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To: Judgement Proof.com who wrote (34)	2/17/2001 1:07:25 PM
From: Judgement Proof.com	Respond to of 66

OT- but amusing The high price we pay for meat The San Diego Union - Tribune; San Diego, Calif.; Feb 8, 2001; John Liviakis; Copyright SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY Feb 8, 2001 pqasb.pqarchiver.com The first year of the new millennium brings a dubious distinction to America: This year we will kill well in excess of 10 billion animals, excluding fish, for consumption. That's more than any other year in history and more than any other country in the world. We didn't reach this landmark number simply because there are more people now than in previous decades. The number of animals slaughtered has risen disproportionately to the increase in the U.S. population. Simply put, Americans are eating a lot of meat. This is significant for a number of reasons, many of them economic. The health-care cost associated with meat consumption tops the list, at a staggering $123 billion annually, according to physician and author Dr. William Harris. This covers treatment of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, certain cancers and obesity. It does not include the cost of lost productivity to the corporations that employ these patients. In health dollars and cents, meat-eaters cost more than cigarette smokers, whose medical costs top $50 billion. In today's America, 13 million people suffer from coronary artery disease and heart attacks kill more than 500,000 men and women, many of them in their prime, every year. Only two health regimens, the Ornish and Esselstyn Programs, have been shown to reverse heart disease, rather than simply slow it down. Both require the elimination of meat from the diet. The majority of Americans eat as though food has little or no impact on health despite the clear link established by epidemiological and clinical studies between a high-fat, meat-heavy diet to a variety conditions and diseases. William Castelli, M.D., the director of the Framingham Study, the longest running epidemiological research project in medical history, points out that people who forgo meat "have the lowest rates of coronary disease of any group in the country. They have a fraction of our heart attack rate and they have only 40 percent of our cancer rate. On the average, they outlive other people by about six years now." You may ask, what are six years compared to veal cordon bleu? How about six years of your grandchild's life. Or a lifetime of good health, instead of pills, doctors, bypass surgeries and Medicare worries. The cost of slaughtering so many animals -- more than 25 million a day -- can also be measured in health dollars. The growing numbers of chickens, hogs and cattle sent to the kill floor has meant a speed- up in the process, leading to increased chance of food contamination. The Centers for Disease Control reports that in 1998 there were 8 million cases of food-borne illness and they cost patients, food producers and the national economy an estimated $8.4 billion a year. I have taken this information to heart -- quite literally. As the president of a large communications firm, I can see the economic sense of taking better care of myself, both in terms of medical costs and productivity. So I no longer eat any animal products, preferring a diet of grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits. It's a course of action many should consider. Decreasing or eliminating our consumption of animals may have a detrimental effect on the agriculture industry in the short term, but in the long run, the cost of eating meat is too high. Credit: Liviakis is the president of Liviakis Financial Communications in Mill Valley and a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. **************** One only wishes that Mr. L belonged to an organization named: People for the Ethical Treatment of Investors.

To: Judgement Proof.com who wrote (34)	2/17/2001 2:21:52 PM
From: Judgement Proof.com	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 66

How can Biopulse sell a clinic it doesn't own- anyone? According to Biopulse's own SEC filing, the Tijuana clinic is owned by a Dr. Omar Sanchez and Biopulse has a management agreement with Dr. Sanchez. Perhaps they will be able to sell some of the medical equipment in the clinic. 10kwizard.com As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2001 FORM SB-2/A-1 "To date, most of our revenues have been derived from our relationship with a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. In December 1999, we entered into a clinic management agreement with Dr. Omar Sanchez, a surgical oncologist, under which we provide clinic management services for Dr. Sanchez's clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. Dr. Sanchez's clinic offers a comprehensive alternative treatment program that includes certain of the alternative treatments described below. The clinic's entire medical staff is locally licensed. The clinic has 40 rooms for resident patients, three group treatment rooms, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a surgery room and several offices for doctors and administration."