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Google Co-Founder Helped Fund Lab Grown Hamburger (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, August 5th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Research + Science, Videos.

What is being touted as the world’s first lab grown burger was served to several guests in London recently.

Reactions to the “Frankenburger” are mixed.

Some were expecting it be juicier. Another that the texture feels like meat, but without the fatty taste.

Which could be a good thing for the diet-obsessed carnivores who actually like the taste of low-fat products.

One thing’s for sure, the 5 oz. patty would have gone down a lot easier with condiments.

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Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls has an unfortunate vegetarian on this season’s series.

Kyle Krieger may want to call himself a vegetarian in a temporary relapse, considering he’s had to stomach items like deer, worms and maggots on the show so far.

It’s a switch Krieger describes as something that “sucks.”

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Meatless Monday Recipe–Ina Garten Gazpacho

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, August 5th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Meatless Monday Recipe, Recipes.

Ina Garten has a brand new cookbook out, Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust.

Garten hasn’t always been a favorite among health conscious vegetarians and she has been given the not so honor of having one of the worst cookbooks for healthy cooking by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

But Garten does have a few good ideas for plant-based cooking, including some foolproof ways to do it Italian.

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Novak Djokovic Serve to Win

Tennis champ Novak Djokovic has written a book about some sweeping changes he made to his diet on the advice of a physician who told him he had gluten intolerance.

Serve to Win: The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence is not just filled with Djokovic’s stories about giving up wheat.

He also reveals a fondness for some plant-based proteins.

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Rip Esselstyn was a guest on CBS This Morning to discuss the benefits of a vegan diet and his latest book, My Beef with Meat.

Many have heard of the firefighter’s famous story of turning his entire station vegan, insisting they eat what he calls “plant-strong.”

The author who described this transformation inĀ The Engine 2 Diet discussed with hosts the benefits of plant-based eating on human health and the planet.

When he discusses issues like heart disease and cholesterol, Esselstyn insists he’s not trying to scare anyone. He simply wants to educate.

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Bill Clinton

“The way we consume food and what we consume…we have to demand it by changing the way we live. You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.”

Bill Clinton, giving a statement as patriotic as if he were still in office, during his recent interview with AARP Magazine.

Photo: Roger H. Goun/Creative Commons

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Courtney Stodden Promotes Veggie Wieners At PETA Event

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, August 1st, 2013 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

Courtney Stodden

Courtney Stodden stood on a corner in sunny Hollywood, California to promote a very sexy pro-vegetarian message.

Dressed in lettuce leaves, Stodden played her part well, noshing on veggie dogs and encouraging people around to do the same.

Pink’s Hot Dogs, a restaurant with dogs named after famous people, has a vegetarian selection available in addition to its meaty offerings and supplied the faux wieners.

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Denzel Washington

“I’m a vegetarian now but sometimes I’ll cheat and have chicken. When I did the play Fences (on Broadway) it just kind of woke me up to this idea of getting back to the basics in every way, and I made a commitment to just work harder and eat good.”

Denzel Washington, on what motivated him to adopt a plant-based diet.

Photo: Georges Biard/Creative Commons

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