Four firefighters stick to vegetarian diet at work

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Four firefighters stick to vegetarian diet at work

 

By CLAIRE OSBORN

Austin American-Statesman

 

AUSTIN — They used to eat big, fat, juicy steaks. One-pound

hamburgers. Lots of fried fish.

 

Then one of the firefighters at Austin Fire Station No. 2 got a

cholesterol reading over 300 — high enough above the American Heart

Association's threshold of 200 that he was at high risk for a heart

attack.

 

That was enough to persuade James " J.R. " Rae — the one with the high

cholesterol — and other firefighters on his shift to give up the fatty

food. Go vegetarian.

 

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