FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN

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FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN? EVEN AUSTIN IS IMPRESSED: (05/26/06): " The five

firefighters

of Team C at Firehouse 2 — Rip Esselstyn ,James Rae, Matt Moore, Derick

Zwerneman and Scott Walters

— now eat vegan, taking turns whipping up plant-based fare like meatless

and cheeseless

pizza, pasta primavera and spinach enchiladas. It did not happen because they

shared

a love of sprouts. A routine cholesterol test left Specialist Rae, 37, shaken.

The American Heart Association ranks anyone with a level of 240 or more high

risk;

Specialist Rae's hit 344.

 

The team's nutrition guru came to his aid. Firefighter Esselstyn, 43, a

professional

triathlete for a decade before joining the department in 1997, was living proof

that meat was not necessary for hard work and endurance. He became a vegetarian

in 1986 and a vegan in 2002. He persuaded the group to rally around Specialist

Rae

and start cooking vegan dishes. Firefighter Esselstyn knew through his father's

work that a strict vegan diet would help. His father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn

Jr., had been a general surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and still conducts

research

there. Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year trial with patients with what looked like

terminal

heart disease showed that a very-low-fat, plant-based diet with

cholesterol-lowering

medicine could bring striking improvement. "

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.html?ex=1301029200 & en=2a80610\

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What's gonna happen when the buses don't run

and what's gonna happen when the, winter comes

what are you gonna do,

what are you gonna do

when the oil runs out?