Archive for the 'Vegetarian' Category

If you are looking for a vegetarian source of protein, shiitake mushrooms fit the bill. You can include some of these tasty mushrooms in your daily soups and salads for a healthy boost of muscle-building protein. Numerous studies over the years have shown shiitake mushrooms to have a positive effect on heart health, making it a great food for those taking care of their cardiovascular system.

- Wellness Expert, Margaux Jean

Sara Gilbert, co-host and Executive Producer of The Talk has some great living green tips!

She's been a vegan for four years now and has been vegetarian for 24!!

We can tell she's definitely compassionate for animals, so caring about mother Earth must just come naturally!

5 easy things I’ve adopted for living life a little greener:

I recently started biking to work – It’s great exercise and good for the environment

I drive a hybrid – save on gas and cash

Visit your local Farmer’s Market and buy local, organic produce.

Be Vegan! That’s the best way to be green. You can start small and try eating one vegan meal per week.

Check your products. Read the labels and watch out for harmful chemicals, especially with products you put on your skin. Also be wary of the chemicals in cleaning products.

So just follow these simple tips and you'll be well on your way to living the green life!

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Jared Leto loves his vegan diet, but it sounds like he might love his fans more!

The actor-turned-rocker was at the South By Southwest festival this past week and was asked to take a picture with a fan in front of a Korean barbecue truck.

The evolution has begun. For Starbucks, at least.

The popular chain has opened their first business venture that doesn't revolve around coffee. Evolution Fresh is a juice shop that caters to customers seeking products that will help them live a healthier lifestyle, as the president of Starbucks Channel Development said:

"Our customers are looking for a healthier lifestyle. Juice and nutrition is no longer a fad. It's a full-blown trend."

According to sources, the first shop has opened near Seattle in Bellevue, Washington and the menu features a variety of fresh squeezed juices, along with vegan and vegetarian food selections.

As you'll notice in the picture above, the shop has very little to do with Starbucks. In fact, the only mention of the biggest brand in coffee is a menu offering of Starbucks Pike Place Roast for $1.95. Despite the fact that Evolution Fresh will always be the younger sibling of Starbucks in our mind, the company believes their new health and wellness chain is "a brand concept that stands on its own."

One thing this place does have in common with the familiar coffee franchise is the signature price. One hand-crafted juice will cost your wallet $7.99. Will U give Starbucks' new juice a shot?

It's not just all the workouts he gets on stage as Blink-182's drummer that keeps him so fit, Travis Barker stays nice and slim with a strict vegan diet.

While talking to paparazzi, the rock star revealed that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and his young children are vegans too!

We could never give up meat entirely (although we try to cut back), but it's probably not too hard to be vegan if you've never eaten a piece of meat in your life like Travis' kids.

Do U think more kids should be vegans or should they have more of a choice in what they eat before their parents limit their diet to just veggies?

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AHH! This is so scary!

A study from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that red meat is behind one in ten early deaths!

After observing more than 120,000 people over the course of 28 years, researchers found regularly eating red meat significantly increases your risk of

Ethan Brown, a researcher who works out of a facility in Maryland, claims he has created a fake chicken product that has the right taste and texture to please regular meat eaters.

To create the new food that will cost LESS than actual chicken at the grocery store, Brown and his team