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This is high cow country.
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This is summer grazing country,
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some of the best in the west.
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This is the country
of big beef herds.
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It is like a pleasant
dream for this white faced,
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ruddy coated youngster.
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Of all the faithful servants of
man-kind down through the ages,
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none has served us better
than Old Bossie, the cow.
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Since time began, milk has been one
of the most nutritious of all foods.
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The baby chicks are
so soft and cuddly.
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This is Betty's and James'
favorite chore.
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No dinner bell is needed to
call this chow line into action.
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And it is quite a strain
on masculine discipline
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to observe the rule
of ladies first.
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Uncle Jim, how do cows make milk?
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Oh, they make it out of what they eat.
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Yeah, but what do they eat?
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Well, come on, I'll show you.
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Why, that looks like some
of our breakfast cereals.
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That's me!
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Or rather, could have been me.
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No, I didn't grow up on a farm,
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but I had a pretty idyllic
American childhood.
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I grew up in Evansville, Indiana,
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which is a small city in
the middle of corn country.
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I was what my mom
called a good eater
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because I always cleaned
my plate and drank my milk.
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This is really me.
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When I was growing up,
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my dad worked in concrete
block manufacturing
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to bring home the bacon.
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And I love me some bacon,
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and eggs
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and especially cheese.
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But after I grew up a little
and moved to New York,
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that all changed.
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Do you know what a vegan is?
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Not really.
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A vegan is one who
only eats vegetables.
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Close.
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In addition to vegetables,
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they eat fruits, grains,
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beans, nuts and seeds.
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In short, anything plant based.
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Yeah, so they don't
get muscles like this.
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Some of them do fish but it
just depends on the person.
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Not really.
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A true vegan doesn't eat
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fish, meat, poultry, dairy or eggs.
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A vegan also doesn't buy any
clothing made from animals,
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such as leather, fur, wool or silk.
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Could you ever go vegan?
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Ahh, I don't think so. No.
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I would love to but I...
love my meat.
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What about for $10,000?
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No.
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$100,000?
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No.
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Why should I change?
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Good question.
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Why would anybody wanna go vegan?
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But right now, there are millions
of Americans that are doing it...
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which can seem impossible
in the world we live in.
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I always thought vegetarians
were different from me,
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but I kind of got it.
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Now vegans,
that was a whole different story.
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I just thought they
were a little off,
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slightly crazy and quite extreme.
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But then, something really
strange happened to me.
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I became one of them.
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Here is what happened.
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I found out that animal
food and clothing production
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aren't as idyllic as I had thought
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or as healthy for the
planet or our bodies.
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I started to do my homework,
delving deeper and deeper
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into the way our food
and clothes are produced
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and suddenly veganism and vegans
made a whole lot of sense.
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Now don't get me wrong,
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I still understand that meat
and dairy currently play
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a large role in the economy
and in our cultural heritage
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and they can provide important
nutrients for people in all kinds of
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different economic and
geographic circumstances.
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And of course I realize that,
for many people in the world,
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veganism isn't even
a viable option now.
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But there is a whole
side of this story
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that the vast majority of us never even
get exposed to in mainstream culture.
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When I was exposed to it
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I kind of freaked out.
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I wondered if I went vegan,
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would I have to eat
dry chalky bran muffins
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and grow out my armpit hair?
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Would I have to become a
radical lesbian anarchist?
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Or, would I have to join
the animal liberation front?
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But once I started doing it,
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it wasn't so hard and
I felt really good.
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In fact, I lost fifteen
pounds in just a few months
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without even trying.
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Still, I couldn't help wondering,
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would anybody react to this
information the way I did?
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I find it easy but...
what about people who came from
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different backgrounds and
face different challenges?
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To find out, I decided to search
for a few regular New Yorkers
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who'd be willing to go vegan for six
weeks and learn what it's all about.
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I'd tell them the side of the
story they hadn't heard before,
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see how they reacted and
see if their veganism stuck.
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Like everything in New York,
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I found what I needed
on Craig's List.
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I interviewed twenty five potential
vegans before I made my decision.
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In the end, I chose three people
from three different demographics,
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each with their own
challenges in going vegan.
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But they all had the same
motivation for doing the project.
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They wanted to lose a
little bit of weight,
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to look good and to feel healthy.
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They didn't really know
much about the environmental
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or ethical reasons for being vegan,
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yet.
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And the best part?
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I didn't even have
to pay them $100,000.
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They did it for free.
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The first one was Tesla Lobo,
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a college student from Queens
who lives with her family.
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Hey, Tesla.
How are you?
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How are you?
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Hi.
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This is my dad, Manny.
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This is Marisa.
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Hello.
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Hi, Manny.
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Nice to meet you.
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My mom is Honduran and
my dad is Peruvian.
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So Peruvians always are
known to cook very well.
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My dad, he is not a chef,
but he is a really, really great cook.
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So there is always, like,
pork chops and there is always steak.
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And there is so much meat in here.
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And more meat.
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And more meat.
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And my dad, like,
3:30 food is done.
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Like, I don't have to worry about
anything or make something for myself.
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I'm saying it in English.
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I prepared the food
that is from my country.
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We call, in Spanish,
is lomo saltado.
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It is like a beef
stew with French fry.
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When you grow up in
a different country,
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like my country, his country,
it is different.
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Over there they are going
to think that you are crazy.
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I am sorry to say that, you know,
but that is what they are going to think.
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"Oh, my God. She is crazy."
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How is she going to live
"without meat", you know?
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I don't like beans.
I don't like vegetables. I like salads.
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I love salads and
tomatoes and cucumbers.
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But I don't like broccoli or...
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Yeah, no one believes that I will last.
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You're not going to last.
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But I'm very, I don't know, like...
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I mean, because if you don't last,
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you know, we won't know about it.
You' ll hide it.
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And you know,
you will cheat and none of us will know.
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That's mean.
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I am very, very determined
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and I'm very,
very competitive with myself.
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Like I like it when someone says,
"you can't do that".
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It's like, okay.
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Thanks.
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And then I always
end up doing it.
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It's like I know,
like I'm just that type of person.
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But it is my dad's food.
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It's tough.
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The second person I
chose was Brian Flegel,
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a twenty seven year old
bachelor from Manhattan.
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I grew up in California
and my mother is German
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and so she would make
a lot of meat dishes.
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But she was a great cook
as a lot of mothers are.
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I came to New York
and just sort of...
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tried to find food that fit
with what I grew up with,
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like I think we all do.
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Yeah, that is a rack of lamb.
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When I have a chance
to have a morning
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I love to make myself breakfast.
I always go out.
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Oh wait, they're there.
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Empty, alright.
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I'm an actor,
trying to be an actor.
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So that means I have a
lot of different jobs.
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I work at a bar called Orbit,
sort of a jazz restaurant.
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Do you like tofu?
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Umm, no. I mean, yeah.
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I mean I don't know.
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Be honest.
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Okay, I don't know
how I feel about tofu.
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My mom would say to me if
I said I was going vegan,
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she would probably think it was
sort of so weird new religion.
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I kind of think they're
from outer space, actually.
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They're VEGANS!
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You know.
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WE COME TO KILL MR. MCDONALD.
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You know.
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Have you ever tried to lessen
your meat intake before?
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I have.
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I have tried to
switch to chicken
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and that is about as
far as I go, I suppose.
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The third person I chose was a
working single mom from Brooklyn
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who doesn't have time to cook.
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She is psychiatrist.
Dr. Ellen Mausner by day
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and a stand-up comic,
Ellen Orchid by night.
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Yes, it is true.
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I am the love child of Carol
Burnett and Mick Jagger.
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I don't eat a very healthy diet.
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I eat a lot on the run.
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I grab what is available.
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I really like to go to those big price
club type places and get the enormous,
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feeds fifty people,
meat lasagnas and things like that.
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I don't have a failed marriage.
I have a successful divorce.
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Although I don't like
the word divorced.
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I'd rather say "certified pre-owned".
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I have two kids.
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I have a ten year old daughter
and an eight year old son.
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They're great kids and we eat
the same stuff so a lot of dairy,
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probably too much,
a lot of cheese.
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Milk, of course, more cheese,
some cream cheese
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and some yogurt to
go with the cheese.
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I think this would be a
step in the right direction.
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They can learn from me.
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I would try to introduce
to them these ideas,
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eating more healthy,
eating more fruits and vegetables.
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Do you promise to try everything,
even a little, little bit?
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Oh, okay.
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Do I have to?
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Did you know what
the word vegan meant?
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No.
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What was your reaction
when your mom told you?
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Um, well I didn't know if she
could live without eating meat.
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You didn't know if she
could live without meat?
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- Because, because why?
- She likes meat.
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She likes it.
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I love hot dogs.
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Kosher hot dogs with
all the trimmings.
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I live near Nathans
in Coney Island.
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But anyway I have heart
disease in my family.
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Both of my parents have hypertension.
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My uncle died of a
massive heart attack.
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He didn't get much warning.
It was really terrible.
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So I think it is the way to go and
maybe this is the kick in the pants
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that will get me to do it.
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The last supper
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The last carnivorous supper
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This really is it.
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We can't even eat anything tonight,
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because after we get the blood
work we can't screw that up.
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I'm going to say it like this,
so just bear with me.
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PHILLY CHEESE STEAK.
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I asked for cheese on my fries
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- Good.
- and there is no cheese on my fries.
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There is something primitive
about eating meat, right?
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The texture? You tear it with your
teeth and your fork and knife and...
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And we make noises like...
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- AHH...
- Caveman.
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Here we go.
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(All) No meat!
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I brought Tesla, Brian and
Ellen to Dr. Joel Fuhrman,
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a family physician and
author of the books
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"Eat to Live" and
"Disease-Proof Your Child"
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to hear about how to go
vegan the healthy way.
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But first, in order to
track their progress,
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Dr. Fuhrman took some medical tests.
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The first thing you have to realize
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is that the American diet is
dull and what that represents.
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The American diet is 40%
of calories mammal products
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and 50% of calories
in processed foods
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like pasta, salad oil,
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sugar, pretzels, chips,
cold cereals, soft drinks.
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That leaves over about
9% of calories left.
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Half of that is white potato
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and the other half is what
we call unrefined plant FRUPF,
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fruits, vegetables,
beans, nuts and seeds,
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you know, legumes.
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So those unrefined plant food is just
a small part of the American diet.
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What we find from the scientific
studies around the world
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is that, as the unrefined
plant foods increase in volume
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in a diet of a particular population,
to that extent,
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heart disease and cancer go down and
almost disappear as that goes up.
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We're looking for foods that have
more nutrients and less calories.
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And the food that wins the prize,
the number one gold medal
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is green vegetables.
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And then let's rate all
the rest of the foods.
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Berries, beans, eggplant,
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mushrooms, tomatoes and they are
so high in nutrients per calorie,
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no matter how much you
could possibly eat of them
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you're still going to
lose tons of weight.
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You can't be overweight,
even if you overeat on these foods.
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Why should we die unnecessarily of
heart attack, strokes and cancer
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if you don't have to?
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Dr. Fuhrman has helped
thousands of people
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fight disease through
optimal nutrition.
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We got to meet one of them.
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I was a vegetarian
prior to starting this,
Julia Spagnoli - Survivor of 3 heart attacks
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but I used to eat, use dairy.
Lost 80 lb on a healthy vegan diet
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And, unfortunately,
I considered myself a vegetarian,
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but I didn't like vegetables.
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So, it was the whole vegetables
thing in the beginning
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that was difficult for me.
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I had never even tasted kale.
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And now it is my
favorite vegetable.
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I feel very strongly that she most
likely wouldn't be alive today
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if she didn't find out
about this information.
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So, people don't usually live
through four heart attacks.
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She is lucky she made it this far.
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And now after, I guess,
eighty pounds of weight loss
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and finally being brought
back to good health again
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she has got a, you know, it's...
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a wonderful thing to
have people switch.
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You can have a whole...
another life now.
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Dr. Fuhrman invited us to his house
to meet Chef Robin Jeep and his family
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and to show us some
healthy vegan food we can make.
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But this one is mine.
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So, tell us about this soup you made.
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Okay, it is a cream of pea soup,
but there is no dairy in it.
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The cream is made with raw cashews.
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It makes a wonderful,
wonderful rich creamy soup.
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This kale is steamed kale
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that is chopped up with a
cashew butter cream sauce.
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This is actually the best
thing I've tried so far.
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Are we going on like a
lower to higher scale here?
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Are we starting with, and then...
'cause this is really good.
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I'm not going to like it.
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Do you de-stem all of that
or do buy it prewashed?
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The rapunzel is this green vegetable.
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And that's how I am with the kale.
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- I just... every day we have this.
- I don't like it.
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We want you to taste
a lot of things....
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and you are going to find some
things you like better than others.
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And eat more of those things
you like better than others,
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but still taste other things.
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Try to taste something else.
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Like with a child, it takes
about fifteen tries of tastes
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before he starts to like the food.
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You are going to
find the same thing.
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Let's try some of
Robin's dessert now.
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This is with some of the
whipped cream on top.
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That is a beet and carrot cake.
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And now I am pulling out the sauce
which is a butternut lemon sauce.
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This is the whipped cream, which is
macadamia nuts and dates and soy milk.
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But Dr. Fuhrman, I always thought
macadamia nuts were very high in fat.
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All nuts are high in fat,
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but the thing is we are looking to
have a diet that's high in nutrients.
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The fat we eat we want it
to be high in nutrient fat.
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Look, I finished it.
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Week 1
Getting Vegucated
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The healthiest food
is whole plant foods,
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preferably organic
and locally grown.
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But sometimes it is good to
start with vegan versions
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of the things you are used to
eating while you are transitioning.
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Healthy food.
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You can find this kind of stuff
at every health food store.
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Instead of meat and poultry...
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Tofurky, fake turkey,
this is really good.
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Oval Bologna,
Smart Deli is really good.
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Look Gimme Lean Sausage,
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Gimme Lean Ground Beef.
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Instead of dairy...
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Not a single picture of a cow.
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That's right.
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It comes in a box so
it's not going to go bad.
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Lean Gourmet, Cheese,
Alternative Cheddar,
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mozzarella, nacho and Monterey jack.
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Okay, yogurt, yogurt.
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Whole Soy is a brand,
Silk is a brand...
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Veganaise brand mayonnaise,
it is good stuff.
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Personally, my favorite is
Purely Decadent Soy Delicious.
Ice cream!!
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Very nice.
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Also, instead of fish oil...
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This is what we've been talking about,
your flax seed meal.
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It has fiber, linens and omega 3 fats,
which are good for you.
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And instead of conventional
body care products...
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So many brands are committed to
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no animal ingredients
and no animal testing.
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Then I took them to a
neighborhood deli to show them
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that you can find vegan
alternatives almost anywhere.
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Boca burgers and garden burgers.
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Yeah, we don't even know
what is in real hotdogs.
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Earth Balance 100% vegan,
non-dairy, natural buttery spread.
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That sounds good, actually.
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Grocery stores have tons of food
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that you probably have
no idea that is vegan.
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Now it's time to play.
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Is It Vegan?
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Teddy Grahams, chocolatey chip,
are they vegan?
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Yes.
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00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,510
I'm going to go buy
some Teddy Grahams now.
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What do you think of Nilla Wafers?
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I'd probably say no.
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Nooo.
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Do you know what whey is?
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- It comes from milk.
- Yeah.
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No whey.
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Are we keeping score here?
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I'm going to say yes,
they are vegan.
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Yesss.
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I would guess it had
eggs or something.
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Yeah, it's not.
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It is.
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Instead of cow's milk,
you do soy or rice milk.
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- See, that was a trick question.
- It was a trick question.
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What do you think of this?
403
00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,130
Please, let it be.
404
00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:12,370
Yes.
405
00:18:12,380 --> 00:18:14,680
Duncan Hines, baby.
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Oreo cookies and that.
407
00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:19,320
Let's give it up.
We can stay fat.
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I know, I can stay fat.
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00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,590
(Singing) Moo Shoes
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fit me fine.
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Them Moo Shoes
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feel just fine.
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Sara and Erica's Moo
Shoes fit me fine oh Lord,
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and the cows are as
happy as they can be.
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This looks like a vegetarian shoe,
doesn't it?
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00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,660
I mean, you can just tell that
someone is a vegan by their shoe.
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00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:48,410
As opposed to shoes that
just happen to be vegan
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because they are cheap knock-offs.
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These shoes are made as
alternatives to leather
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so they breathe and they last
and they wear and they break in.
421
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This says 95?
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What is going on with this shirt?
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Average number of lives saved
by a vegetarian each year.
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Oh, yeah.
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00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,860
There aint nothing girly
about being a vegan.
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If I had this jacket I'd be like
the most desirable man in the city,
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because I would look like a bad boy,
but then it's like...
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sensitive, you know?
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Week 2
Down the Rabbit hole
430
00:19:19,010 --> 00:19:21,070
You've got to give us
money for the empanadas.
431
00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,020
Empanadas.
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Not empen-AY-das.
433
00:19:23,050 --> 00:19:23,950
Empanadas.
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00:19:23,980 --> 00:19:24,650
Empanadas.
435
00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:25,650
Empanadas.
436
00:19:25,690 --> 00:19:29,610
I decided it was time to take Tesla
and Ellen for a girls' night out.
437
00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:31,890
Where do vegans go
out for a good meal?
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Well, in New York City,
439
00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:38,400
we're spoiled with 126 veg
restaurants to choose from.
440
00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:42,200
But you don't have to be from the
Big Apple to find great vegan food.
441
00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:46,750
There are a growing number of veg
restaurants and cafes all over the country.
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From Mazulla, Montana
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to Ardmore, Oklahoma
444
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to Bar Harbor, Maine.
445
00:19:53,010 --> 00:19:56,370
But there are also plenty
of tasty animal free choices
446
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at chains and ethnic restaurants too.
447
00:20:00,550 --> 00:20:09,460
(Oriental Music)
448
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,430
(Italian Music)
449
00:20:12,470 --> 00:20:16,540
(Latino Music)
450
00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:22,490
(Rock and Roll Music)
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Tonight, I chose a trendy
restaurant that is not just vegan,
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but raw as well.
453
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That's lovely.
454
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- How are you feeling?
- Really good. Really good.
455
00:20:32,450 --> 00:20:34,440
- How?
- I feel lighter.
456
00:20:34,450 --> 00:20:37,480
Usually after a regular meal
with meat or chicken or fish
457
00:20:37,490 --> 00:20:39,220
you just want to put your head
down and take a little nap.
458
00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:39,860
I don't feel that way with this.
459
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,670
I also notice I'm
losing a little weight,
460
00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,260
which is very gratifying because I
was really at the fork in the road
461
00:20:46,270 --> 00:20:49,530
where I was going to go
into fat middle aged spread.
462
00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:52,270
I see myself getting a
little slimmer in the tummy
463
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,970
and in the thighs and that's great.
464
00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:56,140
I want to go all the way with this.
465
00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:57,900
I've never had any kind
of sushi in my life.
466
00:20:57,910 --> 00:21:01,010
- No kidding.
- Oh, no way.
467
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:04,000
That sauce is a little spicy,
but it's very good.
468
00:21:04,870 --> 00:21:08,580
I wasn't too surprised that
Tesla was having a tough time.
469
00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:13,480
Not really liking vegetables or
beans does limit one's options.
470
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This is a big bowl of like cabbage.
471
00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,660
The first week or two
is always the hardest.
472
00:21:20,670 --> 00:21:22,870
While your body goes
through withdrawl
473
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,740
and you haven't really gotten
the vegan lay of the land yet.
474
00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:28,200
Look at the food!
475
00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:33,570
I was curious to see if it would
start to get easier for Tesla.
476
00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:35,450
I'm still kind of hungry,
477
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,340
but something that Dr. Fuhrman
said that is kind of interesting
478
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is that since I'm always kind of
hungry everything does taste better.
479
00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:47,590
I went out to dinner and I had,
there was nothing I could eat
480
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:53,470
but this enchilada that was with
spinach and artichoke and mushrooms.
481
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,700
And I don't like
artichoke and mushrooms,
482
00:21:55,710 --> 00:21:57,760
but it tasted good.
483
00:21:57,770 --> 00:22:00,570
Brian, meanwhile,
was adjusting easily,
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00:22:00,580 --> 00:22:03,600
feeling great and
eager to get in shape.
485
00:22:03,610 --> 00:22:05,730
He was psyched when I
brought him to the gym
486
00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:09,830
to work out with Kenneth Williams,
a prize winning body builder
487
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,940
and passionate vegan.
488
00:22:11,950 --> 00:22:14,490
Every athlete needs protein,
489
00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,710
but it is not the quantity, it's
the quality of the protein.
490
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:18,590
Right.
491
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:22,550
So, most athletes now today
do animal based protein.
492
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:23,460
Right.
493
00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:24,470
I do soy.
494
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,150
Right.
495
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,530
I do spirulina.
496
00:22:26,570 --> 00:22:28,500
It just works everything.
497
00:22:28,540 --> 00:22:29,700
I mean, it's your body.
498
00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:31,510
What are you doing?
499
00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:33,300
Just keep going.
500
00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:38,170
I eat tofu, tempeh, seitan.
501
00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,940
My man Brian is going
to attempt 120, y'all.
502
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:41,930
Now, Brian, don't hurt yourself.
Let's go.
503
00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:43,340
- Do you think I can do it?
- I think you can do it.
504
00:22:43,350 --> 00:22:44,770
- Am I ready?
- I think you can do it.
505
00:22:44,780 --> 00:22:46,860
- Ready?
- Let's go, Brian.
506
00:22:46,890 --> 00:22:48,190
Uhh, look at that.
507
00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:48,920
Beautiful.
508
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:49,960
Two.
509
00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:50,890
Good, beautiful.
510
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,630
Like that.
511
00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:54,860
Real quick.
512
00:22:54,890 --> 00:22:58,020
There you go. Just like that.
Nice and easy.
513
00:22:58,030 --> 00:22:59,830
Not too hard.
514
00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:00,930
One.
515
00:23:00,970 --> 00:23:02,270
Two.
516
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,800
Three.
517
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:04,870
Four.
518
00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:05,910
And...
519
00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:08,170
flex them like that.
520
00:23:08,210 --> 00:23:10,770
You can do one of these ones.
521
00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:11,650
Oh shit.
522
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:12,580
That comes up like so.
523
00:23:12,610 --> 00:23:13,250
That is like Mick Jagger.
524
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,510
Like that one.
525
00:23:14,550 --> 00:23:16,450
Yeah, Mick Jagg...
526
00:23:17,020 --> 00:23:18,910
Wait, I don't know what
to do with my hands.
527
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,040
What am I doing with...?
528
00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:24,010
No meat. No cheese.
529
00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:24,790
Thank you.
530
00:23:30,860 --> 00:23:31,800
Sucks.
531
00:23:31,830 --> 00:23:35,790
Do you think you'll be staying vegetable
or veggie or whatever they are called?
532
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,330
Right now, no.
Because I want cheese.
533
00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:39,770
But we'll find out.
534
00:23:39,810 --> 00:23:41,740
Tristan only eats meat.
535
00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:43,550
Look at him.
He won't eat turkey.
536
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,590
And my cousin over
here is eating turkey.
537
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:48,270
Tristan.
538
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,710
Yep. Doesn't like it.
539
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,850
Oh, look, he ate some.
540
00:23:52,890 --> 00:23:54,720
Yep, nope, there it goes.
541
00:23:56,360 --> 00:24:00,960
Tristan eats bacon every
morning or sausage links.
542
00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:03,060
It's just our way of living.
543
00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:10,890
In our gumbo we eat wild squirrel,
rabbits, deer.
544
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:11,940
Don't you eat alligator?
545
00:24:11,970 --> 00:24:13,430
Crawfish. Can you guys eat fish?
546
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,710
No, it's an animal, girl.
547
00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:15,880
But it's treated okay.
548
00:24:15,910 --> 00:24:17,040
No, it's not.
549
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,840
Well, when you take a fish from like
down underneath, say a tuna, right?
550
00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:23,510
If you take him from all the way from
the bottom, this is what Marisa told me,
551
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,520
from all the way at the bottom and you
bring it all the way up to sea level
552
00:24:27,530 --> 00:24:30,850
their stomach like explodes,
which can't feel very good.
553
00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:32,920
Because it is coming out of
their mouths and they're dying.
554
00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:35,250
And also when they
use these big nets
555
00:24:35,260 --> 00:24:40,810
that drop to the bottom of the floor
of the sea level, the sea floor,
556
00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:42,630
and it picks up everything.
557
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,690
Even like fish that
they don't want to pick.
558
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:46,730
So the stuff that like,
you know, the little crabs
559
00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:49,080
and the little things that they
can't eat die for no reason
560
00:24:49,090 --> 00:24:50,500
just to get this fish.
561
00:24:50,510 --> 00:24:51,870
That is why it is inhumane.
562
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,750
Let's say you go out and
you hunt your own food
563
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,410
and you shoot a deer yourself and
then you eat it. The deer dies.
564
00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:00,720
Is that inhumane?
565
00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:04,850
The whole thing behind it is we
don't need to eat it to survive.
566
00:25:04,860 --> 00:25:09,150
We could eat other things,
so why not let have less suffering?
567
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,020
Because we've been
doing it for years.
568
00:25:11,030 --> 00:25:12,700
Would you eat your dog?
569
00:25:12,730 --> 00:25:13,770
I eat them.
570
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:14,870
You'd eat a dog?
571
00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:16,660
I'd eat a dog if
it was cooked good.
572
00:25:18,740 --> 00:25:19,410
Hi, baby.
573
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,970
Hi, baby. Are you hungry?
574
00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:24,030
Let's feed this.
575
00:25:24,350 --> 00:25:27,230
Yeah, see, every day, seriously,
when I'm here all by myself,
576
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,370
I so, I was like,
I keep doing this.
577
00:25:30,550 --> 00:25:32,350
It's sad.
578
00:25:32,790 --> 00:25:34,390
I like to smell it.
579
00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:36,910
Tristan and Deuce swinging.
580
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:37,760
You got them both in?
581
00:25:37,790 --> 00:25:38,390
Yeah.
582
00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:39,390
Let me see?
583
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,250
Week 3
The Tough Stuff
584
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,240
I invited Tesla, Brian and Ellen
to watch undercover footage
585
00:25:48,250 --> 00:25:53,230
of what goes on in places where most
animal food and clothing comes from.
586
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,820
I figured they probably
had the same image
(Close Your Eyes!)
587
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:58,390
of Old McDonald's
farm that I grew up with,
588
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,140
so it was time to
show them the truth.
589
00:26:01,150 --> 00:26:03,770
I didn't show the
worst of the worst.
590
00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:09,640
Just practices and conditions that are
found on farms every day in the U.S.
591
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,860
It was images like these that were
the catalyst for me to go vegan
592
00:26:13,870 --> 00:26:17,020
and I was curious to see
how they would react.
593
00:26:17,030 --> 00:26:21,840
The following summarizes the
information they received.
594
00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:24,390
FACTORY FARMING 101
595
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:29,670
In the past 50 years, world meat
production increased five-fold.
596
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,320
In order to meet this demand for a
growing population and keep it affordable,
597
00:26:34,330 --> 00:26:37,170
many farmers have had to
convert their small family farms
598
00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:41,810
into large industrial
sized operations.
599
00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:44,580
They've streamlined
every part of the process
600
00:26:44,590 --> 00:26:47,050
to be able to compete
in the market place.
601
00:26:47,060 --> 00:26:51,910
Unfortunately, that means having
to treat animals like machines.
602
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,730
"BEEF" CATTLE
603
00:26:53,740 --> 00:26:55,630
Of all the animals on the farm,
604
00:26:55,640 --> 00:27:00,500
a typical steer raised for
beef probably has it the best.
605
00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:05,670
But even he must undergo routine
procedures without anesthesia.
BRANDING
606
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,050
CASTRATION
607
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,210
"DAIRY" COWS
608
00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:16,380
A typical dairy cow is forced
to produce 340% more milk today
609
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:19,420
than she would've
had to produce in 1950.
610
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:24,250
Like all mammals, she won't produce
milk unless she gives birth.
611
00:27:24,260 --> 00:27:29,860
After her baby is born, the baby is
taken from her within about 48 hours
612
00:27:29,870 --> 00:27:33,200
so that her milk
can go to humans.
613
00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:34,860
If the baby is male,
614
00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:39,270
he will likely be sold for
veal or raised for beef.
615
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:40,880
The mother, meanwhile,
616
00:27:40,910 --> 00:27:44,210
will be reimpregnated by
artificial insemination,
617
00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:49,430
and the cycle will continue until
she is killed for hamburger meat.
618
00:27:49,850 --> 00:27:51,050
PIGS
619
00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:53,230
Scientific studies have shown
620
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:58,920
that pigs are very intelligent
and complex social animals.
621
00:27:58,930 --> 00:28:03,330
A typical mother pig spends most
of her adult life in confinement.
622
00:28:03,340 --> 00:28:07,830
Within about ten days,
her babies are taken away from her.
623
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:13,100
The babies receive no anesthesia
for routine procedures.
624
00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:15,560
Veterinary care is too expensive,
625
00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:18,570
so, they might die from infection,
626
00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:24,680
injuries, faulty
construction or neglect.
627
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,360
TURKEYS & "BROILER"
CHICKENS
628
00:28:27,370 --> 00:28:31,320
A typical bird raised for
meat is born in a hatchery.
629
00:28:31,330 --> 00:28:35,220
If he is lucky, he will
survive the sorting process.
630
00:28:35,230 --> 00:28:37,630
His snood, or comb, is cut off.
631
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,960
Parts of his toes are cut off,
632
00:28:39,970 --> 00:28:44,000
and part of his beak is seared off,
all without pain killers.
633
00:28:44,010 --> 00:28:45,870
Because he is genetically altered,
634
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,480
his breast grows
so large so quickly
635
00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:51,200
that his legs may no
longer support him,
636
00:28:51,210 --> 00:28:54,350
or he could die from heart failure.
637
00:28:55,050 --> 00:28:56,610
"EGG" CHICKENS
638
00:28:56,620 --> 00:29:01,350
A typical male egg type chicken
is sorted out from the females.
639
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,250
He is considered useless
because he won't lay eggs
640
00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:06,570
and he won't produce enough meat,
641
00:29:06,580 --> 00:29:09,060
therefore he is killed.
642
00:29:09,070 --> 00:29:14,270
He could be ground up alive to be
used for animal food or fertilizer,
643
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,500
or just thrown away.
644
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,480
A typical baby female chick
will become an egg laying hen.
645
00:29:22,490 --> 00:29:25,820
She will be crammed
into a tiny wire cage.
646
00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:29,210
To prevent her from pecking
her cage mates to death,
647
00:29:29,220 --> 00:29:32,250
a third of her beak is seared off,
648
00:29:32,260 --> 00:29:35,180
but she still might have to
share a cage with a dead bird.
649
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,800
She could suffer
from an impacted egg,
650
00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:42,240
a prolapsed uterus or
cage related injuries.
651
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,130
HOW IS THIS LEGAL?
652
00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:46,060
Animals used for food and clothing
653
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:49,200
are not covered under the
Federal Animal Welfare Act.
654
00:29:49,210 --> 00:29:52,740
Most states have common
farming exemptions,
655
00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:55,460
so, as long as
the practice is common,
656
00:29:55,470 --> 00:29:57,850
it's considered legal.
657
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:02,030
The Federal bill that is supposed
to protect animals during slaughter
658
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,560
is not adequately enforced
659
00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:07,380
and it doesn't include birds.
660
00:30:07,390 --> 00:30:13,510
BIRDS MAKE UP 9 OF THE 10 BILLION FARM
ANIMALS KILLED EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.
661
00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:16,660
Why didn't I know
about this before?
662
00:30:16,670 --> 00:30:21,700
It is not something I really
consciously thought about, you know?
663
00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:25,180
It gets you really angry like...
I don't know.
664
00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:27,550
It gets me mad because I'm like
"How is this allowed?"
665
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,440
That doesn't make any sense
to me how this is allowed.
666
00:30:29,450 --> 00:30:32,170
You can really see that these
animals are experiencing
667
00:30:32,180 --> 00:30:34,240
pain and terror and all
these sorts of things.
668
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:35,390
Because you can see
them when they're not
669
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,950
and you can see them when they
are and it's pretty damn obvious.
670
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,050
And at that point I got a very
physical reaction to that.
671
00:30:42,060 --> 00:30:43,690
It raises a lot of questions.
672
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,200
And I don't blame anybody
but I think we have to
673
00:30:46,210 --> 00:30:49,290
try to help make some changes
and I'm willing to do that.
674
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,770
I used to eat veal all the time without
a problem, and that makes me angry.
675
00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:56,820
Because then it's like,
you know, I was those people.
676
00:30:56,830 --> 00:31:00,100
I'm those people that, you know,
do those things to those animals.
677
00:31:00,110 --> 00:31:01,590
It's not against
the animal farmers.
678
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,800
It's raising everybody up.
679
00:31:04,810 --> 00:31:06,140
You can think of it that way.
680
00:31:06,150 --> 00:31:08,290
You don't have brow beating
and blaming these people.
681
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:10,150
They are not the bad guys
and we are the good guys.
682
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,090
That is not fair, really.
683
00:31:12,130 --> 00:31:14,050
There is a much
bigger picture here.
684
00:31:14,060 --> 00:31:17,770
You know, I'm a pretty hard nut to
crack with these types of things
685
00:31:17,780 --> 00:31:22,050
so I think for most regular
people that would watch this film,
686
00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:25,400
how can you walk away
not feeling a little bit
687
00:31:25,410 --> 00:31:27,640
like you have to
re-evaluate some things.
688
00:31:27,650 --> 00:31:30,330
At least take a look at
personal choices in that way.
689
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,800
And I think that is something
690
00:31:31,810 --> 00:31:34,170
that's probably gonna make
me think about it later.
691
00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:35,870
I'm never eating meat again.
Like, I can't.
692
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:40,880
Like, how can I look at a hamburger and
just eat it without being hurt about it?
693
00:31:40,890 --> 00:31:42,050
I can't.
694
00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:47,450
I asked Ellen to call a large producer
of free-range organic dairy and eggs.
695
00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:49,270
I gave her a list of questions
696
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,420
that an everyday consumer
wouldn't think to ask.
697
00:31:52,430 --> 00:31:57,140
Producers bank on the fact that
most people won't probe this much
698
00:31:57,150 --> 00:32:00,000
and that customers assume
that labels, such as
699
00:32:00,010 --> 00:32:03,290
free range, organic and humane,
700
00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:06,300
mean more than they really do.
701
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:08,080
Yes, hi, good afternoon.
702
00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:13,020
I'm a mother and I am very
concerned about getting
703
00:32:13,030 --> 00:32:15,180
healthy organic foods for my kids
704
00:32:15,190 --> 00:32:17,780
and I'm also an animal lover
and I saw your website.
705
00:32:17,790 --> 00:32:20,730
I was very impressed
and I was just wondering
706
00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:23,120
if I could ask you just
a couple of questions?
707
00:32:23,130 --> 00:32:23,660
Yes.
708
00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:26,390
Regarding the steers,
are they castrated?
709
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,820
Are you gonna raise them for meat?
710
00:32:28,830 --> 00:32:30,250
Right, right.
711
00:32:30,260 --> 00:32:33,570
Then yes, they are.
Generally with a rubber band.
712
00:32:33,580 --> 00:32:35,230
With a rubber band?
713
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,170
Is there any anesthesia used?
714
00:32:37,180 --> 00:32:40,640
Well, it's not necessary.
It's just a slow process of...
715
00:32:40,650 --> 00:32:43,670
Basically, you're closing off the organ.
There's no, you know...
716
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,570
It's like you pinch a...
717
00:32:45,580 --> 00:32:47,410
- Like cutting off the blood flow?
- Yeah.
718
00:32:47,420 --> 00:32:49,700
- And then what happens?
- Just die off and fall off.
719
00:32:49,710 --> 00:32:51,480
- Does it really just fall off?
- Yep.
720
00:32:51,490 --> 00:32:53,560
Now, say an animal has
a terrible infection
721
00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:56,040
or one of the udders is infected,
it has mastitis,
722
00:32:56,050 --> 00:32:59,310
- they would not be given antibiotics?
- No.
723
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,560
- And then what happens to them?
- Well, generally they get destroyed.
724
00:33:03,570 --> 00:33:05,510
And how are they destroyed?
725
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,870
How are they destroyed?
With a bolt... to the head. A bolt gun.
726
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,460
Oh, you mean like a bullet?
727
00:33:12,470 --> 00:33:15,680
Well, it's not a bullet. It's a...
728
00:33:15,690 --> 00:33:21,200
pneumatic gun that basically drives
a steel bolt into their brain.
729
00:33:21,550 --> 00:33:24,280
And what are the space
requirements for the chickens?
730
00:33:24,290 --> 00:33:30,500
Barn size, they have to have three
square feet per bird of floor space,
731
00:33:30,510 --> 00:33:32,560
as well as their nesting box.
732
00:33:32,570 --> 00:33:36,420
- Is that considered a lot of space?
- Yeah.
A SAMPLE "FREE-RANGE" FACILITY
733
00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:38,510
Where do you get your chicks?
734
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:45,370
We buy day-old chicks from registered
producers of organic chicks.
735
00:33:46,270 --> 00:33:49,260
[...which means they are not exposed to chemicals.]
736
00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:54,320
[It has nothing to do with
how the animals are treated.]
737
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,070
Okay, and what do they
do with the male chicks?
738
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,010
We don't know.
739
00:33:58,020 --> 00:33:59,160
What would your guess be?
740
00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:00,930
No idea.
741
00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:04,000
I mean, literally no idea.
We've had that question before,
742
00:34:04,010 --> 00:34:07,630
and, of course, the people that produce
them, while they're certified organic,
743
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,660
are pretty cagey 'cause they don't
want to give away their secrets either.
744
00:34:10,670 --> 00:34:13,100
The chicks never see their mothers?
745
00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:14,560
No.
746
00:34:14,570 --> 00:34:18,520
Do you have any guidelines regarding
the transport of the chickens?
747
00:34:18,530 --> 00:34:23,840
No, that I don't. That you'd have to go
to the national standards on that.
748
00:34:23,850 --> 00:34:26,080
[There are no national organic
standards for transport.]
749
00:34:26,090 --> 00:34:29,710
I know that chickens are not covered by
the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act but...
750
00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:33,220
They are...
Basically this is what happens...
751
00:34:33,230 --> 00:34:36,450
One by one, they're hung
upside-down on a conveyor
752
00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:41,690
and their heads are run through water
that has electricity run through it.
753
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:45,560
- Well, I very much appreciate your time.
- You got it.
754
00:34:45,570 --> 00:34:47,530
- You were so knowledgeable.
- Alright.
755
00:34:47,540 --> 00:34:49,460
And I wish you good
luck with everything.
756
00:34:49,470 --> 00:34:50,420
- Alright.
- Thank you.
757
00:34:50,430 --> 00:34:52,360
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
758
00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:06,560
So, we've covered factory
farms and organic farms
759
00:35:06,570 --> 00:35:09,290
but what about small family farms?
760
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:12,080
I took Ellen,
Brian and Tesla on a road trip
761
00:35:12,090 --> 00:35:16,390
to see how a modern small
family egg farm functions.
762
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,980
It didn't really fit the image we
had of what a small farm looked like.
763
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:25,510
One of the brothers took me in and
he wouldn't let me walk down the thing
764
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,000
but I got to get right up next to it.
765
00:35:28,010 --> 00:35:32,410
And it was just sort of explaining
that they currently had about
766
00:35:32,420 --> 00:35:36,950
3,800 chickens in there and that
same place, he said, holds 30,000.
767
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,510
And it looked like
3,800 looked packed.
768
00:35:41,590 --> 00:35:46,670
Unfortunately, many small family farms
can't compete with factory farms,
769
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,180
unless they apply some
of the same practices.
770
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:55,500
And of course, all animals raised
for food end up being slaughtered.
771
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:59,770
Except for the two spent hens
that the egg farmers gave us.
772
00:35:59,780 --> 00:36:01,510
What does it feel like?
773
00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:04,570
- It's soft.
- Do you feel it breathing?
774
00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:13,540
Do you remember what they said?
They said it three times.
775
00:36:13,550 --> 00:36:14,640
They said it three times.
776
00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:16,630
They said it twice to
you and one time to me
777
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,340
that, if you don't want him,
you can always eat him for dinner.
778
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,720
Brian, Tesla and I took the hens to
Ooh Mah Nee Farmed Animal Sanctuary,
779
00:36:25,730 --> 00:36:30,860
a haven where rescued farm animals can
live out their lives with no threat
780
00:36:30,870 --> 00:36:33,800
of becoming someone's dinner.
781
00:36:37,550 --> 00:36:38,340
He doesn't like it too much.
782
00:36:38,350 --> 00:36:41,030
Ooop, there you go.
783
00:36:43,090 --> 00:36:45,170
Oh, look at they're walking now.
784
00:36:45,590 --> 00:36:48,380
She is waiting for her
friend to come out.
785
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,610
They'll just walk
around and get used to the...
786
00:36:51,620 --> 00:36:54,260
you know, their surroundings
until they feel comfortable.
787
00:36:54,270 --> 00:36:56,830
You see how large her comb is.
788
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,090
Within a month or two that
won't even affect her vision.
789
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,030
It won't flop over like that.
790
00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:08,750
She didn't make that sound one time.
791
00:37:11,150 --> 00:37:13,610
Do you think she's
seen a rooster before?
792
00:37:13,620 --> 00:37:15,720
I highly doubt it.
793
00:37:19,430 --> 00:37:21,940
Group hug. Group hug. Group hug.
794
00:37:21,950 --> 00:37:24,750
- What do you think, chickens?
- We did it. We did it.
795
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,320
Day one out of the...
796
00:37:26,330 --> 00:37:29,160
- Day one out of the city.
- Out of the city.
797
00:37:29,170 --> 00:37:32,660
So, where are we camping?
What are we... Where are we staying?
798
00:37:32,670 --> 00:37:35,510
Jason helped us set up
camp out on the farm
799
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,600
while Ellen and her kids
camped out in a hotel room.
800
00:37:39,610 --> 00:37:42,440
This is the future of
America right here.
801
00:37:42,450 --> 00:37:46,680
Sitting around a
campfire with soydogs.
802
00:37:46,690 --> 00:37:48,810
Well that is a beaut.
That's a beaut.
803
00:37:48,820 --> 00:37:49,760
Good work.
804
00:37:49,950 --> 00:37:52,650
Tesla, our food critic?
805
00:37:52,660 --> 00:37:54,160
Off the hook.
806
00:37:54,190 --> 00:37:55,860
Off the hook.
807
00:37:55,890 --> 00:37:57,840
Off the hook.
808
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:21,090
Ellen and company joined us in the
morning for a tour of the farm.
809
00:38:24,490 --> 00:38:27,680
And these guys are
former veal cattle.
810
00:38:27,690 --> 00:38:31,090
This is Gilbert. Somebody got
Gilbert when he was a tiny baby
811
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:34,270
and they were gonna slaughter
him for their Easter meal.
812
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,210
And they fell in love with him and
ended up bringing Gilbert here.
813
00:38:40,770 --> 00:38:47,390
If you itch a certain part of Devlin's
back it makes his tongue go crazy.
814
00:38:51,950 --> 00:38:55,740
Babe was rescued by a school
teacher in New Jersey.
815
00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:59,220
Her students had watched the movie
"Babe" so they wanted to meet a pig,
816
00:38:59,230 --> 00:39:02,850
and her husband went to a
slaughterhouse, of all places,
817
00:39:02,860 --> 00:39:05,490
and they wanted to bring a
little pig into their classroom.
818
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,880
So he got this little pig
from the slaughterhouse
819
00:39:07,890 --> 00:39:11,630
and they said:
"Have her back within 48 hours."
820
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,800
And they absolutely fell in love
with the pig, the whole classroom.
821
00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:18,930
So the teacher hid Babe in
her condo in New York City
822
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,220
for two weeks until
she got a hold of us.
823
00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:23,570
And Babe has been here ever since.
824
00:39:23,580 --> 00:39:26,780
They all have personalities,
just like humans do.
825
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:29,550
Some of them are friendly.
Some of them are a little shy.
826
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,160
Some of them are like ferocious,
827
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:35,020
and so they shouldn't be eaten.
828
00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:41,220
The other reason for this particular
road trip was Vegetarian Summer Fest,
829
00:39:41,230 --> 00:39:44,990
an annual gathering where
vegetarians and veg-wanna-be's
830
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,260
can connect and exchange
ideas and information.
831
00:39:48,270 --> 00:39:53,470
Veg Summer Fest also features lectures
by leaders in the vegetarian movement.
832
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,570
The first lecture was
given by T. Colin Campbell,
833
00:39:56,580 --> 00:40:00,880
professor emeritus of nutritional
biochemistry at Cornell University.
834
00:40:00,890 --> 00:40:04,400
I started out, as you heard this morning,
basically from the farm and
835
00:40:04,410 --> 00:40:07,990
came from that background and was
focused primarily on the idea that
836
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,010
we all need to get more protein and
837
00:40:10,020 --> 00:40:13,760
we particularly needed to get
more animal protein especially.
838
00:40:13,770 --> 00:40:15,850
He spoke about the China Study,
839
00:40:15,860 --> 00:40:19,500
which is considered the most
comprehensive study of nutrition
840
00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:21,130
ever conducted.
841
00:40:21,140 --> 00:40:22,330
This twenty year project
842
00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:25,390
examined the relationship
between diet and disease
843
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,990
in one of the few areas in the
world where people still consume
844
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,810
a mostly plant based diet.
845
00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:34,020
He teamed up with Chinese
and British researchers
846
00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:37,060
who went into 65
counties in rural China
847
00:40:37,070 --> 00:40:42,040
and found out what 6,500
people ate and how they lived.
848
00:40:42,050 --> 00:40:43,820
Well, it turns out that,
as soon as a little animal food
849
00:40:43,830 --> 00:40:46,610
started creeping into the
diet in some counties,
850
00:40:46,620 --> 00:40:49,640
you know, blood cholesterol
level started going up,
851
00:40:49,650 --> 00:40:50,960
cancer started to appear.
852
00:40:50,970 --> 00:40:53,690
Heart disease eventually
then began to appear.
853
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:56,340
Since the beginning of
Dr. Campbell's research,
854
00:40:56,350 --> 00:40:59,800
the connection between meat and
dairy consumption and disease
855
00:40:59,810 --> 00:41:02,870
has been confirmed
over and over again
856
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,310
in scientific studies and
even studies of studies.
857
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,650
Diabetes is a disease that more and
more people have to worry about.
858
00:41:10,660 --> 00:41:15,320
Fortunately, studies have shown
that a healthy low fat vegan diet
859
00:41:15,330 --> 00:41:18,220
can prevent diabetes
and even treat it better
860
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:22,760
than the American Diabetic Association
diet and common medications.
861
00:41:22,770 --> 00:41:24,670
The two strongest cancer links
862
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,630
are the ones between prostate
cancer and dairy consumption
863
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,670
and colon cancer and
red and processed meats.
864
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,960
Finally, vegans have a 26% lower chance
865
00:41:35,970 --> 00:41:39,370
of dying from America's number
one killer, heart disease.
866
00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,900
That's because they
avoid meat and dairy,
867
00:41:41,910 --> 00:41:46,340
which contain artery clogging
saturated fat and cholesterol.
868
00:41:46,350 --> 00:41:49,600
The science on plant based
diets is overwhelming
869
00:41:49,610 --> 00:41:52,300
and has lead the nation's
largest organization
870
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:55,570
of food and nutrition
professionals to state:
871
00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:59,380
"appropriately" planned vegetarian diets,
including total vegetarian,
872
00:41:59,390 --> 00:42:03,360
or vegan diets, are healthful,
nutritionally adequate
873
00:42:03,370 --> 00:42:05,500
and may provide health benefits
874
00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:08,740
in the prevention and treatment of
"certain diseases."
875
00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:10,730
But the American Dietetic Association
876
00:42:10,740 --> 00:42:14,010
doesn't determine government
nutrition recommendations.
877
00:42:14,020 --> 00:42:17,020
The government has its own
committees to determine
878
00:42:17,030 --> 00:42:19,450
the official nutrition
policy for the country.
879
00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:22,280
So, what they chose to say,
880
00:42:22,290 --> 00:42:24,390
you know, is very, very important.
881
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,210
They are translating the
science into public policy.
882
00:42:27,220 --> 00:42:30,530
It's very important that the people on
those committees really be objective.
883
00:42:30,540 --> 00:42:32,540
In the days when I was involved,
884
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:35,640
the chair people of those
committees were good.
885
00:42:35,650 --> 00:42:37,320
They were objective and often times
886
00:42:37,330 --> 00:42:39,870
outside of our community, they
didn't have any conflict of interest.
887
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:46,600
Now, in two of the most recent
committees, the Food and Nutrition Board
888
00:42:46,610 --> 00:42:47,860
that sets the nutrient
recommendations
889
00:42:47,870 --> 00:42:50,320
and also the Dietetic
Guidelines Committee,
890
00:42:50,330 --> 00:42:54,970
in one case, it was chaired
simultaneously by the same individual
891
00:42:54,980 --> 00:42:57,950
who happens to be a major
consultant for the dairy industry.
892
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,470
And so, under the circumstances,
893
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:05,960
you're going to have a committee that
is really biased, seriously biased.
894
00:43:05,970 --> 00:43:08,400
And so, for example,
when they came out last time,
895
00:43:08,410 --> 00:43:11,870
increased the milk consumption from two
glasses a day to three glasses a day.
896
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,850
That's why it happens.
897
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,740
As a practicing Christian,
Tesla was drawn
898
00:43:16,750 --> 00:43:19,880
to the Christian Vegetarian
Association table.
899
00:43:19,890 --> 00:43:23,810
But, like, my mom's argument and
my brother's argument was always:
900
00:43:23,820 --> 00:43:27,480
"God said that he put animals
on Earth for us to eat."
901
00:43:27,490 --> 00:43:31,350
The way I look at it is, if you take a
look at Genesis in the first chapter,
902
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,560
it describes how God actually
prescribed for everybody,
903
00:43:34,570 --> 00:43:36,830
people and animals,
a vegetarian diet.
904
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,740
It wasn't until after the falling
that people started to eat animals.
905
00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:45,320
So, at least the way I see, it is
the original intention and the ideal,
906
00:43:45,330 --> 00:43:51,000
as described in Genesis 1,
Garden of Eden, was a vegetarian world.
907
00:43:51,010 --> 00:43:54,310
There are some people, for example,
who need to eat meat just to survive.
908
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,810
And those people who do eat meat
should certainly not be condemned.
909
00:43:57,820 --> 00:43:59,970
But, if we have a choice,
910
00:43:59,980 --> 00:44:03,100
then the choice that I think is
gonna be more compassionate
911
00:44:03,110 --> 00:44:05,910
and more consistent with what the
Bible is trying to teach us about
912
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,930
is gonna be a diet that's
gonna be plant based,
913
00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:09,670
it's gonna be a vegetarian diet.
914
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,060
Hi, how are you?
915
00:44:14,450 --> 00:44:17,170
We met up with former
cattle rancher Howard Lyman,
916
00:44:17,460 --> 00:44:20,080
who turned his family's
small organic farm
917
00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:23,010
into a giant feedlot operation.
918
00:44:23,020 --> 00:44:27,140
He witnessed first-hand how
factory farming destroyed his land
919
00:44:27,150 --> 00:44:30,330
and over time,
as he opened his eyes to the truth,
920
00:44:30,340 --> 00:44:32,850
became a vegan advocate.
921
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,250
He claims that, by demanding
so many animal foods,
922
00:44:36,260 --> 00:44:40,160
we are literally
forking the environment.
923
00:44:40,170 --> 00:44:43,090
We are digging more graves with
our fork than anything else
924
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:45,530
and it's not just our grave.
925
00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:48,200
We're digging the grave of the future.
926
00:44:48,210 --> 00:44:51,270
We're destroying the planet.
927
00:44:51,610 --> 00:44:54,420
Howard's lecture was
about an hour long.
928
00:44:54,430 --> 00:44:58,320
But it doesn't take an hour to
understand the basic problem.
929
00:44:58,330 --> 00:45:03,280
The demand for animal food is
getting higher and higher every year,
930
00:45:03,290 --> 00:45:08,040
but producing them is extremely
inefficient and polluting.
931
00:45:08,050 --> 00:45:13,560
In November of 2006, the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization
932
00:45:13,570 --> 00:45:17,430
published a report identifying
the livestock sector
933
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,910
as one of the top contributors to the
most serious environmental problems.
934
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:23,090
According to the report,
935
00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:25,820
farm animals contribute
more to global warming
936
00:45:25,830 --> 00:45:28,600
than the entire
transportation sector.
937
00:45:29,090 --> 00:45:30,310
How can this be?
938
00:45:31,070 --> 00:45:34,190
For one thing,
animal protein production releases
939
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,580
much more carbon dioxide than
plant protein production.
940
00:45:37,590 --> 00:45:41,710
See, first you've got to grow
and harvest the feed grains.
941
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:45,330
Then transport them to the
farms where the animals are.
942
00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:48,420
You need energy to
operate those farms.
943
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,690
Then to transport the animals
to the slaughterhouse.
944
00:45:51,700 --> 00:45:54,890
Of course, you have to operate
the slaughterhouses and finally,
945
00:45:54,900 --> 00:45:59,560
you have to process and
store the animal flesh.
946
00:45:59,570 --> 00:46:03,460
On top of that,
farmed animals also produce methane
947
00:46:03,470 --> 00:46:08,140
when they burp, fart and breathe.
948
00:46:08,150 --> 00:46:11,650
Methane is twenty three times
stronger than carbon dioxide
949
00:46:11,660 --> 00:46:15,150
at trapping heat in the atmosphere,
according to the EPA.
950
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:19,190
Now add to this the fact that we have
cleared 70% of forests in the Amazon
951
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,840
and elsewhere for cattle
grazing and cattle feed.
952
00:46:22,850 --> 00:46:26,750
The good news is that switching
from the standard American diet
953
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:31,610
to a vegan one for one year would
reduce your carbon dioxide emissions
954
00:46:31,620 --> 00:46:35,140
more than switching from
a normal car to a hybrid.
955
00:46:35,150 --> 00:46:39,450
In 2008, the top man of the world's
most important international agency
956
00:46:39,460 --> 00:46:43,260
dealing with climate change
finally came out and said:
957
00:46:43,270 --> 00:46:45,080
"Please, eat less meat."
958
00:46:45,090 --> 00:46:48,740
Meat is a very
"carbon-intensive commodity."
959
00:46:48,750 --> 00:46:54,420
Never have we had less clean
water than what we have today.
960
00:46:54,430 --> 00:46:57,080
In order to get one pound of beef,
961
00:46:57,090 --> 00:47:01,050
you have to feed a steer
6-10 pounds of grain,
962
00:47:01,060 --> 00:47:03,700
which also means that
much more water is used
963
00:47:03,710 --> 00:47:06,130
because you have to
irrigate all of that grain.
964
00:47:06,140 --> 00:47:10,680
And cows drink 50 gallons
of water or more per day.
965
00:47:10,690 --> 00:47:13,840
But it is not just what goes in to
the farm animals that is the problem,
966
00:47:13,850 --> 00:47:16,080
it's also what comes out.
967
00:47:16,090 --> 00:47:20,810
For example, hogs in North Carolina
produce ten times more fecal waste
968
00:47:20,820 --> 00:47:24,020
than people do in
North Carolina each day.
969
00:47:24,030 --> 00:47:27,420
And all that poo has to go somewhere.
970
00:47:27,430 --> 00:47:32,660
Often it's stored in huge open
aired sewage pits called lagoons.
971
00:47:32,670 --> 00:47:36,130
As these fill up,
the waste is sprayed onto fields.
972
00:47:36,140 --> 00:47:39,290
Unfortunately the lagoons
are prone to leaks and spills
973
00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:43,280
and waste from sprayed fields
runs into lakes and streams
974
00:47:43,290 --> 00:47:45,240
and contaminates ground water.
975
00:47:45,250 --> 00:47:51,880
Never in the history of
the world have we ever had
976
00:47:51,890 --> 00:47:54,880
fewer fish than what we have today.
977
00:47:54,890 --> 00:47:58,720
A 2006 study,
reported in the journal Science,
978
00:47:58,730 --> 00:48:03,310
claims that one third of the ocean's
species are already in collapse
979
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,910
and if current trends continue,
by 2048,
980
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,960
all the ocean's species
will be in collapse.
981
00:48:10,970 --> 00:48:14,390
In the same way that we've
industrialized land animal farming
982
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,500
we've also industrialized fishing.
983
00:48:16,510 --> 00:48:19,410
You've got huge nets
that are acres wide.
984
00:48:19,420 --> 00:48:22,620
Lines with hooks that
can be fifty miles long
985
00:48:22,630 --> 00:48:25,570
and tons of gear dragging
along the ocean floor
986
00:48:25,580 --> 00:48:29,240
obliterating coral and
flattening natural landscape
987
00:48:29,250 --> 00:48:32,670
that provides essential
habitat for many species.
988
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:37,110
Unfortunately, they snag
non-target species too.
989
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:42,120
Fishermen discard about 25%
of what they catch world-wide,
990
00:48:42,130 --> 00:48:44,330
according to US News
and World Report.
991
00:48:44,340 --> 00:48:46,590
Of the ocean fish that are kept,
992
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:51,080
a percentage ends up
in fish farms as feed.
993
00:48:51,090 --> 00:48:54,250
For every pound of farmed
fish produced world-wide,
994
00:48:54,260 --> 00:48:58,930
several pounds of marine life
may have to be caught and killed.
995
00:48:58,940 --> 00:49:04,290
Right now,
the world population is 6.7 billion.
996
00:49:04,300 --> 00:49:08,740
By 2050, the population
will reach over 9 billion,
997
00:49:08,750 --> 00:49:10,830
according to the United Nations.
998
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:15,350
If everyone adopted a vegetarian
diet and no food were wasted,
999
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:19,830
current food production would
theoretically feed 10 billion people.
1000
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:23,560
That's what the population
reference bureau says, anyway.
1001
00:49:23,570 --> 00:49:26,430
Unfortunately,
the trend in the developing world,
1002
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,350
where most of our population
growth comes from,
1003
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,680
is to eat more like Americans.
1004
00:49:31,690 --> 00:49:34,780
That means more meat and more dairy.
1005
00:49:34,790 --> 00:49:37,560
You might have heard
the statistic that says:
1006
00:49:37,570 --> 00:49:41,080
"If the whole world lived at
consumption levels of Americans,
1007
00:49:41,090 --> 00:49:45,470
we'd need three to five
more planet Earths."
1008
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:51,490
I just revel in the fact that I am
able to come here and spend time
1009
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:56,000
with people who have the
opportunity to change the world.
1010
00:49:56,010 --> 00:49:57,520
And from the bottom of my heart,
1011
00:49:57,530 --> 00:50:01,730
I will tell you we need
to change the world or
1012
00:50:01,740 --> 00:50:05,670
our society as we know
it will not survive.
1013
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:10,850
We got the message loud and clear
1014
00:50:10,860 --> 00:50:15,940
that plant based diets are better
for our planet and our bodies.
1015
00:50:16,310 --> 00:50:19,260
That left one question unanswered.
1016
00:50:19,270 --> 00:50:22,100
If animal products are so bad for us,
1017
00:50:22,110 --> 00:50:24,200
why did we evolve to eat them?
1018
00:50:24,210 --> 00:50:26,350
We tracked down Dr. Milton Mills,
1019
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:31,170
a physician who has lectured
extensively on this particular issue.
1020
00:50:31,180 --> 00:50:33,410
And currently, what
people believe is that
1021
00:50:33,420 --> 00:50:36,720
when human beings moved
out of equatorial areas
1022
00:50:36,730 --> 00:50:38,630
into the more temperate
areas around the globe,
1023
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,160
where plant foods weren't
available year-round,
1024
00:50:41,170 --> 00:50:47,520
that it then became necessary to eat
animal foods in order to survive.
1025
00:50:47,530 --> 00:50:51,340
And that's when humans developed
sophisticated hunting technology
1026
00:50:51,350 --> 00:50:53,870
so that they would be
able to make it through,
1027
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,980
say, the winter months when
plant foods weren't available
1028
00:50:57,990 --> 00:51:01,110
until they could then start
gathering their plant foods more.
1029
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:05,150
And the other thing is
that once we decide that
1030
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,170
something is either
necessary or desirable,
1031
00:51:08,180 --> 00:51:10,950
we enshrine it as a cultural value.
1032
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,410
And once it becomes
part of our culture,
1033
00:51:13,420 --> 00:51:15,530
it really doesn't
matter whether or not
1034
00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:18,460
it's necessary or
important for survival,
1035
00:51:18,470 --> 00:51:21,290
we'll do it anyway because,
1036
00:51:21,300 --> 00:51:24,550
you know, we consider it to be
necessary and important. Right.
1037
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:28,890
So, it seems that it was
evolutionary advantageous for humans
1038
00:51:28,900 --> 00:51:31,910
to have as many food
options as we could.
1039
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,750
And that's why we
became omnivores.
1040
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:37,480
But now that so many people
in developed countries
1041
00:51:37,490 --> 00:51:41,030
have access to healthy
plant foods year-round,
1042
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:44,880
we don't need animal
products to thrive anymore.
1043
00:51:45,190 --> 00:51:49,400
Because we are killing the planet
with our growing meat and dairy habit
1044
00:51:49,410 --> 00:51:52,870
it has now become
evolutionarily advantageous
1045
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,290
for us to adopt a plant based diet.
1046
00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:01,700
One forward thinker of the past century
became vegetarian at the end of his life.
1047
00:52:01,710 --> 00:52:04,030
He is quoted as having said:
1048
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,270
"Nothing will benefit human health
1049
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,810
and increase chances for
survival of life on Earth
1050
00:52:09,820 --> 00:52:14,440
as much as the evolution
to a vegetarian diet."
1051
00:52:14,450 --> 00:52:16,290
Meat is bad.
1052
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:17,620
Tesla?
1053
00:52:18,150 --> 00:52:20,520
Vegetables are good.
1054
00:52:20,530 --> 00:52:22,490
Animals are friends.
1055
00:52:22,550 --> 00:52:24,500
Vegan.
1056
00:52:24,730 --> 00:52:27,250
Vegan is the only way.
1057
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:32,230
Some are black.
1058
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:33,700
Some are white.
1059
00:52:33,710 --> 00:52:36,280
Some are different.
1060
00:52:36,470 --> 00:52:41,120
We are all together
with vegetables.
1061
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:45,450
On that inspiring note,
we left Vegetarian Summer Fest
1062
00:52:45,460 --> 00:52:48,360
and headed back to Ooh Mah
Nee Farmed Animal Sanctuary
1063
00:52:48,370 --> 00:52:50,260
to meet Jason's wife, Cayce,
1064
00:52:50,270 --> 00:52:54,380
who tells us a little bit about
raising the next generation of vegans.
1065
00:52:54,390 --> 00:52:57,220
I'm eight months pregnant right now.
1066
00:52:57,230 --> 00:52:59,620
And we have Aiden,
our five year old.
1067
00:52:59,630 --> 00:53:04,110
There are several great books on,
you know, pregnancy and the vegan diet.
1068
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:05,660
So we were very convinced.
1069
00:53:05,670 --> 00:53:09,600
I mean, this is the healthiest diet
for us, as well as for our child.
1070
00:53:09,610 --> 00:53:13,740
But we had a lot of, a lot of skeptics,
a lot of people who questioned that.
1071
00:53:13,750 --> 00:53:15,360
And we went to the pediatrician,
1072
00:53:15,370 --> 00:53:18,120
their whole attitude was,
it was really sad,
1073
00:53:18,130 --> 00:53:22,460
they were giving me a list of
all the illnesses and ailments
1074
00:53:22,470 --> 00:53:25,330
I could expect Aiden to
have within his first year.
1075
00:53:25,340 --> 00:53:28,130
None of these things occurred,
you know, he's been just
1076
00:53:28,140 --> 00:53:29,490
wonderfully healthy.
1077
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:33,970
On our way out of town,
Cayce took Tesla, Brian and me
1078
00:53:33,980 --> 00:53:37,050
on a mini-fieldtrip to
a place that reminds us
1079
00:53:37,060 --> 00:53:40,850
of the fate that the animals
at her sanctuary are spared.
1080
00:53:40,860 --> 00:53:43,950
This slaughter house closed down,
I think in '79.
1081
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:45,080
So, everything is pretty dated but
1082
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,390
it still shows you the layout
of any slaughterhouse today and
1083
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:54,630
I can still walk you through
the process that every animal
1084
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:59,450
is, you know, forced to endure when
they are sent to a slaughterhouse.
1085
00:53:59,460 --> 00:54:03,240
I feel that it is a really haunted
place and that the energy here
1086
00:54:03,250 --> 00:54:05,850
is full of all that fear still.
1087
00:54:05,860 --> 00:54:07,370
I feel it right now.
1088
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,260
This is a journey I wish
that everybody could take.
1089
00:54:10,270 --> 00:54:14,830
"If slaughterhouses had glass walls,
everyone would be a vegetarian."
-Paul and Linda McCartney
1090
00:54:14,990 --> 00:54:20,340
Imagine to be an animal and you are
being herded down this little corridor.
1091
00:54:21,180 --> 00:54:22,620
Move out, move out.
1092
00:54:23,110 --> 00:54:24,450
Move out.
1093
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:30,110
This is the door that after the
animal is stunned, they drop.
1094
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:31,790
Hold still.
1095
00:54:41,070 --> 00:54:42,890
So this would slide open
1096
00:54:42,900 --> 00:54:48,560
and the larger animals,
like cows, would be hoisted up.
1097
00:54:54,370 --> 00:54:57,410
"I've seen live animals shackled,
hoisted, stuck, and skinned.
1098
00:54:57,420 --> 00:54:59,220
Too many to count.
Too many to remember."
1099
00:54:59,230 --> 00:55:02,910
-United Food and Commercial Workers Union official,
from the book Slaughterhouses by Gail Eisnitz
1100
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:06,030
This is, this falling tank right here.
1101
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:09,980
So, where these chains hang,
the pigs would come in
1102
00:55:09,990 --> 00:55:13,300
and then they were dropped
into the scalding water.
1103
00:55:13,310 --> 00:55:19,060
"I've seen hogs in the
scalding tub trying to swim."
1104
00:55:19,150 --> 00:55:23,290
These raked things here
scoop up the animals,
1105
00:55:23,300 --> 00:55:28,030
flip them over into here, and then
start to take off the rest of the hair
1106
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:31,270
and prepare the body
for being dismembered.
1107
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:35,140
This board actually has
lots of knife marks on it,
1108
00:55:35,150 --> 00:55:38,700
so I guess they began cutting
and dismembering here.
1109
00:55:38,710 --> 00:55:42,310
"The [meat and poultry] industry has
the highest rate of {employee] injury
1110
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:45,220
and illness in the manufacturing sector."
-Human Rights Watch
1111
00:55:48,420 --> 00:55:50,820
"Government laws[...] fail
to sufficiently protect
1112
00:55:50,830 --> 00:55:53,330
meat and poultry workers'
health and safety at work
1113
00:55:53,340 --> 00:55:56,560
and their right to compensation
when they are hurt."
-Human Rights Watch
1114
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,700
We end up becoming a part of that
machine that we create to do the job.
1115
00:56:02,710 --> 00:56:05,730
We end up becoming like
a spigot or a spoke
1116
00:56:05,740 --> 00:56:08,410
just as dry and matter
of fact as that.
1117
00:56:08,420 --> 00:56:10,240
You have to deny your compassion.
1118
00:56:10,250 --> 00:56:11,980
You have to deny your empathy.
1119
00:56:11,990 --> 00:56:14,380
You have to deny your feelings
1120
00:56:14,390 --> 00:56:19,090
and that is the worst
part of it, I think.
1121
00:56:19,100 --> 00:56:20,880
On our long drive home,
1122
00:56:20,890 --> 00:56:24,660
we passed the same kinds of farms
we've heard so much about.
1123
00:56:24,670 --> 00:56:30,090
We decided to randomly pick one to see
if what we'd been hearing was true.
1124
00:56:30,100 --> 00:56:33,800
We knew we could get into serious
legal trouble going into a building
1125
00:56:33,810 --> 00:56:36,390
so we decided to look around outside,
1126
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,090
which could only get
us into minor trouble.
1127
00:56:39,100 --> 00:56:42,450
Tesla has already broken the law,
but do you know what we can say?
1128
00:56:42,460 --> 00:56:46,300
We can say we thought no
trespassing was this road here.
1129
00:56:46,700 --> 00:56:48,000
Let's try it.
1130
00:56:52,930 --> 00:56:55,590
Oh, my God. This is disgusting.
1131
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:56,270
You got it?
1132
00:56:56,300 --> 00:56:57,970
Yeah, I got it, I got it.
1133
00:57:00,180 --> 00:57:01,950
I can't believe that.
1134
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:06,040
But there's no way that anyone
could talk around what we just saw,
1135
00:57:06,050 --> 00:57:07,640
or explain it away.
1136
00:57:07,650 --> 00:57:09,810
It was exactly, like I said...
1137
00:57:09,850 --> 00:57:11,810
Like they were garbage.
I don't understand that.
1138
00:57:11,820 --> 00:57:13,810
All we saw were three dead pigs.
1139
00:57:13,820 --> 00:57:16,900
But this was a farm,
not a slaughterhouse.
1140
00:57:16,910 --> 00:57:21,430
And for us it was proof that animal
deaths are considered acceptable losses
1141
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:25,550
in an industry that treats
them like economic units.
1142
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:28,170
We were meat eaters
like three weeks ago,
1143
00:57:28,180 --> 00:57:31,230
having no problem eating
a bacon cheeseburger delux.
1144
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,040
And now we are like upset.
1145
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:36,060
We don't even care about getting
arrested to make an effect.
1146
00:57:36,070 --> 00:57:38,500
- That's crazy.
- And that can happen with us.
1147
00:57:38,510 --> 00:57:41,320
I know and I'm an
idiot and I love meat.
1148
00:57:41,330 --> 00:57:44,670
Eating meat three times a
day that we can go this far
1149
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:48,100
and it can make sense to us to the
point where we want to break the law
1150
00:57:48,110 --> 00:57:49,380
and we're not crazy.
1151
00:57:49,390 --> 00:57:53,220
It's the fact that this issue is real.
1152
00:57:53,230 --> 00:57:55,080
This is a real fucking issue.
1153
00:57:55,090 --> 00:57:58,820
This is not something
that we are concocting.
1154
00:57:58,830 --> 00:58:01,290
Because, you see it is not like I want,
like I want to go and get arrested.
1155
00:58:01,300 --> 00:58:03,170
It's like it's worth
getting arrested for.
1156
00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:05,730
Yes. On the drop of a dime,
we go, we walk up,
1157
00:58:05,740 --> 00:58:07,130
- what do we see?
- A dead pile.
1158
00:58:07,140 --> 00:58:12,410
Exactly what everyone has been
telling us he is going to see.
1159
00:58:12,420 --> 00:58:14,200
And it's right there
in front of our faces.
1160
00:58:14,210 --> 00:58:15,670
Completely in front of our faces
1161
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:18,270
and there is no way to
deny what we just saw.
1162
00:58:18,810 --> 00:58:21,330
Week 4
Vegan on Vacation
1163
00:58:21,430 --> 00:58:23,810
Brian's Vacation
1164
00:58:24,020 --> 00:58:25,890
So here I am in New Hampshire
1165
00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:28,960
and actually my mother,
surprisingly enough,
1166
00:58:28,970 --> 00:58:31,630
is pretty cool with
the whole vegan thing.
1167
00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:34,910
She has actually purchased
all of this vegan food.
1168
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:39,790
They have been somewhat pensive,
my stepfather and my mom, about...
1169
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:44,700
talking about factory farms
and a vegan lifestyle.
1170
00:58:44,710 --> 00:58:46,770
I think maybe they think
in the back of their heads
1171
00:58:46,780 --> 00:58:49,300
that this is going to
be a temporary thing.
1172
00:58:49,310 --> 00:58:52,140
I'm still waiting to see if this is
going to be a temporary thing for myself.
1173
00:58:52,150 --> 00:58:55,260
I believe that I will live like
this for the rest of my life.
1174
00:58:55,270 --> 00:58:59,550
For me, to be all of the sudden
confronted with changing...
1175
00:58:59,560 --> 00:59:02,750
my life, I have to say no,
not right now.
1176
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,250
But it is perfectly
acceptable for you to do it.
1177
00:59:05,260 --> 00:59:08,670
I would say that it would
be non-compassionate
1178
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,010
even to raise an animal
and then kill it.
1179
00:59:11,020 --> 00:59:15,680
There is not an essential nature to
me needing whatever that animal has
1180
00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:17,040
which I can get from other places.
1181
00:59:17,050 --> 00:59:20,890
You don't think killing an
animal is a part of life?
1182
00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:22,260
No, I don't think it has to be.
1183
00:59:22,270 --> 00:59:24,010
Carnivores...
1184
00:59:24,020 --> 00:59:25,390
- kill other animals.
- But that is a carnivore.
1185
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:26,610
I don't believe we're carnivores.
1186
00:59:26,620 --> 00:59:30,060
I know that I am certainly caught
up in the emotional aspect,
1187
00:59:30,070 --> 00:59:32,290
but I am trying to be
as rational as possible.
1188
00:59:32,300 --> 00:59:34,050
Tesla's Vacation
1189
00:59:34,060 --> 00:59:35,630
I am a little bit worried
when I go to Honduras
1190
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,480
because they are going
to cook us everything
1191
00:59:37,490 --> 00:59:40,470
and I have a feeling I
am gonna see chickens.
1192
00:59:42,430 --> 00:59:44,130
I am gonna see chickens.
1193
00:59:44,140 --> 00:59:47,520
And we're gonna have to eat them,
and that's gonna suck.
1194
00:59:48,110 --> 00:59:49,970
We're gonna eat you.
1195
00:59:50,010 --> 00:59:51,150
We're not gonna eat him.
1196
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:52,770
This is a chicken we
are eating right here.
1197
00:59:52,780 --> 00:59:54,250
We are not eating him.
1198
00:59:54,260 --> 00:59:56,650
It's so hard to find food.
1199
00:59:56,660 --> 00:59:59,010
No meat, no nothing.
You don't eat chicken.
1200
00:59:59,020 --> 01:00:00,010
You can't.
1201
01:00:00,020 --> 01:00:01,780
What do you eat?
Like how do you live?
1202
01:00:01,790 --> 01:00:03,110
They are very...
they didn't understand it.
1203
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:04,880
They go:
"But what do you feel bad about?"
1204
01:00:04,890 --> 01:00:06,810
Like, they are animals.
You are supposed to eat them.
1205
01:00:06,820 --> 01:00:08,180
"What do you feel bad about?"
1206
01:00:08,650 --> 01:00:10,410
Ellen's Vacation
1207
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:21,070
It's July 5th, I just feel
a little sprinkle of rain
1208
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,830
and we are very happy to be here
1209
01:00:23,840 --> 01:00:26,960
heading from New York,
beautiful New York to London.
1210
01:00:26,970 --> 01:00:28,070
Good luck, mom.
1211
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:32,470
You may tempted but you
are on a vegan diet.
1212
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:37,190
Can I remain a vegan? Because I swear to
God it's like being a nun at an orgy.
1213
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:42,550
I have found oatmeal,
grilled tomatoes which are fantastic,
1214
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:46,020
baked beans, which I love anyway
and have lots of protein and fiber.
1215
01:00:46,030 --> 01:00:48,370
On the menu...
1216
01:00:48,380 --> 01:00:53,910
there's a place where they put a "V"
next to things that are for vegetarians,
1217
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:55,800
or vegans.
1218
01:00:55,810 --> 01:00:58,830
This is vegetarian lasagna.
Isn't that beautiful?
1219
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:02,040
This is one beautiful
vegetarian sandwich.
1220
01:01:02,050 --> 01:01:05,140
Thai Curry in a pretty
sea shell shaped dish.
1221
01:01:05,150 --> 01:01:08,210
Well, it's gone now but
I had bean soup
1222
01:01:08,220 --> 01:01:10,640
and my children are eating
more fruit and vegetables
1223
01:01:10,650 --> 01:01:12,950
- than they've had in a long time.
- Yeah, right.
1224
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:16,020
They're getting the ripple
effect of my veganism.
1225
01:01:16,490 --> 01:01:20,050
A lot of adventures lie ahead of us.
1226
01:01:20,060 --> 01:01:22,030
Roman baths.
1227
01:01:22,490 --> 01:01:27,190
We asked about vegetarian restaurants
and we found one called DeMuths.
1228
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:29,720
This has bean sprouts on top,
1229
01:01:29,730 --> 01:01:34,300
bits of toast, lentils,
peanuts, tomatoes.
1230
01:01:34,310 --> 01:01:37,540
Then the kids are getting
nachos with a lovely salsa.
1231
01:01:41,290 --> 01:01:45,370
We are going to a vegetarian
restaurant called Food for Thought.
1232
01:01:45,380 --> 01:01:48,050
That is the universal
sign for hunger.
1233
01:01:48,060 --> 01:01:49,560
Allrighty.
1234
01:01:50,410 --> 01:01:52,920
Well, we're gonna eat very well today.
1235
01:01:53,270 --> 01:01:56,550
Now I am gonna dig in and
enjoy this lovely meal.
1236
01:01:58,030 --> 01:01:59,160
Week 5
Tesla's Crisis
1237
01:01:59,170 --> 01:02:04,030
You said, "I wanna talk to
you in person. I feel bad."
1238
01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:07,100
And so I think I
know what that means.
1239
01:02:07,110 --> 01:02:08,070
I am still vegan.
1240
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:10,170
- Oh, you are?
- Yes.
1241
01:02:10,180 --> 01:02:13,430
But, I'm scared, Marisa.
1242
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:15,390
And I was talking to Harry about it
1243
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:18,250
and I'm like, I'm going to start crying.
I feel so bad.
1244
01:02:18,260 --> 01:02:20,650
Because I don't know if
I want to stay vegan.
1245
01:02:20,660 --> 01:02:24,260
I'm tired of having my dad cook food
and it's like, okay, are you done?
1246
01:02:24,270 --> 01:02:25,760
Because then I've got to
go in and make my own food.
1247
01:02:25,770 --> 01:02:27,070
And I can't eat with my family.
1248
01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:30,010
I'm tired of like,
I've gone out so many times
1249
01:02:30,020 --> 01:02:31,930
where it's like I have to
sit there and he is like,
1250
01:02:31,940 --> 01:02:35,410
"Are you going to eat?" And I'm like,
"No, because I can't eat anything."
1251
01:02:35,420 --> 01:02:37,130
I'm sorry. I'm such a punk.
1252
01:02:37,140 --> 01:02:38,610
No, no.
1253
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:39,940
And it is like hard.
1254
01:02:39,980 --> 01:02:40,580
Yeah.
1255
01:02:40,610 --> 01:02:42,000
Because then it is like, I say
1256
01:02:42,010 --> 01:02:43,940
"Why are you doing it then?
Why are you doing it then?"
1257
01:02:43,950 --> 01:02:47,170
And I say: "Because I feel like
a hypocrite if I don't keep doing it."
1258
01:02:47,180 --> 01:02:50,460
And like I don't
want to not be vegan.
1259
01:02:50,470 --> 01:02:52,310
And they are like "Well,
then just don't."
1260
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:53,760
I, just, it's so confusing.
1261
01:02:53,770 --> 01:02:57,290
A lot of people, I think,
think about veganism like a religion,
1262
01:02:57,300 --> 01:03:01,200
which is totally wrong because it's not
you have to live by certain rules.
1263
01:03:01,210 --> 01:03:04,360
It's about minimizing suffering.
It's not about being perfect.
1264
01:03:04,370 --> 01:03:10,030
So, what I would love for you to do
is to just try a little bit at a time.
1265
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,630
Do you think that might work?
Even if it is just vegetarian for now?
1266
01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:15,220
See, I was thinking about that too.
1267
01:03:15,230 --> 01:03:18,280
Because that is a whole lot easier. I
could have pizza. That is so much easier.
1268
01:03:18,290 --> 01:03:23,510
But then, I've said it to Marisa.
I think being vegetarian is like
1269
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:26,420
it's not the whole thing and
I think you should do it full.
1270
01:03:26,430 --> 01:03:28,410
What do you feel like is the
thing you are lacking most?
1271
01:03:28,420 --> 01:03:29,520
Like, what do you wish for?
1272
01:03:29,530 --> 01:03:30,960
I wish everybody I knew was vegan.
1273
01:03:30,970 --> 01:03:33,140
Then you need to
join a vegan meetup.
1274
01:03:33,150 --> 01:03:35,020
You know, you live in New York City.
1275
01:03:35,030 --> 01:03:37,320
You know,
you could be a vegan anywhere,
1276
01:03:37,330 --> 01:03:39,940
but it is really damn
easy in New York City.
1277
01:03:39,950 --> 01:03:42,660
This shouldn't be a negative thing.
This should be a positive thing.
1278
01:03:42,670 --> 01:03:47,320
I just feel like this is a life
decision and I've gotta make it now.
1279
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:49,800
Week 6
The Results Are In!
1280
01:03:50,110 --> 01:03:54,120
Do you really think that
you'll be able to stay vegan?
1281
01:04:00,190 --> 01:04:01,010
I don't know.
1282
01:04:01,020 --> 01:04:01,990
I don't know.
1283
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,550
I don't know. I wanna say yes.
1284
01:04:04,810 --> 01:04:08,220
But it could be glaringly
just thrown back in my face
1285
01:04:08,230 --> 01:04:11,390
when like three months later I'm...
1286
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,760
working in a slaughterhouse
or something.
1287
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,830
But I don't know what to say.
1288
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:20,670
I mean, I really think,
I feel right now, yes, absolutely.
1289
01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:23,680
I'm not seeing a lot of
hurdles in front of me.
1290
01:04:23,690 --> 01:04:26,830
I mean, I am trying my best to be
realistic about the elements that like,
1291
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:29,550
alright, I'm gonna be vegetarian
if worse comes to worse.
1292
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:33,170
But I really don't even see being
a vegan like being a big problem.
1293
01:04:33,180 --> 01:04:34,560
So, here we go.
1294
01:04:35,090 --> 01:04:38,810
The first thing you see is corn,
Earth Balance here.
1295
01:04:38,820 --> 01:04:41,760
And this actually tastes much
better than regular butter.
1296
01:04:41,770 --> 01:04:45,320
Um, like I said earlier,
I made grilled cheese sandwiches
1297
01:04:45,330 --> 01:04:48,960
and I don't have any of the
regular American cheese left,
1298
01:04:48,970 --> 01:04:52,640
but I have some of this,
this is like mozzarella.
1299
01:04:52,650 --> 01:04:56,610
And this is really tasty too.
And it melts really well, the Tofutti.
1300
01:04:56,620 --> 01:04:58,640
And I have some Courage burgers.
1301
01:04:58,650 --> 01:05:00,410
These are not,
these don't taste like beef burgers,
1302
01:05:00,420 --> 01:05:02,140
but they taste like chicken burgers.
1303
01:05:02,150 --> 01:05:03,860
It's a rack of lamb.
1304
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:07,110
And it is kind of weird to hold it,
now.
1305
01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:09,710
And this was gonna be my prize.
1306
01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:12,120
I was gonna eat this at
the end of the project.
1307
01:05:12,130 --> 01:05:13,460
And here it is, frozen.
1308
01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:16,790
Would you... so you mean
you don't want it anymore?
1309
01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:18,100
No, I don't.
1310
01:05:18,140 --> 01:05:21,100
What do you think would be an
appropriate thing to do with it?
1311
01:05:21,110 --> 01:05:22,600
Should we feed it to the cat?
1312
01:05:26,210 --> 01:05:27,510
Here we are back at my kitchen.
1313
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:32,010
It's six weeks later and there have
been some significant changes made
1314
01:05:32,020 --> 01:05:33,950
as I went the vegan route.
1315
01:05:35,990 --> 01:05:39,180
I'm absolutely hooked
on soy milk and
1316
01:05:39,190 --> 01:05:40,580
it comes in a lot of
different flavors.
1317
01:05:40,590 --> 01:05:42,190
I like the vanilla
1318
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:46,000
and I'm absolutely thrilled with the
coffee, which you can serve hot or cold
1319
01:05:46,010 --> 01:05:48,320
and it tastes very good.
1320
01:05:48,330 --> 01:05:52,670
What would you think if your mom
said she was really gonna stay vegan?
1321
01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:54,610
I would think that would
be really good because
1322
01:05:54,620 --> 01:05:58,870
she would stay really
healthy and live longer.
1323
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:01,080
On an average day, you'll
find a lot more vegetables
1324
01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:03,900
in this fridge than
there ever were before.
1325
01:06:03,910 --> 01:06:06,330
Cherry tomatoes, the kids love
them and they pop them like candy,
1326
01:06:06,340 --> 01:06:08,410
especially when they're watching TV.
1327
01:06:08,420 --> 01:06:11,410
They've gotten, their taste
buds are more attuned to the
1328
01:06:11,420 --> 01:06:15,350
real flavors in things, instead
of the diluted junky flavors.
1329
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,250
Hummus which, you know,
is absolutely delicious.
1330
01:06:18,260 --> 01:06:20,650
I found it easy to do.
I thought it would be difficult.
1331
01:06:20,660 --> 01:06:24,160
I don't know why,
but in reality this food is all around.
1332
01:06:24,170 --> 01:06:28,360
And...
I only wish I had found this sooner.
1333
01:06:28,370 --> 01:06:30,080
Because I'm meeting
people who have been
1334
01:06:30,090 --> 01:06:31,910
vegan for twenty or
thirty years and I go,
1335
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:34,800
look at what I've been doing to
myself for twenty or thirty years.
1336
01:06:34,810 --> 01:06:37,680
You know, but let's start now,
you know.
1337
01:06:37,690 --> 01:06:42,300
So this has been a great gift that
you've given us. So, thank you.
1338
01:06:43,890 --> 01:06:44,880
Hi, puppy.
1339
01:06:44,890 --> 01:06:47,150
- Hi.
- Hello.
1340
01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:50,380
Would you say your tastes
have changed or expanded?
1341
01:06:50,390 --> 01:06:53,320
Yeah, I'm willing to try
a lot more things now.
1342
01:06:53,330 --> 01:06:54,600
There is my fake butter.
1343
01:06:54,630 --> 01:06:58,650
This is margarine too because now
I like margarine and cream cheese.
1344
01:06:58,660 --> 01:06:59,770
Alright.
1345
01:06:59,780 --> 01:07:02,800
Everyone loves the cream cheese
and they keep wasting it,
1346
01:07:02,810 --> 01:07:03,730
which gets me mad.
1347
01:07:04,990 --> 01:07:07,400
My sauce, my marinara sauce.
1348
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,180
And I have blueberries.
1349
01:07:10,210 --> 01:07:12,540
I have apple sauce which
I did not like too much.
1350
01:07:12,550 --> 01:07:14,190
That's okay.
1351
01:07:14,220 --> 01:07:16,420
My wieners...
1352
01:07:16,450 --> 01:07:18,710
which I fell in love with camping.
1353
01:07:19,310 --> 01:07:20,510
I went shopping...
1354
01:07:20,990 --> 01:07:23,350
with the new guy which
is going very, very well.
1355
01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:25,790
He's like, "If you told me that
you would stop being a vegan,"
1356
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:28,360
he's like, "I'll marry you."
He's like, "because you are perfect."
1357
01:07:28,370 --> 01:07:29,920
He's like, "You're like perfect."
1358
01:07:29,930 --> 01:07:34,660
He's like, "But you won't cook for me
and that kills me." And I'm like...
1359
01:07:34,670 --> 01:07:36,340
"I'll cook for you, baby."
1360
01:07:37,220 --> 01:07:40,330
"You might not like what you're
gonna eat, but I'll cook for you."
1361
01:07:40,340 --> 01:07:42,810
I never thought I'd
wanna stay doing it...
1362
01:07:42,820 --> 01:07:46,370
Like, seriously? Like to stay doing it?
1363
01:07:46,380 --> 01:07:50,660
No, I never thought I
would feel so guilty and...
1364
01:07:50,670 --> 01:07:53,680
I didn't think it would work,
the experiments.
1365
01:07:53,690 --> 01:07:56,980
I didn't think it would work,
and it did.
1366
01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:05,470
Come on, let's head back.
1367
01:08:05,820 --> 01:08:07,170
I'm nervous.
1368
01:08:08,850 --> 01:08:10,210
Your blood pressure dropped,
1369
01:08:10,220 --> 01:08:13,000
your systolic blood pressure
dropped about 20 points.
1370
01:08:13,010 --> 01:08:14,440
- Is that bad?
- That's good.
1371
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:16,740
I don't know.
1372
01:08:18,570 --> 01:08:19,480
Okay.
1373
01:08:19,490 --> 01:08:22,740
You lost two pounds?
That's awesome.
1374
01:08:23,830 --> 01:08:24,610
That's pathetic.
1375
01:08:24,620 --> 01:08:26,950
But we have to get the blood first.
We've got to get the blood first.
1376
01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,010
What do you mean the blood first?
1377
01:08:28,020 --> 01:08:29,500
It's about the blood,
not about the weight.
1378
01:08:29,510 --> 01:08:31,720
Oh, it's about the weight?
1379
01:08:31,730 --> 01:08:34,230
183 1/2. You lost 5 pounds.
1380
01:08:34,270 --> 01:08:37,000
5 pounds, yeah!
1381
01:08:37,030 --> 01:08:39,560
Wow, huge improvement
in your blood pressure.
1382
01:08:39,570 --> 01:08:40,470
Awesome.
1383
01:08:40,500 --> 01:08:44,730
My blood work was excellent,
since you brought that up.
1384
01:08:44,740 --> 01:08:48,970
And I think my blood pressure
was better than yours.
1385
01:08:48,980 --> 01:08:56,010
And I lost five point
something in poundage.
1386
01:08:56,020 --> 01:08:57,760
You can't compare one
person to another.
1387
01:08:57,770 --> 01:09:02,120
Each of you have to improve from
where you were to where you are now.
1388
01:09:02,130 --> 01:09:07,690
Lost 5 lbs
Blood pressure dropped 30 points
Bad cholesterol dropped 18 points
1389
01:09:08,270 --> 01:09:14,540
Lost 2 lbs
Blood pressure dropped 20 points
Bad cholesterol dropped 26 points
1390
01:09:17,150 --> 01:09:22,540
Lost 10 Ibs
Bad cholesterol dropped 20 points
1391
01:09:22,550 --> 01:09:24,550
Oh, yes.
1392
01:09:24,580 --> 01:09:27,340
Thank you so much, Dr. Fuhrman.
I appreciate it.
1393
01:09:27,350 --> 01:09:28,320
Thank you so much.
1394
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:30,710
Thank you, Dr. Fuhrman.
1395
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:31,450
Yeah!
1396
01:09:32,710 --> 01:09:34,170
The last supper
1397
01:09:34,180 --> 01:09:36,320
The last vegan supper?
1398
01:09:38,090 --> 01:09:39,060
- What's up!
- Welcome!
1399
01:09:39,070 --> 01:09:40,650
- How are you?
- Oh, my goodness.
1400
01:09:40,660 --> 01:09:42,580
- It's good to see you.
- Hey, Marisa.
1401
01:09:42,590 --> 01:09:44,720
Did you get all my letters?
1402
01:09:44,730 --> 01:09:46,130
- Hi, Ellen.
- Hi, Tesla.
1403
01:09:46,140 --> 01:09:48,160
Ellen, Harry. Harry, Ellen.
1404
01:09:48,170 --> 01:09:50,400
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Can I get a hug?
1405
01:10:00,410 --> 01:10:02,570
Have you tried any
of her vegan food?
1406
01:10:03,190 --> 01:10:05,080
We were at my aunt's
house and my aunt had like
1407
01:10:05,090 --> 01:10:08,440
bean burgers or something,
I don't know what they are made of,
1408
01:10:08,450 --> 01:10:11,650
but I nibbled on it or whatever.
I don't know what she had to nibble on.
1409
01:10:11,660 --> 01:10:16,520
Spinach nuggets or something...
It was good, but...
1410
01:10:16,530 --> 01:10:19,560
Like the stuff that you like,
spinach? Not me. Spinach nugget?
1411
01:10:19,570 --> 01:10:22,500
Yeah, after a while you're like...
spinach nuggets.
1412
01:10:22,510 --> 01:10:24,880
Like and you don't wanna...
like your taste but...
1413
01:10:24,890 --> 01:10:27,930
it's funny how adaptable
our bodies are.
1414
01:10:27,940 --> 01:10:31,240
When I'm at work and I'm at the
cafeteria and I see people eating
1415
01:10:31,250 --> 01:10:34,330
a very greasy chicken or beef stew,
I feel like going up to them and saying,
1416
01:10:34,340 --> 01:10:36,030
"Do you realize what you're eating?"
1417
01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:37,800
"Plus you're killing yourself."
1418
01:10:37,810 --> 01:10:38,350
But I mean...
1419
01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:40,900
I'm feeling like I've
been informed now.
1420
01:10:40,910 --> 01:10:44,800
I'm just so proud of you.
I've had so much fun.
1421
01:10:44,810 --> 01:10:47,970
You guys, this is like the
highlight of my, you know.
1422
01:10:47,980 --> 01:10:49,860
When we look back,
it's amazing what we've done.
1423
01:10:49,870 --> 01:10:51,990
It's amazing what we've done,
all the different things.
1424
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,160
It was so much fun.
Thank you so much.
1425
01:10:54,980 --> 01:10:56,780
CONGRATS VEGANS
1426
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:03,600
Tesla, Brian & Ellen
are in good company
1427
01:11:03,610 --> 01:11:08,510
by adopting a lifestyle based
on principles of non-violence.
1428
01:11:10,540 --> 01:11:14,210
Susan B. Anthony
Vegetarian
1429
01:11:15,380 --> 01:11:20,320
Gandhi
Vegetarian
1430
01:11:21,190 --> 01:11:26,130
Rosa Parks
Vegetarian
1431
01:11:26,870 --> 01:11:31,440
Coretta Scott King
Vegan
1432
01:11:32,190 --> 01:11:37,120
C�sar Ch�vez
Vegetarian
1433
01:11:37,810 --> 01:11:38,870
The truth is,
1434
01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:42,250
you don't have to be famous to
make a difference in the world.
1435
01:11:42,260 --> 01:11:44,180
You don't even have
to be an activist.
1436
01:11:44,190 --> 01:11:47,410
You can just be a regular
person doing your own thing,
1437
01:11:47,420 --> 01:11:50,100
every meal every day.
1438
01:11:50,110 --> 01:11:53,640
Because that's how conscious
living is changing the world
1439
01:11:53,650 --> 01:11:56,500
one person at a time.
1440
01:12:48,930 --> 01:12:55,210
To see where they are now and to
get tips and resources, visit:
GetVegucated.com
1441
01:13:49,950 --> 01:13:51,820
Hello.
1442
01:13:52,580 --> 01:13:54,380
Good morning.
1443
01:13:54,720 --> 01:13:56,720
Good morning.
1444
01:13:56,750 --> 01:13:58,590
Blood oranges?
1445
01:13:58,620 --> 01:13:59,760
Is that real blood?
1446
01:14:00,530 --> 01:14:03,250
Okay,
I'm having my first blood orange.
1447
01:14:06,100 --> 01:14:08,430
Delicious,
tastes like any other orange
1448
01:14:08,440 --> 01:14:12,330
if you don't think about
the gory part of it.
1449
01:14:12,490 --> 01:14:16,360
It's tofu salad. It's like
egg salad, but made with tofu.
1450
01:14:16,370 --> 01:14:19,600
Wait, sing your breast milk song.
1451
01:14:19,610 --> 01:14:21,370
I can't sing that right now.
1452
01:14:21,380 --> 01:14:22,980
Sing it right now.
1453
01:14:24,710 --> 01:14:28,480
Look at you.
You look like me in the morning.
1454
01:14:28,900 --> 01:14:31,980
You look like me in the morning.
1455
01:14:31,990 --> 01:14:34,330
Yes, oh, I know.
1456
01:14:36,390 --> 01:14:40,160
It certainly looks like a scallop.
It has the texture.
1457
01:14:42,670 --> 01:14:44,290
If it's not a salad, it's good.
1458
01:14:51,980 --> 01:14:54,780
- You don't like egg salad at all?
- No.
1459
01:14:54,790 --> 01:14:56,770
Okay, then you don't have to try it.
1460
01:14:56,780 --> 01:14:59,290
- No, I don't have to try it.
- Okay.
1461
01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:04,060
Oh, I wish that I had some
breakfast for you guys.
1462
01:15:04,070 --> 01:15:06,820
I wish I did.
1463
01:15:07,390 --> 01:15:12,940
(singing) Dr. Fuhrman, please,
give me some breast milk cheese.
1464
01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:21,030
Yeah, she doesn't like it.
That is great!
1465
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:23,900
I never had tofu before but
it's really, really good.
1466
01:15:23,910 --> 01:15:25,070
- Really?
- Yes.
1467
01:15:25,080 --> 01:15:27,080
It's not like okay good but the
way you prepared it right now
1468
01:15:27,090 --> 01:15:28,790
it tastes like chicken.
It's really good.
1469
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:29,620
- Really?
- Yeah.
1470
01:15:29,630 --> 01:15:31,270
Let's see you eat it.
1471
01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:34,420
It's true.
1472
01:15:36,150 --> 01:15:39,000
(singing) You're giving
me the way to live,
1473
01:15:39,010 --> 01:15:42,780
now just give me some breast
milk and make it okay.
1474
01:15:42,790 --> 01:15:45,420
I don't get it.
It comes from humans.
1475
01:15:45,430 --> 01:15:48,420
It's not from animals or even dogs.
1476
01:15:48,430 --> 01:15:53,130
It's breast milk cheese.
Let me make an omelet, please.
1477
01:15:53,420 --> 01:15:55,830
Dr. Fuhrman, is that okay?
1478
01:15:57,440 --> 01:16:00,050
Thank you, thank you.
Thank you very much.
1479
01:16:00,920 --> 01:16:08,480
Number of animals saved in the making of
this film: 380 per year and growing...
1480
01:16:10,190 --> 01:16:13,820
Uhm, kitten?
Number of animals who hindered
the making of this film: 1
1481
01:16:13,860 --> 01:16:15,460
Excuse me.
Number of animals who hindered
the making of this film: 1
1482
01:16:15,490 --> 01:16:19,100
Excuse me, kitten.
Number of animals who hindered
the making of this film: 1
1483
01:16:19,130 --> 01:16:21,000
How dare.
1484
01:16:21,010 --> 01:16:25,610
corrected by: Tio Beto from Brazil
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