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Vegetarianism

Want to live like a celebrity? Then go vegetarian or vegan

In honor of the Indigo Girls show at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Thursday night, I thought I'd examine the culinary aspects of vegan and vegetarianism. Indigo Girl Amy Ray is a vegetarian, as are many celebrities.

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McCartney in Israel for 'peace' concert

Pop star Paul McCartney, one of two surviving members of the Beatles, arrived in Israel on Wednesday ahead of his first-ever concert in the Jewish state.

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Animal Advocate Envisions a Vegetarian World

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Health

Why Vegetarian Nutrition Stands Out !

When humans consume meat, especially in huge proportions, it stays in the intestines for longer periods, which can decay and lead to the formation of toxins. These toxins have been found to be trigger diseases such as colon and rectal cancer, liver and kidney problems and many others. Excessive consumption of meat can also increase saturated fat and cholesterol counts that can slow down the body’s metabolic functions, thus leading to cardiovascular problems

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UK/Bridlington: Birthday girl Blanche, 103, says vegetarian diet is key

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Vegetarianism - a safe, ethical and sustainable way to go

13 Canadians died because of food poisoning - many more are sick

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Soy-rich diet improves arteries in stroke patients

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Health benefits of a vegetarian diet

Soy-rich diet improves arteries in stroke patients

Isoflavone, a chemical found in soybeans, chickpeas, legumes and clovers, can improve artery function in stroke patients, a study in Hong Kong has found(...)

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Doctors Say Avandia Warning Label Should Tout Vegan Diet

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says that the benefits of the diet, which include a lowering of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, weight loss and the prevention - even reversal - of heart disease, should be made clear to Avandia users.........

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Study Finds Fountain Of Youth, Vegan Diet And Exercise

A major lifestyle change may be needed if you truly want to find the fountain of youth for yourself.

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Diet for Diabetes

Book author advocates vegan eating habits for diabetics

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Vegan Diet Reduces Risk of Arthritis, Heart Attack and Stroke

(NaturalNews) Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published a study in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy showing that eating a vegan, gluten-free diet may reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in rheumatoid arthritis patients, as well as reducing the severity of the disease....

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Hunger in the world

UN: Developing world leaders urge action on food crisis

Developing world leaders said on Tuesday that escalating food costs were exacting a heavy toll on the poor and called for global action to reverse the trend, which threatens to undermine economic growth.

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Petition to the UN and FAO ‚ hunger and malnutrition killing nearly six million children each year’

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FAO: Hunger on the rise

Soaring prices add 75 million people to global hunger rolls

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European Union

Petition: 'Stop EU subsidies to livestock industry'

In the last fifty years, in Europe and elsewhere in the developed countries, there has been an exponential growth in the consumption of animal products (meat, fish, eggs, milk and dairy products).

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EU: EFSA to look into EU public health risks linked to foods that may contain contaminated milk products from China

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Belgium investigates European meat scandal

Belgian police are investigating a suspected meat trafficking scandal involving hundreds of tonnes of chicken not deemed fit for human consumption.

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Europe: Transgenic Crops' Days May Be Numbered

Pressure from the president of the European Commission has not succeeded in advancing the cause of transgenic crops. In spite of the power wielded by the executive organ of the European Union, the bloc’s member countries are gradually discontinuing the use of genetically modified seeds.

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European parliamentarians vote to ban cloning

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Environment – Climate Change

Less meat – less heat

Everyone should have one meat-free day a week to tackle climate change, says UN

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said meat farming produces enormous amounts of greenhouse gases.

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Meat: Making Global Warming Worse

Need another reason to feel guilty about feeding your children that Happy Meal — aside from the fat, the calories and that voice in your head asking why you can't be bothered to actually cook a well-balanced meal now and then?

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Quitting meat is a low-hanging fruit

...The research and statistics are clear — vegetarianism and veganism are more earth-friendly than an omnivorous diet.

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Water for Farming - Running dry

The world has a water shortage, not a food shortage

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Politics

Austria: The activists are free

-Statement from Martin Balluch after his release

It’s now been a week since I was released from prison. 104 days in a prison cell are over! It is seriously shocking to see how far police repression will be taken in order to stop legitimate and successful protest for animals in the name of a majority of the population, just because it runs contrary to the profit interests of a powerful minority.

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EVANA interviewed Felix Hnat, President of the Vegan Society Austria

' … Each crisis can become a chance! … '

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Israel: For the first time in Israel's history, a vegetarian is poised to lead the powerful Middle East nation

Some of you might not think that Tzipi Livni's culinary preference is the most important qualification for someone who is set to become Israel's second female prime minister.

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see also: Jewish group congratulates Tzipi Livni, potentially Israel's first vegetarian Prima Minister

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UK: ADI to appeal UK ad ban in European Court of Human Rights

Animal Defenders International (ADI) is taking the UK to the European Court of Human Rights over its ban on political advertising

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USA: Take this, PETA

John McCain and Barack Obama, in separate interviews with Field & Stream, recall in great detail some of their sportsmen pursuits, surely getting PETA types scrambling for pen and paper

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USA: Sarah Palin's Shocking Animal Cruelty

If Sarah Palin ran the United States like she has run Alaska, it would indeed be a terrible day for animals

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see also:

USA: The Anne Kilkenny Email: 'Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters'

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Slaughter and Cruelty

USA/PETA: Undercover Investigation Reveals Hormel Supplier Abusing Mother Pigs and Piglets

For more than three months, PETA went undercover at an Iowa pig factory farm, which supplies piglets who are raised and killed for Hormel products.

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USA: Chino slaughterhouse regularly bought, abused sick cattle, ex-worker says

The Chino slaughterhouse that triggered the nation's largest-ever beef recall regularly bought sick, crippled and emaciated cows and forced them to their feet so they could be slaughtered for food, said a former employee who worked 23 years at Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.......

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Video Animals: Farm to Fridge

Life on the farm isn't what it used to be. The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes portrayed in children's books have been replaced by windowless sheds, tiny crates, wire cages, and other confinement systems integral to what is now known as "factory farming."

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USA/Breaking: PETA Video shows Agriprocessors worker hacking at cows' throats with a knife seconds after Shechita cut

In 2004, after these horrific violations of Humane Slaughter law were exposed by PETA, the OU promised…

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USA: Cruelty of meat industry concerns vegan activist

The next time you call someone a chicken, think about what that says about your opinion of the bird that bears the name, asks American activist Gene Baur.

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USA: Checkout Line: Meat of the matter

What's so eco about all those eco-meat labels?
...It's also worth noting that Eshel, a former cattle rancher, gave up meat 25 years ago not for environmental reasons, but for ethical ones. "One visit to a modern slaughterhouse is enough to turn the most rabid meat eater into a pacified vegetarian," he said. "It is horrific."

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Grilling the meat industry on policy

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