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^ïortlani» (Observer M ay 16. 2012 Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the views of the Portland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos and story ideas. Submit to news@portlandobserver.com. Page 19 New Prices O pinion 6 Martin Effective May 1 ,2 0 1 0 T he WAy T o A H ealthîer d îe t Cleaning DÎABéTfeS Service 3 4 .4 M IIÄ J Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services CAUTIOM ANIMAL FATS, NEKT 20 MES Minimum Service CHG $45.00 A small distance/travel charge may be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area Pre-Spray Traffic Areas (Includes: 1 sm all H allw ay) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area (Hallway Extra) Stairs (1 2 -1 6 sta irs - With O th e r Services)-. $25.00 Area/Oriental Rugs: Vegetables Cure Much of our Health Problems Vegan confessions by D onald K aul If you invented a pill that offers long life, good health, and a body to be proud of, you'd make a for tune. Bottles would fly off the shelves. H ow ever, sug gest a change in be havior that achieved the same re sult, and what do you get? Catcalls, derisive comments and rude e-mails. Such was Michelle Obama's re ward when she launched her "Let's Move" campaign more than two years ago. All she did was recom mend feeding our kids better meals — fewer sweets, more vegetables, less calories— combined with more exercise. You would have thought she'd advocated giving the little dears rat poison for lunch. Sarah Palin was characteristically obnoxious in her response, flaunting her passion for s'mores (that chocolate bar-toasted marshmallow-graham cracker hor ror) while she mocked the First Lady for attempting to substitute the judg ment of the "Nanny State" for that of parents. Even for her, it was dumb. After all. Let's Move addresses a real issue: the super-sizing o f our children. Studies have estimated that nearly one in five of our young people are obese, and more than a third of them are overweight. Apparently we're raising a generation of youngsters who think the basic food groups are fat, salt, and sugar, and that changing the bat tery in your Gameboy is exer cise. This isn't merely a recipe for being fat; it's an invita based diet is far, far healthier than for people who don't eat meat or the meat-based model. dairy. Grocery stores, while better Studies have found that a little than they used to be, still aren't meat is better for you than a lot, no great. meat is better than a little, and a And you have to get used to that vegan diet — no meat, fish, eggs, or sickening silence on the other end dairy products (in others words, 90 of the line when you tell the person percent of the farm economy) — is who's inviting you to dinner that best of all. you don't eat meat, cheese, fish, Good luck trying to sell that one. soup made from beef stock, or any The Bad Food lobby is one of the thing else he or she was planning to most powerful in Washington, up cook. there with guns and oil. Any sug The way I handle that is .. .1 cheat. gestion that our toxic agricultural I'll order fish in a restaurant and eat what I'm served in someone else's home. And when I go to a ballgame, I declare hotdogs a vegetable for the day. Mostly, though. I'm a ve gan. W hy not? C atholics, for ex ample, profess a high moral stan dard but still sin from time to time. That doesn't m ean they're not Catholics; it simply means they're human. As a m atter of fact, I’m thinking of starting a Church of industry is less than noble will bring the Holy Vegetable and offering instant political extinction. (Can you o n lin e c o n fe s s io n b o o th s to imagine a politician trying to win vegans who fall off the wagon Iowa on a vegan platform? A gay from time to time. They could con atheist would have a better chance.) fess, be assigned a small penance, I myself am a vegan of sorts, and and receive absolution. I'm here to tell you that it's not an The life of a vegan is hard enough easy life. You're OK when you can without walking around feeling cook your own food (really), but guilty all of the time. going out is hard. Most restaurants OtherWords columnist Donald offer very limited, unappetizing fare Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. * You 're OK when you can cook your own food (really), but going out is hard. Most restaurants offer very limited, unappetizing fare for people who don't eat meat or dairy. Grocery stores, while better than they used to be, still aren't great. tion to diabetes, heart disease, os teoporosis, asthma, and even can cer. Actually, the main problem with Ms. Obama's efforts is that they’re too timid. If you really want to make the nation healthier, you have to declare war on American agricul ture in general and meat in particu lar. 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