Vegetarian Star

Did Mike Tyson go vegan to get PETA off his back for racing pigeons in the new Animal Planet show, Take On Tyson?

A poll currently underway at the Huffington Post says “no,” with plenty of comments and opinions.

“The vagan [sic] crowd here on huffpost needs to go watch a few interviews with this man, and then come back and retake the poll. This guy doesn’t give a hoot about anybody but himself.”

“Go vegan, for any reason at all, and you will make the world a better place.”

And our favorite…

“Damn let the man be a vegan.”

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Mike Tyson has been seen out and about since announcing he’s become a vegan and TMZ thinks the boxing legend has slimmed down from his diet.

The site also take a stab at Tyson’s new eating habits, saying, “So long Iron Mike … hello, Iron Deficient Mike!”

So disappointing, considering TMZ’s Harvey Levin was showing off a vegan wallet months ago.

If you think being vegetarian or vegan means iron deficiency and weakness, you need to watch your Popeye episodes because all the sailor man ate was spinach and he never missed a beat!

Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has this to say about meatless diets and iron:

“Iron balance tends to be better on pure vegetarian diets than on other diets. Green leafy vegetables and legumes (beans, peas, and lentils) are rich in a form of iron that is more absorbable if your body needs more iron and less absorbable when your body already has plenty of iron. Avoiding dairy products helps, because they contain virtually no iron and can actually inhibit iron absorption.”

And Dr. Neal Pinckney from The Healing Heart Foundation adds this:

“Most vegetarian diets are high in ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which increases iron absorption up to six times, making the absorption of plant-based iron as good or better than animal-based iron.”

The next obvious step is to double check the list of vegetarian sources of iron to make sure you’re buying the right foods at the grocery store.

Then send a copy of the list to TMZ.

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“Mike Tyson says he’s now a vegan. So he now only nibbles on ears of corn.”

–submitted by a reader of the New York Times, on Mike Tyson‘s recent announcement that he’s gone vegan and making light of when Tyson bit a competitor’s ear during a boxing competition. Evander Holyfield can rest easy.

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Has Mike Tyson taken to not biting the ears of any animal?

USA Today reports the boxing legend has become  vegan, something he revealed during an interview for the “Yes Network” series “CenterStage” that will air May 26.

His change in diet may appease some activists who were upset over his Animal Planet Show that features controversial pigeon racing, “Take On Tyson.”

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