Ellen DeGeneres announces new vegan site
Comedienne and talk show personality launches online portal for new vegans with recipes, tips and links to resources and information.
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Im so happy she is changing her life one step at a time. :) Exactly the way I did
I have a good idea! Lets stop trying to destroy the planet. We don't have a lot of time. Some of you should take a closer look at factory farming and what it does to our environment. If you don't care about the planet then go back to your reality TV shows or whatever else you waste your time with. If you do care, then find out. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Nice some of you have such faith in the FDA and Medical Journals.
Does funding from corporations have any effect those nice peer reviewed papers? Think, think, think.
I have been very interested in a dietary vegan lifestyle for a while now, but never knew how to do it! I think that its great what she is doing! More power to he. People just need educated because they don't know the half of everything that goes on when it comes to the animal production, and cruelty in this country!
People are not natural omnivores beside more and more is being proven that even the people in the very old days used to eat very little meat.
Leo Tolstoy already said: As long as there will be slaughterhouses there will be battlefields",
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As long as humans continue to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, those who sow the seed of murder and pain will never reap joy.... More
Very good of Ellen to promote this, it's so needed!.
It's just meat... why is everybody getting so bent out of shape?
I think her website is pretty commercial, tbh.. It doesn't stand out in any way. I think it's just kind of there as a resource to her fans who watch her show and want to know more about vegan-ism. Nothing wrong with supporting a FIT AND HEALTHY AMERICA. =)
Evolutionarily speaking, I have heard that we wouldn't be human if we hadn't been carnivores. Our brains wouldn't have developed the same way. So maybe there is a.... More
"It''s just meat"?",
You can not imagine what agony meat (consumtion ) brings to the world if you would you would go vegan too.
Jennifer's concerns about not having specific studies cited should be satisfied if she reads "The China Studly" by Colin Campbell, Phd. That book references over 750 peer-reviewed,scientific, evidence-based studies. Additionally, I would recommend "Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease" by Caldwell Esselstyn, MD and all books by John McDougall, MD all highly referenced with scientific,peer-reviewed studies.
I eat meat sparingly and never pork. I, however, have a severe dairy allergy (additional lactose intolerance). I use vegan recipes due to that, especially for desserts and casserole dishes. Looking forward to following Ellen's new site. Way to go, Ellen!!
I think my favorite aspect of all the comments below is how often people refer to "studies," yet fail to actually cite them. If you're going to try to make a point about something and say "studies show...", then give some legitimacy to it and cite the source. It's all b*llshit to me unless you've got a peer reviewed, reproduced, and consistent outcome in a research study. Most nutritional research does not fall under these guidelines. Ideas change constantly, and there is very little I take.... More
Kudos to Ellen for being socially aware. Vegans and nonvegans will appreciate her website. I look forward to having a website for healthier meal choices!I'm on both sides of the fence on this issue. I eat meat, but I wish I could totally eliminate it from my diet, I love veggies...all kinds, cooked or raw. Kudos Ellen, for your wonderful website!
I will eat anything with a face.
Why do carnivores get so testy and defensive whenever this subject comes up? Personally I don't care if you want to eat dead flesh so leave me alone if I choose not to. I don't think vegans are in some way superior to you, I actually know a lot of really kind, compassionate meat eaters. And I don't care if you think I'm kooky because I don't like the idea of torturing and killing animals for any reason.
They get testy because groups like PETA who try to force their Vegan lifestyle on other and vilify those who eat meat. You have to expect some push back.
Not true. PeTA doesn't try to force anything on anyone.....however, they will put the reality of how your food and clothing are made and at what expense in your face. Most humans dislike that because they realize how wrong their actions are. They would rather call a pig, pork and a cow, beef. Hide how it gets in the little plastic wrapped packages under the rug and not admit that it is exactly the same body parts that a human has, cells, blood vessels, fat, muscle, mucous, etc. and that.... More
Eating a vegan diet is definitely the most healthy. Read "The China Study" by Colin Campbell, a well respected nutritional biochemist. There is significant documented risk to eating animal protein let alone animal fat. The comments above re: digesting plant-based foods vs. animal foods are quite valid. Again, read "the China Study" and "Diet for a New America" and you will get a lot of your questions answered in an educated fashion. And Ellen, you go, girl - YES YOU CAN - and should -.... More
sorry about the anon but I really don't need another account.
Vegetarianism is a great ideal but unfortunately fails in the face of many health realities. Diabetes type II is a difficult problem and is frequently blamed on meat consumption. Sadly, the researchers showed otherwise. Excess of carbohydrates seems to be a good candidate for diabetes trigger. Now that I'm a type II diabetic he used to be mostly vegetarian, I'm now faced with making meals with no more than 25 g of.... More
Humans have hunted and eaten meat for millenia, going all vegan, while "morally correct" makes people miserable. There is something about saturated fats that makes people happy, why else would people reach for ice cream as a good break up food?
Because humans, unlike every other species, are weak and brainwashed by the agriculture industry. They created the infamous food group pyramid, the brainless follow it religiously, the paid off schools teach it. Who designed/created it??? You got it, the USDA, Meat industry, etc. You and your kids are brainwashed into liking something that is pretty bad for you. It is easier to just go with the masses than to think for yourself for most.
It''s purely an (unhealthy) addiction most addicts get sick when they give up their drug. if kicked of well the use of the drug will make a person ill or al leas resist it.
Vegans are mindless sheep. Not necessarily stupid, but highly susceptible to propaganda.
My grandmother has eaten meat her entire life. She's 93 years old anbd isn't obese. She never had heart problems, diabetes or cancer. All these diseases are caused by overeating, not meat. Dieting of any kind usually causes these conditions to improve. Going Vegan is just another way to malnourish your body to loose weight...but it doesn't mean you're healthy.
Many Vegans don't get.... More
As usually: the exeption to the rule....al her friends are probably dead. Your grandmother probably had to do more fysical labour and probably had a lot more children then women have nowadays. the times have changed. and besides the animals your grandmother used to eat weren not as much as now from a horrble intensive industry. it s should be ultamately out of reslect for all life, since among other thing animal products waste away al lot of food and water and without there would be enough.... More
Kudos to Ellen for helping raise awareness about going vegan.
I wonder what Ellen's thoughts are on representing Cover Girl, especially in light of her new vegan site?
I was going to ask that same question...For those who don't know of what we speak, Cover Girl is a Proctor & Gamble product and P&G still defends its use of animals in testing its cosmetics.
I don't eat Cover Girl makeup, so I don't see the conflict. Vegan's say that it's about eating healthy, but apparently there is a hidden agenda.
"Vegans say it's about eating healthy"?
I'm a vegan, and I'm a junk food junkie.
Did I just turn your world upside down or what? Try not to make blanket statements about people...
I have no hidden agenda. I eat vegan because the farming industry is f*cked up and the kind of violence and suffering incurred by animals is nothing I want to be a part of... bring on the Oreo cupcakes, baby.
Still vegan junkfood is not as unhealthy as animal products versions are.
Yeah, the "hidden agenda" is cruelty free living.
Vegans don't say it's all about eating healthy -- they say it's all about eating healthy, protecting the environment, social justice, and compassion for animals. Being vegan is part of an overall lifestyle that includes boycotting animal products in clothing and cosmetics, and often boycotting products that are tested on animals. The agenda is far from hidden - most vegans are very willing to share why they are vegan and why you should be vegan, too.
The FDA requires all drugs to be tested on animals. Does that mean you take no medication, including vitamins? I don't wear makeup because those companies *choose* to torture animals just so women can look like drag queens. But avoiding all testing is impossible!
Translation: Nut Jobs!!!
Vegans are annoying, eat like a human and stop acting like being vegan is healthy and gives you special powers its been proven not for either.
Humans are suppossed to be vegetable eaters.
It's about respect for all life.
please "like" the thinking vegan on facebook, it will remind you about the way cows and animals are treated in life, it may make you go vegan, like, today!!! :)
There is no need to eat meet to survive. You get enough and more of proteins and vitamins and essential minerals from vegeratain food. Look the obesity problem we are facing now. It is good that Ellen is promoting veganism.
The Atkins diet wouldn't work if meat caused obesity. We've been omnivores since the beginning of man, but have only had an obesity problem in the past few decades. So, putting the blame on meat is completely unfounded. If eating meat causes obesity, then past generations would have the same obesity problems we have today. .
Then, if you consider research that suggests ingredients like MSG, Corn Syrup and Artificial Sweeteners are the cause of obesity, it really deflates the.... More
The previous generation had to do al lot more fysical labour.
The Atkins diet is an unhealthy diet that has been proven and is not very ethical and needlessly expensive.
Oh dear, you need to do your research...
Nobody eats "meet"
Actually a balanced diet with moderate inclusion of meat is more healthy than no meat at all. We are omnivores which means we eat both and also thrive when the proper balance is met. To say we are never to eat meat is not valid and not a healthly diet.
Says who? You? I went Vegan cold turkey 5 years ago. Dropped 25 lbs and kept it off, no longer at risk for being put on Blood pressure meds because mine has stabilized and stayed that way. More energy, sleep better, etc. Meat eaters can validate it any way they like. The reality is, you are brainwashed into believing the food group pyramid. You are a follower. Humans were not meant to be okay with intentional cruelty. Animals kill and hunt for survival. Humans do it for pleasure. .... More
I think this will bring conscience eating to the mainstream...I as well despise the fact that she is a CoverGirl spokesperson. P&G are barbaric in the animal testing arena. I think they chose her to help with that image of them.
You dont make friends with salad! You dont make friends with Salad! You dont make friends with salad! lol more vegans means more meat for me!
There are more things in the world besides 'salad' how sa(la)d that you think this way. Going vegan is the best choice i've ever made and i can advise it to everone.
Even more scientific studies have also confirmed that omnivore diets are associated with lower cholesterol, lower risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, lower risk of hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, lower body fat, and lower overall cancer rates. In fact, studies have shown that an omnivore diet can actually reverse diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. "Associations" can be made for all kinds of hypothesis, but that doesn't mean that one can conclude that simply becoming.... More
Health should be more then just the (selfish) care for ones own body:
Eating meat doesn't lower the hunger and thirst in the world, the cruelty to animals, the deserts, animal desease, etc
Leo Tolstoy already said: As long as there will be slaughterhouses there will be battlefields",
and --Pythagoras
As long as humans continue to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill.... More
