Baseball All Star Goes Veg!

Well the awesome-tastic book Skinny Bitch does it again! Yes, the stealth book by Rory Freedman which is part pop culture, part hard truth has once again enabled an iconoclastic sports star to give up all meat!

You can read the article :HERE:

A quote from the article
"That 6-foot, 260-pound build is powered by wheatgrass, soy and tofu nowadays. No meat. Not even fish."

I find it a bit strange the way they say that, as if fish is not a meat. It's great to give up poultry and beef - no question. However the inference that sea animals are not self aware and alive just as much as chickens or pigs is ludicrous.

However the article redeems itself a bit by including this insightful quote from Fielder, the youngest player ever to hit 50 home runs in a single season last year.

"After reading that, (meat) just didn't sound good to me anymore. It grossed me out a little bit. It's not a diet thing or anything like that. I don't miss it at all."

Thats the key idea which many people don't understand about compassionate living. It's not a diet that you embark on, cheating when you feel sad or if it doesn't work the way you want. It is a lifestyle chosen because of our ability to relate to other living beings.

Incidentally, an old friend also informed us this week that she read the book and has been vegan ever since!

Major kudos to Rory Freedman and Kim Barnoun for putting together a powerhouse reader that joins the ranks of tell-it-like-it-is books such as Animal Liberation (Singer), The China Study (Campbell), Meat Market (Marcus), and World Peace Diet (Tuttle)

Read reviews and buy Skinny Bitch through their website linked above, or at Amazon

We'd love to hear your comments if you've read Skinny Bitch or another book which has enabled you to think differently about your eating habits :)