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Paula Deen is the joke of a Funny or Die video that mocks her overuse of butter, something that may have lead to her type 2 diabetes.

Deen’s family has gathered around for a surprise intervention to help her recover from her butter addiction.

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Michelle Obama Unveils New USDA Food Plate

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

Michelle Obama

The old USDA food pyramid came toppling down not long ago and officials have recently unveiled an updated version of food recommendations for daily nutrition.

First Lady Michelle Obama said of the new guidelines, “We’re all bombarded by so many dietary messages, it’s hard to find time to sort through all this information. When it comes to eating, what’s more simple than a plate?”

The new guidelines look promising, as they recommend filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables and a fourth of it with grains.

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Steve-O

Never mind the published data indicating eating red meat, processed meat and dead animal flesh in general significantly increases the risk of developing diabetes in men and women. Never mind the published data showing vegetarians are less likely to have diabetes as the cause of death than meat eaters.

The American Diabetes Association has responded to Steve-O boycotting its fundraiser event because meat was on the menu, basically saying, “It’s cool. Meat’s not bad at all.”

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Jamie Oliver

So ABC was completely happy with letting millions of American children continue to eat processed food crap for the past few weeks during May Sweeps and it pulled Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution from its original Tuesday slot and for the rest of the month.

Oliver is back and you can see him during the season’s final four episodes starting this Friday, June 3 at 9:00 PM.

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Steve-O

Steve-O gave a charity go-karting event meant to raise awareness for diabetes the Jackass kick in the pants after learning the planners of the event were serving meat.

Steve compared serving meat at the event sponsored by the American Diabetes Association to “serving alcohol at an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting.”

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Alicia Silverstone

Memorial Day is one of those meaty holidays where you demand the carnivores cook something veggie far, far away from the meat on the grill. It’s nice of them to do that, but if you’re an extreme health veg diva, it isn’t enough to throw a handful of greasy, salty potato chips on your plate next to your oat and lentils burgers.

Can we get a nutritioius, veggie chip to complement that veggie burger?

To borrow a slogan from a past presidential campaign, “Yes, we can!”

Kale Chips

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Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he discussed his latest film, The Hangover 2 and being vegan.

Tyson was partially motivated to go vegan because there is a history of obesity in his family. He also didn’t want his children to grow up unhealthy and wanted to set a good example.

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Sophia Bush

Sophia Bush has been doing her homework on the veg diet–mainly through assignments of reading Alicia Silverstone‘s vegan diet, lifestyle and cookbook, The Kind Diet.

She hasn’t quite made the transition yet, but she’s sure that day is coming.

“I don’t eat a lot of it any more but a little… I’m sure that in this transition eventually I won’t eat any meat at all,” Bush said.

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