Written by Vegetarian Star on January 11th, 2010 in Environment-Eco-Green, Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.
Comments Off on Jason Mraz 2010 Goal–Buy Local, Organic, Natural Foods
Jason Mraz has five commitments he’d like to stick to in the next year and decade that he shared with fans on his blog.
Jason would like to focus on local, organic and natural foods and gives factory farmed meat a good lashing.
“Did you know that processing one pound of meat requires 5000 gallons of water? Did you know that 1 cow used to produce fast food and grocery store ground beef requires 35 gallons of oil (1 barrel) to support it’s force–fed life? Did you know that cows are natural herbivores (grass grazers) and are force fed corn feed, cow parts and other animal bi-products to speed up the process to where they are fat enough to be slaughtered? Buying quick and easy meat is like biting the hand that feeds you. Modern industrial agri-business is THE #1 contributor to the dying world.”
But a closer look at his post makes you wonder if the otherwise known as mostly vegan Jason is more tolerant of naturally raised meat.
“If we all shifted our attention back to grass-fed meat, we would be supporting farms that participate in a natural turning of land, from sunlight to grass, grass to proteins, protein to fertilizer, rinse and repeat. Not to mention, we would be treating our divine bodies better.”
Once a raw vegan who then claimed to have some occasional hot soup and (possibly) joking about eating a fish taco now and then.
Has Jason become a flexitarian?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 11th, 2010 in Fur, Politicians.
DC Fur Free Metro PETA Ad
First lady Michelle Obama may look stunning in PETA’s fur free ads that lined the walls of DC Metro Stations, but did she even want to appear in them?
It has been discovered that the animal rights organization did not get Mrs. Obama’s permission to use her photo in the ad, according to the Washington Post and the White House is calling for the posters to be removed.
“We got a call from the White House counsel’s office,” Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA said. “We said to them, we’re not selling a coat, only an idea that glamorous beautiful women who you look up to don’t wear fur. . . . We’re honoring her. Lawyers are lawyers, but PETA is honoring her fashion sense.”
“We didn’t expect them to fund it or endorse it. But “she is in the public domain. . . . This is reporting a statement of fact: She doesn’t wear fur. And our opinion: We think that’s fabulous.”
PETA also did not obtain permission to use Carrie Underwood, Oprah Winfrey or Tyra Banks for the ads, although these celebrities have prior connections to the group.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 11th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Models.
Comments Off on Shanna Moakler Learns Vegetarian Cooking
Victoria Beckham‘s been made fun of on here more than a few times due to her inability to cook more than mince meat pie while claiming to be a vegetarian.
Now, Shanna Moakler joins the club of veggies who need cooking lessons.
But at least she’s not teaching herself to cook pork roast for the children.
With the exception of her fish eating tyke, Shanna’s kids eat veg, just like she and Travis.
“I actually just started a cooking class. I go every Wednesday,” Shanna told Celebrity Baby Scoop. “My kids are vegetarians. Atiana is agua-vegetarian (she eats fish), but I love to cook.”
So if she’s not making mince meat, what’s Shanna doing in the kitchen?
“For breakfast: quiche! And my kids love it. I also love pasta. I make it fun for the kids and let them dip their pasta into their sauce. My kids love to cook as well and we make homemade pizza together and cookies. It’s one of my favorite things to do with them: cook!”
Maybe Shanna should pick up a copy of two popular vegetarian cookbooks, The Kind Diet or The Conscious Cook to accompany her in the kitchen next time.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 10th, 2010 in Fashion, Reality TV.
Heather Mills will be ice dancing in completely leather free skates on this season’s Dancing On Ice.
While this may not be a surprise to those that know Heather is an all in one vegan chef, activist and business owner, it may be surprising to learn obtaining a vegan skate is sometimes harder than earning a perfect 10.
The producers ordered skates for Heather made with completely synthetic material called Clarino made by the skate company Riedell.
“Heather is adamant that she will not wear leather, which is barely a step down from fur as far as she is concerned,” a source said.
“It was part of her conditions for going on the show, which also include an insistence that all her refreshments are vegan.”
“Vegan boots are not unheard of in ice-dancing because leather needs so much looking after, but they are not the standard by any means.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 10th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.
Comments Off on Travis Fran Healy Pays Paul McCartney Vegetarian Royalties
When Paul McCartney agreed to perform on Travis‘ Fran Healy‘s solo album, Healy paid McCartney back in a gift worth more than a million dollar record contract.
Healy, his wife and one year old son have all turned vegetarian, the singer wrote on his blog, according to The Guardian.
“Nora [Healy’s wife] and I were sitting and thinking of a thank-you present and I suggested going vegetarian. Our son is already one, so it would mean we would all be on the same boat. I met Paul at his show in Berlin and told him what we wanted to do. He was visibly flabbergasted. Three days later the FedEx man delivered three Linda McCartney [vegetarian] cook books.”
Healy says he doesn’t miss his old diet and enjoyed hummus this past Christmas.
“I haven’t had any longing for meat or fish yet.”
It’s fantastic that Healy made a decision that’s better for the health of his family.
Sure hope he keeps it up.
Going back to cheeseburgers may be a breach of contract worth years of court time over intellectual property.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 10th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
Comments Off on Kathy Freston Dr. Michael Greger–Flu And Factory Farms
Author Kathy Freston interviewed Dr. Michael Greger of the Humane Society of the United States to get his thoughts on the possible connection between recent outbreaks of the flu virus and factory farmed meat.
According to Dr. Greger, the first hybrid mutant strain of swine flu was found in a factory farm in North Carolina, where hundreds of pregnant sows were crammed together in crates.
Dr. Greger believes these conditions provide the environment necessary for viruses to emerge.
But does touching or eating meat actually increase your risk of contracting the virus?
“There are certainly lots of viruses people can pick up from handling fresh meat… There have been a number of cases of human influenza linked to the consumption of poultry products, but it’s not clear whether swine flu viruses get into the meat. Regardless, the primary risk is not in the meat, but how meat is produced. Once a new disease is spawned from factory farm conditions it may be able spread person to person, and at that point animals–live or dead–may be out of the picture.”
But in the end, it probably pays to go veg anyway.
“We’ve known for 20 years that the immune function of those eating vegetarian may be superior to those eating meat. First published in 1989, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center found that although vegetarians had the same number of disease-fighting white blood cells compared to meat eaters, the immune cells of vegetarians were twice as effective in destroying their targets–not only cancer cells, but virus-infected cells as well. So a more plant-based diet may protect both now and in the future against animal-borne diseases like pandemic influenza.”
Read Dr. Greger’s online book about bird flu at birdflubird.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 10th, 2010 in Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Alicia Silverstone, Ellen DeGeneres Make Whole Foods Popular
There are numerous reasons why people are including more unprocessed foods in their diets, including the fact these foods are a cheaper, healthier and more gentle on the environment and animals.
But could Alicia Silverstone‘s cookbook The Kind Diet, Ellen Degeneres offering her recipe for vegan tacos and Alanis Morissette talking about kale have an effect on how the grocery budget is spent in the next few years?
Says a statement from prweb:
“Celebrities and sports figures are defining the trend. Well-known stars and musicians, including Ellen DeGeneres, Alicia Silverstone, Alanis Morissette, and Moby share their plant-based dietary choices. Athletes on a whole foods diet have a performance edge without steroids. A sampling of athletes sticking to a diet based on whole foods includes Brendan Brazier, ultra marathon champion, Ruth Heidrich, triathlete with over 900 wins, Pat Neshek, Minnesota Twins pitcher, and Salim Stoudamire, Atlanta Hawk’s shooting guard.”
Has a famous veggie influenced the way you cook at home?
Or is learning the Prince Fielder bats like a vegan news to you?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 10th, 2010 in Film & TV, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World And Jason Schwartzman
Scott Pilgrim
As reported earlier, the movie adaptation to the Scott Pilgrim comic book series, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is set for release this year and Universal Pictures has released a few photos from the film.
In both the books and the film, Scott Pilgrim, played by Michael Cera falls in love with a girl only to discover he has to fight off all her seven ex boyfriends.
One of those exes, Todd Ingram, boasts graduating at the top of his class from the Vegan Academy while disparaging non-vegans, saying they use only 10% of their brains while the rest is filled with “curds and whey.”
However, it’s later learned that Todd may not use his brain as much as he claims, as his cheats with dairy.
Take a look at the photo of a real vegan, Jason Schwartzman, who plays Gideon Graves in the movie.
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