Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 That's good - and such a delicious way to get healthy. Jo , " Colin Sky " <colinsky wrote: > > sometimes there is good news. here is some. > > FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN? EVEN AUSTIN IS IMPRESSED > By Deborah Blumenthal > New York Times > March 26, 2006 > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.html > > AUSTIN, Tex. - The image of big brawny firefighters devouring platters of > four-alarm chili, sizzling steaks and double cheeseburgers is as much a part > of firehouse lore as brass fire poles and heroic Dalmatians. > > " They're dinosaurs, they're big meat eaters, " said Joseph T. Bonanno Jr., a > former New York City firefighter and the author of " The Firehouse Grilling > Cookbook " (Broadway Books, 1998). > > But not here. > > In this health-conscious state capital, sometimes called the People's > Republic of Austin, maverick behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. But > when Jimmy John's, the local sandwich joint, names a sandwich after you, > " the Engine 2 Veggie Sandwich " ; when People for the Ethical Treatment of > Animals gives you an award for " Animal-Friendly Firehouse of the Year " ; and > when people call out to passing fire trucks, " Are y'all the vegans? " even > Austin is taking notice. > > The five firefighters of Team C at Firehouse 2 -- Rip Esselstyn, James Rae, > Matt Moore, Derick Zwerneman and Scott Walters -- now eat vegan, taking > turns whipping up plant-based fare like meatless and cheeseless pizza, pasta > primavera and spinach enchiladas. > > It did not happen because they shared a love of sprouts. > > A routine cholesterol test left Specialist Rae, 37, shaken. The American > Heart Association ranks anyone with a level of 240 or more high risk; > Specialist Rae's hit 344. > > " I was floored, scared, " he said. " I had no clue. " > > All but one of his male relatives had succumbed to heart disease by age 59. > Specialist Rae's father, the sole survivor, had a heart attack and then > triple bypass surgery in his mid-50's. > > The team's nutrition guru came to his aid. Firefighter Esselstyn, 43, a > professional triathlete for a decade before joining the department in 1997, > was living proof that meat was not necessary for hard work and endurance. He > became a vegetarian in 1986 and a vegan in 2002. He persuaded the group to > rally around Specialist Rae and start cooking vegan dishes. > > Firefighter Esselstyn knew through his father's work that a strict vegan > diet would help. His father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., had been a > general surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and still conducts research there. > > Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year trial with patients with what looked like terminal > heart disease showed that a very-low-fat, plant-based diet with > cholesterol-lowering medicine could bring striking improvement. > > Heart disease " never need exist, " Dr. Esselstyn said, but if it does, " it > never need progress. " > > His son cited another reason for improving Specialist Rae's health. > > " J. R. became more of a liability than an asset to us, " Firefighter > Esselstyn said, glancing at his partner with a half-smile. " Do I want a guy > with a bad ticker dragging me out? " > > But while Specialist Rae adhered to the diet at the firehouse, he was not as > strict outside. He became what he calls a flexitarian, someone who > occasionally eats meat or fish. When that did not lower his cholesterol > enough, he switched to the vegan diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole > grains and legumes. Now, he said, his cholesterol is under 200, and he calls > the way he eats " a way of life. " > > While Team C eats vegan at work -- each man shops and cooks dinner twice a > month -- the other two members, Lieutenant Walters and Firefighter > Zwerneman, are not always such purists at home. > > At a recent party catered by a barbecue restaurant, Firefighter Zwerneman > did not stick to just the beans, a mistake he later realized. > > " The next night I was paying for it, " he said. " I felt sort of the way I did > after my first couple of tofu dinners, which didn't go so well either. But > now I'm one of the weirdos like everybody else. " > > For the other 10 men in Firehouse 2, the vegan diet has not gone down so > easily. Inside the freezer are a bag of cheeseburgers, French fries and a > package of beef next to vegan offerings. One firefighter even put up > provocative posters on the walls, including one that reads, " Beef. It's > What's for Dinner. " > > Firefighter Esselstyn and the others shrug it off. > > " Seventy percent of our calls are medical, " he said. " Every day we see the > ravages of people eating to their heart's content. " If not for Specialist > Rae's cholesterol, he said, " there would have been someone else, someone > prediabetic or obese who would have prompted us. " > > To reach the public, Team C has a Web site -- www.engine2.org -- with goofy > pictures of the men posing with fruits and vegetables, campy biographies, > health links, and recipes like Paul McCartney's enchiladas, tortilla pie and > Station 2's award-winning wraps. > > Even the firehouse carnivores benefit from the vegan cookery, routinely > scavenging leftovers. As Edward Roel, a driver on the B shift, admitted, > " They taste good. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 this is good news .. tell me more please Colin Sky <colinsky wrote: sometimes there is good news. here is some. FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN? EVEN AUSTIN IS IMPRESSEDBy Deborah BlumenthalNew York TimesMarch 26, 2006http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.htmlAUSTIN, Tex. - The image of big brawny firefighters devouring platters offour-alarm chili, sizzling steaks and double cheeseburgers is as much a partof firehouse lore as brass fire poles and heroic Dalmatians."They're dinosaurs, they're big meat eaters," said Joseph T. Bonanno Jr., aformer New York City firefighter and the author of "The Firehouse GrillingCookbook" (Broadway Books, 1998).But not here.In this health-conscious state capital, sometimes called the People'sRepublic of Austin, maverick behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. Butwhen Jimmy John's, the local sandwich joint, names a sandwich after you,"the Engine 2 Veggie Sandwich"; when People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals gives you an award for "Animal-Friendly Firehouse of the Year"; andwhen people call out to passing fire trucks, "Are y'all the vegans?" evenAustin is taking notice.The five firefighters of Team C at Firehouse 2 -- Rip Esselstyn, James Rae,Matt Moore, Derick Zwerneman and Scott Walters -- now eat vegan, takingturns whipping up plant-based fare like meatless and cheeseless pizza, pastaprimavera and spinach enchiladas.It did not happen because they shared a love of sprouts.A routine cholesterol test left Specialist Rae, 37, shaken. The AmericanHeart Association ranks anyone with a level of 240 or more high risk;Specialist Rae's hit 344."I was floored, scared," he said. "I had no clue."All but one of his male relatives had succumbed to heart disease by age 59.Specialist Rae's father, the sole survivor, had a heart attack and thentriple bypass surgery in his mid-50's.The team's nutrition guru came to his aid. Firefighter Esselstyn, 43, aprofessional triathlete for a decade before joining the department in 1997,was living proof that meat was not necessary for hard work and endurance. Hebecame a vegetarian in 1986 and a vegan in 2002. He persuaded the group torally around Specialist Rae and start cooking vegan dishes.Firefighter Esselstyn knew through his father's work that a strict vegandiet would help. His father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., had been ageneral surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and still conducts research there.Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year trial with patients with what looked like terminalheart disease showed that a very-low-fat, plant-based diet withcholesterol-lowering medicine could bring striking improvement.Heart disease "never need exist," Dr. Esselstyn said, but if it does, "itnever need progress."His son cited another reason for improving Specialist Rae's health."J. R. became more of a liability than an asset to us," FirefighterEsselstyn said, glancing at his partner with a half-smile. "Do I want a guywith a bad ticker dragging me out?"But while Specialist Rae adhered to the diet at the firehouse, he was not asstrict outside. He became what he calls a flexitarian, someone whooccasionally eats meat or fish. When that did not lower his cholesterolenough, he switched to the vegan diet based on fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and legumes. Now, he said, his cholesterol is under 200, and he callsthe way he eats "a way of life."While Team C eats vegan at work -- each man shops and cooks dinner twice amonth -- the other two members, Lieutenant Walters and FirefighterZwerneman, are not always such purists at home.At a recent party catered by a barbecue restaurant, Firefighter Zwernemandid not stick to just the beans, a mistake he later realized."The next night I was paying for it," he said. "I felt sort of the way I didafter my first couple of tofu dinners, which didn't go so well either. Butnow I'm one of the weirdos like everybody else."For the other 10 men in Firehouse 2, the vegan diet has not gone down soeasily. Inside the freezer are a bag of cheeseburgers, French fries and apackage of beef next to vegan offerings. One firefighter even put upprovocative posters on the walls, including one that reads, "Beef. It'sWhat's for Dinner."Firefighter Esselstyn and the others shrug it off."Seventy percent of our calls are medical," he said. "Every day we see theravages of people eating to their heart's content." If not for SpecialistRae's cholesterol, he said, "there would have been someone else, someoneprediabetic or obese who would have prompted us."To reach the public, Team C has a Web site -- www.engine2.org -- with goofypictures of the men posing with fruits and vegetables, campy biographies,health links, and recipes like Paul McCartney's enchiladas, tortilla pie andStation 2's award-winning wraps.Even the firehouse carnivores benefit from the vegan cookery, routinelyscavenging leftovers. As Edward Roel, a driver on the B shift, admitted,"They taste good." To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Security Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 u want more good news! i attended a demo at the auckland town hall, red carpeted, front entrance, to protest war pimp blair's visit to nz. 28/3/06 his name is spelt i believe bLIAR according to plackards... 200 of us.... blair had to creep in the back tradesmen's entrance... well it was a small victory... ;-) colinz - louis stott Friday, March 31, 2006 9:33 AM Re: Go Vegan! this is good news .. tell me more please Colin Sky <colinsky wrote: sometimes there is good news. here is some. FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN? EVEN AUSTIN IS IMPRESSEDBy Deborah BlumenthalNew York TimesMarch 26, 2006http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.htmlAUSTIN, Tex. - The image of big brawny firefighters devouring platters offour-alarm chili, sizzling steaks and double cheeseburgers is as much a partof firehouse lore as brass fire poles and heroic Dalmatians."They're dinosaurs, they're big meat eaters," said Joseph T. Bonanno Jr., aformer New York City firefighter and the author of "The Firehouse GrillingCookbook" (Broadway Books, 1998).But not here.In this health-conscious state capital, sometimes called the People'sRepublic of Austin, maverick behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. Butwhen Jimmy John's, the local sandwich joint, names a sandwich after you,"the Engine 2 Veggie Sandwich"; when People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals gives you an award for "Animal-Friendly Firehouse of the Year"; andwhen people call out to passing fire trucks, "Are y'all the vegans?" evenAustin is taking notice.The five firefighters of Team C at Firehouse 2 -- Rip Esselstyn, James Rae,Matt Moore, Derick Zwerneman and Scott Walters -- now eat vegan, takingturns whipping up plant-based fare like meatless and cheeseless pizza, pastaprimavera and spinach enchiladas.It did not happen because they shared a love of sprouts.A routine cholesterol test left Specialist Rae, 37, shaken. The AmericanHeart Association ranks anyone with a level of 240 or more high risk;Specialist Rae's hit 344."I was floored, scared," he said. "I had no clue."All but one of his male relatives had succumbed to heart disease by age 59.Specialist Rae's father, the sole survivor, had a heart attack and thentriple bypass surgery in his mid-50's.The team's nutrition guru came to his aid. Firefighter Esselstyn, 43, aprofessional triathlete for a decade before joining the department in 1997,was living proof that meat was not necessary for hard work and endurance. Hebecame a vegetarian in 1986 and a vegan in 2002. He persuaded the group torally around Specialist Rae and start cooking vegan dishes.Firefighter Esselstyn knew through his father's work that a strict vegandiet would help. His father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., had been ageneral surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and still conducts research there.Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year trial with patients with what looked like terminalheart disease showed that a very-low-fat, plant-based diet withcholesterol-lowering medicine could bring striking improvement.Heart disease "never need exist," Dr. Esselstyn said, but if it does, "itnever need progress."His son cited another reason for improving Specialist Rae's health."J. R. became more of a liability than an asset to us," FirefighterEsselstyn said, glancing at his partner with a half-smile. "Do I want a guywith a bad ticker dragging me out?"But while Specialist Rae adhered to the diet at the firehouse, he was not asstrict outside. He became what he calls a flexitarian, someone whooccasionally eats meat or fish. When that did not lower his cholesterolenough, he switched to the vegan diet based on fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and legumes. Now, he said, his cholesterol is under 200, and he callsthe way he eats "a way of life."While Team C eats vegan at work -- each man shops and cooks dinner twice amonth -- the other two members, Lieutenant Walters and FirefighterZwerneman, are not always such purists at home.At a recent party catered by a barbecue restaurant, Firefighter Zwernemandid not stick to just the beans, a mistake he later realized."The next night I was paying for it," he said. "I felt sort of the way I didafter my first couple of tofu dinners, which didn't go so well either. Butnow I'm one of the weirdos like everybody else."For the other 10 men in Firehouse 2, the vegan diet has not gone down soeasily. Inside the freezer are a bag of cheeseburgers, French fries and apackage of beef next to vegan offerings. One firefighter even put upprovocative posters on the walls, including one that reads, "Beef. It'sWhat's for Dinner."Firefighter Esselstyn and the others shrug it off."Seventy percent of our calls are medical," he said. "Every day we see theravages of people eating to their heart's content." If not for SpecialistRae's cholesterol, he said, "there would have been someone else, someoneprediabetic or obese who would have prompted us."To reach the public, Team C has a Web site -- www.engine2.org -- with goofypictures of the men posing with fruits and vegetables, campy biographies,health links, and recipes like Paul McCartney's enchiladas, tortilla pie andStation 2's award-winning wraps.Even the firehouse carnivores benefit from the vegan cookery, routinelyscavenging leftovers. As Edward Roel, a driver on the B shift, admitted,"They taste good." To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Security Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Nice one! The Valley Vegan...............Colin Sky <colinsky wrote: u want more good news! i attended a demo at the auckland town hall, red carpeted, front entrance, to protest war pimp blair's visit to nz. 28/3/06 his name is spelt i believe bLIAR according to plackards... 200 of us.... blair had to creep in the back tradesmen's entrance... well it was a small victory... ;-) colinz - louis stott Friday, March 31, 2006 9:33 AM Re: Go Vegan! this is good news .. tell me more please Colin Sky <colinsky wrote: sometimes there is good news. here is some. FIREFIGHTERS GONE VEGAN? EVEN AUSTIN IS IMPRESSEDBy Deborah BlumenthalNew York TimesMarch 26, 2006http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.htmlAUSTIN, Tex. - The image of big brawny firefighters devouring platters offour-alarm chili, sizzling steaks and double cheeseburgers is as much a partof firehouse lore as brass fire poles and heroic Dalmatians."They're dinosaurs, they're big meat eaters," said Joseph T. Bonanno Jr., aformer New York City firefighter and the author of "The Firehouse GrillingCookbook" (Broadway Books, 1998).But not here.In this health-conscious state capital, sometimes called the People'sRepublic of Austin, maverick behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. Butwhen Jimmy John's, the local sandwich joint, names a sandwich after you,"the Engine 2 Veggie Sandwich"; when People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals gives you an award for "Animal-Friendly Firehouse of the Year"; andwhen people call out to passing fire trucks, "Are y'all the vegans?" evenAustin is taking notice.The five firefighters of Team C at Firehouse 2 -- Rip Esselstyn, James Rae,Matt Moore, Derick Zwerneman and Scott Walters -- now eat vegan, takingturns whipping up plant-based fare like meatless and cheeseless pizza, pastaprimavera and spinach enchiladas.It did not happen because they shared a love of sprouts.A routine cholesterol test left Specialist Rae, 37, shaken. The AmericanHeart Association ranks anyone with a level of 240 or more high risk;Specialist Rae's hit 344."I was floored, scared," he said. "I had no clue."All but one of his male relatives had succumbed to heart disease by age 59.Specialist Rae's father, the sole survivor, had a heart attack and thentriple bypass surgery in his mid-50's.The team's nutrition guru came to his aid. Firefighter Esselstyn, 43, aprofessional triathlete for a decade before joining the department in 1997,was living proof that meat was not necessary for hard work and endurance. Hebecame a vegetarian in 1986 and a vegan in 2002. He persuaded the group torally around Specialist Rae and start cooking vegan dishes.Firefighter Esselstyn knew through his father's work that a strict vegandiet would help. His father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., had been ageneral surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and still conducts research there.Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year trial with patients with what looked like terminalheart disease showed that a very-low-fat, plant-based diet withcholesterol-lowering medicine could bring striking improvement.Heart disease "never need exist," Dr. Esselstyn said, but if it does, "itnever need progress."His son cited another reason for improving Specialist Rae's health."J. R. became more of a liability than an asset to us," FirefighterEsselstyn said, glancing at his partner with a half-smile. "Do I want a guywith a bad ticker dragging me out?"But while Specialist Rae adhered to the diet at the firehouse, he was not asstrict outside. He became what he calls a flexitarian, someone whooccasionally eats meat or fish. When that did not lower his cholesterolenough, he switched to the vegan diet based on fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and legumes. Now, he said, his cholesterol is under 200, and he callsthe way he eats "a way of life."While Team C eats vegan at work -- each man shops and cooks dinner twice amonth -- the other two members, Lieutenant Walters and FirefighterZwerneman, are not always such purists at home.At a recent party catered by a barbecue restaurant, Firefighter Zwernemandid not stick to just the beans, a mistake he later realized."The next night I was paying for it," he said. "I felt sort of the way I didafter my first couple of tofu dinners, which didn't go so well either. Butnow I'm one of the weirdos like everybody else."For the other 10 men in Firehouse 2, the vegan diet has not gone down soeasily. Inside the freezer are a bag of cheeseburgers, French fries and apackage of beef next to vegan offerings. One firefighter even put upprovocative posters on the walls, including one that reads, "Beef. It'sWhat's for Dinner."Firefighter Esselstyn and the others shrug it off."Seventy percent of our calls are medical," he said. "Every day we see theravages of people eating to their heart's content." If not for SpecialistRae's cholesterol, he said, "there would have been someone else, someoneprediabetic or obese who would have prompted us."To reach the public, Team C has a Web site -- www.engine2.org -- with goofypictures of the men posing with fruits and vegetables, campy biographies,health links, and recipes like Paul McCartney's enchiladas, tortilla pie andStation 2's award-winning wraps.Even the firehouse carnivores benefit from the vegan cookery, routinelyscavenging leftovers. As Edward Roel, a driver on the B shift, admitted,"They taste good." To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Security Centre. Peter H Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with . Enter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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