2 That one CT scan course involving 2 or 3 scans exposes you to more radiation than what the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received when the atomic bomb was dropped on their cities? CT scans could be causing 100,000 new cases of cancer per year across the globe. CT scans can be wrong up to 75% of the time in trauma injuries and almost ¹∕³ time in early stage diagnosis. (1CT scan=up to 500 x-rays)

3 That 3 drugs account for 59,000 of the 177,000 cases of adverse reactions amongst patients in US. The drugs warfarin, insulin and digoxin are 35 times more dangerous than the other 41 drugs considered hazardous to the elderly.

4 That oatmeal is probably the best breakfast! Eating oats and oatmeal appears to reduce total blood cholesterol and may help regulate insulin sensitivity and so prevent type 2 diabetes. So go for soya milk oatmeal porridge!

5 That 70% of adults are lactose intolerant. So a glass of milk which has milk sugar or lactose is a huge problem! On the other hand plant based milks and creams such as soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, oat milk and cashew cream are 100% lactose free.

6 That lutein the antioxidant found in dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale and cabbage can reduce age related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the most common cause of deteriorating eye sight in the over 50’s.

7 That people who ate fruit and vegetables every day reduced their risk of dementia by 30%.

8 That many leading members of the church in its early days were vegetarians. St. Peter, St. Matthew and St. James were vegans living entirely upon vegetables.

9 That St. Augustine although not a vegetarian claimed, ‘Christ allowed no animal food to his own disciples’.

10 That if everyone in the UK abstained from meat eating one day a week it would save thirteen Mtons of CO₂ of greenhouse gas emissions. This would be almost equivalent to replacing one billion light bulbs with low energy ones. It would result in greater carbon savings than taking 5 million cars off the road in the UK.

11 That every day 2 million chickens and 73,000 pigs, cattle and sheep are slaughtered in the UK.

12 That shrimp farming has destroyed more than 30% of world’s coastal mangroves. Like rain forests, mangrove forests are carbon sinks. When they are drained and cleared they release CO2 and methane.

13 That fishing fleets hunting wild fish account for 1.2% of global oil consumption and emit more than 130 tonnes of C0₂ into the atmosphere. This is equivalent to the amount of oil used by the Netherlands which is the 18th largest consumer on the planet.

14 That it takes 2 kilos of fish and squid meal to produce a kilo of shrimp.

15 That a switch from the average American diet to a vegetarian diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 tonnes of CO₂ eq per person.

16 That globally, 1776 land animals are slaughtered every second for meat.

17 That in 2008 almost 9.5 million pigs were slaughtered in the U.K.