tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post930796163334875679..comments2023-03-30T10:05:13.911+01:00Comments on Living the simple life I want: Sunday night chit-chatMoonwaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-56610403445523466852013-01-14T19:04:57.730+00:002013-01-14T19:04:57.730+00:00Carla - Lierre Keith was a vegetarian for over twe...Carla - Lierre Keith was a vegetarian for over twenty years and a vegan for a part of that as well. The book is about her realisation and growing knowledge once she started educating herself about how our bodies need animal protein. I've only read a couple of chapters but I've already gotten chills reading the list of ailments and serious illnesses she had (and for some, will always suffer from) as a result of her vegan/vegetarian diet. It explores some of the arguments used by the vegetarian camp to convince people to stop eating meat and how they have no real basis in fact and/or a very limited logic behind them, e.g. the old misleading chestnut about how it takes so much more grain to feed a cow to get a pound of meat than if you would just eat the grain directly, ignoring the fact that cows are just not supposed to eat grains, not to mention the fact that grains don't grow everywhere and what cows can do is eat the grass (which humans can't digest) that might grow where nothing else does. It's interesting. Especially since The China Study is another book I have lined up to read soon and that recommends a plant-based diet. I'm looking forward to the juxtaposition of the two.<br /><br />Kat - I need to get my hands on a game so that I can practice at home in secret. Then I'm going to challenge my sister to a game next time I visit her (and hope that the version I know she has isn't a French one!)Moonwaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-21502829298429535412013-01-14T02:26:41.416+00:002013-01-14T02:26:41.416+00:00I really enjoy Boggle too! It was fun reading your...I really enjoy Boggle too! It was fun reading your Chit-Chat post:) Have a great week.Kathy Skinner (Kat)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12062260189125326781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942522681264332044.post-47864757270574530892013-01-14T00:28:18.097+00:002013-01-14T00:28:18.097+00:00That book sounds interesting... what's it abou...That book sounds interesting... what's it about? I'm a die hard carnivore, so something i'd probably enjoy! lol! Your dinner sounds soo good! Yum!! Thanks for playing along again! ~Carla~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02341057469246030024noreply@blogger.com