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“Bachelor” Sean Lowe Goes Vegan For One Meal In Dallas

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 in Couples, Food & Drink.

Sean Lowe

Bachelor Sean Lowe has turned vegan!

Okay, so it was only for one meal, but at least that’s getting somewhere.

The contestant for the 13th season of the reality TV dating show who chose vegan blogger Catherine Giudici posted a photo to his Instagram account to announce the meal he’d eaten at Dallas’ Cosmic Cafe.

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Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons is starring in a new ad for the animal advocate group Mercy for Animals.

The billboard promotes vegetarianism for all, but is especially mean to reach out to the African-American community in Chicago.

South side Windy City residents can see the “Live Well. Eat Well. Choose Vegetarian” message in their neighborhood.

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Patrik Baboumian

“One day, I just thought, if you see a bird with a broken leg, you really have the urge to do something about it and help the bird. Then, at the same time, you go to a restaurant and eat a chicken or something. It doesn’t make any sense.”

Patrik Baboumian, vegan bodybuilder and weight lifting champion who holds the world record for log lifts and overhead beer keg lifts. Baboumian was a recent guest at the Toronto Vegetarian Festival. A vegetarian since 2006 and a recent convert to veganism, Patrik didn’t have to research much to learn the good things a plant-based diet can do for body.

A little birdie told him so.

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Pink Women's Health October 2013

Pink is showing off her ripped abs for the cover of the October 2013 issue of Women’s Health.

“I’ve worked hard for this body,” Pink said during an interview and photo shoot for the magazine.

The work involved to get a stomach like the pop singer who follows a mostly vegan diet includes 60-90 minutes a day of cardio work like martial arts, running, hiking and yoga.

Especially yoga.

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Martha Stewart Joan Rivers

Martha Stewart has gotten together with several celebrities to cook, including a visit with one of Twitter’s co-founders to demonstrate a vegan seitan dish.

Martha knows her hummus, and has included a recipe for a pea-based version of the dip in her first ever cookbook devoted entirely to vegetarian cooking, Meatless.

She invited Joan Rivers to her kitchen so the two could whip up yet another version of the Middle Eastern dish.

Traditionally, hummus is made with chickpeas, but there are numerous other beans you could easily use in it.

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“My impulse came from a documentary about rastros, which is what they call slaughterhouses in Mexico. And in this documentary, you could see the cruelty that the animals suffered and the way in which they kill them and how they leave them to bleed out. And from that moment on, I decided to stop eating them. Animals are our brothers, and we can’t keep using them and causing them pain.”

Ruben Albarron, in an interview with PETA, explaining his reason for going vegetarian. The singer of the popular Mexican musical group Cafe Tacvba struck a pose in one of its ads promoting the meatless diet, Revolucion Vegetariana.

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Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson is a true spokesperson for what the vegetarian diet can do for longevity.

Almost into her 80s, the actress once compared putting the right foods into your body much like running a luxury car on the right fuel.

That’s why it’s hard to believe Tyson would choose to trade the premium for regular just to get to know her on-stage meat eating character better.

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Joe Yonan Suggests Tempeh Kebabs To “Washington Post” Readers

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Journalists, Recipes.

Tempeh kabobs

When Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan was invited to a summer cookout, he warned the host in advance he was veggie.

The host had no problem–just advised him he’d be cooking his own dinner.

It may not sound like the best of hospitality, but it gave the newly vegan who just published the cookbook, Eat Your Vegetables, a great reason to try tempeh kebobs, a perfect dish to make before the fall season hits and the weather turns cooler.

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