Vegetarian Star

Dennis Palumbo at the Huffington Post has blogged about how secrets are often uncovered in the lives of famous people posthumously.

There will always be the affairs, drug use, and what “really went on behind closed doors,” but who would have thought a group of vegetarian doctors would go and make a “tell all” case about the private health of a doctor who advocated a heavily meat based diet.

Dr. Atkins was famous for promoting a high protein, low carbohydrate, and mostly meat diet for weight loss and maintenance, but his health around time of death showed a pattern that suggested he died from more than natural causes.

Atkins’ health records were accidentally released to a Nebraskan physician, who passed them along to the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine who graciously used his history of high blood pressure and heart disease to publicly discredit his diet.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Ellen DeGeneres Promotes Leather And Suede In New Shoe Line
• Yotam Ottolenghi Gives “Plenty More” Vegetarian Recipes In New Book
• Chelsea Clinton Craved Red Meat Before Going Omnivore
• Meatless Mouthful–Gordan Ramsay Pays You NOT To Go Vegetarian

Before there was Skinny Bitch author Rory Freedman, there was John Robbins advocating how a vegan diet was better for maintaining health, healthy weight, and a healthy planet through books such as Healthy at 100, The Food Revolution, and Diet for a New America.

He is currently facing financial crisis after learning that he and his wife lost their entire life savings in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

In an attempt to scrape by, the Robbins have resorted to renting out rooms in their home, according to Patti Breitman on VegSource:

“To economize, the family has rented out every extra room in their house and every spare space on their property. Still, it is not clear if they will be able to pay their mortgage or keep the property they share with their son, his wife and their two grandsons.”

“I cannot imagine a man who has had a greater positive influence on the vegetarian movement than John Robbins. Because of his books, countless people around the world have changed their way of eating, dressing, and relating to animals. Because of the integrity he has shown in his life, countless people have found the courage to turn down job opportunities and great financial gain if the work caused harm to others.”

Ironically, although he preached otherwise, Robbins was the very object of work that caused harm to others.

Wishing him and his family the best as they fight to recover from this tragedy.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Yotam Ottolenghi Gives “Plenty More” Vegetarian Recipes In New Book
• Benjamin Zephaniah Advocates Plant Diet For New Year’s Resolution
• Sam Simon Offers Sealers One Million For Government Buyout
• Meatless Mouthful–Rick Warren Praises The Plant

Vega training: part one of four from Brendan Brazier on Vimeo.

Brendan Brazier is a vegan Ironman triathlete who invented the Vega nutrition and energy products-completely plant based items that he started making as young as 15 years of age.

He met up with cartoonist and fellow vegan Dan Piraro one day who revealed that when he’s stuck in a creative rut, it helps to go on a long bike ride to get the ideas flowing again.

Brazier receives similar mental charges after running.

“I find it is really helpful when I go for a run,” he said. “I wrote most of The Thrive Diet while I was running. All of the ideas and the thoughts would seem to organize themselves, and when I got home, I would write them down.”

A component of his new book, Thrive Fitness: Mental and Physical Strength for Life, is teaching how exercises like “biking, hiking, in-line skating, rowing, running, speed skating, swimming, and brisk walking” fuel your right brain and release your creativity side.

Take a look at the video Brazier filmed about Vega. You’ll find it comforting to know he eats his own products, chowing down on an energy bar.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we need to go on a hike before posting again.

via Straight.com

Possibly Related Posts:

• Ben And Jerry’s Launch Vegan Ice Cream
• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Moby Opens Little Pine Vegan Restaurant
• White Castle Goes Vegan
• IKEA Unveils Its Vegetarian Meatball Option

“The destruction to the environment by using large areas of land to feed cattle or pigs is actually taking up an awful lot of land that could be used to produce far more protein, if it was vegetable protein. Making animal protein is wasteful.”
—-Vegetarian renowned primatologist and author Dr. Jane Goodall. She, like actress Emily Deschanel, is featured in a video series by SupremeMasterTV.

SupremeMasterTV.com

Possibly Related Posts:

• Meatless Mouthful–Stevie Wonder Says Vegan Helps His Good Looks And Planet
• Meatless Monday Recipe–Waka Flocka Blueberry Vegan Muffins (Video)
• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Jesse Einsenberg Celebrates “Thanksliving” During The Holidays (Video)
• Meatless Mouthful–Liam Hemsworth Gives Veggie Advice Like Dr. Spock (Video)

Meg Cabot created the novel series “The Princess Diaries,” from which Disney snatched up and made two hit movies. She recently announced she’s retiring the “Diaries,” and has written the last book of the set. 

When turning books into movies, there’s bound to be discrepancies between the movie and the book, especially when it comes to portraying the characters.

Cabot’s books told a story very similar to the movie: an awkward girl named Mia who suddenly had to deal with the life of royalty, boy troubles, and a highly opinionated best friend named Lilly Moscovitz.

However, Mia from the novel series was a vegetarian who had “slips,” occasionally. Although she’s an animal rights activist who’s passionate about the environment, in the 9th book she becomes disillusioned, stops caring, and starts chomping (on meat).

Ironically, you could say that Anne Hathaway, who portrayed Mia in the movie, also had vegetarian “slips,” here and there, going from vegetarian to eating meat to almost vegan.

via Baltimore Sun

Possibly Related Posts:

• Jaimie King Creates Vegan-Friendly Makeup Alchemy From ColourPop
• Pamela Anderson Launches Vegan Shoes
• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Pamela Anderson Does Sexy Vegan Cake Making For “Love “
• Nikki Reed Launches Freedom Of Animals Handbag Collection With Morgan Bogle

Update 1/7/09: Ani actually won 3 categories, as her book, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, placed first for best raw vegan book of the year. Woohoo!

Remember that awesome vegan chef, Ani Phyo, who catered Maroon 5’s vegan Halloween party? Who knew that most of the guys in Maroon 5 were vegan before she came along? We sure didn’t!

She’s won two categories in the Best of Raw 2008 poll!

Ani won for Best Raw Chef and Sexiest Raw Vegan Woman (hubba, hubba, giggity, giggity). And although she is sexy, brains are what really count, and she won second place for her intellectual efforts as a Raw Vegan Educator.

Congrats to Ani!

With celebrities like Eva Longoria and Fergie making New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier and raw, Ani just might find herself catering more vegan parties to the stars soon.

via Ani Phyo

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

On the TV series “Gossip Girl”, John Patrick Amedori plays the player Aaron Rose, who dates both Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) and Blake Lively’s character, Serena van der Woodsen.

But according to the author of the books the series was based on, Cecily von Ziegesar, the real life Serena would never fall for Aaron, who she describes as “ick.”

“I do not believe that Serena would go for icky Aaron as he is portrayed on the show,” she said. “He’s so slimy!”

Book Aaron is also VEGAN, smokes herbal cigarettes, and has mini-dreadlocks.

And although plots on the big screen can carry on for weeks and weeks, book love is quite short.

She adds, “He and Serena fall in love, but it only lasts for about one book.”

via New York Mag

Possibly Related Posts:

• Jaimie King Creates Vegan-Friendly Makeup Alchemy From ColourPop
• Pamela Anderson Launches Vegan Shoes
• Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2015
• Pamela Anderson Does Sexy Vegan Cake Making For “Love “
• Jesse Einsenberg Celebrates “Thanksliving” During The Holidays (Video)

Shortly after the Madonna-Guy Ritchie split, we learned that Madge set forth some pretty strict rules about what the children could and could not do while visiting Guy, including only eating organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic food.

Now Guy is paying her back, but it might be the children who are suffering in the process.

As part of the deal for getting to crash at Guy’s UK mansion he previously banned her from, she must behave-no temper tantrums or bullying the staff. Fair enough. But she also must allow the children to eat a “traditional” Christmas dinner of ham and turkey!

For a parent who’s been insisting on organic, vegetarian food, this has to be her worst nightmare. Not to mention the possible physical reactions that might happen to the children when eating greasy pig and bird after months of eating wholesome, organic vegetarian food.

Not to worry, though. Madonna is already planning her next move. As soon as she arrived in the UK, a source said the first thing she did was met with her divorce lawyer.

It’s probably safe to say this Christmas dinner deal will be annulled by next year.

via Female First

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro