Interview with Howard Lyman + Dean Ornish on LIVE WEB, archives on FAST FOOD NATIONS available

[Guest guest]

Speaking of teenage girls, is it true you were the

driving force behind Lisa Simpson becoming a

vegetarian in 1995?

 

Well, " driving force " I don't know, but I was probably

the catalyst at the time that made it happen. I did a

lecture at Cassandra Peterson's living room (she's

better known as " Elvira " ). One of her friends said to

me afterwards: " My name is David Mirkin. I'm the

executive producer of The Simpsons. If I put 40

writers in a room, would you talk to them? " I said

sure. So he did, and we had a wonderful evening - I

mean, some of the brightest minds you ever saw in your

life. He then flew to England and got together with

Paul and Linda McCartney, and they did the show on

Lisa becoming a vegetarian. Many of the things that

you see in that show, at least to me, are direct

offshoots of what I had said in the lecture. David

Mirkin, on the night I first met him at Elvira's, was

a carnivore. Today he is my friend, and he is a vegan.

 

Do you think Mad Cow disease will show up in the

United States in the next two years?

 

I'd say right now Mad Cow is in the U.S. The question

is when are we going to confirm that we have it, and I

would say within the next five years there's no doubt

in my mind that'll happen. I think it will not only be

in cows, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it first

confirmed in pigs.

 

www.madcowboy.com

 

I would like to encourage others to donate to Howard's

cause. Within reason, I'll willing to match your

mileage. If you don't have miles, you can donate $.

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Live WEB

 

webmd.com/splash/article/1705.57050

 

Dean Ornish's Lifestyle Program consists of four main

components....including eating a vegetarian diet to

stop heart disease.

 

 

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