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Celina Jaitley and several other actors and actresses in Bollywood are helping to kick off India’s version of the 21-day Kickstart program designed to help people go vegan.

The program is sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an organization of doctors and laypersons that advocates a plant-based diet for better human health and also pushes for non-animal methods for medical research.

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“Bachelor” Sean Lowe Tweets Vegan Fiance Catherine’s Steak Indulgence

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

Catherine Guidici

When Catherine Guidici agreed to become engaged to Bachelor Sean Lowe, part of her reason had to be his sense of humor.

The star of the popular reality TV dating show posted several Tweets and he and Catherine’s experience at the steakhouse.

Apparently, Catherine is a champ at speed eating beef.

The two spent the day at Big Texan Steak Ranch, a restaurant known as the “Home of the World’s Famous 72 oz Ounce Steak” and where the only vegan items are basically the side salads.

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Michelle Pfeiffer On “Ladies Home Journal” October 2013

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

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Michelle Pfeiffer is gracing the cover of the October 2013 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

Looking better than ever, the 55-year old actress partially credits her looks her good fortune to the vegan diet she currently follows, but she hasn’t always been a model for good eating.

Contrast her plant-based diet to the one she ate in her 20s, for example.

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Meatless Mouthful–Christie Brinkley Gives Weight Loss Advice

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 in Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful, Models.

Christie Brinkley

“I really believe that the more informed you are about the benefits of a healthy bite versus the chain reaction that you’re going to put into effect in your body when you take that bite—you just suddenly don’t want to make that choice for yourself anymore. It’s beyond willpower at that point, it’s become a desire to do something good for yourself.”

Christie Brinkley, her advice to women looking to reduce their waistlines. Studies show vegetarians are less likely to be obese and suffer from obesity-related diseases than their non-vegan dieters. Following Brinkley’s plant-based eating style is just one more piece of advice those looking to slim down should follow.

Photo: David Shankbone/Creative Commons

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Facebook Has Too Much Food–Even The Vegetarian Kind

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 in Business, Food & Drink.

Facebook has been praised as one of the top tech companies to work for by several critics.

It has to be one of the best work environments for vegetarians. The late director of Food Operators and former Google chef Josef Desimone once referred to himself as the “Santa Claus with knives,” as he was able to provide so many options to the employees under his leadership.

With a selection of organic, natural and plant-based options that includes morning vegan waffles for anyone, what could a person at Facebook possibly have to complain about?

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Brendan Brazier

“It takes a bit of a time investment. For some people it may be just two to three weeks. For others, who’ve been eating a typical American diet for four decades, maybe six, seven, eight months.”

–vegan triathlete Brendan Brazier, in an interview with The News-Press, on how long it takes to get used to a plant-based diet if you’re used to a steady one of meat and potatoes. When you finally reach the moment when seitan works just as well as steak, “it doesn’t feel restrictive,” he added.

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Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are forever making news with the status of their relationship.

It’s hard to keep up with where the couple stands, even if you subscribe to every gossip site on the planet.

But it’s much easier to track the vegan adventures of Khloe’s male better half.

He was spotted carry a large bag of take-out from Sherman Oaks’ VeStation Urban Organic Kitchen.

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Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart has shared a recipe for one of her favorite dishes in the September issue of Vogue magazine.

Sometimes it’s fun to see how easy it is to vegify or veganize a recipe with one or two non veggie ingredients, and this tortilla soup featured in the “Vogue Eats Food Guide” of the popular fashion Bible is one kitchen experiment you’re guranteed to pass.

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