Vegetarian Star

Heather Mills will be ice dancing in completely leather free skates on this season’s Dancing On Ice.

While this may not be a surprise to those that know Heather is an all in one vegan chef, activist and business owner, it may be surprising to learn obtaining a vegan skate is sometimes harder than earning a perfect 10.

The producers ordered skates for Heather made with completely synthetic material called Clarino made by the skate company Riedell.

“Heather is adamant that she will not wear leather, which is barely a step down from fur as far as she is concerned,” a source said.

“It was part of her conditions for going on the show, which also include an insistence that all her refreshments are vegan.”

“Vegan boots are not unheard of in ice-dancing because leather needs so much looking after, but they are not the standard by any means.”

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When Paul McCartney agreed to perform on Travis‘ Fran Healy‘s solo album, Healy paid McCartney back in a gift worth more than a million dollar record contract.

Healy, his wife and one year old son have all turned vegetarian, the singer wrote on his blog, according to The Guardian.

“Nora [Healy's wife] and I were sitting and thinking of a thank-you present and I suggested going vegetarian. Our son is already one, so it would mean we would all be on the same boat. I met Paul at his show in Berlin and told him what we wanted to do. He was visibly flabbergasted. Three days later the FedEx man delivered three Linda McCartney [vegetarian] cook books.”

Healy says he doesn’t miss his old diet and enjoyed hummus this past Christmas.

“I haven’t had any longing for meat or fish yet.”

It’s fantastic that Healy made a decision that’s better for the health of his family.

Sure  hope he keeps it up.

Going back to cheeseburgers may be a breach of contract worth years of court time over intellectual property.

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Author Kathy Freston interviewed Dr. Michael Greger of the Humane Society of the United States to get his thoughts on the possible connection between recent outbreaks of the flu virus and factory farmed meat.

According to Dr. Greger, the first hybrid mutant strain of swine flu was found in a factory farm in North Carolina, where hundreds of pregnant sows were crammed together in crates.

Dr. Greger believes these conditions provide the environment necessary for viruses to emerge.

But does touching or eating meat actually increase your risk of contracting the virus?

“There are certainly lots of viruses people can pick up from handling fresh meat… There have been a number of cases of human influenza linked to the consumption of poultry products, but it’s not clear whether swine flu viruses get into the meat. Regardless, the primary risk is not in the meat, but how meat is produced. Once a new disease is spawned from factory farm conditions it may be able spread person to person, and at that point animals–live or dead–may be out of the picture.”

But in the end, it probably pays to go veg anyway.

“We’ve known for 20 years that the immune function of those eating vegetarian may be superior to those eating meat. First published in 1989, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center found that although vegetarians had the same number of disease-fighting white blood cells compared to meat eaters, the immune cells of vegetarians were twice as effective in destroying their targets–not only cancer cells, but virus-infected cells as well. So a more plant-based diet may protect both now and in the future against animal-borne diseases like pandemic influenza.”

Read Dr. Greger’s online book about bird flu at birdflubird.com.

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There are numerous reasons why people are including more unprocessed foods in their diets, including the fact these foods are a cheaper, healthier and more gentle on the environment and animals.

But could Alicia Silverstone‘s cookbook The Kind Diet, Ellen Degeneres offering her recipe for vegan tacos and Alanis Morissette talking about kale have an effect on how the grocery budget is spent in the next few years?

Says a statement from prweb:

“Celebrities and sports figures are defining the trend. Well-known stars and musicians, including Ellen DeGeneres, Alicia Silverstone, Alanis Morissette, and Moby share their plant-based dietary choices. Athletes on a whole foods diet have a performance edge without steroids. A sampling of athletes sticking to a diet based on whole foods includes Brendan Brazier, ultra marathon champion, Ruth Heidrich, triathlete with over 900 wins, Pat Neshek, Minnesota Twins pitcher, and Salim Stoudamire, Atlanta Hawk’s shooting guard.”

Has a famous veggie influenced the way you cook at home?

Or is learning the Prince Fielder bats like a vegan news to you?

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Scott Pilgrim

As reported earlier, the movie adaptation to the Scott Pilgrim comic book series, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is set for release this year and Universal Pictures has released a few photos from the film.

In both the books and the film, Scott Pilgrim, played by Michael Cera falls in love with a girl only to discover he has to fight off all her seven ex boyfriends.

One of those exes, Todd Ingram, boasts graduating at the top of his class from the Vegan Academy while disparaging non-vegans, saying they use only 10% of their brains while the rest is filled with “curds and whey.”

However, it’s later learned that Todd may not use his brain as much as he claims, as his cheats with dairy.

Take a look at the photo of a real vegan, Jason Schwartzman, who plays Gideon Graves in the movie.

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Sadie Frost Grazia

Sadie Frost is gracing the cover of Grazia magazine nude, which the actress says is completely natural–no airbrushing, retouching or resizing of the thighs.

Could Sadie’s diet have anything to do with retaining her incredible looks at the young age of 44?

According to the Times Online, Sadie is a vegetarian and avoids alcohol.

“I’ve always juiced, done the same thing: brown rice, kale, beetroot, goat’s cheese.”

“I was never a big drinker. I always had fun at parties but I’ve always done health stuff as well. If I went to a friend’s birthday, I’d been doing my training, my vegetarian meals, my healthiness and there’d be one photo that would label me a party girl. It wasn’t really me, I felt a pressure to socialise but I wasn’t very good at it. If I drank I’d have two drinks and be pissed and I gave myself a hard time because I want to get up at 7am and be organised.”

For a bigger picture of Sadie’s photo and to see what Jude Law is missing, visit here.

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Now that Kendra Wilkinson and her husband Hank Baskett have taken time to relax and experience the joy of welcoming the first addition to their family, it’s time to get to work.

At least for Kendra.

The Girls Next Door star has shared her plans to lose those postpartum pounds, which includes getting red meat out of her diet.

“I’m trying to cut out red meat. so for dinner I have grilled chicken — I don’t eat seafood — and veggies. I don’t like steamed vegetables. I like them raw.”

Speaking of red meat…Kendra gave birth to quite a Whopper–Hank Baskett IV weighed 9 lbs 5 ozs at birth!

In addition to eating better, Kendra has an intense exercise program that includes hiking and biking.

But according to Kendra’s doc, breastfeeding may be the next Wii Fit program.

“The doctor told me you can burn up to 1,000 calories each time. Every time I pump, I’m like, ‘Yes! That’s a bunch of calories right there!’”

Breast pumping burns 1,000 calories?

Poor Hank and all the other males out there are missing out on the best triathlete training.

Congrats to the happy couple!

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