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There's no remotely vegan or even vegetarian (though I'm not even sure what the latter would look like) message. If you dare, check out this small chart and these diagrams , and also please let me know if you know of any from 2008 or 2009. If there's a lesson in Food Inc.,

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9): As a dietitian who travels often, I know how challenging finding a healthful vegetarian meal in an airport can be. Unhealthy airport food is a nuisance for vegetarians and vegans, but it affects all exhausted travelers seeking nutritious meals to help them make it to their destinations. Susan Levin Washington, Sept.

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All food that comes from plants is cholesterol-free, so a vegetarian or vegan diet does wonders for lowering cholesterol levels. That is when I went vegetarian. July 10, 2008 Cholesterol is found only in foods derived from animals, like meat, cheese and eggs. My cholesterol levels have always made my doctors happy.

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9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish. Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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I don’t necessarily advocate vegetarianism, but those looking to improve the sustainability of their lifestyles should take a look at their diet. Nadia Eghbal Tübingen, Germany, May 26, 2008 Oberlin students can time showers all they want, but one burger will cost them the equivalent of a 45-minute shower every day for a week!

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11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming. 10, 2008 To the Editor: Your editorial sets forth a real, serious problem but proposes a futile solution. 10, 2008 To the Editor: Your editorial is exactly right: for our sake and theirs, we need to eat fewer animals. Lawrence S.

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April 21, 2008 To the Editor: Re “ Million-Dollar Meat ” (editorial, April 23): In vitro meat might not appeal to everyone, but I am guessing that the day PETA awards its prize money will be a happy day for the billions of land animals bound for slaughter. We call ourselves vegetarians. Vadim Liberman New York, April 23, 2008