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The following facts are drawn from "Diet for a New America" by John Robbins,
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FUN FACTS
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* Human population of United States: 270,000,000 (and counting)
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* Number of human beings who could be fed by the grain and soybeans eaten by
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U.S. livestock: 1,300,000,000
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* Sacred food of Native Americans: Corn
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* Percentage of corn grown in United States eaten by human beings: 20
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* Percentage of corn grown in United States eaten by livestock: 80
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* Percentage of soy grown in United States eaten by livestock: 90
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* Percentage of oats grown in United States eaten by livestock: 95
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* Percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 90
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* Percentage of carbohydrate wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 99
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* Percentage of dietary fiber wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 100
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* How frequently a child dies of starvation: Every 2.3 seconds
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* Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on 1 acre of land: 20,000
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* Pounds of beef that can be produced on 1 acre of land: 165
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* Percentage of U.S. agricultural land used to produce beef: 56
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* Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce 1 pound of feedlot beef: 16
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* Pounds of protein fed to chickens to produce 1 pound of protein as chicken
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flesh: 5 pounds
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* Pounds of protein fed to hogs to produce 1 pound of protein as hog flesh: 7.5
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pounds
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* Number of children who starve to death every day: 38,000
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* Amount of total U.S. grain production consumed by livestock: 70%
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* Amount of U.S. grain exports consumed by livestock: 66%
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* Amount of world grain harvest consumed by livestock throughout the 1980s:
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half
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* Number of pure vegetarians who can be fed on the amount of land needed to
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feed 1 person consuming meat-based diet: 20
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* Number of people who will starve to death this year: 20,000,000
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* Number of people who could be adequately fed if Americans reduced their
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intake of meat by 10%: 100,000,000
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* Amount of increase in global cattle population during the last 40 years: 100%
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* Amount of increase in global fowl population during the last 40 years: 200%
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* Ratio of livestock to people on Earth: three to one
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* Amount of Earth's land mass grazed by livestock: half
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* Amount of U.S. cropland producing livestock feed: 64%
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* Amount of U.S. cropland producing fruits and vegetables: 2%
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* Percentage of original U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75
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* Amount of U.S. cropland lost each year to soil erosion: 4,000,000 acres, the
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size of Connecticut
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* Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly associated with livestock raising:
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85
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* Amount of original U.S. cropland permanently removed from production due to
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excessive soil erosion: one-third
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* Pounds of topsoil lost in the production of one pound of feedlot steak: 35
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* Current annual topsoil loss on agricultural land in the U.S.: over 5 billion
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tons
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* Current annual topsoil loss on agricultural worldwide: 26 billion tons
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* Time required for nature to form one inch of topsoil: 200 to 1000 years
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* Historic cause of demise of many great civilizations: Topsoil depletion
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* Number of acres of U.S. forest which have been cleared to create cropland to
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produce a meat- centered diet: 260,000,000
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* How often an acre of U.S. trees disappears: Every 8 seconds
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* Amount of trees spared per year by each individual who switches to a pure
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vegetarian diet: 1 acre
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* Estimated area of rainforest destroyed annually: 125,000 square miles
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* The driving force behind the destruction of the tropical rainforests:
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American meat habit
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* Amount of meat imported annually by U.S. from Costa Rica, El Salvador,
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Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: 200,000,000 pounds
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* Amount of meat eaten by average person in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
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Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: Less than the average American housecat
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* Current rate of species extinction, largely due to the destruction of
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tropical rainforests and related habitats: one every 60 minutes
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* Length of time world's petroleum reserves would last if all human beings ate
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meat centered diet: 13 years
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* Length of time world's petroleum reserves would last if all human beings ate
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vegetarian diet: 260 years
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* Principal reason for U.S. military intervention in Persian Gulf: Dependence
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on foreign oil
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* Barrels of oil imported daily by U.S.: 6,800,000
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* Percentage of energy return (as food energy per fossil energy expended) of
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most energy efficient factory farming of meat: 34.5%
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* Percentage of energy return (as food energy per fossil energy expended) of
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least energy efficient plant food: 328%
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* Pounds of soybeans produced by the amount of fossil fuel needed to produce 1
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pound of feedlot beef: 40
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* Percentage of raw materials consumed in U.S. for all purposes presently
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consumed to produce current meat-centered diet: 33
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* Percentage of raw materials consumed in U.S. for all purposes needed to
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produce fully vegetarian diet: 2
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* User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the United
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States: Livestock production
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* Quantity of water used in the production of the average cow sufficient to:
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float a destroyer
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* Water needed to produce 1 pound of wheat: 25 gallons
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* Water needed to produce 1 pound of meat: 2,500 gallons
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* Cost of common hamburger meat if water used by meat industry was not
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subsidized by U.S. taxpayers: $35/pound
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* Current cost for pound of protein from wheat: $1.50
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* Current cost for pound of protein from beefsteak: $15.40
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* Cost for pound of protein from beefsteak if U.S. taxpayers ceased subsidizing
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meat industry's use of water: $89
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* Production of excrement by total U.S. human population: 12,000 pounds/second
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* Production of excrement by U.S. livestock: 250,000 pounds/second
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* Sewage systems in U.S. cities: Common
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* Sewage systems in U.S. feedlots: Nil
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* Amount of waste produced annually by U.S. livestock in confinement operations
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which is not recycled: 1 billion tons
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* Relative concentration of feedlot wastes compared to raw domestic sewage: Ten
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to several hundred times more highly concentrated
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* Where feedlot waste often ends up: In our water
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* Amount of wells and surface streams in the U.S. contaminated by agricultural
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pollutants: half
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* Number of U.S. medical schools: 125
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* Number of U.S. medical schools with a required course in nutrition: 30
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* Training in nutrition received during 4 years of medical school by average
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U.S physician: 2.5 hours
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* How frequently a heart-attack strikes in U.S.: Every 25 seconds
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* How frequently a heart attack kills in U.S.: Every 45 seconds
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* Most common cause of death in U.S.: Heart attack
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* Risk of death from heart attack for the average American man: 50%
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* Risk of death from heart attack for the average American man who consumes no
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meat: 15%
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* Risk of death from heart attack for the average American man who consumes no
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meat, dairy products or eggs: 4%
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* Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of
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meat, dairy products and eggs 10%: 9%
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* Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of
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meat, dairy products and eggs 50%: 45%
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* Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of
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meat, dairy products and eggs 100%: 90%
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* Rise in blood cholesterol from consuming 1 egg per day: 12%
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* Rise in heart attack risk from 12% rise in blood cholesterol: 24%
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* Meat, dairy and egg industries claim there is no reason to be concerned about
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your blood cholesterol as long as it is: "normal".
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* Your risk of dying of a disease caused by clogged arteries if your blood
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cholesterol is "normal": over 50%
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* Your risk of dying of a disease caused by clogged arteries if you do not
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consume saturated fat and cholesterol: 5%
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* Leading sources of saturated fat and cholesterol in American diets: Meat,
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dairy products and eggs
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* Amount of cholesterol in an average egg: 275 mg
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* Amount of cholesterol in chicken: The same as beef, 25 mg per ounce
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* Main location of cholesterol in animal flesh: The lean portion
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* Hollywood celebrity paid by Meat Board to tout beef as "Real food for real
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people": James Garner
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* Medical event experienced by James Garner in April, 1988: Quintuple coronary
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artery bypass surgery
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* World populations with high meat intakes who do not have correspondingly high
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rates of colon cancer: None
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* World populations with low meat intakes who do not have correspondingly low
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rates of colon cancer: None
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* Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to
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women who eat meat less than once a week: 4 times higher
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* Egg Board's advertising slogan: The incredible edible egg
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* Photographs often accompanying the egg board's slogan: Young women in bathing
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suits, emphasizing the shape of their breasts
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* Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat eggs daily compared to
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women who eat eggs less than once a week: 3 times higher
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* Milk Producer's original ad campaign slogan: "Everybody needs milk."
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* What the Federal Trade Commission called the "Everybody needs milk" slogan:
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"False, misleading and deceptive"
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* Milk Producer's revised campaign slogan: "Milk has something for everybody."
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* Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat butter and cheese 3 or more
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times a week compared to women who eat these foods less than once a
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week: 3 times higher
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* Part of female chicken's body that produces eggs: Ovaries
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* Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times
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a week compared to women who eat eggs less than once a week: 3 times
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higher
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* Foods males in U.S. are conditioned to think of as "manly": Animal products
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* Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meats, cheese,
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eggs and milk daily compared to men who eat these foods sparingly or
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not at all: 3.6 times higher
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* Recommended percentage of daily calories to be derived from protein according
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to World Health Organization: 4.5%
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* Recommended percentage of daily calories to be derived from protein according
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to Food and Nutrition Board of the U.S.D.A.: 6%
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* Recommended percentage of daily calories to be derived from protein according
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to National Research Council: 8%
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* Percentage of calories as protein in wheat: 17%
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* Percentage of calories as protein in broccoli: 45%
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* Percentage of calories as protein in rice: 8%
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* Disease linked to inadequate protein consumption: kwashiorkor
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* Number of cases of kwashiorkor in United States: virtually none
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* Diseases linked to excess protein consumption: Osteoporosis and kidney
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failure
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* Number of cases of osteoporosis and kidney failure in the United States: tens
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of millions
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* The average measurable bone loss of female meat-eaters at age 65: 35%
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* The average measurable bone loss of female vegetarians at age 65: 18%
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* Person who popularized the concept of protein combining: Frances Moore Lappe
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* Frances Moore Lappe's updated research on a healthy, varied vegetarian diet:
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Protein combining is completely unnecessary.
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* Health status of pure vegetarians from many populations of the world
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according to the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of
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Sciences: Excellent
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* The Meat Board tells us: Today's meats are low in fat.
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* The Meat Board shows us: A serving of beef they claim has "only 300
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calories".
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* The Meat Board doesn't tell us: The serving of beef they show us is only 3
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ounces (half the size of an average serving of beef) and has been
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surgically defatted with a scalpel.
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* The dairy industry tells us: Whole milk is 3.5% fat.
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* The dairy industry doesn't tell us: That 3.5% figure is based on weight, and
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most of the weight in milk is water.
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* The dairy industry doesn't want us to know: The amount of calories as fat in
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whole milk is 50%.
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* Oscar Mayer tells us: It is a "myth" that hot dogs are fatty.
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* Oscar Mayer demonstrates their point by favorably comparing the fattiness of
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hot dogs to such low fat bastions as: Margarine, mayonnaise, salad
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dressing and cream cheese.
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* Natural food for any baby mammal: The mother's breast milk
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* The only mammal that consumes the milk of another species after being weaned:
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Humans
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* The Dairy Council tells us: Milk is nature's most perfect food.
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* The Dairy Council doesn't tell us: Milk is nature's most perfect food for a
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baby calf, who has four stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days,
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and is destined to weigh 300 pounds within a year.
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* The Dairy Council tells children: To grow up big and strong, drink lots of
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milk.
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* The Dairy Council occasionally tells children: The enzyme necessary for
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digestion of milk is lactase.
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* The Dairy Council never tells children: 20% of Caucasians and up to 90% of
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people of African and Asian descent have no lactase in their
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intestines.
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* The meat, dairy and egg industries tell us: Animal products constitute 2 of
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the "Basic 4" food groups popular until very recently.
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* The meat, dairy and egg industries don't tell us: There were originally 12
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official basic food groups, before these industries applied enormous
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political pressure on behalf of their products.
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* The meat, dairy and egg industries tell us: We are well-fed only with animal
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products.
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* The meat, dairy and egg industries don't tell us: The diseases which are
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commonly prevented, consistently improved, and sometimes cured by a
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low-fat vegetarian diet include: Strokes, Kidney stones, Prostate
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cancer, Cervical cancer, Diabetes, Peptic ulcers, Hiatal hernias,
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Gallstones, Irritable colon syndrome, Heart disease, Breast cancer,
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Pancreatic cancer, Stomach cancer, Hypoglycemia, Constipation,
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Diverticulosis, Hypertension, Salmonellosis, Osteoporosis, Colon
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cancer, Ovarian cancer, Endometrial cancer, Kidney disease,
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Hemorrhoids, Obesity, Asthma, Trichinosis.
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* Increase in overall pesticide use since 1945: 3,300%
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* Increase in overall crop losses due to insects since 1945: 20%
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* Increase in the amount of pesticides applied per acre to corn since 1945:
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100,000%
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* Increase in corn crop losses since 1945: 400%
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* Amount of total herbicides that are applied to crops used to feed livestock:
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61%
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* Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by meat:
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55%
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* Pesticide residues in the U.S. diet supplied by Dairy products: 23%
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* Pesticide residues in U.S. diet supplied by vegetables: 6%
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* Pesticide residues in U.S. diet supplied by fruits: 4%
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* Pesticide residues in U.S. diet supplied by grains: 1%
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* Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 99%
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* Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of
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DDT: 8%
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* Relative pesticide contamination in breast milk of meat-eating mothers
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compared to pesticide contamination in breast milk of vegetarian
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mothers: 35 times as high
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* Percentage of male college students sterile in 1950: 0.5
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* Percentage of male college students sterile in 1978: 25
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* Sperm count of average American male compared to 30 years ago: Down 30%
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* Principle reason for sterility and sperm count reduction in U.S. males:
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Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, including dioxin, DDT, etc.
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* Percentage of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residues in American diet
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attributable to meats, dairy products, fish and eggs: 94%
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* The Meat Board tells us Not to be concerned about the dioxins and other
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pesticides in today's beef because: the quantities are so small.
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* The Meat Board doesn't want us to know: How potent dioxin and the other
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pesticides are.
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* The Meat Board particularly doesn't want us to know: A mere ounce of dioxin
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could kill 10 million people
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* The USDA tells us: Our meat is inspected.
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* The USDA doesn't tell us: Less than 1 out of every quarter million
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slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical residues.
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* The dye used for many years by the USDA for many years to stamp meats
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"Choice," "Prime," or "U.S. No. 1 USDA": Violet Dye No. 1.
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* Current status of Violet Dye No. 1: Banned as proven carcinogen
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* Wingspan of average Leghorn chicken: 26 inches
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* Space average leghorn chicken given in egg factories: 6 inches
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* Number of 700 plus pound pigs confined to space the size of a twin bed in
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typical factory farm: 3
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* Reason today's veal is so tender: Calves never allowed to take a single step
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* Reason today's veal is whitish-pink: Calves force fed an anemia producing
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diet
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* McDonald's brags: 60 billion sold
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* McDonald's doesn't brag about: 50 million butchered
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* McDonald's clown, Ronald McDonald, tells children: Hamburgers grow in
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hamburger patches and love to be eaten.
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* McDonald's clown, Ronald Mcdonald, doesn't tell children: Hamburgers are
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ground up cows who've had their throats slit by machetes or their
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brains bashed in by sledgehammers.
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* Original actor to play Ronald McDonald: Jeff Juliano
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* Diet now followed by Jeff Juliano: Vegetarian
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* Number of animals killed for meat per hour in U.S.: 500,000
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* Occupation with highest employee turnover rate in U.S.: Slaughterhouse worker
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* Occupation with highest employee rate of injury in U.S.: Slaughterhouse
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worker
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* Cost to render an animal unconscious prior to slaughter with captive bolt
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pistol so that process is done humanely: 1 penny
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* Reason given by meat industry for not utilizing captive bolt pistol: Too
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expensive
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* Percentage of total antibiotics used in U.S. fed routinely to livestock: 55
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* Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960: 13
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* Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1988: 91
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* Reason: Breeding of antibiotic resistant bacteria in factory farms due to
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routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock
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* Effectiveness of all "wonder-drug" antibiotics: Declining rapidly
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* Reason: Breeding of antibiotic resistant bacteria in factory farms due to
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routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock
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* Response by entire European Economic Community to routine feeding of
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antibiotics to livestock: Ban
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* Response by American meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding of
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antibiotics to livestock: Full and complete support
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* Only man to win Ironman Triathalon more than twice: Dave Scott, 6 time winner
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* Food choices of Dave Scott: Vegetarian
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* World record holder for 24 hour triathalon, swim 4.8 miles, cycle 185 miles,
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run 52.5 miles: Sixto Linares
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* Food choices of Sixto Linares: Strict vegetarian
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* Athlete who most totally dominated Olympic sport in track and field history:
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Edwin Moses, undefeated in 8 years, 400 meter hurdles
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* Food choices of Edwin Moses: Vegetarian
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* Other notable vegetarian athletes:
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* Stan Price: World record-bench press
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* Robert Sweetgall: World's premier ultra-distance walker
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* Paavo Nurmi: 20 World's records in distance running, 9 Olympic medals
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* Bill Pickering: World record - swimming English Channel
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* Murray Rose: World records - 400 and 1500 meter freestyles
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* Andreas Cahling: Winner - Mr. International body-building championships
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* Roy Hilligan: Winner - Mr. America body-building championships
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* Pierreo Verot: World's record for downhill endurance skiing
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* Estelle Gray and Cheryl Marek: World's record for cross-country tandem
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cycling
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* James and Jonathan deDonato: World's record for distance butterfly stroke
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swimming
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* Ridgely Abele: Winner of 8 national championships in Karate, including U.S.
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Karate Association World Championships
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