20 Reasons To Go Vegan

1) Vegans on average live 6 years longer than non-vegans.

2) The average vegan total cholesterol level is 128. The lowest level for a heart attack is 150.

3) Milk consuption has been linked to cholic, ear infections, asthma, and a whole slew of other diseases.

4) Cholesterol can cause impotence

5) Vegans dont consume any cholesterol

6) Vegans dont smoke, and smoking is one of the leading causes of death

7) 33% percent of Americans are OBESE, while only 2% of vegans are

8) Tofu is a lot cheaper than steak

9) Fur has formeldahyde in it, which has been known to cause cancers

10) Charred meats contain carcinogens that can cause cancers

11) Fast food meats like those at McDonald's have thousands of additives that are not only addictive, they can cause you to gain weight and mess up your whole body

12) The USFDA recognises vegetarian and vegan diets as the healthiest diets.

13) Veal calves are often stillborn or unborn.

14) Veal calves that are born are raised in crates where they cant even turn around, and are fed only a diet of milk for 16 weeks before they are slaughtered.

15) Dairy cows on average live for 5-7 years, where as they are able to live to 20 years or more!

16) Pigs are more intelligent than dogs, and have the intelligence of a 3-year old.

17) Egg-laying hens are kept without water and food for 14 days at a time to force their bodies into another egg-laying cycle

18) It takes 7 cows to furnish a leather interior Mercedes-Benz

19) Milk is known to cause acne breakouts

20) MEAT IS DEAD FLESH

Mental Health - Memory & Sharpness

Mental activity. Protect or improve your memory and mental sharpness by:

• Challenging your intellect on a daily basis. Read, learn a new musical instrument or language, do crossword puzzles, play games of strategy with others. Just like an active body, an active brain continues to develop and thrive, while an inactive brain loses its power over time.
• Helping your memory along. Write down dates, names, and other important information that you easily forget. Use routine and repetition-keep daily items such as keys and eyeglasses in a specific place; when you learn a new name, repeat it out loud in conversation or to yourself several times to commit it to memory. (No matter what your age, having too much on your mind can interfere with your memory of new information. And as you age, it is normal to take longer to retrieve new information from your memory banks.)
• Preventing depression, which is a common yet treatable cause of cognitive decline in older people. In addition to getting regular exercise and social contact, avoid the depressant effect of alcohol and sedative use, eat a healthy diet, and include meaningful activity in your daily life (such as learning, creating, working, volunteering). If depression strikes, seek professional help-antidepressant medication and/or counseling are effective treatments for depression. For more information, see the topic Depression. If you find that a physical condition or disability is worsening your depressed mood, get the medical treatment you need.
• Not smoking. Cigarette smoking may speed mental decline; this connection was recently identified in a large study comparing smokers and nonsmokers age 65 and over.⁸

Found at Webmd.com