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Vegan diets are often praised for their health benefits. However, there are many nutrients that are only found in animal products. Vegans should carefully observe the levels of intake for the nutrients listed below in order to maintain good health. Vegans with autoimmune, gut or chronic inflammatory issues need to stay far away from a vegan diet even if they supplement with these 20 nutrients.
- Introduction
- The Cancer vs Autoimmune Tradeoff
- The Worst Part About Vegetarian/Vegan Diets
- Vegan Diets Do Not Contain Adequate Amounts of:
- 1) Pre-formed Omega-3 Fatty Acids DHA and EPA
- 2) Vitamin B12
- 3) Vitamin D3
- 4) Vitamin A/Retinol
- 5) Zinc
- 6) Choline
- 7) Calcium
- 8) Iron
- 9) Iodine
- 10) Selenium
- 11) Cholesterol
- 12) Carnitine
- 13) Carnosine
- 14) Glycine
- 15) Amino Acids
- 16) Creatine
- 17) Taurine
- 18) Vitamin B6/Pyridoxine
- 19) Vitamin B2/Riboflavin
- 20) Vitamin B3/Niacin
- The Vegan Argument – and Counterpoints
Vegan diets are acclaimed for their health benefits, owing to their high content of fiber, vitamins C and E, and folic acid. Compared to other diets, vegan diets tend to be low in fat, calories, and cholesterol. Vegans also have a reduced risk for obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes [R].
However, there are many other nutrients obtained from animal sources that vegans lack unless they take supplements. They are all important for health, and some deficiencies can have adverse effects [R].
Whatever diet you think is healthy, vegan diets are missing many healthful components that can become a serious problem in the long run for vegans.
This post is bringing down many of these components that are missing.
These nutrients are so important that I have a post on most of them and will soon have a post on all of them.
The Cancer vs Autoimmune Tradeoff
People with cancer and autoimmune disease have very different immune systems. Generally, cancer is caused by a lowered immune system and autoimmune disease is caused by an overactive immune system.
People who are predisposed to cancer are more likely to do well with a more plant-rich Mediterranean diet (not vegan), while people who are predisposed to autoimmunity are better served with a higher protein, meat, and seafood-based diet (see lectin avoidance diet).
The Worst Part About Vegetarian/Vegan Diets
For me, the worst part of a vegan diet is the immunostimulatory agents in grains, beans, nuts, seeds, and plant-based foods.
The effects that I get are somewhat dose dependent and on a vegan diet, the immune stimulation is way too much for me. My body melts down, no matter how organic or high-quality the foods are. Raw plant-based foods are often worse because they contain more of these immune stimulatory agents.
For most people, an omnivorous diet is fine, but a vegan diet is too much for most of the population.
I've identified some common substances found in plant-based foods that can be problematic when people have autoimmune issues. They are:
- Lectins
- Amines
- Tannins
- Trypsin Inhibitors
- Salicylates
- Oxalates
- Sulfites, Benzoates, and MSG
- Non-protein amino acids
- Glycosides
- Alkaloids [includes solanine, chaconine]
- Triterpenes
- Lignins
- Saponins
- Phytic Acid [Also Called Phytate]
- Gluten
- Isoflavones
Vegetarians also often get too much copper, which can cause some health issues.
Vegan Diets Do Not Contain Adequate Amounts of:
1) Pre-formed Omega-3 Fatty Acids DHA and EPA
Aside from being sources of energy, essential fatty acids such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) serve as structural components of cell membranes and precursors to eicosanoids, which play a role in regulating blood pressure and inflammation [R].
EPA & DHA also have protective roles in a wide range of diseases [e.g., cancer, asthma, depression, heart disease, ADHD, and autoimmune disorders] [R]. DHA is a very important component of neurons and for healthy nervous system function.
The major dietary sources of EPA and DHA are seafood, red meat, and dairy products. Although it is possible for plant food acids to be converted to EPA and DHA, the conversion levels are below 10% and not sufficient [R].
Compared to meat eaters, vegans have 53% lower levels of EPA and nearly 59% lower levels of DHA [R].
2) Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that is vital for cell division, carbon metabolism, and maintenance of the nervous system. Because natural sources are only found in meat, vegans are frequently vitamin B12 deficient [R].
Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause weakness, numbness, and an increase in an amino acid called homocysteine. High homocysteine levels can increase the risk of heart disease, dementia and Alzheimer's disease [R, R].
B12 deficiency can lead to the destruction of nerve endings [peripheral neuropathy] and brain fog [cognitive impairment] which eventually may lead to Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, and Parkinson's Disease [R, R].
Because the liver can store vitamin B12, it can take years before low B12 consumption becomes full-on B12 deficiency [R]. During this time, your B12 levels may be considered "normal" by your doctor, but suboptimal for health. If you follow a plant-based diet or used to be plant-based for many years, you want to keep your B12 and homocysteine levels optimal. Inside of Lab Test Analyzer, you can check if your B12 and homocysteine levels are optimal. You will also learn what you can do naturally to correct the suboptimal levels of your lab tests. Click here to check your B12 and homocysteine levels on Lab Test Analyzer now.
3) Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3 is essential for bone health [R].
Although vitamin D is found in plants [as vitamin D2], it is not as potent as Cholecalciferol [D3], the type of vitamin D found in fish and dairy products [R].
Vegans' dietary intake of vitamin D is below the recommended range. Inadequate intake can decrease bone mineral density and cause bone abnormalities. In a prospective longitudinal study of 181 asian women, 73% of vegans compared to 46% of omnivores had vitamin D deficiency. However, veganism was not associated with bone loss or fracture [R, R, R].
Vitamin D is critical to many processes in the body, especially the immune system. Many people develop autoimmune or inflammatory diseases after years of being vitamin D deficient. Check whether your vitamin D levels are optimal with Lab Test Analyzer now.
4) Vitamin A/Retinol
Vitamin A promotes healthy immune function and helps with reproduction, skin health, and eyesight. Retinol (the bioactive form of vitamin A) is found in seafood, meat, liver, eggs, and dairy products [R, R, R].
Plants contain beta-carotene, which can be converted to active Vitamin A (retinol), but there are multiple factors that can affect the conversion rate and beta-carotene absorption. Therefore, it is possible for vegans to be vitamin A deficient [R, R, R].
See if you are genetically bad at converting beta-carotene to retinol by uploading your genetic data [such as from 23andme or Ancestry] and checking your BCO1 SNPs here.
5) Zinc
Zinc deficiency in adults is uncommon, but can be an issue for children. Inadequate zinc intake in children can cause anorexia, poor growth, and problems with the immune system. In adults, zinc deficiency can cause liver disease [R].
Vegetarians have a lower intake of zinc [R].
Many plant foods that contain zinc also contain phytate, which inhibits zinc absorption [R]. Vegetarian diets tend to reduce zinc absorption by about 35% compared to an omnivorous diet [R].
I was severely deficient in Zinc at one point when consuming a plant-based diet.
If you have gut problems [IBD, IBS, etc..], your zinc absorption will be significantly worse.
6) Choline
Choline is an essential nutrient that is needed for brain function, cell transmission, and metabolism. Inadequate choline intake can cause high cholesterol, as well as liver, heart, and brain disorders [R].
Vegans may be at risk for choline deficiency since most food sources are either meat, dairy, or seafood products [R].
SelfDecode has many SNPs that affect the levels of choline. PEMT and the CHAT genes are just two examples. Join SelfDecode and upload your 23andme data to see how like you you are to be choline deficient due to your genetic here.
7) Calcium
In vegans, the dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D can be below the recommended range. This may cause a decrease in bone mineral density and increase the risk of bone abnormalities [R, R, R].
Calcium has many other important uses as well. In many cases, vegans don't get nearly enough calcium. While many plant-based foods contain plenty of calcium, they also contain oxalate and phytate, both of which inhibit calcium absorption [R].
The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets [2004] lists 45 studies that have surveyed vegetarians' calcium intakes in Appendix G. The daily calcium intakes in these studies are about:
- Vegans: 500 – 600 mg
- Lacto-Ovo vegetarians: 800 – 900 mg
- Non-vegetarians: 1,000 mg
American adults need anywhere from 1000-1300 mg of calcium and vegans are falling short of this by 2.5X.
|Table 4. U.S. DRI for Calcium
|0 – 6 mos
|6 – 12 mos
|1 – 3 yrs
|4 – 8 yrs
|9 – 18 yrs
|19 – 50 yrs
|51 – 70 yrs (male)
|51 – 70 yrs (female)
|over 70
|14 – 18 pregnant/lactating
|19 – 50 pregnant/lactating
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8) Iron
Iron deficiency, especially in young children, can cause behavioral problems and brain impairments [R].
Heme iron is only found in meat and is more easily absorbed than the iron found in plant foods [R, R, R]. Plant-based non-heme iron needs to be converted into a soluble form [Fe3+ to Fe2+] before they can be absorbed. This process is dependent on the enzyme ferric reductase, which requires sufficient amount of stomach acid [R].
Therefore, vegans are more prone to anemia than meat eaters and have lower iron stores in their body [R].
Another problem that vegans encounter is that they consume a higher amount of phytate, polyphenols, and soy protein, which inhibit iron absorption [R, R].
People with gut problems such as IBD and IBS can't absorb iron that well as it is. And women are often anemic when they are consuming normal diets.
I have a lot of clients who have very low ferritin levels. A vegan diet can be dangerous in this instance.
Lab Test Analyzer can analyze all iron tests and also red blood cell markers, which may reflect your anemia status. Check your labs to see if your iron and red blood cell health are optimal inside of Lab Test Analyzer here.
9) Iodine
Iodine is an important micronutrient that is needed for all stages of life. Insufficient iodine intake can cause mental retardation, thyroid dysfunction, and other health problems [R].
Iodine is more commonly found in animal food products than those of plant origin. One study showed that 80% of vegans suffer from iodine deficiency compared to the 9% of those who ate both meat and plants [R].
Eating a lot of vegetables and soy products that are goitrogenic can make things worse, even though you are using iodized salt.
I was deficient in iodine after being on a vegan diet for a while.
You can monitor your blood iodine levels and analyze them inside of Lab Test Analyzer here.
10) Selenium
Selenium plays a role in thyroid and reproductive function, and also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Low levels of selenium are associated with cognitive decline, poor immune system function, and an increased risk of death [R].
Women that partook in a vegan diet exhibited lower levels of selenium compared to women on a regular diet [R].
11) Cholesterol
Vegetarians usually have lower cholesterol levels [R]. Low cholesterol levels are not always healthy.
Too low cholesterol levels are associated with:
- Severe depression [R]
- Anxiety [R]
- Suicidal thoughts and attempts [R]
- increased risk of death from stroke, heart disease, and cancer [R]
Although low cholesterol can be beneficial for heart disease [that's controversial], cholesterol is needed to make sex hormones such as pregnenolone, DHEA, and testosterone [R].
Vegetarians have significantly lower testosterone levels than meat eaters [R].
If I don't consume foods with cholesterol, my cognitive function and motivation reliably go down.
When I consumed a whole food, plant-based vegan diet, I thought I was getting early-stage Alzheimer's, I had zero motivation and almost no cognitive horsepower.
After taking pregnenolone, I was able to function on some level, but this didn't solve the other deficiencies.
12) Carnitine
Carnitine is a molecule that is involved in fatty acid metabolism, which allows for cells to obtain energy from fat stored in the body [R].
Since carnitine is primarily found in meats and dairy products, vegans are at risk for carnitine deficiency [R].
Compared to non-vegetarians, vegetarians have lower muscle carnitine levels and a reduced capacity to transport carnitine into the muscle [R].
13) Carnosine
Carnosine is an antioxidant that is concentrated in the muscles and brain and is associated with longevity [R].
High levels of carnosine in muscles are linked to reduced muscle fatigue and improved athletic performance [R].
Carnosine is only found in meat and dairy products, but can be formed in the body from the amino acids histidine and beta-alanine. Vegetarians have less carnosine in their muscles than meat eaters [R, R2].
14) Glycine
Glycine is an amino acid with a long list of benefits that I enumerate in this post.
Vegans don't ingest as much glycine from the diet as meat eaters [even though their blood levels are higher] [R].
15) Amino Acids
Compared to fish eaters, vegetarians, and meat eaters, vegans have the lowest concentrations of methionine, tryptophan, lysine, leucine, cysteine, proline, tyrosine, phenylalanine, serine, alanine, threonine, isoleucine and valine, all of which are essential amino acids [R].
It would take a book to describe why each of these amino acids are important, but I will just name the most common reasons why people supplement with these amino acids.
Essential amino acids, especially leucine, are vital for making proteins in muscle. These amino acids may also contribute to maintaining muscle mass [R].
- Leucine, isoleucine and valine are BCAAs that stimulate metabolism and muscle growth.
- Methionine is a precursor to SAM, which is important for methylation.
- Tryptophan is critical for serotonin synthesis, and therefore melatonin synthesis.
- Cysteine is important for creating glutathione and hydrogen sulfide.
- Lysine is important for immune function and can reduce anxiety.
- Tyrosine and phenylalanine are important for dopamine synthesis.
- Proline is important for collagen production and joints.
I had to supplement with many amino acids on a vegan diet.
16) Creatine
Creatine is a nutrient that enhances endurance, strength building, and brain function. Although it is not necessary to obtain creatine from dietary sources, there are studies that show that creatine supplements can provide health benefits [R].
In vegetarians, creatine supplementation resulted in improved memory, processing speed, and general intelligence [R, R2].
Vegetarians are also more responsive to creatine supplementation with regard to physical performance than nonvegetarians. Vegetarians who took creatine had a greater increase in lean muscle tissue and total work performance compared to non-vegetarians [R].
17) Taurine
Body tissues contain a sulfur compound called taurine. Although its functions are not entirely known, it may play a role in muscle function, antioxidant defense, and bile salt formation [R, R2, R3].
Taurine is only found in animal products such as seafood, poultry, and dairy products [R].
Taurine has many benefits. One study claims that taurine is one of the most essential substances in the body. The authors wrote [R]:
"Considering its broad distribution, its many cytoprotective attributes, and its functional significance in cell development, nutrition, and survival, taurine is undoubtedly one of the most essential substances in the body."
Vegans have lower levels of taurine than meat eaters [R].
18) Vitamin B6/Pyridoxine
One study says that 58% of vegetarians are deficient in vitamin B6 [R].
Another study says ~29% of vegetarians are deficient in vitamin B6 and the study concludes that vegetarians should be considered as a vulnerable group for vitamin B6 deficiency [R].
19) Vitamin B2/Riboflavin
Vegetarians are lower intake of vitamin B2/riboflavin [R,].
A high prevalence of riboflavin deficiency was found in 24.2% of the vegetarians and a study concludes that vegetarians should be considered as the vulnerable group for vitamin B2 deficiency [R, R2].
20) Vitamin B3/Niacin
In one study, 34% of vegetarians were deficient in niacin [R].
Finnish patients who went on a vegan diet had lower than recommended intakes of niacin [R, R2].
The Vegan Argument – and Counterpoints
The key vegan argument centers around what is strictly enough to prevent a deficiency and in cases where there's no other option, they supplement. The problem with that reasoning is twofold:
- Some people in the population need more of a certain nutrient.
- Many people in the population do better with taking more of certain nutrient, even if they are not strictly defined as "deficient" in it. That's why there's a supplement industry that sells them in higher dosages and people take them for a variety of conditions. I would recommend reading my posts on these nutrients to see what benefits taking extra has.
1) DHA, EPA: yep, eat some flax, chia and walnuts every day. Limit your vegetable oil. Not so hard. If you still test too low, take some algae supplements.
Counterpoint: ALA found in flax/chia/walnuts does not convert well into DHA [R] and you will never get the optimal levels of DHA. And when it comes to DHA, we're not getting enough. All you need to do is read my post about DHA to understand why you need to get optimal levels of this.
"The majority of evidence from isotopic tracer studies show that the conversion of ALA to DHA is of the order of 1% in infants, and considerably lower in adults" [R].
There's a reason why vegans have 59% less DHA [R].
2) Vitamin B12: Veganism 101, supplement B12.
Counterpoint: Not a problem if vegans supplement.
3) Vitamin D3: take some sun? If you feel fancy eat some UV treated mushrooms or just take a pill. This nutrient is a problem for everyone who doesn't get much sun.
Counterpoint: people don't get nearly enough sun, and I would also venture to say that dietary and vitamin D from the sun get circulated to different tissue differently.
4) Vitamin A/Retinol: plant version is harmless, animal version is toxic at too high dosage
Counterpoint: Toxic in excess that no one would consume in a diet. Many people require real vitamin A because of poor conversion.
5) Zinc: eat some pumpkin seeds and legumes.
Counterpoint: Zinc is one of those nutrients that people do better with it in levels over the RDA. Pumpkin seeds and legumes didn't cut it for me and I was severely deficient.
7) Calcium: kale? Other leaky greens? Buy a supplemented plant milk. Getting 700mg is important.
Counterpoint: The RDA is 1000mg or more and kale won't give you that [in addition to the calcium being less bioavailable in kale].
8) Iron: eat nuts and legumes with a vitamin C source and you'll be fine. It can increase the absorption up to 6 fold. Funny how they never say that. Funny how they also never say that heme iron is linked to cancer.
Counterpoint: It's a fact that many women and people are anemic and aren't getting enough iron. I've has hundreds of clients who were anemic even after trying to consume a lot of meat. The point is that you need to measure your iron status and if it's low [as was the case with me even though I ate tons of vitamin C], eating nuts and legumes won't cut it. If you're adequate then you don't need to worry, because more iron isn't better [ferritin should be over 70].
9) Iodine: buy iodized salt. Eat some seaweed. Unless you are deficient, the goitrogenic effect of vegetables shouldn't a problem.
Counterpoint: Vegans can get around this if they're smart, but the fact is that one study shows that 80% of vegans suffer from iodine deficiency compared to the 9% of those who ate both meat and plants [R].
6) Choline: present in plants in a non-dangerous version. The animal version is linked with cancer risk.
Counterpoint: This is a nutrient that some people need more of – it depends on your genetics, as mentioned.
10) Selenium: seriously? Eat some brazil nuts.
Counterpoint: True, except that vegans need to pay attention and eat brazil nuts.
As mentioned, women who partook in a vegan diet exhibited lower levels of selenium compared to women on a regular diet [R].
11) Cholesterol: Holy shit. No. Just no. The only source is about how we use cholesterol to make sex hormones. Good thing you produce your own and you don't need to eat any. Eating too much is bad for you, because yes it'll increase your blood cholesterol and YES this will increase your risk for heart disease.
Counterpoint: Cholesterol production isn't enough in some people. Many people report doing better on diets with higher cholesterol – and dietary cholesterol doesn't increase risk of heart disease, according to a systematic review and meta-analyses [R].
12) Carnitine: you produce it
Counterpoint: This is a case where more can be better. Read carnitine post.
13) Carnosine: non-essential antioxidant. We eat plenty of other types and probably more in total than your average omnivore.
Counterpoint: This is a case where more can be better. See carnosine post.
14) Glycine: like all amino acids you can get as much as you want from plants
Counterpoint: This is a case where more can be better. See glycine post.
15) Amino Acids: seriously? That's just another way of saying protein. Yes they are important but it's also true that most people eat too much protein which is disastrous for your health. Vegans having less of those is not a bad thing at all.
Counterpoint: Many people do better with more.
16) Creatine: not essential.
Counterpoint: Many people do better with more. It's not essential if you're not interested in intelligence. As I mentioned, IQ went up in vegans who supplemented.
17) Taurine: not essential.
Counterpoint: Many people do better with more.
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What about Coq10 too ?
I've been vegetarian- more vegan than vegetarian- and have been nothing but healthy for 6 years. I'm just now hitting 30 and all my blood levels are great and I have not had any colds, issues, etc. I live in Florida so fruits and vegetables are readily available. Some vegans who are 70+ here jog, do heavy yard work, etc. When it comes down to many things, genetics also have a bigger play.
Don't be surprised if more scientific fraud happens. They committed scientific fraud with Ancel Keys and in the China Study. I wouldn't be surprised if people were eventually payed to just make things up as corrupted as they are.
Maybe you can add problems that arise on vegan diets like women losing there period. This is not rare but is actually quite common, i used to know someone that lost their fertility on a vegan diet. Anything that causes you to lose your fertility is not good, even freelee tried to make it seem like a good thing when it happened to her.
Yup, mine was gone in just a few weeks on vegan diet (whole foods though, no junk). I have suffered for more then 30 years, nothing else ever helped.
Ok, is the cronometer wrong then? I get everything I need except cholesterol. And no human being needs added cholesterol. Or do you think that cronometer is not a reliable tool?
The China Study is a work of fiction better as a comedy or compendium of errors
I had problems with taurine / tyrosine, noticed it after experimenting with cheese and fish.
All of sudden I had vivid dreams and emotions returning after feeling "dead" on a starch diet supplemented with fruits and b12.
Don't do veganism, you will regret it.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jul;109(7):1266-82.
Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets.
Craig WJ1, Mangels AR; American Dietetic Association.
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It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not include meat (including fowl) or seafood, or products containing those foods. This article reviews the current data related to key nutrients for vegetarians including protein, n-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, iodine, calcium, and vitamins D and B-12. A vegetarian diet can meet current recommendations for all of these nutrients. In some cases, supplements or fortified foods can provide useful amounts of important nutrients. An evidence- based review showed that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. The results of an evidence-based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Features of a vegetarian diet that may reduce risk of chronic disease include lower intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals. The variability of dietary practices among vegetarians makes individual assessment of dietary adequacy essential. In addition to assessing dietary adequacy, food and nutrition professionals can also play key roles in educating vegetarians about sources of specific nutrients, food purchase and preparation, and dietary modifications to meet their needs.
Vegetarians have 19% less bone loss and vegans have 34% less bones loss compared to omnivores, which impacts your sections on both vitamin D and calcium. Milk consumption by country correlates to rate of osteoporosis.
You stated in a comment that some people do better with more and some with less of the nutrients listed here. If this is the case, your article should reflect that. As it stands, it's one-sided.
You state in your introduction "However, there are many nutrients that are only found in animal products." This is untrue.
There are cases above where you appear to be uninterested in providing vegan sources of nutrients listed, which is misleading.
Seriously? Eating several kilograms of potatoes / sweet potatoes gives enough Zinc on its own and 36g of iron intake everyday just by eating starches. Oranges are rich in calcium as well.
While I agree with most of your opinions on vegan nutrition. I can't disagree more on your comment re Autoimmunity are better served with a higher protein, meat, and seafood based diet… I have suffered from eczema for a long time and I can tell you taking a high protein, lots of meat or high seafood diet is going to cause major flare up in no time.
I go all vegan when I have bad outbreak but normally I take a plant based diet with about 20% meat (fish, pork, chicken) which calms my skin. If anyone is doing vegan, I suggest taking a lot of rice, legumes, tofu to fulfill the protein and calcium need and add B12 supplements.
Great article, needless to say many vegetarians aren't aware of 90% of these. This is part of why i believe the best diet is a balanced one.
Just read this position paper, which adds riboflavin to the list:
On the basis of current scientifc literature, the German Nutrition Society (DGE) has developed a position on the vegan diet. With a pure plant-based diet, it is diffcult or impossible to attain an adequate supply of some nutrients. The most critical nutrient is vitamin B12. Other potentially critical nutrients in a vegan diet include protein resp. indispensable amino acids, long-chain n-3 fatty acids, other vitamins (riboflavin, vitamin D) and minerals (calcium, iron, iodine, zinc and selenium). The DGE does not recommend a vegan diet for pregnant women, lactating women, infants, children or adolescents. Persons who nevertheless wish to follow a vegan diet should permanently take a vitamin B12 supplement, pay attention to an adequate intake of nutrients, especially critical nutrients, and possibly use fortifed foods or dietary supplements. They should receive advice from a nutrition counsellor and their supply of critical nutrients should be regularly checked by a physician.
In the paper 'The NAD Deficiency Diseases,' John P. Cleary M.D. says that meat is the most abundant source of B3 (niacin) and that "Since the development of agriculture, humans have been susceptible to to what I call the niacin deficiency or NAD deficiency diseases, through partial adaptation to less meat in the diet."
There are two major studies that show that vegans in particular have 13% higher testosterone than meat-eaters or the same degree of testosterone. And vegans live longer.
I would say that anybody who eats a whole food diet will live longer,vegan or "paleo" . Most vegans probably pay more attention to their diet than the average bub, who may eat meat, but also lots of other junk. Lets see Vegan vs. Paleo type diet…..Likely much less variance
The Oxford Vegetarian Study of 1999 states.. "There were no significant differences in mean concentrations of testosterone (total or free) or estradiol between vegans and omnivores, but SHBG was 23% higher in the vegans (P = 0.001). " [SHBG binds to T and increases availability, perhaps reducing free T, but low SHBG leads to health problems as well.. http://blog.insidetracker.com/testosterone-action-versus-testosterone-levels-why-shbg-matters# ]
"death rates were lower in non-meat-eaters than in meat eaters."
"Other analyses showed that non-meat-eaters had only half the risk of meat eaters of requiring an emergency appendectomy, and that vegans in Britain may be at risk for iodine deficiency. Thus, the health of vegetarians in this study is generally good and compares favorably with that of the nonvegetarian control subjects."
"A British Journal of Cancer study of 696 men (233 of whom were vegans) concluded this: "Vegans had 13% higher T [testosterone] concentration than meat-eaters and 8% higher than vegetarians." Not only did vegan men have as much testosterone as meat eaters, they actually have 13% MORE of this manly hormone. On the flip side, too much testosterone can be a bad thing because it leads to higher levels of IGF-I – a risk factor for certain cancers. Surprisingly, the report also found this: "Vegan men had on average 9% lower IGF-I levels than meat-eaters." A big boost in T and added protection against IGF-I? Win and win.
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Soy may not be good in large quantity, but it seems that there is evidence that non-meat-eating is not detrimental to male hormones. And they live longer.
You make a reasonable case against vegan diets, although many of those deficiencies may be supplemented with better food choices such as seaweed (for iron, iodine, omega 3 fats etc…) or brazil nuts (for selenium) or just healthy habits such as exposure to the sun (vitamin D3).
However, when it comes to vegetarian diets, from your post is seems almost everything that could be had from meats can be had from dairy or eggs as well.
The Oxford Vegetarian Study of 1999 states.. "There were no significant differences in mean concentrations of testosterone (total or free) or estradiol between vegans and omnivores, but SHBG was 23% higher in the vegans (P = 0.001). " [SHBG binds to T and increases availability, perhaps reducing free T, but low SHBG leads to health problems as well.. http://blog.insidetracker.com/testosterone-action-versus-testosterone-levels-why-shbg-matters# ]
"death rates were lower in non-meat-eaters than in meat eaters."
"Other analyses showed that non-meat-eaters had only half the risk of meat eaters of requiring an emergency appendectomy, and that vegans in Britain may be at risk for iodine deficiency. Thus, the health of vegetarians in this study is generally good and compares favorably with that of the nonvegetarian control subjects."
"A British Journal of Cancer study of 696 men (233 of whom were vegans) concluded this: "Vegans had 13% higher T [testosterone] concentration than meat-eaters and 8% higher than vegetarians." Not only did vegan men have as much testosterone as meat eaters, they actually have 13% MORE of this manly hormone. On the flip side, too much testosterone can be a bad thing because it leads to higher levels of IGF-I – a risk factor for certain cancers. Surprisingly, the report also found this: "Vegan men had on average 9% lower IGF-I levels than meat-eaters." A big boost in T and added protection against IGF-I? Win and win.
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Soy may not be good in large quantity, but it seems that there is evidence that non-meat-eating is not detrimental to male hormones. And they live longer.
"Vegetarians have significantly lower testosterone levels than meat eaters."
The source you site : http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1435181 states :
"In conclusion, 6 wk on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet caused a minor decrease in total testosterone and no significant changes in physical performance in male endurance athletes compared with 6 wk on a mixed, meat rich diet."
So I don't know how you stretch "minor decrease" to "significantly lower" given that the physical performance of both groups were the same.
1) I take a good EPA/DHA vegetarian capsule from DEVA.
2) I take vitamin D3 (which has better absorption than D2) vegetarian capsule made from wool
3) Taurine supplementation seems to be a good idea for coronary health (platelet, hypertension, maybe even diabetic and hypertension and other things) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15288360 Thanks for the heads up! And there are a number of good vegetarian sources such as Solgar etc. since Taurine is in high concentration in Red algae and Nuts! But vegans and vegetarians are at risk for Taurine deficiency. http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/comp-anat/comp-anat-7f.shtml
4) Carnitine is present if vegans have enough protein, but can be supplemented by vegetarian tablets like NOW Sports. Especially if getting migraines. http://veganhealth.org/articles/amino
5) Zinc is synergistic with Taurine and can be vegetarian supplemented.
6) Vegans generally do not show symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency, so the conversion of beta carotene to active vitamin A may not be as efficient, it looks to be sufficient. Too much Vitamin A can act as a poison!
So what you're basically saying is that well respected doctors such as Michael Greger, Caldwell Esselstyn, Colin Campbell and others, including the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the American Dietetic Association, which says: "It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not include meat (including fowl) or seafood, or products containing those foods," are wrong.
Yes, they're wrong. Just use a tool like cron-o-meter and see how hard it is to meet your nutritional needs on a vegan diet and how easy it is on a mixed whole-foods diet.
Last time I checked it wasn't deficiency but rather excess that is the cause of most of the health problems in the West.
So it's wrong to question the established recommendations? Is that how scientific progress works?
Dr. Greger himself made a video in which he said that vegans are most likely deficient in several of the nutrients listed here and suggested supplementation.
Yup, they're wrong about a lot of things! They also say that eating 6 – 11 servings of bread or "healthy whole grains" a day is the optimal foundation of a healthy diet.
hi nice articel . can u also wirte about the alcidic alkaline myth ? vegan diet and the alkaline level are the two most popular helath topics and they do nothing for the healths of most people
I don't wish to question the sincerity of this post, however, it seems more political than scientific. This statement for example: "Vegan diets are often praised for their health benefits. However, there are many nutrients that are only found in animal products." Is false.
The only nutrient which is lacking in plant foods is B12. Witch of-course comes from bacteria and can be present in water or other sources of food such as shitakae mushrooms or nutritional yeast. However it is prudent vegans suppliment with B12 (as should everyone living in a modern society). Because we no longer obtain adequate B12 from our environment.
As for Zinc, Iron, Calcium, and Methionine. Well beans are a great source for all of these nutrients.
The real health problem is Metabolic Syndrome caused by excessive consumption of animal products, not nutrient deficiency in vegans.
A consern for the average person should be the lack of fiber in their diet. This is perhaps the greatest nutritional deficiency that our society currently faces.
I was vegetarian and then vegan for 15 years. Can confirm this article is true. My worst deficiencies, listed in order of negative impact were: B12, DHA/EPA, iodine, Zinc, D3, B2, iron, carsonine, carnitine, creatine. I also had high copper, low testosterone, low thyroid, gut problems, lost collagen, was skinny and looked bad, hypoglycemia from replying on carbs for energy. You don't notice it right away, it takes at least 5 years for some of the deficiencies to develop. I had to spend several years and several thousand dollars on tests & supplements to help untangle the mess. The upside was that I now know a lot more about health than at age 18, I did when I decided to go vegetarian in a Grateful Dead show parking lot.
All what you had was probably a gluten intolerance not allowing you to absorb nutrients. Some of those nutrients you listed are not even essential, and all the others are in plants except B12. EVERYONE needs to supplement B12. Meat eaters are deficient in B12. Why is that so hard to understand? Vitamin D is not diet related either. You seriously have no clue as to what you're talking about. Look at Dr. Ellsworth Wareham, for example. He has been whole foods vegan for 50 years! All what you need to avoid is wheat, barley, rye, and maybe oats.
Vegan B12 is available (from yeast). Better is the more absorbable Methyl B12. One only needs small amounts daily or a larger amount once a week. I take 2,000 mcg one day a week, it's very cheap and chewable. There are no plant sources of B12, some plants and algae or soy have B12 "analogues" that show up as B12 in blood tests but are not active in the body! (some vegan site does not know that). Even 5% of carnivores have B12 deficiency, mostly due to absorption problems. Vegetarians and vegans have much more.
To have less of something is not to say that you have inadequate levels. It is preferable to have a lower intake of certain nutrients.
For example: Heme iron and protein. Because excessive amounts cause oxidative stress, and therefore an inflammatory response. The cause of most chronic disease.
Suggest you read The China Study by Dr T. Colin Campbell and Dr Thomas Campbell


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Solid Snake will make his debut on GameCube, not in his usual Metal Gear adventure, but in the newly announced Evolution Skateboarding from Konami. No doubt inspired by the one that started it all, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Konami's new take on the extreme sports genre will include slick graphics, authentic tricks, in addition to exaggerated fantasy levels and even bosses.
- Perform more than 70 tricks with your character of choice
- Posers not included -- playable skaters include Danny Way, Arto Saari, Stevie Williams and more
- Eight out-of-this-world fantasy skate parks
- Go head-to-head with a giant spider or a runaway truck, using your deck as a weapon, in the unique "Boss Skate" mode
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- Customize your game by designing your own skate deck, saving signature combos, and creating your own skater
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- Two-player split-screen mode
- Includes 12 unannounced songs for a lengthy soundtrack
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Evolution Skateboarding will take you through the glowing streets of Tokyo, the dark undergrounds of a European castle, and through some very Metal Gear esque environments. It all sounds promising on paper, and even looks quite nice in the first set of screenshots, but it's still a wait-and-see situation as to gameplay. With no hands-on time with the GameCube version yet, we can't speak for its play mechanics.
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Well done to all our gymnasts who competed in the above competition held at South Durham over the weekend. For some, this was their first 'proper' competition.
Well done to all our General Gymnasts who competed at The Parks on Sunday. Josie Anderson came second in the 8 and under group. Ellie Teasdale 5th in 14 and under with a First place on beam. Victoria potter came 5th in seniors with a 2nd on beam.
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Roughly elegant meditations on one of the wildest of wild places.
Nature writer and wilderness guide Turner (Teewinot: A Year in the Teton Range, 2000, etc.), a habitué of Yellowstone National Park and environs for half a century, marvels at the place. Greater Yellowstone houses the tallest peaks in Wyoming and Montana, the headwaters of three of the country's largest rivers, the "largest glaciated region in the contiguous states" and a lot of bears, elk, mountain lions, wolves, bison and other assorted critters. It is also immense, taking in some 18 million acres, which, Turner notes, is just about the size of the state of West Virginia. Yet, he argues, it could stand to be bigger, at least by protecting corridors to the north and south that permit the free movement of migratory animals that don't know the difference between the private and the public domains. The park's antelope, for instance, migrate 200 miles south in cold weather, while one radio-collared wolverine "traveled hundreds of miles through national parks, national forests, BLM land, and private property." But civilization is increasingly coming to Yellowstone, hemming it in with vacation homes and resorts, "replete with Ivy League cowboys, Hummers, and log mansions." Turner climbs the highest peaks and ventures out into the loneliest, most bear-haunted valleys to get a good look at Yellowstone before it…well, not exactly disappears, but becomes something other than what it is, thanks to the current mania for development. He is plain-spoken in his detestations: "Saudi Arabia is butt-ugly from energy development. Do you want the Yellowstone country to look that way? I don't." (Don't even get him started on snowmobiles.) He is just as plain-spoken with respect to his enthusiasms, from fly-fishing on the cheap to wandering without a plan through untraveled territory to hanging out with the grizzlies.
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Easy Homemade Funnel Cakes
So a couple of weeks ago, in a fit of I don't know what (parental duty? insanity? John Mellencamp-esque inspiration?), we packed the kids into the car and headed north to the Marin County Fair. All things considered, it ended up being a near-perfect day, with minimal crowds and the most fantastically sunny, warm-yet-breezy weather that we sorely lack down here in San Francisco during the summer months. We lazily walked the grounds, listened to a showy preteen girl belt out pop songs for the talent contest, hung out with farm animals. The baby napped in the stroller. I ate a second hot dog as a snack like some kind of aspiring Biggest Loser contestant. Family outing success!
Speaking of that hot dog snack, let's talk about fair food. Is there anything better? I mean, you have to get on board with the whole thing before you even get there. Just give in, be in it to win it, and accept that you'll be eating something fried on a stick more than once in a two-hour period. Ain't that America?
Like any good county fair, this one had the fair food booths out in full force–you couldn't walk 10 feet without smacking your head into a bag of cotton candy or a deep-fried Twinkie. We had ourselves a righteous fair food lunch of multiple types of sausages, BBQ-ed tri-tip, frozen lemonade, and a huge ear of roasted corn that my girl attacked with impressive swagger. And then of course there was lots of soft-serve ice cream. We like to do it up right.
However! There is an unexpected drawback to fair food. The first of bite of that sausage or roasted corn is kind of like a gateway bite. It's delicious and vibrant and perfect and you're surrounded by the fair sights and sounds and colors and smells and before you know it, you're all LET'S EAT ALL THE THINGS. But you can't possibly. Something has got to give (and I'm not talking about your pants–you did have the good sense to wear an elastic waist to the fair, didn't you?). In our case, even with all of our best fair food-mowing intentions, we missed out on an essential–the funnel cake. Wha?! I know. John Mellencamp is going to come and take our American passports away at any second.
But I decided to make up for it here at home. Because what kind of mother am I if I let an entire summer pass without letting my child have a funnel cake? Priorities!!
Luckily, I came across the most genius idea for making super easy funnel cakes on Serious Eats using a pancake mix we always have on hand.
(Don't judge me for using a box mix for pancakes. Yes, I know how easy they are to make from scratch, but have you tried this mix? It's really, really good. And I learned a secret tip to add a little drizzle of vegetable oil to the batter and now I can make perfect pancakes after years of unexplained pancake failures. Plus I can make the batter all bleary-eyed without messing with measuring cups–I just dump some in a bowl, add water and mix, eyeballing the consistency. Everybody needs a good shortcut–this pancake mix is mine. Now you know.)
So let's talk about the elephant in the room–FRYING. Dun-dun-duuuuhhhhnnnn. If you can get over any fear of frying you might have, you will absolutely love, love, love these funnel cakes. To be real, frying isn't my favorite thing on the planet, either–it can be messy and tricky and feel like one big oily DJ-ing session, trying to adjust the heat while you're flipping the goods and what not. And then there's the whole Food Police issue about fried food being the devil and everything. I get it. But it's really not too hard if you have the right equipment, and honestly, how often are you really frying things at home? So let's just think of this as a fun experiment and a delicious treat and just stop being so judgy about the whole thing.
In other words, just put on your elastic waist pants, and get in it to win it. We're makin' fair food!
Ridiculously Easy Funnel Cakes
Adapted from Serious Eats
Makes 6 to 8 6-inch (or so) cakes
The original recipe amounts (which I'm posting here) call for 2 quarts of oil and frying the cakes in a Dutch oven. I suppose the deeper the oil level and more room in the pot to work with, the better, but I used my beloved, heavy medium-sized saucepan that's about 7 1/2 inches in diameter and poured in oil just to a depth of about 1 inch, which probably amounted to a couple of cups, and things worked out fine.
To make this project as easy and fun as it should be, have everything ready before you begin frying. I highly recommend a plastic squeeze bottle for getting the batter into the oil–that's the fun part, making all those loops!–and a slotted spoon and a thin vented spatula like a fish spatula for flipping and transferring the cakes with ease. And please, please save yourself the headache and use a candy or deep fry thermometer so that you know you oil gets to and stays at the right temperature while you're frying.
These are are best eaten hot, so have your funnel cake crowd ready and waiting for their cakes as they come out of the fryer!
2 quarts canola oil for frying (or less–see note)
1 1/2 cups "complete" buttermilk pancake mix
1/2 cup water (I needed a bit more to get my batter to the consistency of cake batter)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Line a large baking sheet with a double layer of paper towels. In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, such as a Dutch oven, heat about an inch of the oil to 375 degrees.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the pancake mix, water, sugar, and vanilla extract until very smooth–you're looking for a batter about the consistency of cake batter, and it should fall back into the bowl in a ribbon when you lift the whisk. Transfer the batter to a squeeze bottle with a 1/4-inch opening (or to be really traditional, pour the batter through a small funnel into the oil).
When the oil is up to temperature, holding the bottle about 5 to 6 inches above the surface of the oil, squeeze the batter into the pot, quickly working in a circular motion about 4 to 6 inches in diameter to form loops and swirls. Cook the cake for about 1 minute, or until an even golden brown on the bottom, before flipping it and cooking and additional 30 seconds on the other side. Remove the cake to the paper toweling to drain for a minute before dusting with confectioners' sugar. Repeat with the remaining batter.
We just went to our county fair and enjoyed a great funnel cake. I have been thinking "I should make these at home!" And now I will 🙂
Oh my gosh amazing!
I haven't ever had the chance to try a funnel cake, but they look & sound awesome. Bookmarked to try asap!
Thanks for this post on funnel cakes. They do sound easy to make and they look delicious. Thanks for the photos!
What are your thoughts on using red velvet prepared cake mix (i.e. Duncan Hines) in lieu of pancake batter to make red velvet funnel cakes? My daughter brought the idea to my attention and it's gnawing on my psyche! I MUST MAKE RED VELVET FUNNEL CAKES! 🙂
If you get an answer would you mind posting it on here? I have the same exact question. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing..never thought of making them at home..seems easy and fun 🙂
I have got to try this! I just got a funnel cake maker for Christmas and plan on making some tonight. YAY! Thanks so much for the recipe! 🙂
so good!! just got to turn my burner down next time i was in a rush and burnt my first try lol but the rest turned out tasty!! not too pretty lol
did with the kids they was so good the test just like the did at the fair,the kids love them . and so did there friends. thank you always wanted a easy way to make these for the kids.
Great recipe…just tried it tonight,I used our cheerleaders from our cheer gym to practice with,they loved it..I made a couple mistakes early,but after the third pour ,I was making funnel cakes.Ill be making funnel cakes as a fund raiser for the gym..thanks
How about trying Belgium Waffle Mix in place of pancake mix?
red velvet cake mix works great 4 funnel cake. with a cream cheese drizzle!! its my hubbys favorite!! try a blueberry pancake mix too!! with fresh blueberries then powder sugar!! yummy
I am trying this tomorrow! I just spent $5.00 at the fair on a funnel cake! Crazy huh? It was huge though, very thick!(took 3 of us 2 eat it). Now I can make em for my kids w/o spending tons of money!
This recipe sounds awesome I cant wait to make It ! What made you come up with this brilliant idea?
You're definitely my kind of lady! I'm always trying out different shortcuts in my cooking. I haven't made pancakes from scratch in over 30 years. Same with cakes and all sorts of other things.
Question–I saw on TV where somebody made Red Velvet funnel cakes at a fair in Iowa. Every recipe I look up of course has the recipe from scratch. I'm wondering if there's a way to make them using a cake mix. What do you think?
OMG I'm craving a funnel cake now so bad I'm going to make some right now!
Hint—if there's only one of you (as with me most of the time), or even just two (when the hubby is home one weekend a month), by using the pancake mix you can just make up enough batter for the exact number of funnel cakes you want.
Can't wait any more!!!!!!!
Great Recipe. In our home, we like to add a warm fruit topping such as cherry, strawberry, or apple: kids have their favorite, then sprinkle the powder sugar.
🙂 funnel cake, always a delightful treat no matter what time of year it is served.
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I learned how to make Funnel Cakes (from scratch) in my 8th grade Home Ec. class! (What a brilliant teacher to inspire her students to enter the kitchen via fair-foods!) Two years ago, I started our family tradition of making funnel cakes for Christmas Breakfast. (I don't feel as guilty serving up the fried goods on a special morning!) The kids happily play with their new toys while they wait for their fresh, hot funnel cakes! I was looking for a shortcut to make my morning easier…and waa-la! Here it is! Thanks for this recipe! It's a gift, allowing me more time with my family on Christmas morning!
What about if you don't have vanilla extract, my mouth is so watery I really want to make this delisious FUNNEL CAKE!
What about if you don't have the vanilla extract, i really want to get a taste of those delisious funnel cake. Of yours.
I just made these and I can't quit eating them haha. Thank you SOOOO much 🙂
I just made these and I had TWO HUGE issues. The first one is that I couldn't get them to stay together. When I drizzled the batter in the oil it would all separate from each other. I couldn't seem to get them to form. The second problem was I couldn't stop eating the little pieces. My 3 year old got some vanilla ice cream and poured some of the bits onto his ice cream. Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong that they didn't form?
Just criss cross the batter and they will stay together. I had the same problem the first time!
This was so fun. My son's been asking for me to make these and I've been avoiding it because it seemed too complicated. Found this recipe and at 10 pm while he and his friends had a party I whipped these up for them and made them all happy, Even bleary eyed from a long day and they were quick, came out perfect and easy to prepare for a crowd. Thanks so much!
Oh this is great. Now if somebody can just come up with a way to make elephant ears. One could use the same oil and be in State Fair coma for a week.
elephant ears are just as easy to make, I use pizza dough, homemade or frozen store bought please make sure to follow the directions for thawing and rising the dough, cut a small piece of dough and roll it up into a ball maybe just a little bigger then a golf ball, then flatten until very thin. Place about 1″ of oil in a Dutch oven and heat to about 375 place the flattened dough in the hot oil, it will puff up just like what you get at a fair, until golden brown turn to cook the other side when done place on a few napkins to drain the oil then top with just about anything, powered sugar, cinnamon sugar mix, fruit, jam, what ever you feel.
I owned a concession stand and sold funnel cakes for $5.00. When I ran low on funnel cake mix, I used the complete pancake mix plus sugar mixed into it. It worked great and no one knew the difference after putting powdered sugar on the cakes!!!
I have read to use funnel cake mix for deep fried snicker bars, how do you think that would work?
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I'm a funnel cake vendor myself and to answer Joe D. We used funnel cake batter to make fried snickers,Oreos,and twinkles. The key is to freeze the snickers or whatever and dunk it in funnel cake mix then fry it up in a fry daddy for 1-2 min until golden brown. Top with whatever you like…we used powder sugar, chocolate and Carmel syrup for snickers. They were amazing!
Just finished making these! They are SO GOOD! Taste just like the ones from the carnivals! You were right about the water too get it the right consistency (half a cup just doesn't do it) and i used my cast iron skillet to fry them. Great recipe and my 5 year old is very pleased
Nice! Those foods are really kid-friendly! Will definitely try those and make my kids happY!
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text: Tired of being interrupted at work by that annoying ringtone on your cell phone? A BBC article suggests it's time to trade in your old timey mobile phone for the latest robotic replacement; the Cellular Squirrel. The robot squirrel is actually a clever (and terminally cute) intelligent agent that uses "subtle but still public non-verbal cues to get our attention and interrupt us like humans would do (like eye gaze and small gestures), instead of ringing or vibration". But it's not as simple as that. The squirrelbot actually answers your incoming calls and has a conversation with the caller. Meanwhile, it eavesdrops on conversations that you're having with others locally and it only alters you to the call if it thinks the call is related or important enough to warrant an interruption. If having a zombie robot squirrel control your incoming cell phone calls isn't disturbing enough, wait until you decide to take one of the calls. The squirrel becomes the "embodiment" of the caller and you have to talk to the squirrel instead of the actual caller. There is also a parrot and bunny prototype if you don't like squirrels. You can blame Stefan Marti of the MIT Media Lab for this one. To read more about the underlying idea see the paper "Autonomous Interactive Intermediaries: Social Intelligence for Mobile Communications Agents" (PDF format).


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Windows Azure Compute is exposed through hosted services deployable as a package to an Azure datacenter. A hosted service provides an organizational and security boundary for a related set of compute resources. It is an organizational boundary because the compute and connectivity resources used by the hosted service are specified in its service model. It is a security boundary because only compute resources in the hosted service can have direct connectivity to other compute resources in the service.
A hosted service comprises a set of one or more roles, each of which provides specific functionality for the service. A role is a logical construct made physical through the deployment of one or more instances hosting the services provided by the role. Each instance is hosted in a virtual machine (VM) providing a guaranteed level of compute – cores, memory, local disk space – to the instance. Windows Azure offers various instance sizes from Small with one core to Extra-Large with eight cores. The other compute parameters scale similarly with instance size. An Extra-Small instance providing a fraction of a core is currently in beta.
A role is the scalability unit for a hosted service since its horizontal and vertical scaling characteristics are specified at the role level. All instances of a role have the same instance size, specified in the service model for the hosted service, but different roles can have different instance sizes. However, the power of cloud computing comes not from vertical scaling through changing the instance size, which is inherently limited, but from horizontal scaling through varying the number of instances of a role. Furthermore, while the instance size is fixed when the role is deployed the number of instances can be varied as needed following deployment. It is the elastic scaling – up and down – of instance numbers that provide the central financial benefit of cloud computing.
Windows Azure provides three types of role:
- Web role
- Worker role
- VM role
Web roles and worker roles are central to the PaaS model of Windows Azure. The primary difference between them is that IIS is turned on and configured for a web role – and IIS is sufficiently privileged that other web servers cannot be hosted on a web role. However, other web servers can be hosted on worker roles. Otherwise, there is little practical difference between web roles and worker roles.
Web roles and worker roles serve respectively as application-hosting environments for IIS websites and long-running applications. The power of PaaS comes from the lifecycle of role instances being managed by Windows Azure. In the event of an instance failure Windows Azure automatically restarts the instance and, if necessary, moves it to a new VM. Similarly, updates to the operating system of the VM can be handled automatically. Windows Azure also automates role upgrades so that instances of a role are upgraded in groups allowing the role to continue providing its services albeit with a reduced service level.
Windows Azure provides two features supporting modifications to the role environment: elevated privileges and startup tasks. When running with elevated privilege, an instance has full administrative control of the VM and can perform modifications to the environment that would be disallowed under the default limited privilege. Note that in a web role this privilege escalation applies only to the process hosting the role entry point and does not apply to the separate process hosting IIS. This limits the risk in the event of a website being compromised. A startup task is a script that runs on instance startup and which can be used, for example, to ensure that any required application is installed on the instance. This verification is essential due to the stateless nature of an instance, since any application installed on an instance is lost if the instance is reimaged or moved to a new VM.
The VM role exists solely to handle situations where even the modifications to a web role or worker possible using startup tasks and elevated privileges are insufficient. An example would be where the installation of an application in a startup task takes too long or requires human intervention. Deployment to a VM role requires the creation and uploading of an appropriately configured Windows Server 2008 guest OS image. This image can be configured as desired up to and including the installation of arbitrary software – consistent with any licensing requirements of that software. Once deployed, Windows Azure manages the lifecycle of role instances just as it does with other role types. Similarly to the other role types, VM roles host applications – the difference being that for a VM role the application is a Windows Server 2008 guest OS. For VM roles, it is particularly important to be aware of the statelessness of the instance. Any changes to an instance of a VM role are lost when the instance is reimaged or moved.
Windows Azure provides supports various forms of permanent storage with differing capabilities. The Windows Azure Storage service provides cost-effective storage for up to 100s of terabytes. SQL Azure provides a hosted version of SQL Server scaling for up to 10s of gigabytes. It is very much the intent that applications use both of these, as needed, with relational data stored in SQL Azure and large-scale data stored in Windows Azure Storage. Both Windows Azure Storage and SQL Azure are shared services with scalability limits to ensure that all users of the services get satisfactory performance.
The Windows Azure Storage Service supports blobs, queues and tables. Azure Blob supports the storage of blobs in a simple two-level hierarchy of containers and blobs. Azure Queue supports the storage of messages in queues. These are best-effort FIFO queues intended to support the asynchronous management of multi-step tasks such as when an image uploaded by a web role instance is processed by a worker role instance. Azure Table is the Windows Azure implementation of a NoSQL database supporting the storage of large amounts of data. This data is schemaless to the extent that each entity inserted into a table in Azure Table carries its own schema.
The definitive way to access the Azure Storage Service is through a RESTful interface. The Windows Azure SDK provides a Storage Client library which provides a high-level .NET wrapper to the RESTful interface. For Azure Table, this wrapper uses WCF Data Services. Other than to Azure Blob containers and blobs configured for public access, all storage operations against the Azure Storage Service are authenticated.
With Azure Drive, a blob containing an appropriately created virtual hard disk (VHD) can be used to provide the backing store for an NTFS drive mounted on a compute instance. This provides the appearance of locality for persistent storage attached to a compute instance.
SQL Azure is essentially a hosted version of Microsoft SQL Server exposing many but not all of its features. Connections to SQL Azure use the same TDS protocol used with SQL Server. Individual databases can be up to 50GB in size. The storage of larger datasets can be achieved through sharding (the distribution of data across several databases) which can also aid throughput. Microsoft has announced the development of SQL Azure Federation services which will essentially automate the sharding process for SQL Azure. All operations against SQL Azure must be authenticated using SQL Server authentication.
Windows Azure also supports two types of volatile storage: local storage on an instance and the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service (in production soon). Local storage for an instance can be configured in the service model to provide space on the local file system that can be used as desired by the instance. Local storage can be configured to survive an instance recycle but it does not survive instance reimaging. The Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service essentially provides a managed version of the Windows AppFabric Caching service. It provides the core functionality of this service including central caching of data with a local cache providing high-speed access to it. The Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service also supports directly the caching of ASP.Net session state for web roles.
Windows Azure supports various forms of connectivity;
- Input endpoints
- Internal endpoints
- Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus
- Windows Azure Connect
A hosted service can expose one or more input endpoints to the public internet. All input endpoints use the single virtual IP address associated with the hosted service but each input endpoint uses a different port. The virtual IP address assigned to the hosted service is unlikely to change during the lifetime of the service but this is not guaranteed. All access to an input endpoint is load-balanced across all instances of whichever role is configured to handle that endpoint. A CNAME record can be used to map one or more vanity domains to the domain name of the hosted service provided by Windows Azure. These vanity domains can be handled by a web role and used to expose different websites to different domains.
An internal endpoint is exposed by instances of a role only to other instances inside the same hosted service. Internal endpoints are not visible outside the service. These endpoints are not role balanced.
The Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus provides a way to expose web services through a public endpoint in a Windows Azure datacenter and consequently avoid compromising a corporate firewall. The physical endpoint of the service can remain private and, indeed, can remain behind a corporate firewall. The Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus can be configured to attempt the fusion of the client request to the public endpoint with the services connection to the public endpoint and thereby allow a direct connection between the client and the service.
Windows Azure Connect supports the creation of a virtual private network (VPN) between on-premises computers and hosted services in a Windows Azure datacenter. This allows for hybrid services with, for example, a web role exposing a website where the backing store is a SQL Server database residing in a corporate datacenter. This allows a company to retain complete control of its data while gaining the benefit of using Windows Azure hosted services for its public-facing services. Windows Azure Connect also facilitates the remote administration of instances in a hosted service. Note that Windows Azure Connect is currently in CTP.
Connectivity brings with it the problem of authentication. The Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service v1 provides support for authentication for RESTful web services. The newly released Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service v2 is much more interesting and provides a security token service (STS) able to transform claims coming from various identity providers including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Windows Live Id – as well as Active Directory Federation Services. The claims produced by ACS v2 can be consumed by a web role and used to support claims-based authentication to websites it hosts.
The Windows Azure Portal can be used to manage the compute, storage and connectivity provided by Windows Azure. This includes the creation of hosted services and storage accounts as well as the management of the service endpoints required by the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus and Caching service. The Windows Azure Portal also supports the configuration of the Windows Azure Connect VPN.
The Windows Azure Service Management REST API exposes much of the functionality of the Windows Azure Portal for managing hosted services and Windows Azure Storage service storage accounts. The Windows Azure Service Management Cmdlets provide a wrapper to this API. Cerebrata has several useful management tools for Windows Azure including Cloud Storage Studio for managing the blobs, queues and tables hosted by the Windows Azure Storage service. SQL Server Management Studio can be used to manage SQL Azure databases.
Next Steps for Developers
The first step is to go to the Get Started page on the Windows Azure website and download the Windows Azure SDK. You can then try Windows Azure for free by going to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/free-trial/. This gets you a 90-day pass to try out Windows Azure by providing 750 compute hours per month and a 1GB SQL Azure databases as well as connectivity and Windows Azure Storage.


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we got neckfaced!!!
January 2, 2008
Neckface is the Basquiat of our times. I truly believe that. And someday I'm going to blow this chunk of cinder block out of the Berrics and sell it for millions of dollars, then I won't have to do any of this skateboarding nonsense. I'll just lie around in my underwear and shoot at the fish I got swimming around in my million gallon fish tank with one of my AK47s. Yay Neckface!! I'm rich!


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A Calwest Nomad
Everyone dreams of a whirlwind adventure that changes their life—whether it's through travel, making once-in-a-lifetime friends, or dropping everything to pursue a wild passion. I'm one of the lucky ones. I found all of that when I became a Nomad.
This is my second time on the road working on this issue, and after meeting thousands of people from Los Angeles to Vancouver, BC, it's impossible to ignore the huge impact a global movement can make when individuals are ignited with the desire to make a difference. Taking the first step to get involved can sometimes be the hardest part, but once you do, there is nothing getting in the way of what you can accomplish. Something I've learned during my time as a Nomad is that you have to be confident in your abilities to inspire and be inspired.
At the end of the day, being a Nomad isn't about you. It's about the amazingly resilient North Korean people who have the potential to live in freedom just like you and me. It's about empowering your peers all over the continent to join you hand-in-hand to get involved on an issue that few are working on. It's about giving it your all and making the most out of this incredible opportunity.
Much love from the road,
This summer, Allison is going to unite with her peers from North Korea and around the world at Summit. Want to join her? Register now.


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Lots of firsts for me tonight:
1) made my first ever jig
2) made my first ever dado
3) Used my brand new router in the plunge base
4) did my first serious routing (ok, kind of a compilation of 1-3 above)
The jig I made is for routing tenons. The pieces I'm working on (the legs for my workbench in progress) are too big for the router table, too big for my tiny table saw, and damn tiring to do by hand. I got the plans from here
Ta da!
Not much to look at, really, but it's my first jig ever, AND it actually works like it's supposed to! Amazing! I'm disgustingly proud of myself.
Here's my first dado:
it's a good fit here!
But a little loose on this side:
That's ok, the screws, glue and angle braces will solve that issue.
Now, where's that stupid pencil?
Here it is mounted on a leg that needs a tenon:
Didn't have time to finish the tenon, so you don't get a picture of that yet.
And I've never used a router before. I didn't realize the waste was so splintery :( Ow! Used to sawdust, not little chips.
-- A woman's work is never done-but power tools help!


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Showcasing my painting "Carpenteria Sunset: Imagine" 40x30 - Oil, Page 87
Below is the editorial pièce from the magazine on page 84plus two images of my work
Terry Romero Paul is a Southern California oil painter drawn to the ocean and the enormous skies overhead.
With her series, "The Skies The Limit" she brings the two elements together. Terry uses a layering technique that starts
with thin paint drying in between applications, and finishing with thicker paint to achieve depth. A collector of
Terry's work, Claire Bothwell, describes her painting, " Like the gravitational force of the tide, this painting pulls me
in. Terry has captured the sun just as it is about to slip into the dark waves off the California Coast and tints the clouds
with fire and smoke".
"Loon Point" 24x24 - Oil, page 84 "Entrance" 24x24 - Oil, page 84


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It's a bit over a month since Jeremy was elected Labour leader and it's been tough – but exhilarating. This is a chronicle of the first month's events.
It started with the special Labour Conference. The result was overwhelming but actually coincided with our own last week's telephone canvass returns. Jeremy's speech was well received and then, after joining our supporters in the nearby pub to thank them, we joined the refugee demonstration.
That Saturday Jeremy joined Chief Whip, Rosie Winterton, at Labour headquarters to appoint a new Shadow Cabinet. Even those existing Shadow Cabinet members who had stated they would not serve with Jeremy were approached to see if they were willing to contribute. Eventually after two days of discussions with Labour MPs, Jeremy appointed a Shadow Cabinet in time for the first of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) meetings on the Monday. Despite inaccurate reports to the contrary, Jeremy was well received at the PLP. He spoke and then replied in his usual gentle manner to a number of questions from Labour MPs, at the end of which he received an enthusiastic round of applause.
We were then into our first week of setting up an office, appointing the first staff, taking over the office space in the Commons and meeting the Labour HQ team. I couldn't move into my office for a week, had one member of staff and then, when we moved in, we found all the computer equipment had been taken out. Within a week we had to prepare for Labour Party Conference. The media attention was intensive. Jeremy's family bore the brunt of it and it was a disgrace the way they were treated. It was less so in my case but they still door-stepped every relative, past partner, friends and immediate family, offering money for articles and upsetting many of them by just harassing people. A journalist from the Daily Mail has been in my constituency for a month trying to dig up any dirt. My past speeches and activities were the subject of various distorted stories on the media. We expect all the usual abuse and bias from the Mail and Sun but the Guardian and BBC are just as biased but in a more subtle way.
The Labour Party Conference was energising for us all. With an extra 2,500 members turning up, the friendly and exciting atmosphere reflected the transformation that is taking place in the Party as a result of Jeremy's campaign. Jeremy's speech was extremely well received. At the Tory Party Conference the Tories were gloating at their election result and were in denial that they had only received less than 25% of the votes of the electorate. They wallowed in self congratulation and contempt for Jeremy's election. Jeremy was back out on the road campaigning in Scotland and I visited Redcar to meet the steel workers and their families, while the unions and local MPs were meeting the receiver and government ministers in the hope of saving the plant. It was a deeply moving experience.
Returning that weekend, Jeremy and I discussed with our team the vote on the government's Budget Responsibility Charter. The Charter is a political stunt by Osborne trying to trap us into being denounced as deficit deniers if we oppose it or supporters of cuts if we support it. Osborne has treated his charters with contempt so I had publicly said we would treat it with the same contempt and vote for it to avoid his trap. I also judged that we were at risk of large numbers of Labour MPs who had not supported Jeremy voting against us if we tried to vote against the order. We needed to avoid a large split on our first finance vote.
There were a number of factors that made us think again. Our success at the Labour Party Conference meant that many now spoke openly as Labour as an anti-austerity party. I then went to Redcar, where the government had refused to invest even to mothball the plant. The Charter would be used to justify limiting investment like this. Plus the reports on the global economic slowdown and the advice from our economic advisers highlighted just how irresponsibly out of touch the Charter was with the changed economic conditions. We took the tough decision to reverse my earlier public position – to urge Labour MPs to vote against. This would confirm us as an anti-austerity party.
We took this to the PLP meeting where some used this issue to attack the new leadership but we worked hard to speak to as many members of the PLP as possible to secure their support. The media went into a frenzy to attack and humiliate me for what they seized upon as a U- turn. The Tories revelled in my change of heart. Nevertheless with only a small minority abstaining we won the PLP to voting against the Charter and against austerity.
The result is that despite the turbulence of the first month we now have the political foundation for mobilising the Labour Party as a campaigning anti-austerity movement. Over the coming months, as the Tories force through the next round of austerity cuts, Labour has the authority to lead the fightback.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is MP for Hayes and Harlington and Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs and of the Labour Representation Committee.


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The Herald
Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company Pvt (Ltd), will next year upgrade security systems around its precious stones to avoid cases of theft that prejudice the State of millions of dollars annually.
This follows reports last week that four ZCDC employees appeared in court on allegations of conniving to smuggle fake diamonds into the company's sorting house to switch with high quality diamonds.
ZCDC chief executive Dr Moris Mpofu, said the miner will "invest heavily" in security and tap into world best diamond security standards. This, he said, is in line with the company's thrust to tap into the best international diamond value chain that has seen mimicking the Botswana diamond value chain in an effort to capitalise on the precious gem stones after the country lost considerable revenue due to inadequacies and inefficiencies.
"ZCDC will invest heavily and will go far and wide to tap into world class product security standards to establish systems and processes that ensure that Zimbabwe's diamond product is safe and realises significant value to the country's fiscus," said Dr Mpofu.
"While I can't comment on that particular case as it is sub judice, it is, (however), important that ZCDC as a company puts in place measures that secure the country's diamonds against theft, measures that ensure total compliance with the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme that Zimbabwe fully subscribes to.
"In 2018 ZCDC is intensifying its onslaught on such people who were engaged in 2016 from previous miners and are having a bad appetite to steal the country's diamonds. ZCDC will use all available technological systems to create a hands free diamond recovery environment that is fool proof and preserves the country's valuable resource.
We have already established a High level Security Risk Management ad-hoc committee chaired by the chief operating officer to come up with best international practice in product security," he said.
The company, Dr Mpofu said, will also enhance its staff recruitment policy to a level where it will ensure that only trustworthy people are employed to work near the precious stones.
"In the spirit of individual integrity, our recruitment process has also been heightened to ensure that only the honest and well-bred are engaged in diamond sorting, and valuation, where there is high security risk," said Dr Mpofu.
Zimbabwe has emerged a major player in the diamond sector with potential to supply 25 percent of the world's gems.


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Me: Azul
My name is Azul-Valerie Thome, I live in North London born from a French mother and a Lebanese father. I am a deep artist, a facilitator of transformation and an earth lover as well as a mother of a 20 years old young man.
This new venture I call 'eARTh in the City' came while being on an Earth Pilgrimage in April and May this year. In my rucksack was a little purse with 2 paint brushes and a little box of paint and ink. The water would come from the rain, the stream or the sea and sometimes my own spit. Walking mostly in silence supported the growth of a different way of being intimate with Earth. I would stop often by a river, a tree, a rock or a flower to say thanks in images and more than not I would leave the eARTh work in its place, an expression of love in freedom with no attachment, more like a kiss to the wind or a passing leaf…
I have been an artist since childhood and love our Earth more each day. I love bringing life back in dead places and love reminding myself and others of the sacredness of life on Earth through growing/transforming/creating beauty, life and mystery into our lives … wherever we live …especially in cities. I have been a facilitator for 15 years in many different circles and situations intend to make it easier (facilitator (facile)=to make easy) for you to be intimate with your own eARTh through different games, practices, encouragements and holding of a creative sacred space.
I am here on a new adventure after co-founding and collaborating in the creation of FOOD from the SKY and Embercombe as well as the Meadow Orchard Project and Green on the Screen, Occupy the Seed, Give 5 a Day and thr River d'ART Project. All initiatives are containing the vision of a more integrated, healthy and loving world for planet and people.
'Seed what you want to see in the world, Azul
'Creativity is intelligence having fun' Einstein
'Work is Love made Visible' Khalil Gibran


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This is one of my favourites to read aloud. From naked ... to caped ... to cold ... you will laugh along with your preschooler as you read this silly book.
This book is my 2.5 yo boy's favourite. Maybe because he can relate to all the fun running around the house naked, because this book is not about much. A pretty silly story, but my boy loves this book so much, that I had to source our own copy. A book about a boy who loves running around the house naked and this is pretty much it :)
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Written and Directed by Michael Tobias
A Dancing Star Foundation Film, 2005
At VIP we have followed Lyman's remarkable career as he crisscrossed the United States for the last ten years with the Mad Cow message most Americans did not want to hear. In his books Mad Cowboy and No More Bull he has revealed how mankind's passion for animal protein is killing us and destroying our planet.
Like his books, this movie shows how Lyman changed his own position on agriculture and personal diet. A fourth generation cattle farmer, he is now a committed vegan. He realizes that the chemicals and herbicides he used in his farming poisoned the land and may have been responsible for his brother's death at 32. The tumor on Lyman's spine may have been the result of those same chemicals. Following his miraculous surgery, he abandoned farming to assume his major role as a lobbyist in the animal rights and vegan movements.
The movie is an extension of both books as it condenses 150 hours of footage assembled over three years to create a personal picture of Lyman and to graphically relate how he has strived to inform the public of the evils of industrial farming. Because Lyman's five-year effort in Washington as a lobbyist did not lead to significant results, he decided that he could be most effective at the grass-roots level. This led to him traveling thousands of miles around the country speaking to any groups that would listen.
Along the treacherous road filled with numerous obstacles, Lyman has persevered despite being vilified and almost forced into financial ruin. The film details his experience on the Oprah Winfrey show where he described how ground up cow remains were being fed to other cows. Oprah's response: "It has stopped me cold from eating another burger," led to the $180 million dollar lawsuit faced by Lyman and Winfrey.
Willow Jean, Lyman's wife, tells how frightened she was during the trial and how she could not believe someone could be sued for telling the truth. Fortunately, the jury agreed that truth and free speech are more important than food disparagement. John Stauber of the Center for Democracy is shown criticizing the food disparagement laws like the one in Texas that was the basis of this landmark lawsuit. He labels these laws unconstitutional because they prevent free speech.
Lyman receives some vindication in a segment near the end of the film that shows then Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announcing the first case of a mad cow found in the United States. Ironically, in 2006 the USDA announced a further cutback in testing for mad cow disease, testing that was initially instituted because of warnings from people like Lyman.
One of the most poignant segments of the documentary was Lyman's visits in the United Kingdom with families of victims of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD), the human variant of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease. Speaking to the mother of a young girl whose brain wasted away because she ate infected meat brings tears to Lyman's eyes, and, no doubt, will move the viewer the same way.
Viewers seeing PCRM's Neal Barnard holding a package of baloney as he reminisces with Lyman in the supermarket might consider the scene symbolic. The baloney is similar to what they ate in their youth when they were unaware of the pain and suffering involved in its production. The baloney also represents the story behind packaged meats detailed in the film's graphic scenes showing animal slaughter.
Michael Tobias, a skilled writer/cinematographer, has performed a masterful job in telling Lyman's story in a 79-minute production that displays the mad cowboy's warmth, good humor, his commitment, and his compassion for his fellow beings that is revealed in his books. Reading Lyman is almost as good as experiencing him in a speaking engagement, but seeing him onscreen may be superior to both. He is the perfect person to narrate his own story. With the emergence of documentaries as a popular film genre that appeals to movie audiences, we are hopeful that Mad Cowboy, the Documentary can attract a significant audience that needs to be become aware of how our food is raised and how it impacts our society. As Lyman says, "It's up to us to get involved."
Mad Cowboy, the Documentary can be purchased at http://www.madcowboy.com