For this last article on this weeks-long series on Meat, I'm going to take you on a tour the likes of which you've never seen before. You may never look at a piece of meat the same way ever, ever again. These are macrophotographs of various popular meat products. These photographs come courtesy of photographer [Read more...]
Where’s the Protein? Where’s the Beef?: Part 2
I will now continue from yesterday's article, which was Part 1 of this two-part series. In that article I discussed what are … [Read more...]
Where’s the Protein? Where’s the Beef?: Part 1
Yesterday's article was about vegan bodybuilder Kenneth Williams, and his busting of the myth that in order to build muscle and be an athlete you need to eat animal protein. I wrote this article not necessarily to encourage you to become vegetarian … [Read more...]
Can You Build Muscle Without Meat?
There's this belief that to build muscle you have to eat meat, and to build lots of muscle, you have to eat lots of meat. "There's no way you can be a pro bodybuilder without meat. I've never heard of anyone who doesn't eat protein," says Dexter "The Blade" Jackson, who last year won the premier international bodybuilding championship, Mr. Olympia. Jackson routinely bookends a day of steak and chicken eating with 10 egg whites. ("My metabolism … [Read more...]
The PETA Hijinks
The Sexiest Vegetarian Man Over 50
Yesterday I told you about the organization PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - and the fact that they are known to do various publicity stunts to get their point across. Actually, in yesterday's … [Read more...]
The Sexiest Vegetarian Woman Over 50
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - has a knack for keeping their name in the news. Sometimes controversial, sometimes provocative, sometimes whimsical, and sometimes very serious, they continue to hammer home their message: cruelty to animals in all its forms is inhumane. Now as I pointed out in the first article of this series, [Read more...]
The Swine Flu: Where Does It Come From?
The Meat You Eat: Steroid Use in Livestock
In yesterday's article, I discussed the rampant use of antibiotics with livestock - primarily used as a tool to help them grow larger and bigger - and how 70% of all antibiotics used in the U.S. is for livestock use. But that's only half the story of the drugging of livestock: antibiotics aren't the only drugs given to livestock to help them grow … [Read more...]
The Drugging of Livestock
There are many reasons to consider cutting down or cutting out eating meat. Over the course of this series I’ve talked about the health and environmental ramifications of a meat-based diet. And of course, cutting down or cutting out meat consumption plays a key role in living a Low Density Lifestyle. But one of the detrimental health … [Read more...]
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