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Natalie Portman disappointed some of her vegan fans when she recently announced she had started eating eggs as a result of a craving and she felt her body was telling her to give in.

“I was listening to my body to have eggs,” Portman said. “If you’re not eating eggs, then you can’t have cookies or cake from regular bakeries, which can become a problem when that’s all you want to eat.”

However, studies recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology tell a different story about what a woman needs during pregnancy and excessive egg consumption isn’t one of them.

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If you missed the premier of Jamie Oliver‘s Food Revolution season 2, it’s now available online to view.

Banned from stirring things up in school kitchens, Oliver has to promote his healthier way of heating in different settings.

One interesting demonstration he did for the first episode was to show parents and children where their food comes from. This was accomplished by bringing a live cow into the room.

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Mike Binder has film stunts like The Mind of the Married Man and The Sex Monster as an actor, writer, director and producer to his credit. Now, he’d like to add restaurant entrepreneur to that CV.

The Detroit native is opening a 24-hour hot dog and spicy chili restaurant on Hollywood’s Sunset Blvd next month, Coney Dog, inspired by the taste of Detroit’s Lafayette Coney Island.

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Fox News television personality Greta Van Susteren went behind the scenes at Mike Tyson‘s home where he showed her his pigeons that are the subject–as well as the controversy with animal rights groups–of his new series on Animal Planet about pigeon racing, Taking On Tyson.

These days Tyson doesn’t give an interview with bringing up his V-Love, and he told Greta how his diet for the past two years has made him a mellow man. He also revealed it was his wife that made him go vegan. Even though she doesn’t always live by example.

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Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity to create a cookbook with healthier items that is very vegetarian friendly.

My Father’s Daughter is compiled with 150 recipes for sandwiches, soups, main entrees, desserts and other dishes inspired by Paltrow’s memories of growing up eating and cooking with her father, the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow.

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“One of the reasons I wanted to do this cookbook is that after I was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago, I changed the way I was eating because I wanted to have a pro-active part in my recovery, as well as my sustaining health and Chuck knew so much about it.”

Sheryl Crow, on her new cookbook, If It Makes You Healthy, which she co-wrote with her personal chef, Chuck White. The cookbook happens to be vegetarian and vegan friendly. Inside, you’ll find recipes that call for soy crumbles and quinoa for protein, as well as vegan chocolate desserts. If you’re an omnivore who picked up the book thinking “healthy” meant lower fat cheese and leaner meats, don’t be afraid to try to veghead recipes. It just might be your Favorite Cooking Mistake.

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Russell Simmons–You Can’t Beat A Tofutti Cutie

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 in Food & Drink.

Russell Simmons gave an exclusive interview to CNN’s Eatocracy where he shared his journey to veganism, including the delicious dairy-free and egg-free desserts he’s found on his way there.

Turns out, Simmons is a fan of Tofutti Ice Cream, a popular brand of soy desserts found in both natural and mainstream foods stores.

“[You can have] a really good vegan cheesecake or a really good cashew nut ice cream,” Simmons said, referring to the misconception that vegan desserts aren’t tasty.

“Soy ice cream is not bad. Tofutti Cutie is not bad. You can’t beat a Tofutti Cutie. You frontin’ if you say so. You know, the cream is not as creamy – someone might not notice it, or they might if they put them together. But you find the vegan cheesecake, if you digest it, it doesn’t stick in your chest the whole day. It might be a little lighter and taste a little better, but that takes a minute.”

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Larry King is an accomplished radio and TV host well into his 70s, has interviewed some of the most famous names dropped by the media and has an attitude that shouldn’t make him scared of anything.

But dude is scared of what his mother would say if he came home and became a vegan.

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