The mission of VegSource is to offer the most up to
date health and diet information possible, and to encourage the many good reasons for a
plant-based diet. We do this by sponsoring leading authorities and organizations and
promoting their critical message.
Most importantly, our mission is to provide 24-hour-a-day
support via discussion boards, live chats, and e-mail to help you implement the critical
information you learn into your everyday routine.
A recent survery
found that 37% of Internet users go browsing
on the Web for health information. (1)
But
what are they finding?
Not
as much information as misinformation.
Consider some
important facts:
A high-fat, animal-based diet is the single most significant
cause of death from heart disease. (2)
40%
of the world's cancer cases could be prevented through the adoption of diets rich in grains, fruit and vegetables. (3)
A fatter, less active America has helped push diabetes to its highest levels yet
in the United States. (4)
Every
12 minutes someone dies from breast cancer. Yet
women who eat as few as two servings of vegetables per
day reduce their breast cancer risk by 30%.(5)
Most cases of osteoporosis have nothing to do with inadequate calcium intake. They are caused by overly
rapid calcium loss caused by animal protein, sodium, caffeine, tobacco and
inactivity. (6)
At
VegSource, we believe there's a lot more to vegetarianism than what
you put in your mouth . . .
As founders of
this site, my wife, Sabrina, and I were vegetarians before we had
our own children. Now that we are parents, we've become even more
aware of the world around us. Does it sound selfish to say that we
want the world to be a better place for our kids (and grandkids)?
Most everyone wants that.
We believe that
being a vegetarian is a good start. It's a healthier way to live physically,
as well as ethically and (dare we say?) spiritually. If you can teach
a child from the very beginning to be kind to animals -- the weaker
links in our society (and that doesn't just mean not pulling on their
tails or yanking on their ears, but also not killing them ) -- then
it's not such a huge leap that they'll grow up to be people who are
kinder to human animals, as well.
This
site is not just for vegetarians, but also for people who are making
the transition to becoming vegetarian, or who are open to considering
it.
And
you might want to consider it. Just ask Sabrina how she beat an "incurable"
auto-immune disease called Relapsing
Polychondritis by adopting a vegan diet. Ask Dr. Ruth Heidrich
(one of our experts) how she beat breast cancer the same way. Or ask
any of the thousands of people who happen through our site every day
how a diet- and life-style change saved or improved their own health.
VegSource
is not a vegetarian caste society where the vegans are better than
the lacto-ovos, who are superior to someone else who eats some kind
of meat.
Everyone
is welcome here, and included in everything.
In
addition to the noble and humanitarian reasons for VegSource's existence,
there is another equally important reason for this site -- having
fun! (
Come one, come
all! We want to get to know you better!
Jeff
Nelson
Founder
VegSource Interactive, Inc.
19360 Rinaldi St., Ste 438
Northridge, CA 91326
(818) 349-5600 (voice)
(818) 337-1957(fax)
Nelson Clan in Maui, 5/96
Nelson kids 8/98
(blatant ad for the vegan diet!)
Three Vegan Sugar Plums
(December 1999)
Nelson family -- 2001
Growing up veg!
(June 2002)
Attending a wedding!
(June 2004)
Aspen, Colorado
2005
Times Square, New York
2007
Kings Canyon, CA
2008
"Health
is not something the doctor can apply to you like calamine lotion. Health
is something you do on a daily basis, and making wise decisions at the
dinner table is one of the best things you can do to assure your health."
-- Michael Klaper, M.D.
(1) CNN/Reuters 10/30/97 (2) Roger R. Williams,
"Diet, Genes, Early Heart Attacks, and High Blood Pressure," in Nutrition in
the ‘90s: Current Controversies and Analysis, ed. Frank N. Kotsonis and Maureen
A. Mackey (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994), 237-316. (3) American Institute for
Cancer Research; World Cancer Fund 10/16/97 (4) US Center for Disease Control &
Prevention 10/27/97 (5) Walter C. Willett, "Who Is Susceptible to Cancers of the
Breast, Colon, and Prostate?" Annals of the New york Academy of Sciences 768
(Sept. 30, 1995): 1-11. (6) Remer T. Manz F. Estimation of the renal net acid excretion by
adults consuming diets containing variable amounts of protein. Am Clin Nutr
1994;59:1356-61.
