The research has been done and the doctors have weighed in. Eating plant-based foods is not only good for Mother Earth, it’s good for your mother too!
Bestselling author Kathy Freston took to Oprah.com to share her latest research on a plant-based diet and how it relates to disease prevention. In the piece, Freston writes:
“Here’s the [...]
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Is she vegetarian? Is she vegan? Get ready for some more “What’s Natalie Portman eating?!” news!
The LA Times recently interviewed the 28-year-old actress in a vegan restaurant in downtown Manhattan, (nibbling on a soy-cheese sandwich no less) and got the scoop that Natalie is once more vegan. There had been doubts this was the case [...]
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We mentioned last week that Alicia Silverstone would be launching a website to go along with her new book The Kind Diet, but it seems as though the plans are a bit more ambitious than that.
Called The Kind Life, the actress created the website as an “interactive extension” of her healthy living book — sharing [...]
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Move over Gwyneth Paltrow — there’s another actress coming online that wants to share her healthy, environmentally-friendly finds.
In conjunction with the release of her new book “The Kind Diet“, Alicia Silverstone is branching online with a new site called TheKindLife.com. Hit it up currently, and you’re met with nothing more than a “Hellow” — but [...]
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Much criticism has been lobbed on Gwyneth Paltrow for her GOOP side-project — a weekly wellness newsletter that covers everything from eating better to shopping. While our reactions sway between scorn and praise depending on the topic of the week, we nonetheless find GOOP to be an interesting, if not always practical, piece of the [...]
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Being vegan is a cinch, but raw vegan? Dude, I’ve tried and it’s sooooo hard for me. Hence the super amount of respect I have for Jason Mraz and his rockstar raw diet.
Jason went raw last April when his “trusty sidekick, Toca Rivera…discovered he was Diabetic.” A year later, Jason likes the diet so much [...]
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It’s no secret that Russell Crowe has been trying to get in shape for awhile now. There were even reports earlier this summer that the actor had over $160,000 in exercise equipment installed in a trailer on the set of his new flick Robin Hood.
Anyways, continuing his personal fitness regimen, Crowe has taken to biking [...]
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“Unfortunately many of our health-care problems are self-inflicted: two-thirds of Americans are now overweight and one-third are obese. Most of the diseases that kill us and account for about 70% of all health-care spending—heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and obesity—are mostly preventable through proper diet, exercise, not smoking, minimal alcohol consumption and other healthy lifestyle [...]
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“I’m honored to serve as an ambassador to the Diabetes Aware campaign, and I want to encourage families to be active and eat right. Small steps can go a long way in managing diabetes, its complications, and raising healthy, active children.”
-Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson speaking out about his new role as ambassador of the Diabetes Aware campaign. [...]
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For those that love to hate GOOP — Gwyneth Paltrow’s weekly lifestyle newsletter — Vanity Fair has printed a mock interview with the actress that’s just for you. It touches upon her main focal points of “Go”, “Do”, “See”, “Be”, “Get”, “Make” and is rather hilarious. Here’s a highlight of their spoof on “MAKE”:
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