Vegetarian Star

When on tour, Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders love to engage in some serious avocado snacking.

“We must be the only band that on our catering there’s a big bowl of avocados!” Hynde told stuff.co.nz.

But there’s no guacamole dip being passed between the band members.

Chrissie and her crew prefer the green goodness between slices of bread.

“Nick, my bass player, has this secret recipe for avocado sandwiches which we eat every night on tour,” Hynde explained.

An avocado a day may keep the bad cholesterol away for the band, as the fruit is rich in heart healthy monounsaturated fat, shown in several studies to lower both LDL “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides.

If you get the chance to ask Hynde for her autograph, see if she’ll scribble the sandwich recipe on the CD jacket as well.

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Woody Harrelson taught fellow vegan screen star Alicia Silverstone what products she should be using in her bathtub.

According to Metro, Harrelson was entertaining Silverstone with his family and the actress was going to take a bath outside.

“Woody said, “I don’t want my kids getting in your bath. Look at all the products you’re using.”

“You can’t even read the ingredients and they’re going into your skin.”

“That was a big awakening for me. That was the day I learned the importance of natural products.”

If you don’t have a famous actor teaching you the propers of cleanliness, there’s always the Cosmetics Database at cosmeticsdatabase.org.

Going to the home page and typing in the name of a brand or product will give you a score of how safe the product is for your skin based on ingredients shown to cause health problems.

The greater the score, the greater the hazard and you probably should try another product.

Ingredients like Butylene Glycol, may score lower with reactions listed such as skin irritation, while DMDM Hydantoin or Sodium Laureth Sulfate (both found in shampoos and soaps) indicate higher risks.

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Once again, the Juno Awards dinner gala will please the likes of Canadian musicians who refrain from eating meat.

This year’s vegetarian option includes herbed risotto stuffed peppers, grilled vegetables and roasted garlic pesto.

Last year, vegetarian Alanis Morissette won an award.

The executive chef in charge of the 2009 gala estimated the guests would eat around “100 pounds of greens.”

This year’s Juno festivities take place April 12-18.

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Queen guitarist Brian May is opposing the practice of culling badgers in West Wales as a method to prevent Bovine TB.

Although the Welsh Assembly is convinced the cull will help control the outbreak of TB in cattle, May says the decision is based on bad science.

“This would be genocide,” May, a doctorate in astronomy, said. “To me, countries do not matter; badgers are not British, they belong to the world and they belong to everyone.”

He compared the culling to solving the problem of disease in cattle to eradicating smallpox by killing people with certain hair colors.

“Anyone would think that doing that was insane, but that is what we are proposing to do to badgers.”

Dr. Christianne Glossop, the chief veterinary officer for Wales, defends the practice, citing the costs involved with the bovine TB crisis during the last decade.

The plan is to limit the cull to an area where 42% of cattle farmers had an outbreak of bovine TB.

Previous badger culls revealed less than 2% of the creatures were actually infected with the disease and some experts believe that cattle to cattle transmission may be primarily responsible for the outbreak.

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If you haven’t picked up the DVD copy of Food Inc., here’s your chance to view it for free.

PBS will be broadcasting the Oscar nominated film about the origins of food on April 21st.

The network suggests you invite others over and hold a potluck while viewing the film and Vegan.com goes further to suggest a get together void of meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy.

Heck, yeah.

Who’s bringing the vegan nacho cheese dip?

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Chelsea Handler is giving Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Bensimon a piece of her mind many other animal lovers share.

Handler discussed Bensimon’s recent rave about fur, where Bensimon said something to the effect that although she loves animals and never advocates hurting them, she doesn’t see a problem with wearing fur.

She also obviously doesn’t see the contradiction in her statements, but Handler on E! attempted to clear things up for her.

“Really? You don’t abuse animals? I think the chinchilla who just had his hide ripped off might disagree. You think you’re a great fur wearer? You know who wears it better? The innocent animal it came from. This is not a smart move. You just taunted PETA on national television while wearing an unattractive fur vest.”

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Jonathan Safran Foer did extensive research before writing his latest book, Eating Animals, which included visits to farms where animals were reared for food.

Not every farm welcomed Foer with open arms and Foer indicated to Lateline that finding out how meat gets from the farm to the plate isn’t as easy as learning the source of other foods, like produce.

“If you wanted to know where your orange juice comes from, you could probably write a letter to the manufacturer and get a tour of the orchard.”

“If you wanted to know where your bread is made, the baker will almost certainly let you behind the counter and show you the ingredients and the machines.”

And although Foer says attempting to know where meat comes from might be difficult, he encourages people to investigate this as well.

“But if you want to know where meat come from you are totally out of luck and I would encourage all viewers of this – go to your refrigerator, open it up, find a brand name and give the company a call.”

Might the final answer in the evolution of meat turn every amateur investigator vegetarian?

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Not to be outdone by the Philadelphia Phillies, the home of the New York Mets baseball team, Citi Field Ball Park, is now offering vegetarian hotdogs and hamburgers.

Both Yves Spicy Veggie Hot Dog & Harvest Veggie Burgers will be available at concession stands throughout the parks.

Phillies or Mets. Phillies or Mets.

Will it come down to which veggie dog you prefer?

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