Diet & Health

May 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1993:

The Burger King franchise at

Watkins Glen, New York, in February qui-

etly introduced the spicy bean burger sold

by British Burger King outlets. Priced at

$2.29, the vegetarian burger is made from

kidney beans, carrots, onions, potato

flakes, and peppers, breaded and deep

fried, served on a bun with catsup, cheese

(optional), and tomato. Associated Press

quoted the manager as saying six weeks

later, “The demand is unbelievable. People

are coming from all over. There’s not a seat

in the restaurant. They say there are 12 mil-

lion vegetarians in the U.S. If we can kick

into that market, it’s well worth our while.”

According to AP, the spicy bean burger

will be introduced nationally if it remains

popular in Watkins Glen through the end of

the summer.

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April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

Riley Detwiler, age 17 months,

on February 21 became the fourth toddler to

die from the outbreak of E. coli bacteria

poisoning that hit Jack-in-the-Box restau-

rants in Washington state and San Diego,

California, in December and January.

March 16, President Bill Clinton responded

to the deaths by proposing a complete over-

haul of the USDA meat and fish inspection

systems. Tainted meat killed more than 150

Americans and made more than 150,000

seriously ill during the past decade.

Tainted pork killed 63 people in

France last year, made 279 people serious-

ly ill, and caused seven abortions.

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March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Responding to public panic over

tainted meat, President Bill Clinton on

February 11 ordered the USDA to hire 160

more meat inspectors, while Agriculture

Secretary Mike Espy promised a complete

overhaul of the meat inspection

system––which the Ronald Reagan and

George Bush presidential administrations

had streamlined by reducing the number of

inspectors. The panic began in December

when a six-year-old girl in San Diego

County, California, died after eating a

tainted Jack-in-the-Box hamburger, and

escalated January 22, when a two-year-old

boy died in Seattle, Washington, from the

same cause. More than 400 people who ate

Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers developed E.

Marine Mammals

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

“EAT WHALES,” SAYS JAPAN

TOKYO, Japan –– The Japan Fisheries Agency and

25 Japanese fishing organizations on January 29 launched an

aggressive media campaign urging Japanese citizens to eat more

whale meat. The goal is to generate pressure on the International

Whaling Commission to rescind the six-year-old global ban on

whaling at its annual meeting in May, to be held in Kyoto.

The blitz includes radio and television spots touting

whale meat as a cure for asthma and acne, and distribution of

100,000 comic books depicting the history of the Japanese whal-

ing industry. The history is likely to be inaccurate: contrary to

the industry claim that whaling is part of Japanese cultural tradi-

tion, historian Fujiwara Eiji documented in 1989 that Japanese

commercial whaling actually began in 1909, when a man named

Oka Juro brought the concept and techniques from Norway. His

activity was so detested by traditional fishers that some of them

burned his facilities in 1911.

BOOKS: Your Heart Your Planet

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Your Heart Your Planet. B y

Harvey Diamond. Hay House (501

Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,

CA 90406). 1990. 238 pages. $7.95

paperback.

Harvey Diamond, founder of

the Fit for Life Foundation, builds upon

his previous experience in health and

physical fitness to demonstrate that ani-

mal products are not only unhealthy for

humans, but are also unhealthy for the

entire biosphere.

BOOKS: Cows Are Vegetarians: a book for vegetarian kids

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Cows Are Vegetarians: a book for vegetarian

kids. By Ann Bradley with illustrations by Elise

H u ffman. Healthways Press (P.O. Box 1945, Aptos,

CA 95001). 1992. 20 pages. $9.95 paper.

While the title is a bit of a non sequitur, Cows Are

Vegetarians joyously affirms the vegetarian choice for young

children. It provides them with reassuring facts about nutri-

tion and describes in some detail the environmental benefits

of vegetarianism for rainforest habitats and ultimately, the

planet.

Vegetarian in an Orphanage

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Few American-born people have

been vegetarians longer than Marion

Friedman, of Philadelphia. Now 68,

Friedman quit eating meat in 1935, at age

11, as a resident of the Northeastern

Hebrew Orphans Home––”An Orthodox

home,” she points out. “I lived there from

age four to age 18, when I graduated from

high school. I never knew my father, as

my parents divorced when I was an infant,

and I never was in touch with him. My

mother (suffragist and labor activist Reba

Gomporov) put me in the home only

because she was unable to care for me in

the difficult Depression times, but she saw

me every Sunday.”

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December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Trained on a vegetarian diet by former come-

dian Dick Gregory, challenger Riddick Bowe cut his

weight from 272 pounds to 235, then beat Evander

Holyfield out of the world heavyweight boxing champi-

onship November 13––but celebrated with a meal of fried

chicken. Holyfield’s training diet was heavy on turkey

sandwiches. Fight commentators included defending

world cruiserweight champion Bobby Czyz, who revived

a struggling career after becoming a vegetarian several

years ago. (Other boxers of interest to animal people

include former three-time world heavyweight champion

Muhammed Ali, an outspoken critic of sport hunting,

and former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who

harbors numerous once abused animals adopted from

shelters and sanctuaries, where he makes a point of ask-

ing for, “The ugliest, the ones nobody else will want.”

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November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

Medical evidence is growing

that iron-rich red meat contributes at

much to heart disease as cholesterol.

“Avoiding meat may be prudent,”

Newsweek medical reporters Geoffrey

Cowley and Mary Hager concluded after

reviewing recent studies on the topic in the

September 21 issue.

Trans-fatty acids that increase

the harmful effects of cholesterol com-

monly result from cooking with solid or

semi-solid margarines and shortenings,

suggests a new USDA study whose pre-

liminary findings were made public

October 7. Avoiding cholesterol is still a

good idea, but so is avoiding partially

hydrogenated vegetable oils if you are in a

high-risk bracket for heart disease. Use

whole oils instead––”The softer, the bet-

ter,” as Marian Burros puts it.

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