The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
I had to laugh at reports that Stephanie Potakis, casting director at The Onion and a vegetarian for 22 years, had finally given in and given up. Here’s how it went down (and I mean that literally!).
She certainly seemed to be enjoying herself. I hope her vegetarian friends won’t be marrow-minded about it . . .
Peter
This is really interesting. We cried Uncle! after three plus years. But, we became vegetarians, mostly vegan, for health purposes. Can you go to The Onion in about six months and ask Ms. Potakis what she weighs on that day? 🙂
Too funny…
Trailbee:
IF she had been eating a lot of beans, legumes, rice, pastas, etc,she may finally get the protein she requires by eating meats, and ,no, her weight should not increase significantly ( unless she REALLY overdoes it, now that she knows what it is she has been missing, what with us being biologically hunter/gatherers ) . Remember the ATKINS diet, and also recall that no one ever became diabetic by eating as that diet ( beg pardon, that LIFESTYLE ) requires. I personally tend to pack on unwanted pounds by eating "healthy" things like starchy vegetables ( carrots, heck, ANY root or tubers, really ) legumes, beans, etc, and nuts are regular hell ( excepting Macadamias, just how it is ) which distend me liken a pilate ball, and give me ( only to be clinically accurate ) bleeding hemmorhoids . SOOO… I'm NOT vegan, for health purposes.
Besides, ( if I may lift a concept from a popular You Tube guy , Spiritual Life or some such ) Plants produce oxygen, so why would you eat them, or do you not care about the Earth?
There will probably be protests in the streets …
I don't understand why some people commit themselves to only adhering to specific kinds of diets.
Why they restrict themselves to what type of food they'll eat.
Just eat anything that's edible and nutritious that you're not allergic to.
I, myself, will go for any kind of meal. Makes no matter if vegetarian, a steak dinner, seafood, omelette—whatever.
Heh.
Funny how there seems to be very little research into how some foods suit some people's metabolism better than others.
From what I've seen personally, there is at least some of that going on, I'd expect in some part genetic and in part acquired effect from gastrointestinal microbiota (which may in practice end up running in families too and certainly related to childhood diet, so in practice a bit tricky to tell apart…)
I have a relative on who tried to go vegetarian for religious reasons (Adventist) and their hair started falling off and various other symptoms, despite having professional medical help with the vegetarian diet. So… yeah. Does just fine with a bit of meat added to the diet.
Accepted science should say that this is a rare example but… well… the rest of _us_ haven't tried to go vegetarian.
Wait till she tries rack of lamb.
I'd spring for it.
Or duck with all the grease. 🙂
God made me omnivorous, who am I to argue with God?!?!