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Lauren Bush Says Slow Fashion As Good As Slow Food

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Fashion, Food & Drink.

Lauren Bush

There’s a growing trend among people, vegetarian and meat eaters, to learn where their food was sourced. Products shipped hundreds of miles across the country that are preserved with unreadable chemicals and environment littering packages are being replaced with locally grown, fresh and natural items wrapped in biodegradable materials.

Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects and founder of her own fashion label, Lauren Pierce, thinks a similar movement is happening in the clothing industry.

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Christie Brinkley

“I’m a life-long vegetarian. I’m a mother of three kids, two of whom are quite young and I’ve got to be able to ski, snowboard, surf, kayak, paddleboard and all that stuff and dancing has now become a major way to be in shape for all of that. Definitely my body has been in shape since I took on this role so I’m going to be doing the Honey Rag, every day.”

Christie Brinkley, on how she keeps Roxy Hart’s legs looking sexy on the Broadway musical Chicago. Christie can be seen demonstrating some of her musical moves on Good Morning America below.

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Michael Vick Wants Tougher Laws For Dog Fighting Spectators

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Athletes-Games-Sports.

Michael Vick is joining the Humane Society of the United States to fight for legislation that cracks down on attending dog fighting events and imposes additional penalties for getting minors involved.

H.R. 2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, is a bipartisan act introduced by Reps. Tom Marino, R-Pa., and Betty Sutton, D-Ohio.

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“Self Magazine” Names Least Nutritious Veggies

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

Self Magazine

Not all vegetables are tastefully equal. Nobody will admit to liking an iceberg lettuce salad over arugula and walnuts, but it’s also important to remember you won’t get as much Vitamin A from it.

Self magazine has named the three least nutrient dense veggies. None of the vegetables are completely without nutritional value, but Self recommends swapping some of the lower nutrient dense veggies like celery and iceberg lettuce for plants that pack more goodness like carrots and romaine lettuce.

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Pac Div’s Like Goes Vegetarian For PETA2 (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Male Singers, Videos.

Pac Div

Pac Div‘s Like is liking more things green and crunchy these days.

The member of the trio recorded a PSA for vegetarianism for PETA2 where he discusses what motivated him to go veg.

“The reason I changed this way is because I just had a cousin who died young–36 years old and high blood pressure,” Like says in the video.

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Emily Osment Got Raw Vegan Lesson From Kelly Rowan On “Cyberbully”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

Emily Osment

Emily Osment (Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Hannah Montana: The Movie) stars in the ABC movie about the effect Internet bullying has on people. The film is aptly titled Cyberbully.

Osment plays Taylor Hillridge, a teen who becomes a victim of cyberbullying and is motivated to help change legislation because of her experiences.

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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Birthdays, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Brian May

A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

Photo: PR Photos

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Yotam Ottolenghi On Ingredients That Make Vegetarianism Difficult

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, July 18th, 2011 in Authors, Chefs, Food & Drink.

Yotam Ottolenghi already eats a pretty heavy plant-based diet. As a former vegetarian columnist who’s just released a vegetable cookbook, Plenty, he knows a thing or two about putting together a meatless meal.

And if he had to give up meat completely, there are only a few items he thinks would be hard to replace.

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