Written by Vegetarian Star on December 3rd, 2010 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
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"Eating" DVD
“Eating,” is the DVD documentary casino mogul Steve Wynn watched that convinced him to go vegan. He subsequently ordered copies for all his employees.
Eating promises to touch on the effects of meat and dairy on human health, the environment and animal cruelty.
Vegan.com found it stayed true to its promise on the second and third claims, but isn’t completely thrilled with the film’s take on plant-based diets and health and you might be surprised to hear why.
“Basically, “Eating” frames a low-fat vegan diet as a cure-all for just about every physical malady. And, at one point, there’s even a suggestion that cancer patients bypass chemo and radiation and just go vegan. There are so many varieties, stages, and grades of cancer that this advice strikes me as completely reckless. Certainly, there’s much to be said for a plant-strong diet. And it’s hard to make the case of there being anything more healthful than a well-planned vegan diet. But activists always need to be looking for weaknesses in their arguments.”
Read more at Vegan.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 3rd, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.
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Olivia Wilde "Flaunt"
While promoting the new film Tron: Legacy, actress Olivia Wilde posed for a photo shoot for Flaunt Magazine.
The photographer of the shoot was curious as the why Wilde, a vegan, wasn’t all skin and bones.
Wilde’s reply was, “Umm, because I’m married to an Italian and every time I ask him to cook dinner, you can be a hundred-percent sure it’s going to be pasta. Anyway, there are a lot of fat vegetarians out there.”
Wilde doesn’t exactly belong to the pleasantly plump vegetarian club, but yes, the cleavage peeking from the orange blazer proves we don’t munch on carrots and celery all day long.
More details at Flaunt.
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Jason Ellis
MMA fighter and proskater Jason Ellis shows off his impressive collection of tattoos for PETA2’s “Ink Not Mink,” campaign against fur.
Ellis has discussed animal rights issues with the group before. He once said of the tactics used on animals in the circus to coerce them to perform or behave, “You don’t know what’s going on in the circus. They don’t tell you, like, ‘Hey, man, just so you know, this elephant gets the s*** beaten out of him.”
The tiger definitely looks cuter on Ellis’ arm than jumping through hoops of fire.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 3rd, 2010 in Animal Issues, Not So Vegetarian, Tech.
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Super Meat Boy
Edmund McMillen, one of the two men behind Super Meat Boy, has taken to the game’s official blog to discuss the feud between it and PETA. The animal rights group created a spin-off to Super Meat Boy, Super Tofu Boy, which replaces the bloody meat character with a block of tofu.
But Super Meat Boy isn’t a piece of meat, insists McMillen. Some other surprises–this super meat creator used to be a vegetarian.
“Meat Boy isn’t made of animal meat, he’s simply a boy without skin whose name is Meat Boy.”
“Now don’t get me wrong, i have NOTHING against Vegans or Vegetarians. I was Vegetarian for many years, and was an animal control officer who saved animals for a living for a long time, i empathize, understand and accept why people choose to eat, and live as they wish, and obviously i believe everyone should have the freedom to express themselves in anyway as long as it doesn’t hurt others.”
McMillen’s “beef” with PETA is what he believes is its stance on animal testing.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 3rd, 2010 in Actresses, Birthdays.
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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.
Photo: PR Photos
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 2nd, 2010 in Meatless Mouthful, Models, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
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“When I am brushing my teeth, I’m bending my leg behind me, or I’m lifting my leg up and holding it in that position so I’m squeezing my butt in. I can do that while I’m washing or slicing vegetables, too. Or I go up and down on my toes, working my calves a little bit.”
—Christie Brinkley to Shape on her intense exercise regime. That’s quite some multi-tasking.
Photo: PR Photos
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 2nd, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.
You and your vegan sweetie may soon be enjoying a romantic meal from 7-Eleven.
Okay, so maybe in reality you’ll save the convenience store’s menu for those times after work when you know you’re going home to nice spot in the basement with a mini-fridge and microwave because the wife has kicked you out the house–again.
At any rate, select 7-Eleven stores in New York City are offering several vegan items in a trial run to see how many granola lovers like yourself think Slurpee goes well with tofu. Actually, the items will include Pad Thai noodles, vegetable lo mein, Shanghai dumplings, artichoke spinach noodles, and Hunan dumplings. All vegan.
If the test reveals New Yorkers want more, you may even see a tofu pup in the machine in the future.
Below are the locations where vegan items will be available:
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 2nd, 2010 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, TV Hosts.
Comments Off on Bob Harper Protein Picks Broken Down By Grams Of Protein
Bob Harper agrees with what many experts advocating a plant-based diet believe–most people are eating way to much protein!
This he repeated to the Edmonton Sun, recommending people get about half their body weight in protein grams and named his favorite sources of protein.
So if you eat veg like Bob, how much protein are you actually getting per serving?
The following is a rundown of the amount of protein in each of Bob’s favorite vegan sources.
Beans—The Idaho Bean Commission has the best way of stating the benefits of beans:
“Each half-cup serving of dry beans provides six to seven grams of protein, meets at least 10% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein, yet costs about 20 cents per serving. A single half-cup serving of cooked dry beans counts as one, one-ounce serving of lean meat in the USDA Food Pyramid Meat and Beans group, and as a full serving of vegetables in the Vegetables group.”
Ah, yes. Beans. The other white meat.
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