Vegetarian Star

Vegan athletes have one more option for protein powders.

All-Pro-Science, the supplement company founded by Tony Gonzalez, comes in a completely vegan variety, in addition to its whey formula derived from grass fed cows.

The football player who follows a mostly vegetarian diet told ESPN how his trials and frustrations with several other protein powders in the kitchen led to the idea of All-Pro-Science.

“I was mixing a little of this and a little of that. I had to buy so many things. It was expensive and inconvenient,” Gonzalez said. “Also you never know what you’re getting in those, and my body is my moneymaker so I want to know everything I’m putting in it.”

Free of milk, soy, wheat and gluten, the vegan powder contains 23 grams of brown rice, pea and hemp protein, 107 calories, 4 grams of carbohydrates and 1.5 grams of fat per serving.

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Mike Tyson and his wife recently had dinner at Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills.

Mr. Chow also has locations in London, New York, Miami and one to soon open in Las Vegas.

Since Tyson is a newbie vegan and all, it would have been interesting to know what the former heavyweight champion filled up on.

Mr. Chow featured a special menu for 2010 Valentine’s Day which listed a vegetarian dumpling called “My Little Dumpling.”

Sounds like the perfect appetizer for a veg friendly couple!

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Mark Bittman took a jog with vegan marathoner Scott Jurek before heading over to his home to eat a meal cooked by the athlete and discuss his diet and career for Bittman’s column in the New York Times.

The pair ate a greek salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, seaweed, a tofu and vegetable dish with miso and cashew sauce and quinoa.

This is what an athlete that races in 100 mile competitions fills up on?

It’s completely normal, assured Jurek, who consumes 1,000 calorie smoothies with nuts, fruits and protein powder, plenty of sweet potatoes, tofu and tempeh combos and beans and grains during training for a big race.

“None of this is weird,” Jurek said. “If you go back 300 or 400 years, meat was reserved for special occasions, and those people were working hard. Remember, almost every long-distance runner turns into a vegan while they’re racing, anyway — you can’t digest fat or protein very well.”

Visit the New York Times for more.

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Mike Tyson has been seen out and about since announcing he’s become a vegan and TMZ thinks the boxing legend has slimmed down from his diet.

The site also take a stab at Tyson’s new eating habits, saying, “So long Iron Mike … hello, Iron Deficient Mike!”

So disappointing, considering TMZ’s Harvey Levin was showing off a vegan wallet months ago.

If you think being vegetarian or vegan means iron deficiency and weakness, you need to watch your Popeye episodes because all the sailor man ate was spinach and he never missed a beat!

Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has this to say about meatless diets and iron:

“Iron balance tends to be better on pure vegetarian diets than on other diets. Green leafy vegetables and legumes (beans, peas, and lentils) are rich in a form of iron that is more absorbable if your body needs more iron and less absorbable when your body already has plenty of iron. Avoiding dairy products helps, because they contain virtually no iron and can actually inhibit iron absorption.”

And Dr. Neal Pinckney from The Healing Heart Foundation adds this:

“Most vegetarian diets are high in ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which increases iron absorption up to six times, making the absorption of plant-based iron as good or better than animal-based iron.”

The next obvious step is to double check the list of vegetarian sources of iron to make sure you’re buying the right foods at the grocery store.

Then send a copy of the list to TMZ.

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“Mike Tyson says he’s now a vegan. So he now only nibbles on ears of corn.”

–submitted by a reader of the New York Times, on Mike Tyson‘s recent announcement that he’s gone vegan and making light of when Tyson bit a competitor’s ear during a boxing competition. Evander Holyfield can rest easy.

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Vegetarian Prop bets are all the range among poker players these days, but Tom Dwan won’t make any money off Prahlad Friedman or Daniel Negreanu.

These guys don’t need a million dollars to change their diets.

Between the two vegan poker players, who would you rather…

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Hall of fame broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers baseball team, Ernie Harwell, has passed at the age of 91.

According to the Windsor Star, Harwell ate a mostly vegetarian diet, but would indulge in the occasional lamb at a Greek restaurant in Detroit.

Argh!

Out of all the occasional meat meals, baby animals has to be the worst!

Thoughts go out to Harwell’s family and friends.

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Four time Olympic Medalist Kristina Groves will open the largest trade show in Western Canada for natural and organic products, Expo West, on May 15.

Hain Celestial Canada will sponsor Groves’ appearance, where she will sign autographs at the Hain Celestial Booth.

Expo West will give natural health retailers the opportunity to explore the latest in natural health, beauty, pet supplies and other products.

“We are so proud of Kristina and her Olympic accomplishments,” said Beena Goldenberg, President, Hain Celestial Canada, who cites Groves is a consumer of natural and organic foods and a proponent of green living.

“Hain Celestial is so fortunate to be associated with Kristina.”

Hain Celestial produces brands vegetarians may be quite familiar with, such as Yves Veggie Cuisines, Garden of Eatin’ and MaraNatha.

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