What ever happened to that 'vegan' thang, gurl?

Back in May, Oprah Winfrey pledge to going vegan for 21 days after Kathy Freston (author of Quantum Wellness - a book advocating a vegan and gluten-free diet) was a guest on her show.

Many people on the inter-tubes initially applauded her effort, but personally I do not follow her rationale. Her stated claim was to learn to “eat with more conscious.” Today I did some poking around the web for some further reference to this seemingly amazing undertaking, and was not surprised to learn that after her 21 day commitment she wasted not time getting back to eating meat.

So I ask: what’s the point in admitting that eating animals is wrong and unhealthy, and then only committing to stop “temporarily?” Oprah is hindered by none of the traditional excuses against veganism. She is hyper-rich - and so can easily afford any additional costs, she has had a string of full-time chefs at her disposal for years – so menu choices are not a problem. And worst of all, she has already admitted that factory farms and eating animals is wrong... very plublically in fact.

Oprah is no stranger to the fight against monstrous agri-business. She and Howard Lyman - beef industry lobbyist-turned-vegan, and author of Mad Cowboy - were co-defendants in a much publicized ‘food disparagement’ lawsuit filed on behalf of Texas cattle feed producers in 1998. She publicly stated on her show that she “will never eat beef again,” and later she and Lyman won the lawsuit, exonerating them against any wrong-doing.

So come on, Oprah. Cut the B.S., It’s either wrong or its not. It’s either un-healthy or it’s not. You should follow your own arguments to their own natural conclusion, and give it up already. I doubt there has been anyone in history that has fought weight quite so publically or been on quite so many diets. Tsk-tsk.