Bill Clinton dishes on vegan diet
Bill Clinton dishes on vegan diet
By Caitlin McDevitt Politico July 31, 2013 After three years on a vegan diet, former President Bill Clinton says he doesn’t crave steak. But cutting back on bread has been tough. "Heavily processed carbs, you really have to control that," Clinton told AARP in a recent interview about his eating habits. The former president, now 66, went on a strict diet after a health scare in 2010, and he says he's kept it up. "I just decided that I was the high-risk person [for heart problems], and I didn't want to fool with this anymore. And I wanted to live to be a grandfather," Clinton said. "So I decided to pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival." Vegans don’t eat animal products, so fruits, vegetables and grains are okay but no meat or dairy. "The main thing that was hard for me actually — much harder than giving up meat, turkey, chicken and fish — was giving up yogurt and hard cheese," the former president said. "I love that stuff, but it really made a big difference when I did it." Clinton, famous for his hearty appetite in the White House, has admitted before that he cheats sometimes. But for the most part, he seems to like the new lifestyle. (It helps, of course, if someone is cooking for you.) According to the article, Clinton usually has an almond- milk smoothie for breakfast, a green salad for lunch and often a quinoa dish or a veggie burger for dinner. He’ll snack sometimes on nuts ("Those are good fats," he explained) and gets creative when he has a craving. If he wants something starchy, for instance, Clinton said, "You can make whipped cauliflower as a substitute for mashed potatoes, and it's great." Read more about: Bill Clinton Continues at: Bill Clinton dishes on vegan diet - POLITICO.com http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/...et-169584.html Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj o o o o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read, considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number. o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article. FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one or more net terrorists, this post may be reposted several times. |
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