Works Cited

(1,5) American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: 2005 Update. Dallas, Texas: American Heart Association, 2005.

(2) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. "Risk Factors and Heart Disease." Preventing Heart Disease. 29 Aug. 2005. <http://www.nhlbisupport.com
/chd1/chdexp1.htm>.

(3,19) Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. "Vegetarian Foods: Powerful for Health." Information on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets. 29 Aug. 2005 <http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vegetarian_foods.html>.

(4) Mayo Clinic. "Vegetarian Diet: A Healthy Alternative." Food & Nutrition Center. 03 June 2004. 26 Aug. 2005 <http://www.mayoclinic.com/
invoke.cfm?id=HQ01596.

(6,7) World Health Organization. "Obesity and Overweight." Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. 2005. 29 Aug. 2005 <http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/facts/obesity/en/>.

(8,12) Mangels, PhD, RD, FADA, Ann Reed, Virginia Messina, MPH, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS, RD. "Vegetarian Diets." American Dietetic Association. 2003. 26 Aug. 2005. < http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/
advocacy_933_ENU_HTML.htm>.

(9) United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Fact Sheet: General information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2003. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

(10) American Diabetes Association. "Using the Diabetes Food Pyramid." Making Healthy Food Choices. 29 Aug. 2005. <http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition- and-recipes/nutrition/foodpyramid.jsp>.

(11) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. "Diabetes and diet: Can a vegetarian diet cure diabetes?." OhioHealth. 11 June 2004. 30 Aug. 2005. <http://www.ohiohealth.com/bodymayo.cfm?id=6&action=detail&ref=563>.

(13) National Osteoporosis Foundation. "Fast Facts." National Osteoporosis Foundation. 11 Sept. 2005 <http:www.nof.org/osteoporosis/
diseasefacts.htm>.

(14-16) Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. "Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis." Research Controversies & Issues: Educational Resources. 11 Sept. 2005 <http://www.pcrm.org/resources/education/nutrition /nutrition7.html>.

(17) Greger, M.D., Michael. "Plant-Based Sources for Key Nutrients." Michael Greger, M.D. 28 Aug. 2005. <http://www.drgreger.org/nutrients.pdf>.

(18) American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2006. Atlanta: American
Cancer Society, 2006.

(20) Harwood, RN, MSN, Kerry and Christine Pickett, MS, RD, eds. "A Cancer Patient's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2nd edition." Duke University Medical Center and Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, November, 2000.

(21) American Institute for Cancer Research. Reducing Your Cancer Risk. 2005. 11 Sept. 2005. < http://www.aicr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=
dc_reducing>.

(22) World Cancer Research Fund. Diet and Health Guidelines for the Prevention of Cancer. 2004. 11 Sept. 2005 <http://www.wcrf-uk.org/>.

(23) American Cancer Society. "ACS Recommendations for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention." Prevention and Early Detection. 21 Feb. 2002. 11 Sept. 2005 <http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/
PED_3_2X_Recommendations.asp?sitearea=PED>.

(24) World Health Organization. "Cancer: Diet and Physical Activity's Impact." Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. 2005. 11 Sept. 2005 <http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications
/facts/cancer/en/>.

(25) United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Foodborne Illness." Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases: Disease Information. 11 Feb. 2004. 11 Sept. 2005 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/Diseaseinfo
/foodborneinfections_t.htm>.

(26) Bowlby, Rex. Plant Roots: 101 Reasons Why the Human Diet is Rooted Exclusively in Plants. Burbank, CA: Outside the Box Publishing, 2003.

(27) World Health Organization. "Use of antimicrobials outside human medicine and resultant antimicrobial resistance in humans." World Health Organization. January 2002. 18 Sept. 2005 <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets
/fs268/en/print.html>.

(28) Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. NY: Perennial, 2002.

(29) National Fish Testing Project. Fair Warning: Why Grocery Stores Should Tell Parents About Mercury in Fish. Summer 2005.

(30) United States Environmental Protection Agency. Mercury. 26 May 2005. 18 Sept. 2005. <http://www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm>.

(31) Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. Fish and Shellfish: Contamination Problems Preclude Inclusion in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Spring 2004. 18 Sept. 2005. <http://www.pcrm.org/health/
reports/fish_report.html>.

(32) Groth III, Ph.D., Edward. "Statement by Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. Regarding Federal Dietary Advice on Methyl Mercury in Fish and Seafood." FDA/EPA Stakeholders Meeting, College Park. 30 July 2003.

(33) Greger, M.D., Michael. "Could Mad Cow Disease Already be Killing Thousands of Americans Every Year?" Organic Consumers Association. 7 Jan. 2004. 19 Sept. 2005 <http://organicconsumers.org/madcow/
GregerCJDkills.cfm>.

(34) Ackerman, Frank and Thomas O. McGarity. "Flimsy Firewalls: The Continuing Triumph of Efficiency over Safety in Regulating Mad Cow Disease Risk." The Center for Progressive Regulation, July 2004.

(35) Public Citizen. "BSE Noncompliance Record Analysis." 2005. 19 Sept. 2005 <http://www.citizen.org/print_article.cfm?ID=13903>.

(36) Greger, M.D., Michael. U.S. Continues to Violate World Health Organization Guidelines for BSE. Organic Consumers Association, 23 Jan. 2004.

(37) Hisey, Peter. "Two U.S. BSE cases: New Questions, No Answers." Meatingplace.com. 13 June 2006.

(38,39) World Health Organization. "Avian influenza- fact sheet." 15 Jan. 2004. 16 June 2006. <www.who.int/csr/don/2004_01_15/en/print.html>

(40-42) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5NI) Virus." Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). 5 May 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/facts.htm>.

(43) The Egg Safety Center, the National Chicken Council and the National Turkey Federation." "Modern Production Systems Protect Birds." Avian Influenza: Protecting Flocks, Protecting People. 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.avianinfluenzainfo.com/modern_production.html>

(44) The Egg Safety Center, the National Chicken Council and the National Turkey Federation." "Avian Influenza: It's not in your food." Avian Influenza: Protecting Flocks, Protecting People. 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.avianinfluenzainfo.com/not_in_food.html>

(45) Greger, M.D., Michael. "Avian Influenza: Unjustly Blaming Outdoor Flocks." The Humane Society of the United States. 15 May 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/avian_flu_free_range.html>

(46) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Past Avian Influenza Outbreaks." Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). 17 Feb. 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/past.htm>.

(47) Greger, M.D., Michael. "Coming Home to Roost: Bird Flu, A Virus of Our Own Hatching." Farm Sanctuary News. Winter 2006. 16 June 2006. <www.farmsanctuary.org/newsletter/Avain_flu.htm>.