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Sunday, November 22, 2015

I'm a "vergetarian"

I watched Vegucated on Netflix not long ago. It is a documentary about three people who agreed to eat a plant-based diet for six weeks.

Here's the synopsis from the website: "Part sociological experiment and part adventure comedy, Vegucated follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Lured by tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover the hidden sides of animal agriculture that make them wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. This entertaining documentary showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who discover they can change the world one bite at a time."

I had to "rewind" the movie a couple of times so I could take the following pictures of my TV screen (so low-tech, I know).

The luxury of time

“I’m in no rush,” the woman at the end of the supermarket aisle said to me.  We had almost crashed our carts: the aisles are narrow and one ...