mike tyson goes vegan

[Surrey's Jewel]

I recently started trying out this Vegan diet. Never in a million years did I ever think I would give up meat but a client was telling me about this book 'Skinny Bastard' and 'Skinny Bitch'. Some of the points he was telling me about just kinda stuck in my head and when I went home that evening I was about to have a drink of milk and I just thought .. nah ... try something different. That was about 2 months ago ... I eliminated all dairy products and meat. I finally went and bought the book 'Skinny Bitch' last night and OMG is it ever a shocker about the slaughter houses. I've had my head in the sand for far too long - no more meat for this not so skinny chick ! I feel really, really good since trying this new eating plan and I've definately noticed my jeans fit a lot better and I'm beginning to look a lot leaner. I've always had the exercise thing down pat but just never paid enough attention to the diet end of things. Was walking along (at home thank god) and my pants fell right off !!!! I never feel hungry cause I'm always eating veggies and fruit and not limiting portions of anything .. just eating much, much healthier. Wish I'd figured this out a long time ago ! Oh and in my (humble) opinion ... I don't think Mike Tyson raped that girl ... I watched the court case on CNN .... I was disgusted that he went to jail for that !!!

 

[Big Dog Striker]

Actress Alicia Silverstone is my favorite Vegan spokesperson. Her " Kind Diet " book was also a good one.

 

[mistressfreyja]

You can be vegan, and not vicious.

Perhaps, you cannot be Mike Tyson, and vegan, or vegetarian, or free-atarian.

You can`t physically bite someone`s ear off, and not expect retribution. Ar least, in court.

You can`t be vicious all of the time.

It`s not realistic.

(in terms of Tyson.)

I suppose the relative argument, is that he bit another person`s ear off.

He doesn`t have to be vicious, nor-cannibalistic. You don`t. I don`t. We all get to choose. We don`t have to eat anyone`s ear off. It`s pretty yucky, and definitely sharing fluids.

 

[Surrey's Jewel]

You can be vegan, and not vicious.

Perhaps, you cannot be Mike Tyson, and vegan, or vegetarian, or free-atarian.

You can`t physically bite someone`s ear off, and not expect retribution. Ar least, in court.

You can`t be vicious all of the time.

It`s not realistic.

(in terms of Tyson.)

I suppose the relative argument, is that he bit another person`s ear off.

He doesn`t have to be vicious, nor-cannibalistic. You don`t. I don`t. We all get to choose. We don`t have to eat anyone`s ear off. It`s pretty yucky, and definitely sharing fluids.

I agree that biting someone's ear off is pretty 'out there' but when I watched the Tyson documentary ... in a weird, twisted way .. I could see where he was coming from at that moment. Perhaps I'm just cutting him extra slack cause I feel he got sooooo cheated in the 'rape' court case.

 

[Very Veronica]

Jewel congrats on becoming vegan! Skinny Bitch has helped get the word out on the perils of eating an animal based diet but it's based on a lot of processed (gmo) soy meat replacements. I guess the approach is the easiest way for meat-eaters to transition to a plant based diet but better is to add the variety & nutrition of legumes, nuts, seeds & pseudograins like millet and quinoa. Try my fav, hemp seeds.

dangers of soy http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dangers-of-soy.html

Imo this is the definitive book on vegetarianism..

http://www.amazon.ca/New-Becoming-Vegetarian-Essential-Healthy/dp/1570671443/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1288031858&sr=1-3-fkmr0

The authors also have books on veganism & the holy grail of raw food. Lots of science and lots of yummy recipes!

Also, next time you're in Vancouver, check out some of my fav inspiring veg restaurants and if you want a date, give me a shout!

radha http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/181462/restaurant/Chinatown/Radha-Yoga-Eatery-Vancouver

nuba http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1509083/restaurant/Mount-Pleasant-Main-Street/Nuba-East-3rd-Ave-Vancouver

organiclives http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1497912/restaurant/Mount-Pleasant-Main-Street/OrganicLives-Vancouver

gorilla foods http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1346095/restaurant/Downtown/Gorilla-Food-Vancouver

Latest vegan converts: Bill Clinton & Hugh Jackman!

I recently started trying out this Vegan diet. Never in a million years did I ever think I would give up meat but a client was telling me about this book 'Skinny Bastard' and 'Skinny Bitch'. Some of the points he was telling me about just kinda stuck in my head and when I went home that evening I was about to have a drink of milk and I just thought .. nah ... try something different. That was about 2 months ago ... I eliminated all dairy products and meat. I finally went and bought the book 'Skinny Bitch' last night and OMG is it ever a shocker about the slaughter houses. I've had my head in the sand for far too long - no more meat for this not so skinny chick ! I feel really, really good since trying this new eating plan and I've definately noticed my jeans fit a lot better and I'm beginning to look a lot leaner. I've always had the exercise thing down pat but just never paid enough attention to the diet end of things. Was walking along (at home thank god) and my pants fell right off !!!! I never feel hungry cause I'm always eating veggies and fruit and not limiting portions of anything .. just eating much, much healthier. Wish I'd figured this out a long time ago !

 

[Surrey's Jewel]

Veronica .... thanks for the support and the invite !! I feel so fantastic and energetic since eating this way ... everyone I know I'm sure is sick of hearing about it. I can't believe I never realized how inhumane eating animals was before. When my son was about 2 years old I was in the kitchen preparing some food and he was sitting in his high chair and he asked me ... "mom, where does hamburger come from ?" I told him "cows" he looked at me shocked .. his eyes were as big as dinner plates and he said "what do you mean???!!!" so I had to explain it to him. He wouldn't eat meat for years. No way would he touch it !!! I'm kicking myself in the butt for not clueing in back then but it's just something you don't want to think about I guess. Now I'm trying to convince my son not to eat meat again after trying for years to convince him to eat it ... how f_cked up is that ???