Veg Diet Myth of the Day:

There's no point in trying to save animals: it's a lost cause.

BUSTED. When you look at the number of animals killed in the US each year for food (10 billion), it's easy to feel discouraged, and easier still to fall into the line of thinking that your actions couldn't possibly make a difference. Well, they can! "The less demand for meat, the fewer animals will be supplied into factory farms and slaughter plants," says Paul Shapiro, who heads up the Humane Society of the United State's factory farming campaign. "The meat industry is up in arms over campaigns like Meatless Mondays, so we know that even small reductions in consumption can make a difference." It was Mohandas Gandhi who suggested we all try to be the change we want to see in the world, so go ahead and give it a whirl!