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Glenn Beck knows McDonald’s Hamburglers steal more than lunch. That’s why he called Al Gore out for carrying the title of both environmentalist and meat eater.

So it’s no surprise he’s still going strong after embarking on the diet he, a couple of months ago, called a “vegan nightmare.”

According to the Chicago Tribune, Beck revealed to a crowd at the Chicago Theatre he’s gone vegan for health reasons.

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One Sexy MF named Prince was a guest onĀ George Lopez where he talked about the effect of the Internet on the music industry, the middle man in concert ticket prices and of course, his vegetarian diet.

Prince thinks a hot dog is one of the worst foods out there and the ingredients in them are so obscene, Prince can’t even say them on television, given the fact he tries to abstain from cursing, which adhering to a plant-based diet may also help him do.

The new word for anything 4-letter is now “artichoke.”

“If I can stop swearing, everybody can stop swearing,” Prince said.

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Jillian Michaels “Shape” Issue Reveals Love Of Popchips

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, April 15th, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, pescatarian, TV Hosts.

Jillian Michaels is gracing the cover of the May 2011 issue of Shape magazine.

The pescatarian who’s leaving The Biggest Loser after this season to work on promoting organic farming told the magazine she rates the foods she eats on a scale from 1-10. Some foods are junk foods, but they’re moderately rated junk foods, so she lets herself cheat with them.

Of course, a little vegan junk food here and there couldn’t be that harmful.

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Selling the idea of eating more fruits and vegetables to kids can be tough.

Perhaps the best way to do this is by mirroring the personalities of hormone-fueled children and adolescents by offering animated veggie characters whose mouths warrant a day or two in detention.

In other words, smart-ass veggies may sell.

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WWE star Daniel Bryan has given Peta2 an exclusive interview, which they’ve already posted part 1 of 2 to their site.

Growing up, Bryan suffered from a weak immune system and numerous health problems, some of which caused him to miss an entire month of school at a time.

When he developed multiple staph infections a few years ago, he found a good doctor who prescribed more the medication.

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Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead is a new documentary about health transformation being screened at select locations in the United States and is also available for download from the Internet.

The film follows Joe Cross, a morbidly obese man with an autoimmune disease who begins a 3,000 mile journey to better health by drinking only vegetable and fruit juice for 60 days.

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“Masterchef” Puts Vegetarian Chef Ahead Of Competition

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 in Chefs, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV, Recipes.

Reality TV has a way of giving the vegetarian the shaft. And not the juicy, nutritious celery kind either.

Often, the contestant has to choose between continuing to compete or eating meat, cooking meat or gets lambasted by judges, competitors and blogs for cooking meatless dishes.

This season, BBC’s Masterchef tells a different story. One of the four finalists in the competition is known for her vegetarian dishes and Mastechef’s co-presenter Greg Wallace is impressed.

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Humane Society’s Wayne Pacelle Interview With KQED (Audio)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Audio.

President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States Wayne Pacelle recently interviewed with Northern California’s public radio station KQED where he discussed the most recent seal hunt initiated in Canada, his new book, The Bond, and numerous animal welfare issues.

Pacelle mentions that while the morality of the seal hunt makes it an obvious practice that should end, even those who don’t object to it morally should not see any reason for it to continue on an economic level.

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