LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY'S VEGETARIAN CONFERENCE FEATURED IN NUTRITIONAL JOURNAL

LOMA LINDA - A vegetarian diet is easier on the planet than meat
consumption, according to findings recently published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition's special supplement on the fifth
International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, held in March 2008 at
Loma Linda University.

The publication contains the latest findings on the vegetarian diet as
presented during the Congress by health professionals from more than
40 countries.

The full proceedings currently appear on the journal's Web site and
will be printed in the May issue. About 700 people attended the
congress, which is organized every five years by the Loma Linda
University School of Public Health's department of nutrition.

Two original studies by School of Public Health professors are among
the 26 research articles appearing in the congress proceedings.

Dr. Hal Marlow, assistant clinical professor in the department of
environmental health, determined that a vegetarian diet is not only
good for people, but also good for the planet.

Marlow compared the use of water, energy, pesticides, and fertilizer
needed to sustain both a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian diet. The
outcome of his study provided evidence that an animal-based diet has a
much higher ecological cost. Modern agricultural practices have
polluted the soil, air, and water, eroded soil, and caused dependence
on imported oil and loss of biodiversity. In addition to the many
studies that establish the risk of chronic disease to meat eaters,
this study indicates that what we eat impacts the environment, the
planet, and health.

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