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All-Nighter Ho! -- Medicine: Some sort of Vegetart

By purepedantry on June 21, 2006.

Future Pundit reports on research that demonstrates -- shockingly enough -- that vegetables are good for you. Alert the media I say!

Anyway, I wouldn't even mention it, but I love this line by him:

Most people do not eat an optimal amount of vegetables. Another report providing yet more evidence on the benefits of vegetables won't cause many to alter their diets. Maybe what we need is some sort of Pop-Tart that is mostly vegetables but with flavoring designed to hide the vegetable taste. (Emphasis mine.)

Perhaps some sort of magical Veggie-tart that tastes good yet is good for you -- a Vegetart if you will. Or maybe a Hot Pocket that doesn't give you explosive diarrhea and contains vitamins. That's the ticket!

While I sincerely hope that one is around the corner, I fear the Vegetart is beyond existing technology...

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