A research recently conducted by Mervyn G. Hardinge, M.D., School of Medicine, College of Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, Calif., among 88 flesh-eaters, 86 lacto-ovo-vegetarians and 26 true ( " pure ") vegetarians, disclosed that there is little difference between the three groups when blood analyses are compared. It was interesting to note that the cholesterol level of the true vegetarians was appreciably lower than the other two groups. This may prove to be important if the relationship between cholesterol and hardening of the arteries is established. From the facts available, it would seem that a wisely selected vegetarian diet provides adequate nutrition. My advice to all of you who are striving to live nature's way is to become 100% vegetarians, spurning milk and eggs, and open the door to the great health and happiness which awaits you. In my book, Vegetarian Cookery, I have endeavoured to bring to the health-conscious public, menus which are both milk-free and egg-free and yet enhance daily living with epicurean delights. It is my belief that everyone should be or become a " rawf o o d e r " , yet I have no quarrel with those who enjoy cooked delicacies providing the latter are free from taint of animal byproducts. One day these enlightened people will awaken to the fact that only in raw food will they receive the true essence of Life-giving qualities which nature has bestowed in each raw fruit or vegetable so lavishly prepared for them. If you are a pseudo-vegetarian, begin to-day to realize the wealth of benefits your Creator has prepared for you when you dare to become a true vegetarian and live the Genesis way: *' Behold, I have given you every herb-bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." (Genesis 1: 29.) And to all mothers and fathers-to-be, I urge that you cleanse yourselves and prepare to become the progenitors of a new race of healthier men and women, free from the taint of animalism and living as the Creator intended in the light of the coming Brotherhood of Man.
Both of Dr. Rotondi's books, Vegetarian Cookery—151 pages, hard cover, fully indexed, $3.00—and his latest, Your Vegetarian Baby—80 pages, soft cover, $2.00—are available by ordering direct from The Editor, Vegetarian News Digest (2146 Branden Street, Los Angeles 26, California, U.S.A.), to whom we are grateful for permission to reprint the above article from the Autumn, 1954, issue of VND. A copy of the Autumn issue may be had direct from the above address for 25 cents. Also available is Otto Carque's Vital Facts About Food, for $2.50 postpaid.
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