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Meatless Monday Creator Also Invented “Squeeze The Charmin” (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 in Flexitarian, Food & Drink, Videos.

Sid Lerner is the brain behind the Meatless Monday campaign in the U.S. He was motivated to create the idea after being told by his doctors his cholesterol and blood pressure were over the top. Lerner sees Meatless Monday as a way for everyone to reduce their intake of saturated fat and has worked, through a partnership with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, to extend the program to 80,000 kids in Baltimore’s school districts.

Lerner also Squeezed the Charmin back in the 60s. No, it’s not a reference for any illicit activity, but a catchy slogan for the toilet paper commercials he created. Watch the commercial above and visit NPR for an audio segment Lerner.

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Sheryl Crow

The Smoking Gun has obtained Sheryl Crow‘s tour rider. Crow is working with Reverb, an organization which helps musicians educate their fans on greener living, to ensure her tour is more eco-friendly, so there are requirements for food to be organic, dishware to be biodegradable and cleaning supplies be non-toxic.

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Maroon 5 Mickey Madden Says Band Is Vegan Friendly

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 in Bands, Food & Drink, Male Musicians.

Mickey Madden

VegNews magazine interviewed Maroon 5‘s bassist Mickey Madden and learned about his journey to veganism as he gradually gave up animals products, starting in high school. These days he finds it easy to keep up what he started as he says all the band members are supportive of his diet, making it easy to eat well on the road. Oh, and that Tweet sent by Adam Levine on aiming to be a vegetarian after the steak indulgence–it probably doesn’t happen too often, as Madden says Levine is 85% vegan.

“We’re all extremely health-conscious and everyone is really vegan-friendly. Adam [Levine], the singer in the band, in particular will eat, I’d say, about 85-percent vegan for health reasons. All the band members are meat-eaters, but they’re not close-minded and [they] understand the principles of veganism. It makes a big difference. It’s so strange, I obviously have reasons that relate to the world at large for my veganism, but it’s so much a personal choice and a matter of personal preference that I’ve never understood the reaction to it that some people have.”

Visit VegNews for more.

Photo: PR Photos

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Ah, celebrity products. A bang for your buck? Or a famous face attached to a mediocre item? Stars like Martha Stewart and Rachael Ray have their names behind household items and now, both veg stars John Salley and Joanna Lumley have jars to call their own. Well, John Salley Foods website still says “Coming Soon.”

Joanna’s Mango Kashmiri Chutney and John’s Garlic Chipotle Sauce sound good. But not necessarily together. Between the two stars who’ve created food products, who would you rather…

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: Former NBA player John Salley appears onstage at the Cedars-Sinai Sports Spectacular at the Century Plaza Hotel on May 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 05: Actress Joanna Lumley poses for photographs as she attends a photocall to launch new Sharwoods Mango & Kashmiri Chilli Chutney with a portion of profit going to the Gurkha Welfare Trust at Harvey Nichols on August 5, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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Katie Holmes–A Real Life Vegan Who Admires Paul McCartney?

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

Katie Holmes

Sure, Katie Holmes may play a vegan working for an environmental magazine in her new movie, The Extra Man, but does the actress bring her own tofu scramble to the set on films?

According to one source, Holmes is a vegan in real life who goes gacca for Macca.

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Dating In The Dark is an ABC television reality show modeled after the one originally produced in the Netherlands and was since remade for American, Australian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, and Swedish audiences.

The show gives a whole new meaning to “blind date” as contestants experience their first few dates completely in darkness and are unable to see their potential mates, restricting to touching to, ahem, “assess” one another.

Most recently, Natasha, a swim instructor who’s a vegetarian for ethical reasons tried her hand in love but went home empty.

Most vegetarians looking for love can see an interest before talking to them on the green and vegetarian dating sites we’ve listed before.

Supervegan.com also runs a Date This Vegan feature for vegans in the New York area.

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Phil Mickelson

Forget Tiger Woods and his life drama. There are much more interesting golf stories to talk about, like Phil Mickelson going vegetarian in an effort to ease his psoriatic arthritis.

“The last seven weeks, this will be the shocker,” Mickelson said, “I’ve actually been a vegetarian believe it or not.”

“I know this is crazy, but I know, I know. No, this wasn’t recommended by a doctor, I read a book and just thought maybe it will help. And if it helps my situation, I’m all for it.”

This may be such a big shocker because  Mickelson owns the rights to Five Guys Burgers restaurants in Orange County, California.

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

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As promised, we’re giving away one free copy of the The Dorm Room Diet by Daphne Oz. Daphne’s book is full of tips to help you stay healthy while being kind to the Earth and the animals. Every day for the next week, we’ll bring you a tip from Daphne’s book. For a chance to win the book, you have to give a tip back.

To enter, simply leave a comment on a post with a tip letting us know how you stay healthy, like what you eat or how you exercise. It can even be a spiritual or charitable practice you do that leaves you feeling great physically and psychologically.

You can enter this today, Thursday and Friday, then we’ll be taking a break on the weekend. Next Monday, the contest starts up again and wraps up on Thursday at midnight Pacific Time. Winners will be chosen randomly and notified via email on Monday, August 23, 2010.

Only one entry per post is allowed, but you may give a tip every day for every post written with a tip. So if you’ve got seven ways to teach everyone to stay healthy, come back every day and give your advice! And now, for today’s tip:

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