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Oprah's Vegan Diet: Good For Health & Environment |
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June 10, 2008
Some people say not eating meat or meat by-products is better for both
your health and the environment. Even talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is
trying it. But did you know changing your diet can also change your
carbon footprint?
When
Oprah, announced her 21-day body cleanse which cuts off caffeine,
sugar, alcohol, gluten and animal products she wondered, "What's left?"
Actually, the answer to that question is quite a lot and Oprah
even said on her blog, "I never imagined meatless meals could be so
satisfying,"
"I think vegan food gets a bad rap, definitely,"
said Brooklyn Chef Matteo, who specializes in vegan food. He says it's
because in the past, vegan food has been known as being bland and items
like granola and tofu are thought of as kind of hippie.
But
vegan food these days has changed. For example, there's Cashew Cheese
Ravioli. The "pasta" is made from thinly-sliced turnips. It has a
cheese flavor but it's actually made from ground nuts, but is it really
good for the planet?
"You can feed a lot more people with a vegetarian based diet than with a standard diet," said Chef Matteo.
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KFC Canada bows to animal rights group |
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June 9, 2008
Chicken purveyor KFC Canada has bowed to five years of pressure from a
U.S. animal rights group on the way its chickens are slaughtered.
From its headquarters in Norfolk, Va., the People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals has pressured the global chain since 2003 to end
the practice of slaughtering the fowl using electric shocks, the
Canwest News Service reported.
After seven months of talks with the food retailer at its
headquarters north of Toronto in Vaughn, KFC Canada president Steve
Langford said the company had agreed to have its suppliers switch to a
system in which oxygen is replaced with other gases to render the birds
unconscious before slaughter, the report said.
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Getting Past the 'Protein Myth' That Keeps People from Quitting Meat and Dairy |
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June 3, 2008
When I tell people that I'm a vegan, the most popular question, by
far, inevitably follows: "But, how do you get enough protein?"
There
it is again, I think, the meat industry's most potent weapon against
vegetarianism -- the protein myth. And it is just that -- a myth.
In
fact, humans need only 10 percent of the calories we consume to be from
protein. Athletes and pregnant women need a little more, but if you're
eating enough calories from a varied plant based diet, it's close to
impossible to not to get enough.
The way Americans obsess about
protein, you'd think protein deficiency was the number one health
problem in America. Of course it's not -- it's not even on the list of
the ailments that doctors are worried about in America or any other
countries where basic caloric needs are being met.
What is on the
list? Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity -- diseases of
affluence. Diseases linked to eating animal products. According to the American Dietetic Association,
which looked at all of the science on vegetarian diets and found not
just that they're healthy, but that they "provide health benefits in
the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
They continue:
"Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate
for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy,
lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence ... Vegetarians have been
reported to have lower body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well
as lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; vegetarians also
show lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower
rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer."
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