Vegetarian Star

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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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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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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Sadie Frost Grazia

Sadie Frost is gracing the cover of Grazia magazine nude, which the actress says is completely natural–no airbrushing, retouching or resizing of the thighs.

Could Sadie’s diet have anything to do with retaining her incredible looks at the young age of 44?

According to the Times Online, Sadie is a vegetarian and avoids alcohol.

“I’ve always juiced, done the same thing: brown rice, kale, beetroot, goat’s cheese.”

“I was never a big drinker. I always had fun at parties but I’ve always done health stuff as well. If I went to a friend’s birthday, I’d been doing my training, my vegetarian meals, my healthiness and there’d be one photo that would label me a party girl. It wasn’t really me, I felt a pressure to socialise but I wasn’t very good at it. If I drank I’d have two drinks and be pissed and I gave myself a hard time because I want to get up at 7am and be organised.”

For a bigger picture of Sadie’s photo and to see what Jude Law is missing, visit here.

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TV Squad asked what comedian Carol Leifer was doing on a reality TV show about serious business, Celebrity Apprentice.

“Doesn’t she seem like the type of person who would dump on reality shows (especially celebrity reality shows) rather than be on one?” said writer Bob Sassone.

Hopefully, the recently turned vegan funny woman won’t attempt to make DNA mutating Agent Orange chicken like Herschel Walker did.

When given the task of creating frozen meals for a large company, Walker chose to take charge, even though he was a vegetarian.

Despite so many successful veggie companies like BabyCakes and Linda McCartney foods, Herschel couldn’t see a group of suited carnivores enjoying a plant based meal.

Do you even have to be told he was fired?

If Carol is given the same challenge, she’ll surely opt for entrees everyone can enjoy.

The Celebrity Apprentice season premier airs March 14th on NBC.

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Sure, Kellie Pickler may have been following a “healthy” vegetarian diet for the past couple of years, thanks to another American Idol alumnus, but that doesn’t mean she always chooses the best combination of foods to eat.

Krispy Kreme, cheese and wine make up a big portion of her food pyramid, according to The Boot.

“I love cheese!” Pickler said. “I could eat just blocks of it. … Velveeta Shells and Cheese, cheddar cheese, wine and cheese. It’ll be the death of me. That and Krispy Kreme. Every time that ‘hot’ sign is on, buddy, I’m pulling right through that drive-thru. They know me down there. They’re like, ‘Oh, it’s Pickler again. She’s comin’ back for more!'”

Whoa there, Kellie.

Calcium may be great for the bones, but what about the saturated fat found in cheese and other dairy products ?

One of Kellie’s New Year’s resolutions is make more use of her treadmill.

After a workout on the human hamster wheel, maybe Kellie will reach for whole grain pasta with vinaigrette instead of Velveeta Shells and cholesterol.

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Scene from "Vegetarian" directed by Lim Woo-Seong

Lim Woo-seong‘s Vegetarian film will be screening during Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah the week of January 21-31.

As expected from the title, Vegetarian includes the theme of abstaining from meat.

After experiencing bad dreams, a woman played by Chae Min-seo stops eating meat and even rejects her husband for doing so.

She is the object of her brother-in-law’s fixation and he uses her body as a canvass in an attempt to live out his desires by painting.

“I worked on the story for four years, so I was able to understand each and every character very well,” Woo-seong said, during an interview. “Art is not something that can be explained in the category of logic or morality, so I understood the artist’s desire, but also empathized with his wife torn between anger toward her husband and sympathy for her younger sibling.”

View a schedule of screenings for Vegetarian and more information about the film here.

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Just Jared has profiled 10 celebrities and their pets, including Natalie Portman and her Yorkshire Terrier named Whiz.

The actress told PETA, “I am a very strict vegetarian. I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values.”

Natalie recently turned vegan after reading Jonathan Safran Foer‘s book, Eating Animals and some celebrities, like Alicia Silverstone have taken veganism so seriously they’ve recruited their four legged family members into the diet club.

Portman and her pups might one day share the same meal together.

But hopefully, not the same bowl.

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