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Alicia Silverstone talks veganism with Oprah

 

 
Tomorrow’s Oprah show looks extremely interesting. Best selling food expert Michael Pollan will be on the show and Alicia Silverstone reveals why her weight worries are over. It’s Food 101!
 
Tune in Wednesday January 27th. Check your local listings for time.
 
Go to Oprah.com for more information.
 

Flesh of Your Flesh

 
Flesh of Your Flesh: Should you eat meat?
 
Americans love animals. Forty-six million families in the United States own at least one dog, and thirty-eight million keep cats.
 
Americans also love to eat animals. This year, they will cook roughly twenty-seven billion pounds of beef, sliced from some thirty-five million cows. Most of these creatures have been [...]

Alexandra Paul a vegetarian for over 30 years

 

 
Alexandra Paul ,46, has been a vegetarian for over 30 years. She was recently interviewed by Vegetarian Times magazine where she had this to say.
 
What motivated you to become a vegetarian?
 
It’s the best way each of us can save animals and save the environment. Now, over 30 years later, I also see a [...]

The Locavore Myth

I just read a great article titled The Locavore Myth. You can find the link at the bottom.
 
Buying local isn’t as great as you think it is. Until our food system becomes more transparent, there is one thing you can do to shrink the carbon footprint of your dinner: Take the meat off [...]

Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

 
Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won’t bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with antibiotics. The waste produced by the pig [...]

Roseanne Bar disses vegans

In a recent interview with Heeb magazine Roseanne Bar had this to say about vegans.
 
“Vegans are all coke-sniffing, cigarette-smoking faux socialists who listen to music that has no melody at all, so fuck them.”
 
To read the interview click here.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie argue over vegetarianism

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are said to be at odds over their children’s diet. Brad Pitt is a vegetarian who wants to see his kids give up meat, but his wife allegedly thinks red meat is an important part of the families diet.
 
“Brad hates seeing the children eating meat and he’s annoyed with [...]

Preservatives in Meat Linked to Dementia

Preservatives added to cured meats, bacon and ground beef have been linked to dementia diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Read more.
 

Alanis Morisette regains sleek figure with vegan diet

 
Alanis hit ‘rock bottom’ after the unraveling of her engagement to Ryan Reynolds, but it seems she’s finally turned her life around.
 
The 35-year-old has lost around 20 pounds since blowing out as a result of what she describes as being indulgent for a good nine months.
 
How’d she do it? She turned to Dr. Joel [...]