Vegetarian Star

So all the vegetarians and vegans were enjoying what they thought were veg-friendly Frappacinos made with soy milk. But now news has surfaced that the Strawberries and Cream Frappucinos and Strawberry Smoothies they consumed were made to look pink with cochineal extract, a dye made from female cochineal insects.

Yummy.

Stephen Colbert poked fun of the fact Starbucks justified the use of this product by saying it wanted to get away from artificial ingredients. Colbert may be a slow-food activist after all, as he suggests people just trying grinding up a good old fruit with the same color in soy milk.

An actual fruit.

Fresh. Unprocessed. More nutrients. Zero bugs. Maybe Colbert is onto something.

Watch the clip for more.

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“When I talk to people about food, I say to them, “If you have a really great car, what do you do? You take care of it. Your body is the most expensive car you have. Don’t overfuel it.Take care of it. Give it the best fuel you possibly can. People say, “I like to eat junk food.” You’re taking really low-grade gas and putting it in your car and asking it to run at its optimal. And it’s never going to work.”

—Robin Quivers, radio personality best known for her time spent on The Howard Stern Show, in a clip from the documentary that investigates whether childhood obesity is caused by poor quality school lunches, Lunch Hour.

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A new documentary that examines the relationship behind childhood obesity and The National School Lunch Program features several individuals prominent in the vegan community.

Written and co-directed by James Costa, Lunch Hour will be screened at the Palm Beach Food Festival tomorrow, Wednesday April 18, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM.

Talk radio host Robin Quivers, vegan chef Alex Jamieson and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s Dr. Neal Barnard and Elizabeth Kucinich all have clips in the film and give their input on making cafeteria food healthier.

Dr. Barnard demonstrated with graduated cylinders how much fat can be eliminated from a child’s diet for each day the school serves veggie burgers.

“At most schools in America, the only choice the child gets is that and nothing else,” Dr. Barnard said, holding up the cylinder with the greatest amount of fat in it.

View more of Dr. Barnard’s clip below.

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Vegan chef Chloe Coscarelli appeared on VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live to demonstrate how to throw a vegan party!

Warm artichoke dip with nutritional yeast and soft tofu as the “secret ingredient,” black bean patty sliders for the main course and even vegan desserts are on Chloe’s menu.

Host Carrie Keagan, who happens to be vegetarian, recalls the days when the words “veggie burger” could clear a room in seconds.

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MTV’s True Life is a documentary on the channel which features real-life stories of people with potentially devastating psychological issues, such as drug addiction.

A recent episode of True Life highlighted three people who were said to be obsessed with eating healthy foods. The series went further to suggest these individuals have a condition known as “orthorexia,” a popular psych term of today used to describe someone who refuses to eat many ingredients suggested to be detrimental to the body.

An interview with all three subjects, who are on the vegetarian/vegan spectrum, revealed their reasons for being so selective with food.

Eating disorders are certainly serious subjects, but it’s always a cautious situation when the unhealthy becomes the norm, giving anyone who refuses to consume a steady diet of Big Macs a label of such. After hearing Lauren, Andrew and Spring’s reasons for eliminating foods from the diet, it appears these people are simply making decisions based on data and education, like Andrew’s choice to stop eating chicken because of animal welfare practices.

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It was an intense vegan and animal welfare moment on the Ellen DeGeneres Show today, because the camera was spotlighted on two incredible animal advocates.

DeGeneres hosted Humane Society’s Wayne Pacelle and the two discussed Pacelle’s latest book, The Bond.

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Trisha Yearwood‘s Food Network series on southern cooking, Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, debuts Saturday, April 14 and country music loving vegetarian fans will be happy to learn much of the show will focus on plant-based cooking.

Yearwood’s mother was diagnosed with cancer and during the later stages of the disease she switched to a vegan diet, motivating Yearwood to do so as well.

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Kathy Freston visited the set of The Talk to share with fellow vegetarian Sara Gilbert and other hosts some of her ideas for incorporating vegan foods into a diet.

Warning: If you haven’t eaten in awhile, Freston’s demonstration of substituting vegan cheese for dairy using a freshly baked vegan pizza may send you straight to the kitchen before finishing the video.

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