Re: [UUPoly-L] Eggs!?!?!?

[Boyd Smith <boydw.smith@yahoo.com>]

OK!  I did not know.

I knew about the cholesterol stuff.  But not avoiding animal products thing.  Interesting.  

BWS

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Brigitte Fires <brigittefires@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brigitte Fires <brigittefires@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [UUPoly-L] Eggs!?!?!?
> To: uupoly-l@uupa.org
> Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 2:14 PM
> People who are trying to avoid animal
> products, reduce cholesterol*,
> and feel that most chickens are treated horrendously would
> feel it's a
> VERY important thing. We all have different priorities, and
> I feel
> it's important to avoid making comments that minimalize the
> worth of
> someone else's opinions.
> 
> * Mind you, it's been shown that eating eggs regularly
> actually helps
> reduce cholesterol. Eggs don't have a lot of dietary
> cholesterol,
> they're a complete protein (meaning they don't need other
> foods to
> create a protein source), and it's been proven that
> dietary
> cholesterol has very little impact on overall LDL levels.
> Also, they
> have enzymes that break down more cholesterol than they
> have in them.
> 
> Brigitte
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Boyd Smith <boydw.smith@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Do you mean chicken eggs? ÂIs that a real, important
> thing? ÂWho cares about chicken eggs? ÂUnless they are are
> not prepared correctly then it is a danger. ÂThey should be
> cooked correctly to prevent salmonella.
> >
> > BWS
> >
> > --- On Sun, 4/12/09, sablehairangel@comcast.net
> <sablehairangel@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: sablehairangel@comcast.net
> <sablehairangel@comcast.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [UUPoly-L] Anti-gay discrimination on
> Amazon.com
> >> To: uupoly-l@uupa.org
> >> Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 7:06 PM
> >> I am deeply appalled by this. Is
> >> there some way Interweave can coordinate a mass
> direction
> >> action, such as a webpage to set up a small email
> to
> >> amazon.com's CEO or something? Something similar
> was done
> >> with Veg.com when Boca was going to increase it's
> eggs in
> >> their products and we actually got them to
> decrease the eggs
> >> significantly (down to 3%) by 2010! I use
> Amazon.com A LOT
> >> for random things.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Desmond Ravenstone" <desmondravenstone@yahoo.com>
> >>
> >> To: uupoly-l@uupa.org
> >>
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:52:20 PM GMT
> -05:00
> >> US/Canada Eastern
> >> Subject: [UUPoly-L] Anti-gay discrimination on
> Amazon.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Have just been alerted via Interweave (the GLBT
> caucus for
> >> Unitarian Universalists) that Amazon.com has been
> stripping
> >> sales rankings off of many GLBT books, including
> books by or
> >> about famous GLBT folks like Stephen Fry and
> Ellen
> >> DeGeneres.
> >>
> >> Result: They become harder to find on searches on
> the site.
> >>
> >>
> >> The âreasonâ: Amazon.com considers such
> content as
> >> âadultâ and therefore no longer worthy of a
> sales
> >> ranking.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, books not considered adult include:
> >> âThe Complete Idiotâs Guide to Amazing Sexâ
> >> âRon Jeremy: The Hardest Working Man in
> Showbizâ
> >> âTraci Lords: Underneath It Allâ âPlayboy:
> The
> >> Complete Centerfoldsâ
> >> âA Parentâs Guide to Preventing
> Homosexualityâ and a
> >> number of other âex-gayâ books
> >>
> >> There has been a great deal of outraged chatter,
> including
> >> many people pledging to boycott the site
> altogether.
> >>
> >> You can find out more at this blog:
> >> http://jezebel.com/5209088/why-is-amazon-censoring-gay-and-lesbian-books
> >>
> >>
> >> Desmond Ravenstone
> >>
> >> "Do not do unto others as you expect they should
> do unto
> >> you. Their tastes may not be the same." -- George
> Bernard
> >> Shaw
> >>
> >> http://www.myspace.com/desmond_ravenstone
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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