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Mayim Bialik

When Mayim Bialik takes her little one for a check-up, runny nose or prescription refill, she’ll never have to worry about doc giving her a lecture on proteins, soy products giving him male breasts, the kid’s growth being stunted or any of the other naysaying arguments those in the medical profession who are uneducated about veg diets and children give.

Mayim’s pediatrician for her children happens to be a vegan.

“Fortunately, our pediatrician is vegan, and that’s so incredibly important,” Bialik told VegNews in the April 2011 issue.

“Not only for my son to have a vegan diet reinforced at our check-ups but also to have a pediatrician who’s a nutritionist, whom we can actually go to with my mother-in-law’s questions.”

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21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

To complement the Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook, one of the world’s most veggie friendly doctors, Dr. Neal Barnard, has released a diet book that contains a foreward by Alicia Silverstone.

21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health is filled with advice on weight loss, appetite curbing and kickstarting your metabolism from the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization that advocates a vegan diet for good health.

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Paul Watson To Speak At LA Go Green Expo

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, March 7th, 2011 in Environment-Eco-Green, Food & Drink.

Captain Paul Watson

Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson is one of several celebrities scheduled to present at the LA Go Green Expo, an event showcasing green businesses and their sustainable products.

During April 15-17 at the LA Convention Center, visitors can learn about more environmentally friendly living practices from over 200 booths as well as featured films, food and beverage tasting, hybrid and electric car displays and educational sessions on green building and home improvements.

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Bethenny Frankel

Bethenny Frankel is making her way across the country for her Skinny Girl Night Out tour, nights filled with talk about food, diet, health and everything else from the Real Housewives of New York City star, cookbook author and chef.

Frankel has always advocated a heavily plant-based diet even though she’s not a vegetarian, and this weekend she stayed the course by sharing her experiences eating veggie burgers and falafel in Connecticut.

When asked she ended up at lunch in Hartford, Bethenny Tweeted, “Trumbull kitchen.great veggie burger.nice staff.”

After her show in Stamford, she treated herself to Layla’s Falafel.

At layla's falafel after the show in stamford.YUM! on Twitpic
And how can one eat like Bethenny when traveling through the Constitution State?

Here’s the hummus scoop:

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Vincent Kartheiser has already greened his life by taking the bus or train instead of a car, eating vegetarian and using his neighbor’s john.

Now Kartheiser and his Mad Men co-star Rich Sommer are starring in a PSA for high-speed rail that was created by the public-interest advocacy group U.S. PIRG.

The video is set to debut this Wednesday, March 9, but U.S. PIRG posted a teaser on their Facebook page last week.

The clip shows Kartheiser and Sommer in the Mad Men 1965 setting discussing the possibility of high-speed trains.

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Vanilla Ice

After hearing the lyrics to “Ice, Ice Baby,” some may question Vanilla Ice‘s ability to rap. But after he accomplished the feat of making a vegetarian dish in 45 seconds at EatTheChef.com, no one doubts his ability to wrap.

Get the word out to your mother and all your vegetarian peeps ’cause Ice is back with a brand new invention–Vegetarian Square (ish) Wraps.

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Robin Quivers has successfully complete season one of her web-based vegan cooking show, Vegucating Robin.

Health foodies will tell you nature’s fruits are the best dessert, but Quivers and her co-host Gavan Murphy prove even mother nature can be improved upon as they demonstrate making Prosecco-poached pears.

Sweet fruit is bathed in orange juice, wine and garnished with cinnamon, chocolate and fresh mint.

These desserts are as visually beautiful as they are sweet. The pear’s shape, including the stem, is held intact for an astounding presentation.

Grab the recipe here.

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Esai Morales

“The reality is if you eat live, organic food–mostly non-processed, non-animal raised–you’re not only working on the environment but your own inner environment will benefit greatly. Eat the diet Adam and Eve were designed to eat.”

Esai Morales, actor known for his roles in NYPD Blue, Jericho and Capria during an interview at Global Green’s pre-Oscar party.

Someone trying to sell you the idea that you can’t get the nutrition you need from plants? Or that animal products can’t harm your health? Meet the Adam and Eve lying serpent of 2011. Don’t be fooled by a snake oil salesman!

Photo: PR Photos

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