[UPDATE! A visionary is vindicated!] Video—Lierre Keith, recovering vegan and author of "The Vegetarian Myth"

[To say I've had the ire of vegetarians and the anti-animal-protein crowds over the blog post below would be a huge understatement. This post continues to be one of the most viewed in the history of my blog. Every couple months or so I move it up to the top and see how long before I get my first email calling me all sorts of terrible names and instructing me do physically impossible things to myself. Anyhow, Lierre Keith has been vindicated and has now achieved the status of visionary. See the article by Susan Salisbury at the end of this post.]

Lierre Keith is a radical environmentalist, feminist, member of Deep Green Resistance, and an ex-vegan recovering from years of not consuming animal protein. In the video below she explains why she chose to be a vegan in the first place and the terrible health consequences that lifestyle had on her health.

She wrote a wildly popular book titled The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability in 2009. Ms. Keith makes a compelling case against vegetarianism and why animal protein is essential to a healthy lifestyle. This blog post continues to be one of the most viewed on this blog.

Lierre Keith, you might find interesting, is also in the forefront of the debate about transgenderism—suffice to say she's not a big fan. Here is an article in The New Yorker subtitled, "The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism". She is a very interesting woman with strong beliefs and is not shy about sharing them with the world. Enjoy the video:

UPDATE: Here is the article by Susan Salisbury at The Palm Beach Post in an article that also appears in the print edition today (12/30) on page B6, below the fold. Here are opening three paragraphs:

     New research from Carnegie Mellon University says that following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and greenhouse gas emissions per calorie.
     The study, published in Environment Systems and Decisions, measured the changes in energy use, blue water footprint and GHG emissions associated with patterns in food consumption.
      “Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon,” said Paul Fischbeck, [emphasis added] professor of social and decisions sciences and engineering and public policy, in a news release about the research. “Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.”

That tofu salad on a bed of kale doesn't quite look the same now does it? Live a little. . .go for the chicken salad with real bacon strips!