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The Simpsons Teach Healthy Living: Britain’s Department Of Health

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, October 5th, 2009 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

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Britain’s Department of Health is sponsoring three months of The Simpsons on Britain’s Channel 4 to help teach people about healthy lifestyles.

Huh?

Homer Simpson eating donut after donut isn’t exactly the paradigm of healthy living, but health officials believe the family has enough “healthy” elements and mass appeal to teach a lesson everyone could be reminded of to control obesity.

“The Simpsons are a much-loved, close-knit family facing some of the everyday challenges that modern-day families go through,” said Gillian Merron, public health minister. “They provide a popular and engaging way to get the message to real-life families about simple ways of improving their diet and activity for a healthier lifestyle.”

Like Lisa Simpson, the vegetarian. From the Times Online:

“Bart’s sister, Lisa, is a vegetarian and is likely to consume the daily target of five portions of fruit and vegetables.”

Also, Bart usually gets his recommended 60 minutes of exercise daily, whether it’s through skateboarding or vigorously trying to free himself from Homer’s choke grasp.

The department recognizes that not all the Simpsons’ lifestyle patterns and behaviors are healthy and this is reflected in the slogan: “Supporting The Simpsons: Sometimes.”

At the beginning of each episode, viewers will see the traditional Simpson gathering on the couch like the picture above, with junk food in their hands. Then, the junk food will disappear and be replaced with wholesome nutritional food like fresh produce.

Hmm…Is this an opportunity for the cat and dog to try veg?

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Vote Vegetarian Lisa Simpson For New Postage Stamp

Written by Vegetarian Star on Saturday, April 11th, 2009 in Actresses, Business, Pop Culture.

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Ah, voting is the beauty of a free country.

Unfortunately, postage in the United States is nothing but free, as rates continue to increase.

Fortunately, the good old men and women that won’t let rain, sleet, and snow stop them are great about coming up with neat collector and special edition stamps that make price hikes hurt less.

The Simpsons will soon have their place in postal history and you have the chance to say whether you’d like to pay 44 cents for Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, or Maggie.

We’re rooting for vegetarian Lisa!

Vote here now!

You can also enter to win an autographed limited edition poster by Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening.

Result tallying starts April 13th and the instructions on the website say “vote early and often” so apparently you can left click until your heart’s content for Lisa.

Because she’s really the only Simpson who can say, “Don’t have cow, man,” and mean it.

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