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Justin Bieber has been called out on Twitter for messing around with fast food.

After the “U Smile” singer wrote, “Fast food always hits the spot,” in a recent update, Katy Perry responded on her Twitter account with, “Eat your spinach young man! -adopted mother.”

Bieber isn’t alone in his lunch choices. Using data from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), Researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health have found that over 20% of teenagers consume food fast more than three times a week!

Perry doesn’t have much room to talk, as she once professed her love for the double-double burger at In-N-Out. Given his popularity and influence, Bieber should stop hitting the spot with large fries and cheeseburgers. Or at least stop Tweeting about it.

And do what the elder says, even if the elder doesn’t do it.

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VH1 Save The Music Summer Kickoff with Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat can now share kisses with her guitarist Justin Kawika Young while traveling on the road.

According to Hollywoodlife, the two are now an official item and the singer admits her third album is pretty much a “I’m in love with Young” tribute.

“I have like 15 songs — they’re all pretty much about him — the falling in love stage and anything about him,” Caillat said.

That’s nice.

Even more interesting, though, is that Young is an aspiring vegetarian who may at least partly want to do so because of environment reasons.

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NBA: Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers

They say you can tell a lot from an NBA player by the contents of his locker.

That’s why we’re only getting positive vibes from Phoenix Suns’ Amar’e Stoudemire, who has a copy of the book, Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, on the shelf.

Becoming Vegan is a one stop vegan guide for everything meat, fish, dairy and egg-free, including best sources of calcium and protein, good fats, vegan eating for infants and children, pregnancy and breast feeding.

Stoudemire, who recently spoke about his 4 day vegan fast and has also posed in an anti-fur ad for PETA, probably paid close attention to the section on maintaining top performance as a vegan athlete.

Written by two dietitians, one of the co-authors, Brenda Davis, has served as the chair of the American Dietetic Association’s Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group.

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Daiya Cheese “Crack For Vegans” Not Widely Available In Canada

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

Alex Jamieson, the wife of Morgan Spurlock, filmmaker who ate nothing but McDonald’s three times a day for his documentary Super Size Me, might be caught sneaking mouthfuls of something you won’t find at the burger giant several times a day.

According to Macleans, the woman who starred as herself in Spurlocks’s 2004 film as Healthy Chef Alex called the new Daiya vegan cheese, “crack for vegans.”

The story at Macleans details the rising popularity of the vegan cheese that, although created by two Canadians, surprisingly, can’t be found in Canada and you won’t believe the reason why.

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An ABC special recently highlighted the growing popularity of part time veganism, which has been attributed to author and New York Times contributor Mark Bittman with his “Vegan before 6,” approach.

The clip features Reggie Bass, who lost 40 pounds going on a raw vegan diet, and now has a business that sells prepared vegan foods.

“I would like to see people eat 100 percent raw vegan, but I don’t think it’s realistic at all. But I think that if people were even 80 percent raw and 20 percent,” says Bass in the video.

Scenes from interviews with Bittman and associate publisher of VegNews magazine Colleen Holland are also included.

“I made this rule for myself which was — okay I’m going to be a vegan, a really strict vegan until six at night, or until I eat dinner. And I’m going to eat whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, that’s it until 6 p.m.,” said Bittman.

“Everyone may have their opinions, I think for most people we know the world isn’t going vegan tomorrow. We know that would be the best thing for the planet, the best thing for the animals and it would be the best thing for human health, but this may be the first step in going towards that,” said Holland.

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Paul McCartney performs in concert in Miami

Paul McCartney is set to perform at a benefit concert that will help both the Old Vic Theatre in London and his Meat Free Monday campaign.

According to Contact Music, the vegetarian musician was recruited by Kevin Spacey to play to raise money for the theatre who’s roof is leaking and is in need of repairs since it was damaged during World War II.

The event, which also includes an art auction, will have a portion of the proceeds go towards McCartney’s Meat Free Monday campaign.

“We are thrilled Paul McCartney will lend his extraordinary talents on the evening alongside brilliant artists who’ve generously donated their artworks for auction,” said Spacey. “It’s set to be quite a night.”

The concert will take place at The Boiler House at Battersea Power Station and tickets are available starting from $750 (£500) up to $15,000 (£10,000) for a premium table for 10.

No word on if vegetarian snacks will be served, but if Sir McCartney has anything to do with it, concert goers might be in for a tasty meatless treat in addition to Lady Madonna and Michelle.

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Ellen DeGeneres “Tails Inc.” June 2010 And Stamps To The Rescue

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, May 24th, 2010 in Animal Issues, TV Hosts.

Ellen DeGeneres is featured on the June 2010 cover of Tails Inc.

Inside, the magazine discusses the vegan talk show host announcing the United States Postal Service (USPS) Stamps to the Rescue campaign and its creation of Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet commemorative postage stamps on her daytime television show.

DeGeneres invited U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter to her March show to unveil the stamps that produced a quarter of a million pre-orders a little over a month later.

“As one of the country’s most influential and high-profile animal advocates, DeGeneres’ willingness to jump in with both feet to partner on this important initiative is hardly surprising. It’s also not surprising Potter chose to focus this year’s USPS social-awareness cause on adopting shelter pets, as he’s an animal lover and enjoys spending time with his pooch at home. But he also might have been swayed toward promoting an animal-welfare issue given the popularity of USPS 2002 social-awareness Neuter or Spay stamp. A full 100 percent of all 200 million stamps were sold.”

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15th Anniversary DVD Release Celebration Of "Field of Dreams"

PETA has written a letter to Don and Becky Lansing, the owners of the farm the film Field of Dreams was shot on, in an attempt to convince them to convert the land into a pig empathy farm until it can be sold.

The display, titled, “Field of Nightmares: Pig Empathy Display,” would educate tourists by teaching them facts about pigs, such as intelligence, and allow guests to dine on faux meat pork products.

“We’d like to educate the 65,000 tourists who come each year to the Field of Dreams about how pigs feel pain and fear just as we do and are just as smart as 3-year-old humans,” PETA writes.
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