Vegan kid challenges pro-meat "scientist" to a triathalon

[LeftyMom]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00236.htm

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Ella, a life vegan who has never eaten animal products, won her school triathlon this year, and was a finalist in the Vegan Triathlon in 2006 and 2005. Ella has challenged Professor Pickard to compete with her in a one on one triathlon.

“If you’re going to say silly things like children must eat animal products, you have to be prepared to put your money where your mouth is’ says Ella. “I challenge Professor Pickard to meet me on the sports field and run, swim and bike it out with me.”

Professor Pickard, whose trip to New Zealand has been financed by the animal foods industry, has been unable to provide references as proof for his claims when asked by vegetarian organisations in the UK. His claims contradict the position of the New Zealand Dieticians association that a vegan diet is appropriate for all stages of the human life cycle.

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Yolanda Soryl, who is the mother of the vegan triathlete, says that it is hard work keeping up with her 4 energetic life vegan children and wishes Dr Pickard the best of luck if he is brave enough to try to match her daughter in the race.

(There's more at the link)

Poor skinny, sickly vegan children. :eyes:

[ThomCat]

1. I'd love to see pictures of the two of them.

What are the odds that he's overweight and out of shape. :)

[LeftyMom]

2. Never say I never gave you anything.

Here's the girl, with her mom and I'm guessing a younger brother:

http://www.srichinmoycentre.org/gallery/nz/joy_weekends/christchurch_joy_weekend/DSCN8385+_Medium_.JPG.html

Still working on a pic of the Professor. He's Director General of the British Nutritional Foundation, but thier profile does not have a pic.

Got it. Here's the pudgy old fart now: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/upload/Issue%2031%20Autum%202003.pdf

[Critters2]

3. Oh yeah, a vegan diet is just killing these kids

Why do I doubt the good prof will take the child up on her challenge?

[ThomCat]

5. Because he's a paid mouthpiece

and he doesn't get paid to deal with the real world. :grr:

[ThomCat]

4. I would never say that.

You've given us all so many good recipies, and good stories, and sometimes good smacks upside the head... (ouch!)

You're a very generous person. :P

[LeftyMom]

7. I'd never swat you upside the head

Pure self-preservation. I hear you have some kind of Shaolin Cane-fu going on. :D

[ThomCat]

9. LOL!

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. Can I bet on this?

My money's on the vegan. A triathlon looks like it'd kill that guy.

[NMMNG]

13. OMG, somebody get those kids a steak and some milk

They're obviously wasting away! :sarcasm:

[flamingyouth]

6. "If he is brave enough to try to match her daughter...."

Uh, he's not. But how I'd love to see him try. :D

[Elad]

8. Hahaha

Great story! Thanks for posting.

[flvegan]

10. Hold on, here...the challenge is cool, but more importantly

she "won her school triathalon this year" in other words, beating her peers (and not just some fat, bald dude). That's pretty awesome.

Once she kicks his ass, I'm going to challenge Pickard to the strength challenge of his choice.

[LeftyMom]

12. If that guy ran a triathalon the only thing left to challenge would be his

will. :eyes:

Why is it that it's always the least healthy looking omnis who want to talk shit about vegan diets? Seriously, the next time some moran too fat to climb a flight of stairs who wants to criticize my diet I think I'll neglect my normal tact (yes, I have some. really.) and tell them just why they aren't qualified to tell anybody how to eat until it's less obvious that thier diet is killing them.