The World Peace Diet: Eating For Spiritual Health And Social Harmony

chapter six
HUNTING AND HERDING SEA LIFE
“The living world is dying in our time. . . . When our forebears commenced
their exploitation of this continent they believed the animate
resources of the New World were infinite and inexhaustible. The vulnerability
of that living fabric—the intricacy and fragility of its all-too-finite
parts—was beyond their comprehension. It can be said in their defense
that they were mostly ignorant of the inevitable consequences of their
dreadful depredations. We who are alive today can claim no such exculpation
for our biocidal actions and their dire consequences.”
—Farley Mowat, Sea of Slaughter 1
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every
man’s greed.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
Toxic Wastes, Toxic Flesh
When we look at fish, shellfish, dairy products, and eggs, the animal
foods considered the least unhealthy by the general public, it may seem
at first blush that these foods cause less suffering than eating the flesh
of birds or other mammals. We’ll look first at some of the consequences
of eating the animals who inhabit the waters of our earth.
Like the flesh of all animals, the flesh of fish and shellfish is high in
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