Make sure to check out Part Five of my History of Bolt Guns series over at Glibertarians!
A nut from Finland has become marginally less nutty. She still has a long ways to go. Excerpt:
Early last year, Virpi Mikkonen was alarmed by the appearance of a rash on her face.
There were other problems: a bout of flu that was hard to shift; crumbling nails; feeling low; and, most worrying, her periods stopped. A blood test revealed her follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels had sky-rocketed to the level at which women hit the menopause. Virpi was 37 and having hot flushes.
‘I thought, what’s wrong with me? I am healthy, I exercise,’ Virpi says. ‘I was really scared.’
At the time, Virpi believed herself to be eating the healthiest of all diets: gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, meat-free, refined sugar-free. And what’s more, she’d built a career inspiring others to eat it, too.
But then this happened:
‘I felt I had run out of fuel, totally,’ she says. ‘I was empty.’ She is now particularly fond of bone broth, a bone stock she has as a hot drink or adds to stews and soups. She’s also eating eggs, which is a major departure because she used to refer to them as ‘miscarriages of chickens’.
The effects have been dramatic. ‘It’s amazing. I feel energetic, motivated. I’m sleeping better, the hot flushes and aching in my body have stopped.’ Best of all, her periods have returned. She was so relieved she danced round her flat. ‘I thought, OK, now I am back on track.’
Here’s the funny bit:
Virpi has yet to tell her followers the whole story, though recently posted about yin deficiency and ‘burn-out’. Her reluctance is more out of wanting to find the right time to bare her heart than fear of receiving irate messages, but she admits: ‘Vegans can be really judgmental.’
First up: There’s no such thing as “yin deficiency.” That’s utter horseshit, and if you read the entire article – do NOT read the comments if you value your blood pressure – you’ll see she believes in all manner of New Age-y horseshit.
But she’s dead right about “vegans” being judgemental. If she hasn’t received outright threats on her life or well-being, I’d be pretty damn surprised. The “ethical vegan” community contains plenty of folks who are not just judgemental, they’re outright fanatics. Their worst examples are the nuts of the so-called Animal Liberation Front, who have been classed as a domestic terror group. Fortunately there aren’t very many of them.
Were I to give Ms. Mikkonen any advice, it would be “eat whatever you see fit and shut up about it.” But apparently she’s making a good living peddling New Age-y horseshit. And, presumably, it’s worth whatever heat she’s taking for being a “vegan” apostate.
