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...PUMPING IRON AND THE B VITAMINS...
...meat in particular is a rich source of iron, which plays an important part in building muscles and healthy blood. Studies of vegetarians have discovered that they risk becoming iron deficient, which can lead to anemia. The B vitamins found in ample quantities in meat are critical for proper energy production...
Arnold taps into this. He is, after all, the ultimate creature of the 1970s. If you don't believe me, go rent Pumping Iron, the extraordinary documentary of Schwarzenegger's rise in the nascent bodybuilding culture of the time. He took a minor and largely derided sport and made it a world-wide sensation. And he extolled its pleasures and reveled in its vanity. He said he used to compare a good workout in the gym with an orgasm--and on Oprah! You can see frames of him smoking what looks like a big fat joint after a contest...
...used crude slingshots to hurl lighted sticks of dynamite back at them. But they were no match for the army's tear gas and bullets, and the clashes left as many as 80 people dead. The people around Goni had had enough. First, Vice President Carlos Mesa renounced the iron fist - "I can't continue to support the situation we are living" - and then key ministers defected, as more than 100,000 Bolivians marched nationwide to demand Sánchez's ouster. By 11 p.m. Friday, Sánchez, 73, a millionaire who barely won the presidential race last year...
Interning for the Pig Iron Theatre Company, hiking the [Pacific Crest Trail], dancing...