Fast Food Nation a Must Read

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On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 07:03 AM,

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> Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:58:49 -0700 (PDT)

> Lori <mrsshf

> RE: Re: ***roll call*** and group question

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> My name is Lori. I live in Boise, ID, where I work in

> the IT department of a major computer chip

> manufacturer. I have been a strict vegetarian for

> four or five months.

>

> Basically, I started eating veg because my father was

> placed on a Vegan diet as part of a holistic cancer

> treatment, and, as a former professional chef, I

> wanted to be able to help my mom out with recipes and

> menuing ideas. As a result, I found myself eating

> mostly Vegan.

>

> The difference in my life since then has been

> profound. By eliminating fatty meats and dairy

> products from my diet, I've lost 1 pound per week

> since going veg, for a total of 20 pounds now. The

> female problems I've suffered from since I was an

> adolescent (I'm in my 30s now) have completely

> disappeared, and I'm experiencing much, much less pain

> from arthritis.

 

Excellent; we experienced similar results when we became vegetarian.

>

> In looking for unique Vegan recipes on the Internet, I

> clicked on some of the " wrong " web sites, started

> doing some research, saw and read some shocking,

> horrible and disgusting things, and my reasons for

> maintaining a strict vegetarian lifestyle now has a

> lot less to do with my health and a lot more to do

> with animal and human rights.

 

Again this echoes my experience. It began as a health thing but quickly

became ethical as well.

 

> Over the weekend, I

> read " Fast Food Nation, " and that book opened my eyes

> even more.

 

My eldest son read this on our vacation and says it's a must read for

anyone who cares about what they may be eating, etc.

 

> At this point, the only reason I can't

> call myself a Vegan is because I still eat some honey

> (so heard to find wheat bread without honey) and

> because I still can't make myself ask what's in the

> bread and pasta when I go out to eat. I eat

> exclusively Vegan at home (except for the honey in the

> bread), and I'm looking into switching my dogs to a

> supplemented vegetarian diet.

 

We feed our dogs a vegetarian diet and they are quite healthy. Just check

into the brands and it's neither harder nor necessarily more expensive.

 

> I'm currently feeding

> Solid Gold dog food, which at least isn't tested on

> animals and doesn't contain the mystery ingredient,

> " meat by-products, " which at least means that they

> aren't being fed euthanized pets or road kill.

 

Yes, the sins they hide under banal language are gruesome and loathesome

and deeply inhumane.

>

> So far, my husband has expressed very little interest

> in going veg. He has cut back on red meat, eats a lot

> more fish and seems mostly willing to eat whatever

> vegetarian food I put in front of him.

 

Guy thing. They'll pretty much scarf what you throw down for them. This

holds true for sex, too. lol

 

> I will not

> prepare meat in my kitchen anymore, so if he wants it,

> he can either go out to eat, or he can cook it

> himself. So far, he's been very good about supporting

> my choices, and his concern for his own weight and

> health may bring him around eventually.

 

I hope it does but don't bank on it. However, it is always a solitary

choice in the end, and you are to be applauded for doing so well on your

own behalf. That can be inspiring.

 

>

All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

-Aristotle (B.C. 384-322)