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Giada De Laurentiis has shared her holiday health tips with PopSugar.

The Food Network chef is a supporter of Meatless Mondays and personally made it a priority to cook more plant-based foods when her mother became a vegetarian.

This year, Giada’s tips include eating plenty of greens, grains, legumes and fruits and suggests looking to one of her several vegetarian recipes for inspiration, like her White Bean and Roasted Eggplant Hummus.

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Dr. Travis Stork, one of the co-hosts of The Doctors, has a great prescription for anyone looking for a New Year’s resolution to get healthier.

The Dr. who rides his bike to and from work everyday recommends everyone increase their fruit and veggie intake.

One of the best ways to do so is to start by eating one fruit said to take the Dr. out of business–an apple.

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Jane Velez-Mitchell may be one of the healthiest journalists around.

But that doesn’t mean she’s free from any vices.

The vegan and animal rights’ activists has an excerpt in her book, Addict Nation, that discusses her occasional indulgence in food that’s not always the healthiest even though it’s animal-free.

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Kathy Freston has shared some research on how a vegan diet may prevent and increase one’s odds of recovering from cancer at the Huffington Post.

Citing several studies discussing rates of cancer among plant-based eaters vs. omnivores and factors involved in cancer growths, Freston concludes that, “We aren’t helpless at all; in fact, the power is largely in our hands. It’s on our forks, actually.”

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PETA has a long tradition of using vegetables to promote sex, but Men’s Health is now jumping on the bandwagon.

In a recent online article, the magazine recommends a plant-based diet to men for a better sex life.

“Want to boost your sexual stamina? Just cut out meat, fish, and dairy from your diet,” the magazine writes.

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Singer Pink has lost the 55 pounds she gained during the pregnancy of her first child, Willow.

She is gracing the cover of the November 2012 issue of Shape Magazine, showing what a mostly vegan diet can do for the body.

In addition to her plant-based diet, Pink aims for an hour of cardio or yoga on most days.

Her former personal trainer, Gregory Joujon-Roche, gave this piece of health advice to Shape readers.

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Alicia Silverstone is writing two new books, The Kind Diet Cookbook and The Kind Mama, and is looking for contributions from her readers and fans.

Silverstone would like to know how a vegan diet contributed to their pregnancies, if any.

“As I write my next book The Kind Mama, I’m looking for anecdotes to feature from members of The Kind Life! You guys are so important to me, especially because I started TheKindLife.com at the same time my book The Kind Diet was published,” writes Silverstone.

“I know not all of you are kind mamas, but I’d love to hear from those of you who have had a kind pregnancy…and for those of you who don’t have kids yet, hopefully this info will be helpful!’

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Green means go, red means heck no and yellow means a “sometimes food?”

New York Times foodwriter and opinionist Mark Bittman has proposed a new labeling system that will allow consumers to quickly make decisions about the health impact of their food purchases.

Instead of scrutinizing calories, fat, and other minute nutritional detail, shoppers would simply look for a “red,” “yellow” or “green” symbol to learn how healthy the item was.

This isn’t just Bittman’s idea thrown out of anywhere. There’s actual data suggesting the system makes consumers turn down “red” light products more.

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