09.21.07
Vegan Article in The Lantern
One of Mercy For Animals at OSU’s volunteers helping with the 2007 student involvement fair where over 150 people signed up to get involved.
The Lantern, the Ohio State University’s daily college paper, recently published an excellent article on veganism. It gave great information on why people choose a vegan diet, and gave a lot of good advice and resources to help people make the switch to a vegan diet (including this Web site, and specifically this page).
Unfortunately, the dieticians who were interviewed are espousing information on protein that is about 20 years outdated. They still are talking about protein deficiency and the need to compliment vegetable proteins at every meal, which as most nutritionists know is a bunch of hoo ha. Even when I got my nutrition degree at the University of Minnesota back in 1996, they taught us that if you eat a variety of vegan foods and eat enough calories to maintain a reasonable body weight, you are going to get all of your protein needs met.
Moreover, current research shows that excess protein, especially the consumption of animal protein, is directly linked to an increased risk of several types of cancers. I recommend The China Study by T. Colin Campbell to learn more about this link.
The reality is that if people have health concerns, a whole foods, vegan diet is the best way to prevent and even reverse disease and poor health.
MFA at OSU members and supporters left messages in chalk all over campus Tuesday to create a buzz about vegetarianism on campus.
Resources for Becoming Vegetarian or Vegan
If you want to help animals, the environment, your health, and other people (like the hungry who go without so we can feed our grain to cattle, and the slaughterhouse workers who are completely exploited and used) then adopt a vegetarian diet. Here are some resources to aid you:
Get active with MFA at OSU like this volunteer is doing at OSU’s student involvement fair.
Resources for Buckeyes
If you are a student at Ohio State University, I encourage you to get involved with Mercy For Animals at OSU. Here are some resources to help you:
MFA at OSU’s New Member Meeting
One upcoming event that you should definitely check out is our New Member Meeting for OSU students. Learn how to help animals while socializing with vegetarian, vegan, and animal-friendly folk. Attend our new volunteer meeting where we will discuss who we are, what we do, and how you can get more involved.
MFA at OSU organizes a variety of events and activities and there will certainly be something of interest for you. Everyone who wants to help animals is welcome. Join us in helping improve the lives of animals by becoming part of MFA at OSU.
Where: Hagerty Hall (037, HH), Room 071, 1775 College Rd., Columbus
When: Wed., Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m.