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Christiane Northrup, M.D.
When most conventional experts talk about preventing osteoporosis, going vegan is usually the last suggestion. But Dr. Christiane Northrup suggests at the Huffington Post that cutting animal sources of dairy at least once a week may help prevent brittle bones.
“Another good idea is to eat vegan–no meat or dairy–one day a week, which is very easy given the wide availability of beans, tofu and other protein these days,” writes Northrup.
Northrup says osteoporosis can be prevented by a low acid diet, and a diet high in animal protein makes the blood more acidic.
Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful–Jennie Garth Says Organic Gives Us Fighting Chance
“I was able to go out and interview farmers and learn so much, and I brought home a lot of the ideas. It changed things in my own home. We did a lot of talking about organic and why to buy local and how to go to a farmers’ market. There’s so much cancer in the US now and there’s got to be a reason. Let’s give ourselves a fighting chance by eating organic and eating fresh vegetables. That’s heading in the right direction.”
Comments Off on Pamela Anderson Bird Rescue Tweet Prompts Cleaning Questions (Video)
Pamela Anderson recently Tweeted about the International Bird Rescue’s efforts in the recent Gulf Coast oil spill from the exploded Deepwater Horizon Rig.
“Please support International Bird Rescue’s ongoing rescue work by donating, becoming a member or adopting a bird.”
During the Big Bluff online Trivia game launch the actress told Poptarts, “It’s terrible, it’s awful. It feels like it is the end of the world to me. I’m working with international bird rescue, they’re expecting (it to get a lot worse) which is unbelievable. It’s the worst thing that could happen, and we won’t know what the effects are until later.”
If you’ve ever wondered how wonderful people like the IBRRC work to rescue birds during oil disasters, you’re not alone. Such questions like “How long does it take to wash a bird?” and “What is the survival rate for birds that are collected for rehabilitation?” may be the first that come to mind.
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Ecoist "Mega" in Silver
Sex and the City 2 features Kim Cattrall‘s character Samantha Jones carrying the very eco-friendly Mega handbag in Silver by Ecoist.
Ecoist crafts the bags from upcycled candy wrappers, soda labels, magazines, and other waste-bound materials collected in partnership with Disney, Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars. According to Earth Times, this has saved over 15 million candy wrappers from going into landfill. Plus, Ecoist plants a tree for every bag sold.
Comments Off on CNN African Voices “SoleRebels” Eco Ethiopia Made Shoes (Video)
CNN’s African Voices recently featured a woman who started a vegan, eco-friendly shoe business in her town in Ethiopia, which not only preserves the environment and protects animals, but provides jobs to people in the village.
“One of the truly unique and exciting things about SoleRebels is that we are green by heritage, and not because some marketing folks told us to be. We maximize both recycled inputs and craft our materials in the traditional manner — the way they have always been made in Ethiopia – by hand,” said Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Co-Founder and Managing Director of SoleRebels, Ethiopia’s first fair trade footwear company, which incorporates hand spun cotton in the fabrics and recycled tires for the soles.
More video explaining how Alemu quit her job as an accountant and markets her products on the Internet after the break.
Alec Baldwin contributed to the Huffington Post his ideas on politics, specifically, his opinion of what New York city needs in a governor. Baldwin thinks the governor should have many priorities, including reducing air pollution and controlling taxes.
On his final note, Baldwin touched on another area of politics that has nothing to do with New York, but with Ohio and the recent undercover investigation that discovered cows being severely abused by employees.
“On another, certainly more important note, did you see the video posted here regarding regarding the Conklin Farm animal abuse story in Ohio? Let me assure you, someone risked their health and maybe their life to record that video. When you see this, you will never again doubt the necessity for and courage of the animal rights movement.”
Thanks to these activists, one employee has already been charged with several counts of cruelty and hopefully this serves as a wakeup call that mistreatment of farm animals is never politics as usual.
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"Top Chef" Carla Hall
It’s high time the veggies got their own Food Network show and during a screening of The Next Food Network Star, Bob Tuschman, senior vice president of programming and production said that a vegetarian chef isn’t out of the question, it’s just a matter of finding the right personality.
“I think if we found a great, break-out personality, yeah [a vegetarian show would work], but our food shows are driven first and foremost by our talent,” Tuschman said. “So when people go to the Food Network, you think of the talent you love on it…I think if we found a great personality, then sure.”
TV Squad has nominated former Top Chef contestant Carla Hall, who’s a vegetarian that whipped up several veggie dishes during the show’s competition, suggesting Hall’s persona and pecan tofu would attract both the carnivores and plant eaters.
Comments Off on Ellen DeGeneres Tweets Baby Calf Picture Born At The Gentle Barn
Ellen DeGeneres recently Tweeted a photo of a baby calf born at a farm animal sanctuary
“Look at this brand new baby calf born yesterday at The Gentle Barn! How sweet is she?”
The Gentle Barn is home to 150 animals (or maybe it is now 151 if they haven’t updated their website yet) that were rescued from abuse and neglect. The baby calf will share its home with horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, dogs, and cats.
