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Ingrid Newkirk

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And tha

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Ingrid Newkirk emphasizes that shifting people away from eating mostly animal products can improve their health by preventing serious illnesses like heart attacks, cancer, and strokes. She highlights that these diseases are especially harmful to poor individuals because they cannot afford the high medical expenses that come with such conditions.

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