Vegnik
March 14th, 2006, 09:58 PM
March is Nutrition Awareness Month. Fast food tends to be unhealthy for people and unhealthy for the environment. Fast food usually has very high levels of salt, sugar, saturated fat, and cholesterol, all of which are associated with various serious diseases, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, obesity, and diabetes; further, fast food usually contains too few vitamins and minerals and little or no fiber, essential for good health. Additionally, the fast food industry significantly contributes, directly and indirectly, to tremendous resource use and waste, the suffering and deaths of millions of animals, unsustainable and dangerous farming practices, the decline of species diversity, the overproduction of non-recyclable products and packaging, polluted waterways, destruction of rainforests, and many other eco-bads. Eating better, instead of eating junk fast food, leads to healthier lives, healthier families, healthier communities, healthier attitudes, healthier brains, and a healthier planet. For related info, please see Eco-Eating at www.brook.com/veg .