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Natalie_Coughlin

Natalie Coughlin knows the importance of limiting her meat intake. And it’s so easy for this eleven time Olympic medalist to keep up her flexitarian diet since all she has to do is go straight to her own backyard garden.

“I really lean toward a plant-based diet,” Coughlin told Fitness Magazine. “I have seven vegetable beds, one is all kale since that’s one of the best foods for you.”

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Mark Bittman Writes “Vegan Before Six” Cookbook

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, July 9th, 2012 in Authors, Books, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.

Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman has been promoting his “vegan before six” eating plan–the one that allowed him to lose weight and lower his cholesterol levels by eating nothing with a face before dinner–for some time.

Now the New York Times columnist and author has signed a deal with Clarkson Potter/Publishers to publish a book with the same title, set for release in 2013.

VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health…for Good promises to give readers an ” easy-to-follow 30-day diet plan, based on 50 simple everyday recipes, including exclusively vegan meals for breakfast and lunch and flexible options for dinner.”

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NPR Feature On Americans Eating Less Meat

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, June 29th, 2012 in Flexitarian, Food & Drink.

Dr. Ray Fabius, chief medical officer for Truven Health Analytics, tells NPR’s The Salt, “American culture has been a meat-and-potatoes culture for a very long time.”

“Now we’re in a period of believing that intake of meat should be reduced in this country; we’re talking about a generational transition.”

The recently blogged article not only discusses America’s changing eating habits, but their motivations behind doing so.

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Timothy Bradley

Timothy Bradley came out a champion at the welterweight competition at MGM Grand in Las Vegas this weekend.

Bradley beat Manny Pacquiao, an undefeated fighter since 2005, who was favored to win the match.

But even though he’s defeated legends like Oscar de la Hoya, Pacquiao was no match for superstars like tofu, beans and grains, as Bradley fought that day on an entirely plant-based diet plan he created specifically to prepare him for competition.

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Timothy Bradley

Another flexitarian diet has emerged, this one invented by boxer Timothy Bradley.

Bradley goes “vegan for 3 1/2 months” before every fight, a practice he’s been doing for several years.

“It’s been four years since I’ve been doing it this way,” Bradley said. “I just feel so much better. Cleaner, mental clarity. You see the physique. I don’t lose any muscle. I’m a lean, mean, fighting machine.”

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Gail Simmons

Top Chef Just Desserts’ Gail Simmons won’t call herself a full-time vegetarian, but if there are no carnivores to wait on, she often turns plant-based meals to satisfy her hunger.

“When I’m cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I’m not vegetarian,” Simmons told the LA Times.

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Natalie_Coughlin

Eleven-time Olympic American medalist Natalie Coughlin has not joined the ranks of athletes who’ve sworn off turkey for tempeh. The swimmer admits her first meal at the London summer games will probably be bangers and mash. But she’s smart enough to know a flexitarian diet that reduces her meat intake, especially during training season, is Gold worthy.

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chickpea arugula1_0

Food and opinion writer for the New York Times Mark Bittman serves as a good example of how to live as a flexitarian for those that do not shun all animal products, for whatever reasons.

His self-invented “vegan until six p.m.” program helped him lose weight, lower cholesterol and incorporate a variety of plant-based meals into his diet, such as this Chickpea Salad with Arugula.

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