http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vegan/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:25:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415061/posts The holier-than-cow letter sent Monday to Pope Benedict XVI by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals calling for a Vegan Vatican is in stark contrast to the animal rights group’s high-priced sexier-than-thou ad campaigns. PETA vice president of policy and government affairs Bruce Friedrich, a Catholic who campaigned during college for the late abortion rights-supporter Sen. Paul Simon, told the Pontiff that “serving only vegan meals at the Vatican would help ensure a bright future for all.” Friedrich also told the successor of St. Peter, “Please don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss this further.” Special: Get Sarah Palin’s... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415061/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:25:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413357/posts I stopped eating pork about eight years ago, after a scientist happened to mention that the animal whose teeth most closely resemble our own is the pig. Unable to shake the image of a perky little pig flashing me a brilliant George Clooney smile, I decided it was easier to forgo the Christmas ham. A couple of years later, I gave up on all mammalian meat, period. I still eat fish and poultry, however and pour eggnog in my coffee. My dietary decisions are arbitrary and inconsistent, and when friends ask why I’m willing to try the duck but not... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413357/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:10:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405417/posts Here is video of a British expert describing what the Climate Change fanatics would like to impose on the British public, and I'm sure on the American public as well. For starters, they want to fix it so we have to eat "less meat and dairy." Professor Tim Lang says these kinds of measures are what the Copenhagen Climate Change conference should be all about, and they want "Government" to get involved to make this change in eating habits come about. It may be healthier to eat the way Professor Lang suggests, but in a free society, shouldn't that be... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405417/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355956/posts Police cruisers would feature a buxom blonde dressed only in lettuce In an open letter to Vallejo Police Chief Robert Nichelini, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have announced their latest publicity stunt. The idea would be to re-paint one or more of the Vallejo Police Department's cars to feature a scantily clad woman and the admonition to "Go Vegan!" Citing Vallejo's financial troubles and offering to help balance the department's budget, the letter from PETA Executive VP Tracy Reiman argues: Our ad would help bolster the budget while delivering a real public service: a message to Vallejo residents... NBC Bay Area http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355956/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:01:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333066/posts The number of animals and plants protected by the federal Endangered Species Act is about to increase dramatically. For Cass Sunstein, radical animal-rights activist and nominee for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator job, that means he will be better positioned than ever to make livestock farming a thing of the past.How are the two things connected? Our director of research appeared on the Fox News Channel yesterday to explain to Glenn Beck’s audience how much influence Sunstein may soon have over what we eat: Cattlemen in this country own and manage most of the lands... ConsumerFreedom.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333066/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322108/posts 'Vegan fashion' is not an oxymoron 'Vegan fashion' is not an oxymoron: Designers with vegan convictions are creating animal-free high style. VEGAN STYLE: Vaute Couture bamboo-organic cotton velvet and vegan satin lined coat, $2,000; Stella McCartney sequin dress, $2,135 at Stella McCartney, Los Angeles. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Susan Carpenter They've given up eating burgers. And bacon. And anything else that used to have a pulse or came from something with a pulse. But just because they're vegan doesn't mean they're unfashionable -- only more selective. If an animal was harmed to make a material that goes into... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322108/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277692/posts Bad news for all those tea drinking vegans on the lower east side. Late last week, Teany Cafe — an NYC vegan eatery co-founded by Moby — was destroyed in a fire. According to reports, an electrical fire ignited the vegan restaurant and gutted the building on Rivington Street. Moby opened the joint in 2002 with this his then girlfriend Kelly Tisdale, and later turned it over to Tisdale exclusively. On his blog, Moby wrote: ”Apparently Kelly is working hard to repair it and get it re-opened. So there’s a good chance that Teany will re-open at some point in... Ecorazzi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277692/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266747/posts Tomorrow, public officials in the Flemish city of Ghent will observe a new weekly “holiday” that’s been making international headlines: “Veggiedag.” Civil servants and elected politicians will eat meatless meals, and the streets will be littered with city-sponsored anti-meat ads. Now that the people of Ghent have two Veggie Days under their belt, we’ve been curious to know how the weekly anti-meat parade is catching on. And according to this TIME magazine report, the answer is “very slowly.” Eben Harrell describes the scene in Ghent last Thursday: While most restaurants owners and residents I spoke to had heard of Veggie Day, few had any... ConsumerFreedom.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266747/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 20:02:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237705/posts RALEIGH North Carolina's meat industries are battling a bill the Humane Society of the United States and its vegan president say is meant to protect puppies, warning instead that it is the first step toward ending meat eating as we know it. The Humane Society has made North Carolina a top priority in the fight for tougher animal welfare laws, for the first time deploying a lobbyist to work a full session of the state legislature. Agribusiness groups predict a repeat of the tighter farm animal laws that California approved last year in a Humane Society-backed voter referendum. That measure... The Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237705/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234867/posts An American vegan who has made it his life’s mission to shut down a British animal-testing company has become the first domestic terrorist to be listed on the FBI’s most-wanted list of terror suspects. The name of Daniel Andreas San Diego, who is accused of carrying out the 2003 bombings of two US companies affiliated with Huntingdon Life Sciences, of Cambridgeshire, is listed alongside the likes of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Adam Yahiye Gadahn. San Diego, who is shown on the FBI’s most-wanted poster with short brown hair and glasses, is said to have several unusual tattoos that... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234867/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:31:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224063/posts Scientists say they have proof that the best cure for a hangover really is a bacon butty. Bacon sandwich /PA Elin Roberts, science development manager at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, says: "Food doesn't soak up the alcohol, but it does increase your metabolism - helping you to deal with the after-effects of over-indulgence. "So food will often help you feel better. Bread is high in carbohydrates and bacon is full of protein, which breaks down into amino acids. "Your body needs these amino acids, so eating them will make you feel good. Bingeing on alcohol depletes neurotransmitters too,... www.ananova.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224063/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:26:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2217488/posts QUESTION: what do you get when you cross moral snobbery with a lack of taste? Answer: a vegan. This may be tough on a group of people who want nothing more than to live a life free of cruelty. But, while there are many things in the world that are worse than evangelical vegetarianism — pre-season football and question time spring to mind — there are few that are more joyless and depressing. Vegans, you see, exist so that others may feel guilt about something completely normal: the desire to eat food that is tasty, nourishing and appropriate to our... WA Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2217488/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:16:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2195759/posts As our government enacts a stimulus package and President Barack 0bama announces bold initiatives to stem home mortgage foreclosures, disaster threatens family farmers and their communities. The government's response to plummeting commodity prices and tightening credit markets leads to the basic question: Who will produce our food? This is a worldwide crisis. U.S. policy and the demand for deregulation at all levels -- from food production to financial markets -- contribute greatly to the global collapse. The solution must be grounded in food sovereignty so that all farmers and their communities can regain control over their food supply. This response... Madistan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2195759/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166420/posts Meet Cass Sunstein. He's a noted animal rights activist. He's dead set against hunting and sees the keeping of pets as a form of slavery. He's been a strong advocate for the concept that animals can sue humans, he's adored by the likes of PETA, he's a Harvard Law School professor and he's about to be America's new Regulatory Czar. Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166420/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:15:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2164560/posts Acting as super-predators, humans are forcing changes to body size and reproductive abilities in some species 300 percent faster than would occur naturally, a new study finds. Hunting and fishing by individual sportsmen as well as large-scale commercial fishing are also outpacing other human influences, such as pollution, in effects on the animal kingdom. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2164560/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136168/posts Thin people and vegans are being allowed to dodge national conscription by the Swiss army – but it will take users of cannabis and Ecstasy. Under rules issued this week, people cannot serve if they eat no animal products or if they are of average height and weigh less than 8st. Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136168/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:57:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122893/posts Eating less meat is one of the most effective steps any of us can take to fight climate change, as Nicholas Read points out in his insightful article in The Vancouver Sun last week. However, as he demonstrates, despite evidence that intensive meat production contributes significantly to global warming, and to further threats to public health and environment such as water pollution, most citizen and environmental groups play down the issue. They ask people to walk more and turn off lights, but usually steer clear of the meat question. As an educator working on this issue, I can concur that... The Vancouver Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122893/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082688/posts MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082688/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083080/posts Eating veggies shrinks the brain 14 Sep 2008 MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083080/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076043/posts It's no surprise that a lot of Americans watch what they eat. Counting calories, nutrients and fat grams is practically a national pastime. But what happens when people go over the line, and the pursuit of healthy eating actually becomes unhealthy? For Johnny Righini, a 26-year-old from California, eating a nutritious lunch is a painstaking ritual. "Sometimes it takes days to prepare meals, because I have to sprout things, ferment things," he said. "I am constantly thinking about what I am gonna have for my next meal." Charlotte Andersen, a 29-year-old Minnesota mother of three, says she went through the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076043/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:02:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040978/posts Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests. The study focused on 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural regions of Java. The researchers found high tofu consumption - at least once a day - was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s. The Loughborough University-led study features in the journal Dementias and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. Soy products are a major alternative protein source to meat for many people in the developing world. But soy consumption is also on the increase in the west, where it... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040978/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038746/posts Don’t get me wrong. I have no objection to anyone choosing to be a vegetarian, a Vegan, or pro-Ana for that matter. Short of cannibalism by murder, everyone should eat — and not eat — whatever they want to.I was married to a vegetarian and was a vegetarian, myself for five years — after my divorce. I even wrote an article in 1986 regarding my ignored suggestions to McDonalds and Burger King that they could get customers like me in — who wasn’t frequenting their fine establishments because nothing was offered for my wife — by putting veggie patties... Permakent.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038746/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029535/posts A girl of 12 brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old. Doctors are under pressure to report the couple, from Glasgow, to police and social workers amid concerns her health and welfare may have been neglected in pursuit of their beliefs. The youngster, fed on a strict meat- and dairy-free diet from birth, is being treated at the city’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children. She is said to have a severe form of rickets and to... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029535/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987382/posts Vegan diet 'help' for arthritis Meat was off the menu for half of those in the study group Rheumatoid arthritis patients may be able to reduce their high risk of heart attacks and strokes with a gluten-free, vegan diet, a study suggests. Heart attacks and strokes are among the leading causes of death for sufferers, as the inflammation caused by the disease impacts upon the arteries. But an Arthritis Research and Therapy study found those who pursued a vegan regime had less "bad" cholesterol. By clogging arteries, this is seen as a key risk factor for heart problems.Rheumatoid Arthritis affects... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987382/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985932/posts Feeling hair in her mouth, a 16-year-old vegan from Partille outside of Gothenburg looked down to discover a mouse cadaver in her bag of tortilla chips. “It was terrible. I went through the roof when I heard what happened,” said Thomas Sällström, the girl’s grandfather. He arrived at his daughter's house shortly after his granddaughter realized a mummified mouse was nestled among the chips. “They were just sitting eating chips like you would on any normal Saturday night and then this happened,” he told The Local. “She didn’t actually eat the mouse, but did get some hair in her mouth.”... www.thelocal.se http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985932/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:43:31 GMT