Vegetarian Star

The Chew had a Mother’s Day special episode, featuring visits from the women who brought some of our favorite celebrity cooks into the world, including Lisa Oz, wife of Dr. Oz and mother of Daphne Oz, co-host on The Chew and author of the vegetarian-friendly book, Dorm Room Diet.

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Daphne Oz

The Chew is a dream come true for the daytime talk show/foodie person who’s looking for a little more than the Food Network.

Hosted by some of the biggest names in celebrity food, this ABC series may be taking food TV in the right direction by featuring chefs like Mario Batali and Carla Hall, both known for incorporating fresh, seasonal and plant-based items into their entrees.

It doesn’t hurt that one of the hosts is Daphne Oz, promoter of a vegetarian diet and author of The Dorm Room Diet.

The daughter of Dr. Oz, host of the popular daytime medical series The Dr. Oz Show, Daphne recently demonstrated one of the family’s favorite meatless recipes–Oz Family Chili.

Those that watched the episode may have heard Daphne say she was adding chicken broth to the recipe.

However, that was nothing more than a good ol’ vegetarian April Fool’s joke.

Daphne wrote on her Facebook page, “Oops, I said i used “chicken stock” in my veggie chili–so sorry, guys! it was veggie broth!”

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Daphne Oz

One of Daphne Oz‘s tips in her book, Dorm Room Diet, is to make breakfast the largest meal of the day.

In other words, eat like a Roman Gladiator would.

Scientists who’ve examined the skeletons of the soldiers discovered they were large beefcakes, but rarely ate animal proteins. Based on the levels of zinc and strontium in cells, experts are able to determine the diet of the deceased warriors. Because the Gladiators had higher levels of strontium and little zinc, it was determined they ate mainly vegetarian.

Yet, these guys were HUGE with strong bone density so it’s a safe bet they’re breakfasts consisted of high protein, good carbs and a decent amount of good fat like Oz’s super starter of the day meal, Gladiator Oatmeal.

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Jonathan Safran Foer is on tour to promote his only work of non-fiction, Eating Animals, a book that explores factory farming and vegetarianism.

Foer’s stop at Harvard was accompanied by an interview with the The Crimson, where Foer gave a statistic about who’s going meatless in the college population.

“Eighteen percent of college students describe themselves as vegetarians,” Foer said. “There are more vegetarians than Catholics in college. In college campuses, it is so unremarkable to be a vegetarian. It’s a kind of aspirational identity. That’s the reason to be most hopeful.”

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

Today’s the last day to enter The Dorm Room Diet “Get A Tip, Give A Tip” contest for a chance to receive a free copy of the book written by Daphne Oz with a forward by her father and daytime TV host, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

To enter, simply leave a comment on this post giving your tip for staying healthy. Be sure to also check out our exclusive interview with Daphne.

In The Dorm Room Diet, Daphne writes about “Danger Zones” or situations where you may be tempted to eat unhealthy high sugar, high fat and low nutrient foods like while watching TV, studying or working late at night or in social situations. One way to counter this is by eating berries during these times.

“They take time to eat, come in small pieces, and are sweet enough to curb sugar cravings,” Daphne writes.

Don’t forget to buy berries organic whenever possible, as some of them, like blueberries and strawberries, are on the dirty dozen list of produce that contains the highest levels of pesticide residue.

And that’s the final tip of the day. What’s yours?

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

Today’s tip in the Dorm Room Diet book giveaway is about reducing your impact on the planet by purchasing locally grown food. Fresher food is less subject to factors involved in traveling longer distances like light and temperature that may impact nutrient levels once it finally reaches your plate.

The easiest way to be a locavore is to buy food from the grocery store that was grown and traveled <100 miles to the shelves. But The Dorm Room Diet gives more tips for getting food closer to the source:

• Visit the local farmer’s market

• Set up home or dorm delivery of produce from a local farm

• Join a co-op

• Establish a Farm-To-School program

• Go to a local farm and help plant and harvest greens yourself

To enter to win The Dorm Room Diet, leave a comment on this post giving your tip for staying healthy. Full contest rules can be found here.

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

Today’s tip in the Dorm Room Diet giveaway is all about budgeting. Sure, you need the right foods for energy, but it’s also about managing time and figuring out how to store you food in a tiny dorm room, cubicle or even in a studio apartment. It’s not just money that’s a part of the “budget.”

The Dorm Room Diet recommends keeping healthy, grab-and-go snacks handy for busy times and keeping small, nutrient packed foods like nuts, dried fruit, popcorn and peanut butter handy that won’t take up a lot of space in a refrigerator at work or home. Also, if you’re a college student, The Dorm Room Diet, advises checking out the cafeteria versus the restaurants on the off campus strip. You’re bound to find at least something your ethics and tastes are compatible with and it’s probably already paid for (by mom or dad, student loans, scholarships) as part of a campus meal plan.

To enter to win “The Dorm Room Diet” leave a comment on this post giving your tip for staying healthy. Full contest rules can be found here.

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

As part of our “Dorm Room Diet” book giveaway where we bring you a different tip from the book every day, today’s tip is about breakfast.

Every vegetarian should know how to whip up a simple breakfast tofu scramble, but that doesn’t mean they’ll remember to eat it in the 7:30 AM rush in between walking the dog, checking email and work/class. While it’s tempting to grab a sugary muffin or just swish juice down, Daphne Oz suggest you eat your biggest meal for breakfast in “The Dorm Room Diet.”

“I always try to live by the adage: breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper,” she writes, adding this method gives you more time to use the calories.

Shouldn’t be hard to do, considering the several breakfast recipes are included in her book like a breakfast sandwich with black beans and salsa on whole grain bread.

To enter to win, The Dorm Room Diet, simply leave a comment giving your tip for staying healthy.

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