PETA's Putrid PR Pop-Up

The faux-righteous fools at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have put out a press release suggesting that Manny Ramirez should explore "Veggie Viagra" to cure his "impotence":

"Guys who stuff their bellies full of dead animals in the kitchen are often unable to score in the bedroom."

In fact, Ramirez doesn't suffer from erectile dysfunction and wasn't, as PETA seems to suggest, taking Viagra. Press reports explain clearly that Ramirez was suspended from playing baseball for taking drugs to counteract the effects of steroid use:

HCG is popular among steroid users because it can mitigate the side effects of ending a cycle of the drugs. The body may stop producing testosterone when users go off steroids, which can cause sperm counts to decrease and testicles to shrink.

Of course, PETA hopes that a press release mentioning "Viagra" will catch people's attention. I guess they were right, because I'm writing this blog post to counter their disinformation campaign.  Spew enough crud into the world and some of it is bound to stick, and I got stuck.

Anyway, erectile dysfunction and Viagra have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the Ramirez story. Suggesting otherwise is a vicious attempt to capitalize on a real health issue men face. Not to mention that there's no science to back up their claims either. There are plenty of ways to eat meat and maintain a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, just as there are plenty of vegetarians whose diets are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Eating meat has nothing to do with it, whatsoever.