We Love To Gawk At Fit Celebs Weekly Round-up: June 27, 2008
Keira Knightley has battled allegations that her slight build is due to an eating disorder, and though she has publicly denied having anorexia (if fact, she insists she eats like a horse), speculation has continued. Her mom is now speaking out, saying that Keira eats well and has her father's genes.Jamie Lee Curtis once again proved to be a breath of fresh air in Hollywood. The actress is turning 50, and at this point in her life, she has come to some realizations about age, body perception, and life in general. Not only is she a class act and a role model -- she's wise, too!
Oprah Winfrey ended her 21-day vegan cleanse, and she says she got out of it exactly what she intended to get out of it -- enlightenment. She kept an online journal of her diet and talked about what she found difficult and what she found surprisingly easy. While the talk show host isn't making any commitments to going vegan, she did say, "I will forever be a more cautious and conscious eater. That's my commitment for now. To stay awakened."
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Can differing dietary habits drive a wedge between relationships? This omnivore dated an ovo-lacto vegetarian for three years and then married him. Without kids it was pretty easy to accommodate our differences. At home we prepared vegetarian dinners, but meat was fine to have in the house -- I made turkey sandwiches for lunch and he'd pile on veggies/cheese. Dinners out were a celebration for me, I could order anything with meat. He had absolutely no issues about my meat intake. In a good-hearted effort I even jumped on the ovo-lacto veggie bandwagon for five months after our son was born. But I became devoid of energy, didn't feel myself and returned to chicken breasts, grilled fish, turkey burgers, turkey and the sporadic burger or steak.
I'm amazed at how many people, upon learning that I don't eat meat or poultry, tell me that they tried to be a vegetarian, but it made them
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I grew up in rancher's country, where the profiles of cows and cowboys dot the horizon and anyone who doesn't enjoy a good steak is considered a hippy. And that person was me -- even though we ate red meat at almost every dinner, I always filled up more on the side dishes than the main course, even as a kid. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that as an adult, I rarely buy, prepare or eat red meat -- or meat of any kind, except for fish. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm not a meat fiend either -- I'm somewhere in the middle, a 'flexitarian.' Meaning? I eat everything but i'm as comfortable around tofu as I am around a chicken breast.
Can a vegan diet (a no-meat, no-eggs, no dairy way of eating) be healthy? It can be, says
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