Men's Mag Ranks Tulsa Number One in Erectile Dysfunction

For Immediate Release:
June 9, 2009
 
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Ashley Byrne 757-622-7382

Tulsa, Okla. -- The sluggish economy isn't the only thing in Tulsa that could use a good upturn. A Men's Health poll has found that the city has the highest rate of erectile dysfunction (impotence) in the country. So it's PETA to the rescue. The group is currently negotiating to place a brand-new billboard along one of the city's main streets, and its message could shake up even the most diehard meat-eaters, who might not know that eating meat can lead to impotence. The billboard shows a big carrot with rocket fins next to the tagline "Viva Veggie Viagra--For the Best Blast-Off, Go Vegetarian!" So if Tulsa men want to do more than just snore in the bedroom, they'd better lay off the backyard steak and chicken barbecues and start eating their veggies.
 
The billboard aims to remind meat-eaters that what goes on in the kitchen has a lot to do with what goes on--or doesn't go on--in the bedroom. The cholesterol in meat, eggs, and dairy products causes hardening of the arteries, which slows the flow of blood to all the body's vital organs, not just the heart. As if that weren't enough, consumption of meat and other animal products has been conclusively linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, obesity, and several kinds of cancer.
 
Meat is also murder on animals. On today's factory farms, chickens, pigs, cows, and other animals are routinely mutilated without any painkillers, and they are confined to filthy, extremely crowded conditions for their entire lives. At the slaughterhouse, animals are often scalded, skinned, or dismembered while they are still conscious.
 
"PETA wants clogged-up carnivores to be turned on to the wonders of 'veggie Viagra' as an easy way to make the world a happier place for animals and lovers," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Tulsa men who stuff their bellies full of dead pigs from the grill might just end up delivering dead wood in the bedroom."
 
For more information, please visit PETA.org. To view a copy of the billboard, please click here.