Cowboy Goes Veg

Cowboys and vegan diets don’t usually mix, but at least one cowboy is going veg in the national spotlight. Dr. Mehmet Oz, better known as “Dr. Oz” from his five-season stint on The Oprah Winfrey Show, challenged a cowboy named Rocco to switch to a virtually animal-free diet for four weeks in order to counteract his heart disease and diabetes. On an episode of his show that aired this week, Oz had Rocco try some vegetarian chili and seitan short ribs to see if he could feasibly make the switch, and Rocco was surprised to find them both delicious. Oz also urged his viewers to follow the challenge at home. Unfortunately, Oz’s four week plan eventually incorporates smaller portions of meat back into Rocco’s diet, but if a cowboy can change his meat-eating ways for three weeks, what’s to say he can’t do so forever?