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... percent by weight is beef and veal ; 39 percent is pork ; 1 percent is lamb and mutton ; and the amount of goat meat consumed is almost too small to measure . Over a three - day period 39 percent of Americans will eat beef at least once ...
... percent by weight is beef and veal ; 39 percent is pork ; 1 percent is lamb and mutton ; and the amount of goat meat consumed is almost too small to measure . Over a three - day period 39 percent of Americans will eat beef at least once ...
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... percent to 76 percent protein and from 6 percent to 50 percent fat . Lowly housefly pupae contain 63 percent protein and 15 percent fat while bee pupae when dried consist of over 90 percent protein and 8 percent fat . The only ...
... percent to 76 percent protein and from 6 percent to 50 percent fat . Lowly housefly pupae contain 63 percent protein and 15 percent fat while bee pupae when dried consist of over 90 percent protein and 8 percent fat . The only ...
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... percent ; ( 3 ) pleasure , 58 percent ; ( 4 ) pro- tection , 30 percent ; and ( 5 ) beauty , 20 percent . Some of the other perceived advantages were : educational value of cats and dogs for children ( 11 percent ) and use for sports ...
... percent ; ( 3 ) pleasure , 58 percent ; ( 4 ) pro- tection , 30 percent ; and ( 5 ) beauty , 20 percent . Some of the other perceived advantages were : educational value of cats and dogs for children ( 11 percent ) and use for sports ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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