Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, TV Hosts.
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Dr. Oz must live by his wife’s advice now.
After he and Lisa appeared on The View together, the Mrs. revealed that although she’s been a vegetarian since age 15, it took a little nudging from her to get the doctor putting the right prescription for food in his body.
But he’s not vegetarian yet.
However, Oz is a big fan of a plant based diet, recommending a meat loving cowboy on his show go vegan for 28 days in an effort to cleanse his system.
Plus, he’s all about getting dirty when it comes to what you eat.
“The body is designed for whole foods — foods that come out of the ground,” Dr. Oz said. “And if the foods you are eating are not of that nature, eventually you can’t process them.”
Groundling foods include nuts, fruits and veggies.
And low fat items don’t grow from the ground, so don’t let their clean labels fool you.
“They have to put something else in place of that fat. Low-fat foods don’t grow on trees. And when they chemically modify food, it becomes a game for you and your mind can’t win.”
Heart healthy, cholesterol lowering olive oil came from the ground.
Low-fat margarine, buttery tasting weird substitute with ingredients and preservatives you can’t pronounce grew from the laboratory.
Sounds simple enough.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.
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Sadie Frost has four kids, so it’s hard for her to attend regular dinner parties on the weekends, but that doesn’t stop her from enjoy food at home.
Lucky enough to live in household full of vegetarians (both she and her sister and the children), there’s always dishes of noodles, tofu and vegetables being passed around the table.
So if all the children were grown and no longer needed attending to, what would Sadie make for an ideal dinner party with friends?
“I’d probably make an artichoke and goat’s cheese salad and quinoa with really nice, succulent, oven-roasted sun-dried tomatoes from Whole Foods in Camden, North London. We always get through pots of hoummos too, and I might do some roasted vegetables and lentil soup. My mum gave me her recipe when I left home at 16 and it’s a real staple in our family. It’s so simple, but everyone who comes round loves it.”
You can grab the recipe for Sadie’s Artichoke and Goat’s Cheese Salad, along with three others that include lentil soup and quinoa with sun dried tomatoes at the Times Online.
If this is what she eats before doing nude, unbrushed cover shoots, then every woman should serve these at dinner parties.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Actors, Food & Drink.
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Peter Weller is the new star on the Fox science fiction television series Fringe, in which the FBI investigates a series of unexplained events around the world.
Weller’s character travels back in time in an attempt to save his wife from dying due to a mistake he’s made in the past.
Speaking of time travel, Weller would love to go and meet some figures from the past, including an emperor Weller says was vegetarian.
Weller told MovieWeb:
“I’d certainly like to go back and step on the Island of Elba and talk to Napoleon a second or go back and talk to Frederick II who was a great Emperor in the 1200’s who gave Jews and Muslim’s a whole lot of civil freedom and spoke Arabic and Hebrew and was a vegetarian and a poet.”
It’s hard to find any sources that discuss Frederick II’s diet.
Any history buffs care to enlighten?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Business, Events.
Twitter co-founder and vegetarian Biz Stone will make a guest appearance at Farm Sanctuary’s California Country Hoe Down, according to green gossip site Ecorazzi.
The event takes place May 1 and May 2 in Orland, California and will feature vegan food, hayrides and an opportunity to take a walk and greet the animals.
There will also be presentations and workshops on the environment, health and animals.
Saturday evening tops off the event with live music and dance.
Time to brush up on those square dancing skills.
Besides Biz, other guests include Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., author of Pleasurable Kingdom and Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals.
For more information, visit Farm Sanctuary.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.
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Teri Hatcher is in the process of launching a new website, Get Hatched, hosted by the Disney Channel and meant to give tips on health, beauty, and more.
We’re sure hoping Teri includes some fantastic vegetarian recipes, like the one she gave to Rachael Ray for vegetarian stuffing.
Since so many stuffing mixes on the shelves contain the very unnecessary ingredient of chicken stock, it’s not as easy to “eat the sides” during Thanksgiving dinner like every meat eating family member says.
Teri’s uses olive oil, fresh herbs like sage and apples that you can stuff into your homemade tofu turkey or eat plain.
You can grab the recipe, here.
Also an animal activist, Hatcher attended the recent Genesis Awards put on by the Humane Society of the United States and co-owns land with former NFL player Howie Long that she plans to turn into an animal sanctuary.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Pop Culture, TV Hosts.
Out magazine has compiled its annual “Most Influential Gay Men and Women” and vegan Ellen DeGeneres is number one on the list.
Besides her presence on television and activism for gay rights, Ellen’s impact on the animal rights movement is touched on as well in Out’s short description of why she topples the competition.
From Out:
“A passionate advocate for marriage equality, an avid opponent of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and staunch defender of animal rights, DeGeneres’s enormous platform is many an American’s gain.”
Other notables who’ve made or are making contributions to the vegetarian and animal community are Project Runway’s Tim Gunn, who recorded an anti-fur PSA and frowns upon contestants who attempt to use it in competition.
Also, representative Jared Polis, who recently introduced the Healthy School Meals Act that will hopefully introduce more meat free and non dairy beverage options in school districts, is in the top 10.
For the entire list, visit Out.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 16th, 2010 in Actresses, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.
Kristin Bauer from HBO’s True Blood is so close to being vegetarian, we’re going to award her an Honorable Mention.
The actress recently attended the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine’s 25th Anniversary Gala where she revealed she only eats meat about twice a year.
“I find it hard to find the words on how much it pains me,” Kristin said regarding how some animals are abused or mistreated.
The two times she does eat meat are at Christmas gatherings with the family.
“But I buy the free range meat at least,” she added.
Looking forward to the day when Kristin announces she’s making a seitan loaf or Tofurky for the next family gathering.
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Kate Nash is becoming the new fascinating and quirky girl of the month.
She’s a vegetarian who still craves cheeseburgers, but stopped eating meat because she had this OCD-like obsession that her pet rabbit Fluffy wouldn’t die of an illness if she didn’t eat animals.
Now, the Times Online is reporting that she feels being vegetarian has helped her OCD.
A new alternative medicine for mental health?
“Being vegetarian helped me control my other OCDs. I don’t have to fold the tea towel now, or worry about the sock hanging out of the drawer. It’s fine, just leave it, I’m veggie.”
Not sure what to make of that statement.
Is Kate saying that being vegetarian makes her feel so calm and mellow, she doesn’t stress about re-folding the towels dozens of times until she gets it right?
Or maybe her new meat and dairy free diet is feeding her brain the nutrients she needs.
A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled Inositol Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, inositol, a chemical thought to play a role in serotonin balance, was effective in treating panic, depressive and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
The best sources of inositol are in fruits and vegetables, as well as beans.
Lima beans, for example, contain a whopping 180 milligrams of inositol per 1/2 cup, well over the recommended 100 daily milligram requirement.
You can view a list of food sources and their inositol content here.
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