Monday, January 28, 2008

interesting on so many levels

well actually just two.

from the truehoop blog:

Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Tony Gonzalez has a record-setting season after becoming a vegan with the help of a former Clippers strength coach Jon Hinds. Hinds had some solid advice about bread: "After a preseason practice, he accompanied Mr. Hinds to learn a skill he believed as important as blocking techniques: how to shop for groceries. Mr. Hinds showed him nutritious fish oils and how to pick out breads dense with whole grains, nuts and seeds. 'The best bread for you,' says Mr. Hinds, 'is if I hit you with it, it hurts.'"

1) one of the best football players of all time went vegan. when i think of vegans, i think of idiots. probably living in the mission (or the equivalently hipster neighborhood of respective city), with a house full of woody incense and obscure homeopathic remedies that they think make them healthier -- and let's face it, better -- than everybody else. but if this can actually make an nfl guy even fitter and stronger than he was before, i might have to soften my characterization. slightly.

2) is fish oil really vegan? i mean, it comes from fish, right?

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