all
the essential fatty acids but no Single Veg source contains all the essential
fatty acids. (Essential fatty acids are linoleic acid, linolenic acid and
arachidonia acid.) 4 Non-Vegetarian
food contains Haem-Iron There are 2
forms of dietary iron: Haem iron which is present in animal products and Non-Haem
iron which is present in foods of animal and plant origin. Haem iron is much
better absorbed than the non Haem iron. Vegetarians thus have limited intake of
Haem, which increases the risk of iron deficiency and anemia. This is more
common iron amongst vegetarian milk fed infants and women who are either prone
to loosing more amount of iron during menstruation or reduced iron intake while
dieting. Meat, poultry
and fish also help the body to absorb more non Haem iron. It is beneficial for
humans to consume meat and vegetables together to get the maximum iron
absorption. Vitamin 'C' also helps in non-Haem iron absorption. 5
Quantity of protein may be more
In certain vegetables but not quality Most of the people are
unaware that the vegetable proteins are biologically incomplete and of an
inferior quality as compared to animal proteins, which are biologically,
complete. Neither are people aware of the absorption of Haem iron and non-Haem
iron. Which is more valuable? Ten notes of Rs 10 each or one note of Rs. 500/-?
6
Vegetarian food is deficient
in vitamin B 12 Vegetarian food is deficient in
vitamin B 12. Vitamin B 12 deficiency normally is more due to defect of
absorption and rarely due to dietary reason. Though dietary deficiency of
vitamin B 12 is rare, it is serious and observed mainly in vegetarians. According to the crusaders of vegetarianism their research states that
two types of seaweed "Wakame" and "Kombo" have been found to
contain vitamin B 12. How many vegetarians have heard the name of these two sea
weeds and how many consume it in their diet? 7
Deficiency Of Zinc In
Vegetarian Food
Vegetarian food is deficient in
Zinc. Meat is an important source of dietary Zinc. However, certain vegetarian
food like pumpkin is rich in zinc. 8. Iodine abundant in seafood and
negligible in Vegetarian Food. Iodine, which is important for
producing thyroid hormones, is present in abundant quantity in seafood and
present in poor to negligible quantity in vegetarian food. 9.
Carbohydrates And Vitamin C Not
Present In Non-Vegetarian Food'
Carbohydrates and vitamin C are not
present in non-vegetarian food but abundant in vegetarian food and fruits which
are also eaten by Non-Vegetarians. This, fulfills the requirements of non-vegetarian, since they do not
place unnecessary restrictions on their dietary habits 10. Egg
is a nutrient - dense food Eggs have very high nutritive value i. One large egg provides about 6 grams of proteins about half of which is
in the egg white. The white of the egg is an ideal protein - the one by which
all others are measured because it contains all the amino acids needed for human
nutrition and offers them in the proper balance it. ii. Eggs are a significant source of iron, riboflaven, folate and vitamin
B12, D and E. Eggs
are one of the very few foods that supply vitamin D. Just about the only
nutrient not found in an egg is vitamin C. iii. Eggs are easily digested, making them valuable dietary component for
people who are ill or convalescing. iv. Of the 5 grams of fat in a large egg, more that half is unsaturated that
does not raise blood cholesterol level. v. Eggs don't provide an abundance of any one nutrient but offer substantial
amount of a wide variety, thus eggs are called as nutrient-dense food. It means
that they provide relatively high proportion of essential nutrients while
supplying only a relatively small number of calories that is about 70 calories
for a large egg. 11.
Vegetarian
babies are less healthy Generally
speaking vegetarian babies are less healthy. During the first six months when
babies are breast fed, the growth is satisfactory. During weaning
between 6 and 18 months their growth can be retarded Vegetarian infants normally
start on a relatively high fibre diet which suppresses digestibility causing
slower growth, smaller stature and leaner body. Between 2 to 5 years they catch
up with the Non-Vegetarian children. Nutritional
deficiency which pose the greatest threat to vegetarian infants are deficiency
in vitamin B 12, Vitamin D, Retinol and C 20 - 22 poly unsaturated fatty acids. 12.
Prevention
of nutritional deficiency is possible but difficuIt Pure vegetarian
diet can supply the required nutritients and prevent most of the nutritional
deficiency but it should be carefully planned, monitored and the quantity
balanced along with the correct variety of vegetarian food. Such variety of
vegetable food should also be available and the person should like all the
required food. In a
non-vegetarian diet all this detailed meticulous planning is not required
because most of the non-vegetarian food contain the required essential
nutrients. 1 Islamic
Method Of Slaughtering Animal Seems Ruthless People ask why
do Muslims slaughter the animal in a ruthless manner by torturing it and slowly
and painfully killing it? Before giving a
detailed explanation one small joke once a Sikh asked a Muslim why do you
slaughter the animal painfully by cutting the throat instead of the way we do by
one stroke i.e. ·'Jhatka"
and the Muslim replied that we are brave and courageous and attack from the
front-we are “marad ka baccha", while you are cowards and
attack from behind. This was just a joke. 2
Islamic method of
slaughtering animals. "Zakkaytum"
is a verb derived from the root word “zakah” (to purify). Its infinitive is
Tazkiiyah,
which means purification. The
Islamic mode of slaughtering on animal requires the following conditions to be
made: I
Animal slaughtered with sharp object (knife) Al Shaddad Bin Aous has
quoted this tradition of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) "God calls for mercy
in everything, so be merciful when you kill and when you slaughter, sharpen your
blade to relieve its pain". II. Cut the wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck Zabiha is an
Arabic word, which means slaughtered. The slaughtering is to be done by cutting
the throat, wind pipe and the jugular vein in the neck causing the animals'
death without cutting the spinal cord.
III Blood should be drained out: The blood has to
be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out
most of the blood, which would serve as a good culture medium for micro
organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart
could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood
in the blood vessels... 3 Blood is
a good media of germs and bacteria Blood is a good media of germs1 bacteria, toxins etc.
therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood
is drained out. 4 Meat remains fresh for a longer time Due to
deficiency of blood in the meat, meat slaughtered by the Islamic way remains
fresh for a longer time as compared to other methods of slaughtering 5.
Animal doesn’t feel pain The swift
cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood of the nerve of the
brain. Thus, the animal does not feet the pain while dying. The animal while
dying struggles; writhes shakes and kicks not due to pain but due to the flow of
blood out of the body. 6.
Many diseases transmitted by
meat can be prevented by 'zabiha' Thus by slaughtering the animal by the Islamic method, Zabiha and There
by removing most of the blood from the animal's body, many diseases which are
acquired by eating non-vegetarian food can be prevented since the media for
transmission of such diseases is blood which contains toxins, bacteria, germs,
etc. 7.
Why Islamic method of
Slaughtering animals is better? a scientific reason Many allegations have been made that Islamic slaughter is not humane to
animals. However, Professor Schultz and his colleague Dr. Hazim of the
Hanover University, Germany, proved through an experiment, using an
electroencephalograph (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) that *Islamic slaughter
is THE humane method of slaughter* and captive bolt stunning, practiced by the
Western method, causes severe pain to the animal. The results surprised many.
Experimental Details: 1. Several electrodes were surgically implanted at various points
of the skull of all animals, touching the surface of the brain. 1. The first three seconds from the time of Islamic slaughter as recorded
on the EEG did not show any change from the graph before slaughter, thus
indicating that the animal did not II - Western method by C.B.P. Stunning
1. The animals were apparently unconscious soon after stunning. 7.
Hygienic conditions and cooking
meat well Most of the
diseases that are transmitted through meat can be easily prevented by adopting
hygienic conditions and cooking the meat very well, which destroys the ova,
germs and bacteria. 8.
Pork. the cause of several
diseases is prohibited by Islam Eating pork
the flesh of swine causes many dangerous diseases. Certain ova present in pork
cannot be destroyed under normal cooking conditions. Pork itself is a
cause of no less than 70 different diseases including schaemic heart diseases.
This is one of the several reasons why pork is prohibited in Islam. According to
the Glorious Qur’ân: Allah says in Surah Al- Baqarah Chapter no.2 verse no.173 (2:173) In
Surah Al-Ma'idah Chapter no.5 verse 3(5:3)
In Surah A’naam Chapter no.6 verse 145 (6:145) In Surah Nahl Chapter no.76 verse
115 (16:115) 5.
Eating in excess is prohibited: The Glorious Qur’ân mentions in Surah
Taha chapter 20 verse 81
(20:81) (Saying):
"Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no
excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom
descends My Wrath do perish indeed." Eating in excess
is prohibited in Islam. This in itself is a preventive measure for several
diseases. 6.
Prevention Is better than cure: By following
Islamic guide-lines, most of the diseases caused by eating non-vegetarian food
can be prevented. 1. Islamic method of slaughtering the animal and letting the blood flow of
its body 2. Maintaining hygienic conditions and cooking the food very well. 3. Abstaining from eating pork 4.
Abstaining form eating in excess. 7
Water should be purified and not prohibited if
diseases can be transmitted Several diseases
can be transmitted through water such as The solution for
preventing these diseases is not to prohibit the drinking of water but to purify
the water. Similarly eating non-vegetarian food should not be prohibited but
proper preventive measures should be taken. 8 Non-Vegetarian
food is not the only cause of schaemic heart diseases Increased fat and
cholesterol in the diet leads to its depositions on the walls of the blood
vessels causing schaemic heart disease IHD. Non-vegetarian food is rich in
cholesterol but is not the only cause of IHD. There are several vegetarian food
such as ghee butter, cashewnut, groundnut, coconut, groundnut oil, coconut oil,
which are rich in cholesterol, also cause schaemic heart diseases. The statement
of Dr. Nemichand that no vegetarian food of any kind has cholesterol is a big
hoax. Such deliberate statements are made by crusaders of vegetarianism to
mislead the general public. Even the educated house wife is aware that
ghee, coconut oil, groundnut oil are also the cause of IHD. No wonder brands
such as saflola oil are advertised in the media that they are free from causes
of heart diseases 9.Egg is rich in cholestrol but not the only thing responsible Eggs are rich in
cholesterol. Recent studies indicate that the chief villain in raising serum
cholesterol is not the cholesterol in our diets but rather the saturated fats
which are mainly found in the animal fat such as lard and butter, and in coconut
oil, etc. Research
also shows that about 2/3rd
of the population experiences only a small increase in blood cholesterol after
consuming high levels of dietary cholesterol. In these cholesterol non-responder
the liver compensates for increase in dietary cholesterol by cutting back on its
own cholesterol production. As a result the total amount of cholesterol reaching
the blood stream remains the same. Only if you are a cholesterol responder, you
will have to restrict your egg yolk consumption. Others can easily have one or
two eggs daily without any problem. 10
Pork is the maior cause amongst non-vegetarians food for
IHD Pork is the
major cause amongst Non-vegetarians for IHD. Pork has more of fat building
material than muscle building material. These fat get deposited on the walls of
the blood vessels causing atherosclerosis and thus IHD. Thanks god Eating of
pork is prohibited in Islam. The real reason
for the cause of IHD is the fried egg and bacon breakfast, which is very popular
in America. It is not the cholesterol in the egg but the saturated fat in bacon
and the bacon grease or butter that the eggs are fried in. 11
Alcohol
and smoking is one of the major causes of IHD Consumption of
alcohol and tobacco, including smoking, all of which are vegetarian products are
the major causes of IHD. Studies
conducted amongst the Americans showed that IHD was more prevalent in
non-vegetarian than vegetarians. One of the main reasons was the associate
factors of the vegetarians in America. Many of whom abstain from alcohol and
cigarette smoking. Both alcohol and
cigarette smoking are prohibited in Islam 12
Obesity Is present In both Vegetarians and
Non-Vegetarians food. It
is false propaganda to say that obesity is mainly caused by non-vegetarian food.
The cause of obesity is over eating a diet rich in fat. Thus, obesity is found
both in vegetarians and non-vegetarians. It is commonly also seen that some pure
vegetarians consume a lot of butter, ghee and oil, all of which are rich in fat. 13
Excessive meat eating causes
cancer of colon One of the causes for cancer of the colon is excessive eating of meat
along with less intake of fibrous food. Fibres help in movement of food in the
intestine. Cellulose present in vegetables cannot be digested in the human body
due to tack of cellulose enzyme, which is present in all herbivorous animals.
These undigested fibres help in the passage of food through the intestine and
also prevents constipation. The main cause of cancer of the colon is not the meat in the diet but
lack of fibres to prevent cancer of colon. The diet need not be meat free but
instead has to be rich in fibrous food. Another very important cause of cancer
is consumption of alcohol chewing of tobacco and smoking cigarettes. Along
with the seventh day Adventists most of whom abstain from smoking and drinking
alcohol, the incidence of cancer of colon was low, but the proportion was the
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