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Ellen DeGeneres was honored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine recently by receiving the Voice of Compassion reward.
President and founder of the PCRM, an organization of physicians and others that promotes healthy living through a vegetarian diet and ethics in animal research, Dr. Neal Barnard, arrived at the show to personally present it to her.
Dr. Barnard said Ellen was chosen for the award for working to “expand the circle of compassion” for animals in everything she’s done, which includes donating to the Humane Society, supporting other animal rights campaigns and featuring vegetarian/vegan recipes on the show.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently touched on the new study that suggested eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day isn’t as beneficial in preventing cancer as once thought.
The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, followed thousands of Europeans in 10 different countries over nine years and only found a weak association between cancer and produce intake.
Specifically, the study found those who got an extra 2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day reduced their cancer risk by 4%, versus the 20% or 30% found in previous studies that launched the famous “Five a Day” campaign.
It’s thought this exaggeration was found because previous studies used healthier populations who were less likely to get cancer and more likely to demonstrate other health conscious practices to begin with.
Does that mean you should toss your daily apple to the birds?
Not exactly, unless you enjoy feeding them.
“Experts do agree still, of course, that you should eat your carrots, your tomatoes, your spinach, et cetera, it’s good for your heart,” Dr. Gupta said on a recent segment on CNN. “It’s good for your waistline as well. And, by the way, keeping the fat off is also a good thing because the estrogen in fat can fuel some cancers.”
Fruits and vegetables contain fiber, which keep you fuller, causing you to eat less, which is a proven way to keep fat off.
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“My doctor said, ‘I think you should become a vegan. That’s when I decided to try the ‘vegan before 6’ thing. It worked for me. In three months, I lost 35 pounds. My cholesterol went down and stayed down. My blood sugar went down and stayed down. My knees pretty much got better. It solved everything.”
—Mark Bittman to the Washington Post. The author of books like How To Cook Everything and How To Cook Everything Vegetarian recommends a vegan before 6 approach for those who can’t go all the way. Eat what you want for dinner, but keep breakfast and lunch animal product free!
“Jennifer is the leading lady Laura — the Hillary Clinton of this scenario who is poised to win the butter-carving competition. Her husband, played by Ty Burrell, is a term-limited butter carving champ who picks up a stripper mistress along the way. While that is developing, Laura finds her plans to win the competition thwarted by a young African American upstart, played by Yara Shahidi.”
Wilde will be playing the stripper who seduces the former butter carving champion.
Previous reports said the Silverstone would play the character of the stripper, but it is now known she will play the adoptive mother of the African American upstart butter carver.
Whether the producers will be using real butter, margarine or something completely inedible isn’t known, but let’s hope if it’s real, they source if from small local farms that treat their cows more kindly, as opposed to alleged conditions uncovered at a Land O’Lakes supplier, which included filthy conditions and downer cows not being treated by veterinarians.
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Sirius XM Radio "Weird Medicine" with Dr. Steve
The debate over soy giving little and big boys girl parts will probably never end, due to the amount of prejudice against the real men who choose to eschew steak and opt for tempeh instead.
Dr. Steve, host of the Sirius XM radio program “Weird Medicine,” has taken a moment in Men’s Fitness to clear up the confusion as to whether a cup of soy milk a day keeps the testosterone away.
First, Dr. Steve wants you know that all men have breasts, just not big enough to look good in a Victoria’s Secret ad.
Because soy is rich in isoflavones, a chemical with estrogen like effects, some think it could stimulate breast growth in men.
After researching the keywords “soy and gynecomastia” in the National Institute of Health database, only a few articles of legitimate research actually show up, and the only serious case was that of a 60 year old man who drank 3/4 of a gallon of soy milk a day to get his hooters.
That’s 12 cups a day.
Once the doctors told him to knock that crazy shit off, he could no longer show off his bossom to his friends as it shrank tremendously.
“A 2004 Italian study of kids raised on soy protein formulas showed no gynecomastia, no early puberty, no changes in their bones and no other signs of screwed up hormones,” writes Dr. Steve.
In addition, some male children are raised on soy milk their entire lives and still have to get girlfriends to enjoy breasts.
So drink up and rest assured you’ll do not only your health, but the cows’ health a favor as well.
The event is being promoted as one of the largest literary ones in the United States and will feature chefs from both the Food Network and Bravo’s Top Chef.
The cooking stage is free of charge and will be open from 11AM to 3:30PM both Saturday and Sunday.
Silverstone is expected to be interviewed by the LA Times at 3:30PM on Saturday and Waters is expected to speak on Sunday at 11AM on the UCLA campus.
Temple Grandin, renowned scientist who’s been honored by animal rights activists for her design of a system that puts less stress on an animal before slaughter, is inviting all slaughterhouses to do what Paul McCartney suggests–have glass walls.
Technically, Grandin wants these facilities to have live camera feeds so the public can see what goes on in them.
During a recent visit to Fresno State University, Grandin said the meat industry needs “to do a better job of communicating with the public about their animal handling practices.”
Not a vegetarian herself, Grandin even suggests it would behoove the companies to do so, as this could provide transparency to the public.
Would this mean no more covert visits to the factory by animal rights groups to expose unethical and possibly illegal practices?
“Of course, the kinds of companies that have been exposed by undercover cell-phone videos of suffering, abused cows aren’t the kinds that are interested in transparency. And the feeds don’t exactly sound like something to munch popcorn to. Still, employing live feeds seems like it might be a good way for responsible companies to differentiate themselves.”
No, live feeds aren’t the kind of video you eat popcorn to or “popcorn chicken” from KFC either.
But they would sure make a viral set of clips on YouTube.
And these would make an excellent medium for activists in teaching people how their food is brought to their plate–whether they want to be educated or not.
