Walter Willett Bashes USDA’s Latest Milk & Meat Advice
Two weeks ago, I jeered at the USDA for releasing new nutrition guidelines that called for increased milk consumption. Now other experts are weighing in. In today’s Los Angeles Times, Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard’s nutrition department, writes: … the recommendation for three servings of milk per day is not justified and is likely […]
Weekly Ad: This Week’s Amazon Bestsellers
It’s the best-ever time to stock up on DEVA brand vegan vitamins and DHA fulfilled by Amazon. Right now, Amazon is offering free two day shipping on all DEVA purchases over $25. I’ve no idea how long this special will last, so double check the vitamins you’re interested in to ensure the special is still […]
Study Finds Vegetarians Happier than Meat Eaters
The results caught the researchers off guard: The researchers found the vegetarians reported diets significantly lower in EPA and DHA, the omega-3 fatty acids that we get from eating fish, and which many studies have found are a key factor in improving both physical and mental health. So they expected to find the vegetarians would […]
Guy Fucking Cow Says He was Seduced
In Indonesia, a man caught having sex with a cow claimed the cow had seduced him. The article doesn’t say what brand of lingerie the cow had purchased for the occasion. The villagers responded in the only sensible way: they forced the man to marry the cow and pay the chief 2000 old coins. They […]
The Decline and Fall of Arby’s
Unrelenting bad news for the Arby’s fast food chain: Wendy’s and Arby’s were brought together in a 2008 merger. While Wendy’s sales have stabilized, Arby’s have lagged badly, with one analyst calling its recent sales some of the worst in modern restaurant memory. Arby’s systemwide same-store sales fell 11.5% in the first quarter on top […]
Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus
You know what kills me about publishing Vegan.com? Every morning, I see the books my readers purchase through the Amazon.com links, and I’d say that for every activist-oriented book that sells, people buy at least fifty vegan cookbooks. We all want a vegan world, but only a tiny handful of us have realized the enormous […]