Vegetarian Star

Steve-O gave a charity go-karting event meant to raise awareness for diabetes the Jackass kick in the pants after learning the planners of the event were serving meat.

Steve compared serving meat at the event sponsored by the American Diabetes Association to “serving alcohol at an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting.”

“I came here because I thought this was about promoting a plant-based diet as diabetes prevention and they’re serving meat there… so I’m outta here. Its kind of an outrage to me… it’s stupid.”

One report published in the journal Diabetologia that pulled data from several studies looking at heavy meat eaters found red meat and processed meat consumption raised diabetes risk by up to 40% while heavy intake of all meat raised that risk by 21%.

And these results have been seen elsewhere. Another study in Diabetes Care found women with the highest intake of red meat were 28% more likely to develop diabetes than women with the lowest intake. Bacon and hot dogs were two of the meats tied strongly to developing diabetes.

If the ADA wants to do it right, it should only serve plant-based, whole food items at events meant to help erase the disease that’s estimated to effect over 25 million adults and children and account for over 174 billion dollars in health care in the United States.

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