Ed Miller Brings A Vegan Hand To The Poker Table
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 23rd, 2011 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.
The number of professional vegan poker players in the world has increased dramatically. Okay, maybe not, but we’re thrilled to learn about Ed Miller, who’s not only won a few hands, but has produced poker educational videos and written a few books about the game.
VegNews caught up with Miller, who’s been veggie since 2003 and took the vegan plunge in 2007, at the first annual Vegans In Vegas conference.
“It was a 10-year process,” Miller told VegNews. “The ball started rolling in college when I became a fan of a band from Canada called Propagandhi. Those guys are relentlessly pro-animal, and listening to them was the first time I ever really thought about the problems with consuming animals. In 2002, my mom had a heart attack, and I went to the doctor and found out I was headed the same way if I didn’t make a lifestyle change. So I stopped eating meat. In 2004, I met my wife, Elaine Vigneault, who was also a vegetarian. In 2006, we moved to New York, and with all the great resources for vegans in that city, Elaine and I took the plunge and became vegan together. Five years later we’re back in Vegas, still happily married, proudly vegan, and my doctor assures me that, thanks to my diet, I’m not going to have a heart attack any time soon.”
If the name of Miller’s wife, Elaine Vigneault, sounds familiar, then you probably remember her from somewhere in the blogging world. She manages Vegan Soapbox, a site filled with vegan food, news and resources.
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