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You must have been following the COVID-19 numbers. You know already that about 2.8 million people are infected globally; that the US is approaching one million infections; and the UK is probably in pole position for the death rate among European countries.

It is also important to look behind these large numbers.

Do you know African Americans in Chicago are four times as likely to die from COVID-19 than whites? Why is this?

Pre-existing conditions:

Diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and other conditions reduce the likelihood of surviving COVID-19. The historic diet of slaverya diet that was not balanced, had little to do with well-being; it was a diet based on simple carbsthe white sins of white flour, white bread, salt, sugar and tons of fried and preserved foodshave partially contributed to the dire state of health and well-being of many African Americans. In fact, when actor Winston Duke visited Villa Being in Tobago, he indicated he was producing a documentary on the link between the diet of slavery and the current health of African Americans.

Limited protection:

About 26 million Americans have no insurance, or limited coverage. They and are not paid if they are sick (no sick leave). This means many do not have a choice but to work, regardless of personal challenges and dangers. Visiting a doctor and purchasing medication cost money. Many are therefore reluctant to visit a doctor and may even continue working despite being ill or having COVID-19.

Poverty:

Reducing the spread of the coronavirus requires self-isolation. Can you imagine self-isolating if you are sharing a room with 11 others and sharing a single bathroom (as some immigrants do in Singapore)? Poverty is inversely correlated to spacethe richer you are, the more space you have and vice versa. So, with limited space, limited income and will to self-isolate, poverty exacerbates the situation and adds even more danger for African Americans.

Profits trump people:

A pork plant in South Dakota had the highest number of infections in that state. The company, Smithfield, one of the largest pork processors in the US, refused to take necessary action when COVID-19 broke out. And the employees, mainly immigrants from places like Myanmar, Ethiopia, Nepal, Congo and El Salvador, could not afford to stop working. In this minimum-wage plant, where 80 different languages were spoken, the hours are long, the work gruelling, and standing on a production line often means being less than a foot away from your co-workers on either side. Dozens of workers were testing positive for the virus each day, and the states governor had to force this plant to close.

Pollution:

Many black Americans work on the frontline (and not in lovely air-conditioned offices). They are, therefore, more exposed to all types of chemicals, dust and fine particle pollution (cleaning, construction and road works, garbage collection, gas stations, roadside businesses, etc), affecting their respiratory well-being and reducing their general immunity to Covid-19.

So what does this mean for us?

1. Be grateful! If you have a car/vehicle (and you do not have to mess with the masses); if you have a job that allows you to work from home; if you have a room/space/location where you can self-isolate, if needed; if you have family and friends with whom you can stay in touch; if you are not providing an essential service and you can stay at home; be grateful. And be thankful and considerate to those who have to venture out each day.

2. Build immunity. Remember we have been weaned on the same white sin diet as African Americanswhite flour (in our coconut bakes, pasta and roti), fried food and fried everything (bakes, chicken, chips and everything else); salted and preserved foods (saltfish, pigtail, smoked herring and salt meat).

We need to make changes to our diet to eat more fresh foods, and eat local; exercise and take in fresh air; get enough sleep and reduce stress.

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To boost your immune system, doctors recommend a healthy diet that embraces fruits and veggies and has no vitamin deficiencies. But how about a little Prokofiev?

Sound like quackery? Its not. Numerous studies, including a 2019 review in the journal Annual Research & Review in Biology, have found that both performing and listening to music can have a significant impact on the immune system. And as COVID-19 fosters global tension and fear, everyone is looking for ways to mitigate that stress and boost the immune system to ward off viral infections.

Certainly music has an impact on the brain, and anxiety and stress impact the immune system, said Andrew Levin, a neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh.

STRESS RELIEF

Dr. Levin, an amateur trumpet player who performs with several local ensembles, said hes not an expert in the ways music interacts with the brain. But it works for him.

Music is a part of my stress release paradigm, he said, adding that he hasnt had much time lately to play. We know that music can affect brain states, so I dont believe it is much of a stretch to say that music can indirectly affect our physiology, and there is research that supports this notion.

According to a 2013 review in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity, the emotional and psychological effects of listening to music have direct impact on biomarkers and hormone levels. Immunoglobulin A, which plays a crucial role in immune functions, was cited as being particularly responsive to music. There is also general consensus among researchers that listening to music reduces cortisol levels, with one 2007 study in the Journal of Music Therapy by A.J. Ferrer stating that music can be as effective as diazepam in reducing vital signs of anxiety.

DOES THE SONG MATTER?

So, does it matter what sort of music youre listening to?

It does, but only whether you like the song. Prior associations and relationships with different types of music affect how your body responds. In general, research indicates that relaxing music (i.e. slower tempo, peaceful music) is better for calming frayed nerves, decreasing blood pressure and respiration and settling the heart rate.

Curiously, while major music streaming companies including Spotify and Bandcamp report dips in usage during the pandemic, classical music streaming has seen a bump, along with folk and childrens music.

GOOD VIBES

A report by the classical music streaming service Primephonic states that listeners habits have shifted from early morning and evening listening to business hours. Listening during lunch hour has doubled, and countries shut down the longest due to COVID-19 have seen up to a 50% increase in listening time.

This music provides hope, Primephonic CEO Thomas Steffens said in a phone call from the Netherlands.

He also said the rate of increase for new subscriptions is much higher than it was a month ago, even though Primephonic is marketing less.

The increase is a mixture of people who already like classical listening more and new listeners trying out the genre, like how many people are now trying new recipes, Steffens said.

Idagio, another classical music streaming service, also reports increased usage. Orchestras and opera houses around the country are streaming video performances and drawing millions of viewers. On Easter, Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli sang a selection of hymns in an empty cathedral in Milan. By the next evening, the performance had garnered more than 30 million views on YouTube.

Noah Potvin, a professor of music therapy at Duquesne University, said classical musics cultural associations include relaxation and refinement and a certain health image, and this is likely driving listeners to the genre.

Think of any Lexus or Mercedes commercial with soaring classical melodies, he said. That sense of security and peace is attractive right now.

Potvin is skeptical of some of the research linking music with the immune system, questioning whether its healthy to use music or any other tool to suppress anxiety.

The research is superficial, though I dont mean that in a pejorative way, he said. I think the information we have is valuable, but we need to go deeper.

Music therapists use music to treat acute anxiety and stress, but Potvin said a more valuable use is exploring how music can help listeners work through anxiety and stress instead of simply covering over such sensations, which can be counterproductive. Using music for progressive muscle relaxation is a common technique at the moment, he said.

Listening to music is not a cure-all. Its another example of the much-discussed mind-body connection that has so captured the public consciousness in recent years, which deals with how emotional and mental health have physical outcomes.

Im a skeptic by nature, so when I first heard of the mind-body connection I thought it was new-age woo-woo, Levin said. However, the more I learned about human physiology, and in particular neurophysiology and neurology, I became increasingly convinced that we actually underestimate how profound this connection is.

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Possibly due to the fact that a vaccine and effective medicines to treat the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) have not yet become a reality, stories about foods that allegedly counter the infection are spreading false hope.

One fallacy is based on the purported power of vitamin C, abundant in citrus fruits and vegetables, such as limes, oranges, and sweet peppers. For decades, people have linked vitamin C with alleviating the common cold and many believe it's the same for the coronavirus.

However, research has cast doubt on the effectiveness of taking vitamin C. It might reduce the duration and severity of colds in some individuals but fails to reduce the incidence of colds in the general population.

Moreover, no evidence is found to support the idea that intravenous vitamin C is an effective treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), derived from COVID-19.

Another oft-held belief is that some foods boost the immune system. For example, certain compounds in garlic are thought to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and have anti-tumor and anti-microbial effects. Even so, its anti-viral properties have not been indisputably proven.

The ketogenic (keto) diet, a very low-carb, high-fat diet that is said to help weight loss and generate health benefits, is also supposed to activate the immune system. Research has show its positive effects in enhancing antiviral resistance, but only in mice.

Although the keto diet expands the gamma delta T cells in the lungs of mice that improves the barrier function, more research is required to prove the same reaction will occur in people.

Finally, age-old Chinese medicine has played a role in the fight against the coronavirus in its birthplace. Praised by China President Xi Jinping (), an ancient herbal therapy was included in the official guidance on how to treat COVID-19, published by China's National Health Commission.

At the center of treatment is a herbal soup that is believed to strengthen the lungs and increase water metabolism. It includes kudzu root, belamcanda, and ephedra decoction. Soups made from these ingredients can allegedly work on individuals with mild to severe symptoms of COVID-19.

Data appears to show more than 83.3 percent of COVID-19 patients in Hubei Province took Chinese medicine as part of their treatment. However, like most medicines used to provide supplementary effects, taking herbal soup is not a form of disease prevention. In fact, the medicines might even disrupt the immune system of healthy people.

According to a World Health Organization(WHO) suggestion, your food choices during the COVID-19 pandemic are simple: limit sugar, salt, and fat, take enough fiber, and stay hydrated.

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Fungai Muderere, Senior Sports ReporterVETERAN Highlanders striker Mkhokheli Dube reckons hard work, eating well and getting enough rest has positively impacted his professional football career that spans over 20 years.

Dube (37), is one of the oldest and renowned strikers who have seen it all on the football pitch locally and internationally.

After winning three titles with Highlanders at the turn of the millennium, he went on to win a treble with FC Platinum in the past three seasons.

Early this year, the Tshabalala-bred footie retraced his footsteps back to his childhood club Bosso.

Unfortunately, just like all other sports personalities, outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic saw football action being put on hold.

Its truly a blessing from God that Ive managed to stay in the game for this long. Everyday I wake up thankful for the talent and work hard to keep my body fit, to stay healthy, eat well and get as much rest as I can, said Dube.

While he has not suffered any career threatening injury, Dube emphasised that there is no secret to avoiding crude tackles.

There no secret to that, I believe its a blessing to be protected from having any career threatening injury. Im very fortunate that I havent had any. There are some injuries one can prevent by constantly stretching, resting and making sure you dont abuse your body, he said.

In the past 21 years that he has been playing professional football, Dube has played for Michigan Bucks, Delaware, New England Revolution, Chicago Fire, Lindsey Wilson College and Coastal Carolina University in the United States, AmaZulu FC (South Africa), Chicken Inn, Bulawayo City FC and FC Platinum.

With such a rich football history, the forward is, however, still undecided whether he will pursue a coaching role or not after hanging his football boots.

Yes I do have some coaching badges, but Im still undecided on what to do, but it will be football related, said Dube.

He revealed that now defunct Amazulu defenders Herbert Dick and the late David Mkandawire were the most difficult opponents he had ever faced.

Dube also featured in the Copa Coca-Cola Mzilikazi High School team that won the national tournament in 2001.

That was an amazing team full of talented players that included Vusa Nyoni, Castro Ndebele, Stanford Ncube and Petros Ngozo to name a few. We won every game we played that year right through to the National Championships in Chiredzi where we beat Churchill High, which had the likes of Norman Maroto and Clement Matawu. We even went to Malawi to represent Zimbabwe and it was such a great adventure, he said.

Before he knew that one day he would form a great striking partnership with the late Adam Ndlovu and Stewart Murisa at Bosso, Dube turned out for Tshabalala Pirates and Dunlop FC

As a junior I played for Tshabalala Pirates and then moved to Dunlop FC where I was coached by Ndaba Maqeda and that is when I realised that I could make a living out of it. After one season I then joined the Highlanders juniors being coached by the late Benjamin Moyo. I can say without a doubt that this is where

I was nurtured for the big stage, Dube said.

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Dealing with body issues is a problem that far too many actors go through, no matter if female or male. The pressure to look a certain way in the world of showbiz has never really stopped, unfortunately, if more awareness of embracing real body shapes.

Alison Brie is one actress who went through quite a few challenges in thinking she never looked good enough. Working on the women wrestling series GLOW, however, gave her a new body outlook in how she works on the set of movies/TV.

Some interesting insights now come from her changed opinion about body aesthetics. Many of her views on how women are viewed will hopefully be passed on to other actresses who think they always have to look like a producers fantasy.

Brie plays Ruth Wilder on Netflixs GLOW through all of its four seasons. It tells the story of Ruth who happens to be an unemployed actress in the early 80s, finding work eventually as a woman wrestler in the once real Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling organization. Her experiences with that only grow wilder, if also empowering over time.

Perhaps a bit of meta hangs in the air with the show since it almost mimics what Brie has gone through in real life. Her experiences as an actress led to a lack of body positivity due to many producers/directors exploiting womens body shapes.

She went through all of this, if also dealing with personal issues like depression, according to an interview in Womens Health recently. In that interview, she also described how GLOW reshaped how she views her body thanks to her fellow cast and her trainers.

One quote from the above interview stands out about her experiences on GLOW: It helped with my relationship to my body times a million. Before, I always felt at odds with it; I wanted it to be something it wasnt. But I didnt have the tools to do that in a healthy way.

Jason Walsh has been Bries trainer through all her time acting on GLOW. Starting out, Brie had fought through body dysmorphia, a typical condition where someone thinks they always look out of shape when not. Nowadays, Brie says she looks back at red carpet photos and thinks she looked beautiful when, at the time, she always thought she looked disgusting.

Trying to overcome this in a TV show dealing with fit women going into the wrestling ring for entertainment was already a brave move. When working with Walsh, Brie managed to get herself in the best possible shape with the right tools and without starving herself.

Giving that positive body image enabled her to build up enough endurance where she says she never has faced a body injury while filming GLOW. At the same time, it enabled her to make her body fit enough to do limited stunts on her own for her own self-confidence.

Whether this means using those physical skills in another project remains to be seen. With GLOW winding up this season, can Brie find another show or movie combining fitness with dramatic acting?

Thankfully, the perception of body shape is beginning to change somewhat in Hollywood, despite many women still forced to look skinny. Working with her trainer enabled Brie to do strength training and break the myth it makes a woman look too bulky.

Besides, her diet has also been streamlined, leading to further healthy habits, not including daily workouts with yoga. All of this should reinforce her mind and body for whatever comes next after GLOW.

With several projects coming up involving elements of stunt work, Brie may continue using her body physically while influencing all the young actresses going through what she once did.

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The man who has been called the most influential nutritionist in the world by The Boston Globe is on a mission to get you, me and everyone to eat a mostly plant-based diet, forour personalhealth and the health of the planet.

He is Dr. Walter Willett, and he is one of the world'sleading plant-based advocates, and he answered The Beet's questions of how we can all have an impact on this Earth Day. Among hismany titles, Dr. Willett isProfessor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, former Nutrition Chairman at the Harvard School of Public Health, author of Eat, Drink and Be Healthy,and author or co-author of over 1,700 scholarly articles. But don't let any of thatget in the way of his clear and plain-spoken message. He is the warm and caring granddaddy type,who wants to read you a story about the importance of your ability to change the fate of the planet and your own personal health through the food choices you make.

For Earth Day, Dr. Willett answered The Beet's questions ranging from, "What difference does one person make?" to the outcome of our planet's climate crisis, to "How can we get people to change their diets now" for the sake of the environmentand their health. My favorite line: "Almost everything important does start with one person,and everyones efforts will be needed to shift to the healthy and sustainable diets that we need."

Willett is the grandson of a dairy farmer, a soft-spoken scientist and a little bit of an outlier when it comes to his fellow researchers. Never one to "toe the line," he has challenged perceptions of trans fats and won over the establishment to his view (they are poison, metabolically speaking) and now he is challenging those who think that it's fringe to eat only plants and to avoid animal products.

He has made it a life's work to ever so politely speak out about inconvenient truths, as he did last fall when invited totake the podium at a health conference at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. I sat on the floor in the back of a packed room, taking notes onmy laptopand expected to hear another version of the same message that had been delivered by leading light after leading light of the plant-based medical world:That eating a plant-based diet helps save cardiac patients, reverse severe cardio-vascular symptoms and enlist good bacteria in the gut to fight inflammation and lower the risk of death.

Instead, Dr. Willett went rogue, talked about sustainability and specifically how our food choices now will impact whether we can feed the planet later. The world's population is growing at a rate faster than the number of burgers we can feed it and that if--my words here--we don't all FHB on themeats and change them over to veggie burgers on thegrill, the entire planetis going to heat up to the point where we won't be able tosustain any healthy lifestyle, and not in the distant future, but soon. If we continue to eat the way we are, not only will we all meet an early grave from the diets that are slowly killing us, butour grandchildren's world will be unrecognizable. Okay, those weren't his exact words but that was the message I heard loud and clear; We have to change the way we eat today if we want to survive as a species for the nextseveral hundreds of years.

I wanted to hear it again and bring it to The Beet. He kindly made time for a last-minute Q and A the day before the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. So consider this your personal version of the full Dr. Willett. Uncensored and too busy to mince words. Here is his Earth Day message, delivered patiently, as if he would tell the same bedtime story to us kids as many times as we ask him to. We just have to listen. That and change the way we eat. Now, today, and in the future. For our own sake and the sake of the planet.

Dr. Willett:"We have documented that eating for planetary health can also be eating for our personal health, so this can be a double win.Broadly, this means shifting toward a healthy plant-based diet; I emphasize healthy because donuts and coke are also plant-based, but obviously not healthy. A healthy and sustainable diet will be primarily fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy, and other legumes. While being a vegan is an option, our diet can also be good for planetary and human health if we chose to include small to modest amounts of dairy, fish, and poultry and occasionally red meat.

Dr. Willett. "Our biggest challenge is probably simply habit and inertia. Some have suggested that a healthy, sustainable diet is more expensive, but we have seen that it can actually cost less because animal-sourced food are relatively expensive.

Dr. Willett. Our planet is currently on a path to disaster because of climate change and other environmental impacts of our current activities. We must make many changes quickly to avoid this, including a rapid shift to all green energy, but we cant succeed unless we also change our diets and how we produce food.

Dr. Willett. In general, earth-friendly foods are also healthy foods, but there are exceptions because grains and sugar have relatively low greenhouse gas impacts. Thus, foods made with refined starch and sugar are cheap with modest environmental impacts but very unhealthy. Also, much of the worlds population eats diets that are mostly starch because of poverty; these may have a relatively low environmental impact but they are nutritionally deficient in many ways. This is clearly not acceptable.

Dr. Willett. The direct connections are not so clear. However, COVID-19 has exposed the terrible state of nutrition in America; most of the factors that increase the risk of dying, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, are largely due to poor quality diets that are also having a devastating effect on the environment. We desperately need to shift to diets that are healthy and sustainable rather than the largely animal-based, overly processed foods that we are eating.

Dr. Willett. Almost everything important does start with one person, and everyones efforts will be needed to shift to the healthy and sustainable diets that we need. We must start with our personal diets as we wont be taken seriously unless we do so, and then we can influence our wider circles, whether that is our family, our circle of friends, where we go to school, our worksite, the organizations we belong to, or the political world in which we live. We are obviously coming up to a critical election, and we must do everything possible to elect leaders who commit to putting the brakes on climate change and environmental degradation more broadly.

Dr. Willett:I want to be able to pass on to our children and grandchildren a world that is healthy and just. We know there is a path to achieving this, but it will require all the efforts that we can muster.

That's it for today. But here is another quote that Dr. Willett offered on a different day. Take this with you as you think about your own personal choices and your responsibility to yourself, your loved ones and your planet:

"No single food will make or break good health. But the kinds of food you choose day in and day out have a major impact." -- Dr. Walter Willett

That impact is hopefully enough to keep us all eating healthy, for our own personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the planet. Happy Earth Day.

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For Maddie Alm, M.S., R.D., work and play are woven together. The 27-year-old both trains and works as a dietitian with Team Boss, the professional running group founded by Emma Coburn in Boulder, Colorado. A normal (pre-social distancing) day for Alm might include a morning workout followed by an afternoon meeting with one of her teammatessuch as Coburn, Aisha Praught-Leer, Cory McGee, Laura Thweatt, or Dominique Scott-Efurdto discuss body composition and nutrition strategy.

My goal is to help each individual find the fueling plan that works for them, Alm told Runners World. In college, I saw my own training and racing change completely once I started paying attention to my diet. I want to help others find what clicks for them, too.

As a sophomore at the University of Colorado in 2012, Alm joined the cross-country and track teams as a walk-on athlete. Despite her walk-on status, she soon became the number two runner on CUs cross-country team and an All-American in the 1500 meters, thanks in large part to a team dietician who taught her how to fuel properly.

I went from a walk-on to an All-American, mainly because I was feeding my body the fuel it needed, said Alm. One of the key things I learned was how important protein is for repairing muscles. Instead of going from a track workout to a weight lifting session without eating anything, I started having a protein bar or chocolate milk between the two. That gave me more energy to lift weights and helped my legs recover faster.

After college, Alm continued to train while studying for a masters degree in nutritional sciences from San Diego State University and completing a dietetic internship program at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. She became a registered dietitian in the summer of 2019, then moved to Boulder, Colorado, to join Team Boss. In addition to training and working as the teams dietitian, she also began creating personalized nutrition plans for athletes through her online service, Fueling Forward.

Currently, Alm is running around 60 miles per week in Boulder. The mid-distance specialist was planning to race on the track and roads this spring and summer, but since events were cancelled due to the coronavirus, she and her teammates are now focusing on building base fitness and improving mobility. Alm is also encouraging everyone to take this extra time at home to pay more attention to nutrition.

When youre really busy, its easy to let nutrition slide, Alm said. You might forget to eat after a workout or just not have time to. Thats why its important to form good habits now, like eating a snack after working out or taking supplements in the morning, so it becomes part of your everyday routine.

Here, Alm shares what she typically eats and drinks during a day of training.

I typically have a 9 a.m. track workout, so Ill wake up around 7:30 a.m. to eat a snack beforehand. Ill have toast with peanut butter and a sliced banana, plus a glass of Nuun my favorite flavor is strawberry lemonadeand coffee. Coffee is a must to start my day.

After my workout, I usually have about an hour before I lift weights at 11:30 a.m. During this time, I eat or drink something with carbs and protein to refuel my muscles. Some of my favorite snacks are chocolate milk and applesauce, or a smoothie with frozen fruit, Greek yogurt, protein powder, and almond milk.

Once Im finished my morning workout and lift session, I like to stop in a nearby coffee shop to pick up a cappuccino and a pastry. Then Ill head home and make breakfast, even though its in the middle of the day. I like to make an egg scramble with eggs, some combination of vegetables (such as spinach and onions or kale and Brussels sprouts), and cheddar cheese. Then Ill serve the scramble with the pastry, bacon, and fruit on the side.

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I get all of my running done in the morning, so I dont need to double in the afternoon like some of my teammates. This frees me up have a later-than-usual lunch most days. Around 3 p.m., Ill have a bagel with cream cheese, Greek yogurt and berries, and hummus with carrots. Its a hodgepodge meal, but it packs in plenty of carbs, protein, and nutrients.

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Before I start making dinner at 6 or 7 p.m., I usually have a snack to tide me over, like a cheese stick and pretzels or apple slices with peanut butter. This way, Im not tempted to throw my hands up and order take-out because Im too hungry to cook. My rule for meals is that it must have carbs, protein, and colorthe more variety of color, the better, because different colored produce offers different types of nutrients. Dinner is usually something that can be cooked in one pot or pan, like pad Thai with broccoli and red peppers or a stir-fry with snow peas, broccoli, and edamame.

If Im racing early the next morning, Ill have a big dinner earlier in the day, around 5 p.m., so I have plenty of time to digest. I try to have something simple, like rice with chicken, and avoid high-fiber foods. I tell my athletes all the time that if theyre worried about stomach issues, its best to skip salads and stick with protein and carbs the night before the raceone night without veggies wont do any harm. Later in the night, Ill have a pre-bedtime snack like toast and peanut butter.

I have a major sweet tooth, so I usually eat something sweet before bed. Lately Ive been having vanilla chia seed pudding with berries, a glass of chocolate milk, or ice cream. I dont ever restrict myself from sweetsif something sounds good, Ill have it. I know some athletes hold off on eating dessert during competition season, but Im a strong believer in eating what you want, when you want. My philosophy is that food is fueland all foods, even desserts, fit into a nutrition plan.

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Not all plant-based celebrities areas vocal about their cruelty-free diet as Joaquim Phoenix, or at least it's not the main topicinterviews tend to focus on,so many people on this list may actually come as a surprise. It's common knowledge in Hollywood that celebritieswill temporarily adopt a vegan diet to lose weight for glamour shots, a movie role, orto slim down for a vacation when paparazzi can catch them "off guard at the beach."

Some celebrities go on and off their vegan diets, and don't want to be "caught" eating fish or poultry or dairy, so they don't self- identify as vegan. At The Beet we applaud any attempt to embrace a plant-based or plant-forward lifestyle and this list is inclusive of anyone who has "ditched meat" or dairy, or is stealthily vegan, since they may be doing it for reasons of their own, whether it's health, the planet, or animals. Phoenix gripped the audience during the Oscars with his heartfelt speech of animal awareness, but whatever reason stars have for turning towardthe plant-based lifestyle, we want to be inspired by their healthier choices.

Sir James Paul McCartney is no stranger to a meat-free life as he's been vegetarian for 45 years. He initially went vegetarian in 1975 with his first wife Linda McCartney and began his advocacy for animal rights. You have probably heard of the movement #meatlessmondays and have seen the hashtag on your Instagram feed. Yes, it means that you avoid eating meat on Mondays but what you may not know is Paul McCartney and daughters, Stella and Mary McCartney launched the first "Meat-free Monday"campaign in 2009 that started the popular movement and hashtag. Stella McCartney, Paul's second daughter, is a well-known fashion designer to ethical vegetarian luxury clothing brand Stella McCartney.

Paul works closely with PETAtovoice opinions about animal rights. In November, helaunched a campaign with the nonprofit to encourage others to say no to turkey for Thanksgiving. The campaign shows Paul wearing a T-shirt with the saying " EAT NO" and an image of a turkey below the phrase. Just recently he used his voice to advocate for the abolishment of "wet markets" and we expect to hear more from him in the coming days on related topics.

We give Paul a round of applause on and off stage for his efforts to inspire others tolimit meat on Mondays and use ethical practices in your daily food consumption.

If you find yourself constantly singing along to the song The Greatest, then you're already a Sia fan. Sia tweeted that she is "fully vegan now" back in 2014 and stays true to her word.

She's actively involved in different vegan awareness campaigns and a documentary film. And, you probably didn't know that she recently shared a vegan pie with Scooby-Doo and Shaggy on the animated Scooby-Doo Where Are You!series. Sia cares deeply about animal welfare and teamed up with PETA to launch her own campaign to pledge the end of animal homelessness. She's also appeared in the documentary,Dominion, along withJoaquin Phoenixand Rooney Mara, which covers modern animal agriculture through hidden cameras.

Way back at the start of Grey's Anatomy,Sandra Oh took the cast out for a plant-based lunch at Truly Vegan in Hollywood. We want to ask her, was this the spark that got Ellen Pompeo to go vegan? In her effort to inspire contemporaries to eat vegan, the TV staris known to invite her friends for vegan meals that are delicious.She adopted the vegan lifestyle years ago and continues to quietly livea cruelty-free life. Understandably,she keeps it private and hasn't shared any new information about her vegan journey of late, but according to onesource, she feels it is a "lifestyle," not a dietary choice.

Giselle revealed that when she was at the peak of her modeling career, her diet consisted of "cigarettes, wine, and mocha Frappuccinos," according to an interview inPeopleMagazine. Now39 and the mother of two children, Gisele eats a "mostly" plant-based diet to nourish her body andstay fueled.

Her family, including her children Vivian and Benjamin, all eat this way because it's "healthy and good for the planet." Brady is known to keep a super-strict, mostly plant-based diet, which he credits for staying fit, strong and healthy enough to be about to enter his 21stseason in the NFL, starting his third decade as QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this coming fall, after winning 6 Superbowl rings with the New England Patriots.

Gisele shared with People what she eats in a day, starting with a green juice,vegetable soup for lunch, hummus andcrudits for a snack, and leafygreens with quinoa for dinner. She also loves chamomile tea before bedtime. Talk about the perfect couple.

Alec Baldwinhas made a bigger commitmentto plant-based eating since he was first told by doctors that he was pre-diabetic and needed to change his diet. That was decades ago. But, over the last few years, he's been vocal about the benefits not only to his health but also the impact plant-based eating has on the environment. In a CNN articlewritten by Baldwin entitled "The path to a better planet goes across your plate" Baldwin explains how "Human activity is fundamentally altering the planet."

He writesthat "In wealthier countries, we also need to shift our diets away from rampant overconsumption,notably of meat, and toward a nutritious mix of plant-based foods that are less resource-intensive, require less land, and are better for our health."

Of course, Alec Baldwin met his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, at New York's Pure Food and Wine eatery, a popular raw vegan bote.

Miley adopteda gluten-free diet back in 2012for health reasons and two years later, committed to a vegan diet she still lives by today. In a tweet to PETA, she thanked the organization..." for giving me the honor of receiving the Best Voice 4 Animals award! Living a completely vegan lifestyle, whether it's what I eat or wear I am very certain that veganism is taking over and stoked to see so many brands jumpin' on this revolution!"

The animal-loving celeb wrote on Instagram, if you choose to eat meat you love pets, not animals."She recently adopted a dog from an animal shelter with new boyfriend Cody Simpson, clickhereto read see their cute newest puppy.

On another note, in case you're not up to date with the Miley and Liam break up, Liam Hemsworthjust announced he dropped his vegan diet after developing kidney stones. But, Miley continuestospeak up for the "voiceless" and uses her massive Instagram following of 107 million followers to advocate for the cruelty-free lifestyle.

We all remember Pamela Anderson as thecurvaceous blonde in the hit series Baywatch as she playedCasey Jean in the red one-piece swimsuit that brought her world-class fame.She is a life-long active animal rights advocate and teamed up with PETA to join the Animal Protection Organization. "I cant stay silent when animals are suffering or abused,"Anderson said. She became vegetarian at a young agegrowing up ina household of hunters in Western Canada, and could not fathom the idea of animal cruelty after seeing her father a hang up a deer head as a trophy.

Anderson doesn't wear real leather or faux fursince she doesn't like the concept of appearing to be wearing the real thing.Still, in order to promotemoving consumersaway from leather and fur,she sent her friends, Kim Kardashian and Melania Trump faux fur jackets so they would stop wearing real animal skins. Anderson wants to advise people that, Being vegan is an aphrodisiac diet. Its a win-win.Meat makes you impotent and unhealthy."

"We shouldn't eat as much meat guys," Kristen Stewart told GQ in an interview in January. The Twilight star has made a full 180 from vampire to vegan. When she appeared on the game show"Hot Ones" she chose to skip the wings and instead compete by eating increasing spicier sauce on vegan cauliflower wings Host Sean Evans allows his celebrity guests to choose whether they want to compete with real or faux meat and when someone like Paul Rudd opts for vegan wings it sends the vegan world into a paroxysm of speculation as to whether the star has gone vegan.

The question still lingers, When did Stewart go vegan? Was it before her vampire role in The Twilightseries, or in time for the Charlie's Angel remake she was promoting last January? There's no actualconfirmationfrom Stewart herself butBritish Voguehas quoted her as saying her new diet "makes her feel like a woman." Before, she had a more boyish body. When GQ asked Stewart what she ate her answer revealed her new vegan bent:

"Everything. Well I mean honestly, we shouldn't eat as much meat guys," she replied. "You know what I'm saying? But like I'm trying a lot, hard. I'm trying earnestly." We applaud that.

Remember the 2016 Joker played by Jared Leto?You probably painted your face and dyed your hair green for Halloween to look like him. Well, this award-winning actor eats a high-protein diet consisting of only plants.Leto, who has been plant-based for 20 years, says it keeps him "shredded" in an interview. Now, 48, Leto looks half his age.

From time to time, fans ask questions on his Instagram: How do you burn fat so fast? How do you build muscle easily?Leto told Billboardmagazinethe secrets to hisfit physique and low body fat is eating plant-based.Twenty solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself, he answers. Leto also enjoys hiking, yoga, and lifting weights.

In his interview withBillboard, Leto ate vegan tacos while answering questions about his rapid weight gain to play the role of the villain in theSuicide Squad.He reported that he bulked up by eating a strict high-protein plant-based diet.

Jaden Smith switched up his diet from vegan to vegetarian, meaning that he doesn't eat meat but eats dairy from time to time. In arecent article by Plant Based News, Smith admits he skipped meals and was not getting the proper nutrition when he was veganbut this hasn'tstopped him from eating animals as he is vegetarian.

Aside from his own plant-based living, for his 21st birthday in July 2019, he donated free vegan meals tothe homeless. Similarly, Smith opened up his own food truck called I LOVE YOURestaurant, and served the homeless vegan food on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. We appreciate Smith's initiative to help those in need and servenutritious plant-based food to others who have a difficult time getting their hands on healthy food.

The Duchess of Sussexhas neveradmitted to being fully vegan, but sources say, she eats a plant-based diet during the week. She teaches husband Prince Harry vegan cooking and in a Plant-Based News article, Markle explains how she wants to raise their baby on a vegan diet. However, there is back and forth tensionwiththe Queen who says the royal baby will not be vegan. Maybe Queen Elizabeth will change her mindafter she celebrates her 94th birthdaywith the vegan pie PETA sent her!

Megan reported to Good House Keeping magazine that she takes her Vitamix blender everywhere she goes to make her delicious plant-based shakes. "When I had my car brought out [to Canada], I shipped myVitamixin the backseat... I cannot travel without my Vitamix."

Markle, known for her posh and propper style, wears clothes by Stella McCartney, a vegetarian and cruelty-free luxury brand. Markle even refuses to wear vegan furs and told Good Housekeeping Magazine,"My wardrobe for my part inSuitsisn't like Working Girl dressing for work doesn't have to be so on-the-nose these days...personally, I love cropped pants in vegan leather, a great fitted blazer and a button-down [shirt]."

Markle, a tennis fan, is close to Serena Williams,our next vegan celeb.

As a professional athlete, fueling the body isa key factor to Willaim's successes. In aBon Appetitearticle, she explained that she adopted aplant-based diet back in 2012, she was eating a lot "healthier" for her sister, Venus, who eats a strict vegan diet for health reasons. In the interview, Venus labeled Serena as "chegan", meaning she is vegan but occasionally eats chicken but Serenanotes "I don't eat red meat or pork." Serenamentioned we would find her fridge full of "coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheatgrass."

Back in March, Serena Williams introduced a new vegan clothing line to her fashion brand, "Serena," the vegan leather pants and leather blazer sold out within the weeks of the launch date. She wears her favoritegiraffe-print dress in the photo above.

The Williams sisters rally to support the vegan lifestyle and Serena's husband, Alexis Ohanian, is on board, click here to read why Ohanian madethis healthy lifestyle switch.

The popular grocery store, Whole Foods Market sells vegan products and nonvegan products which arises black lash from ethical vegans as CEO John Mackey follows a strict vegan diet. The successful businessman grew up in Houston Texas and told Business Insider that he would traditionally eatprocessed foods for dinner while watching TV with his family. Now, Mackey steers clear from the processed isle and eats a clean vegan diet and feels amazing at the age of 65. During his interview with Business Insider, the mentioned he eats only 3 vegan meals a day and rarely snacks, but when he does, it's only a couple of Medjool dates.

John Mackey is the author of the popular book, The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity,and swears that much of his success has come from eating vegan. Mackey, who's dedicated to living a plant-based lifestyle, takes his rice cooker on the road with him because he travels a lot for work. His favorite breakfast is steel-cut oats cooked in his rice cooker and he'll pop into the nearest Whole Foods for lunch,and makes a "big salad" and eats steamed veggies "with some kind of lentil" for dinner with his wife Deborah.

Jason Mraz, singer of the popular song, I'm Yours, committed to a vegan diet to support his friend diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Mraz says he eats mostly raw food and told magazinesources his favorite vegan dish is "Chocomole, a mixture of avocados, dates, cacao, agave nectar, and coconut oil."

In addition to his raw plant-based diet, Mraz told Vegetarian Times he doesn't put a lot of "stress on his diet," and he occasionally heats up a bowl of soup or roast vegetables and admits he is probably eating a 75% raw diet. And, just like Meghan Markel, Mraz loves his Vitamix and blends together a mixture of raw foods and powders before he takes a flight.

Long time vegan, Leona Lewis grew up in a vegan household and continues to eat a plant-based diet.Lewis first adopted the diet at 12 when she learned about the health risks of eating animal products but toldWomen's Health Magazine she occasionally eats an omelet. She also mentioned her 2:30 lunch is normally a kale salad topped with dried cranberries and she loves a veggie stir-fry for dinner. Recently, Leona Lewis married Dennis Jauch at Sting's Estate in Italy. The couple celebrated with delicious vegan Italian dishes by pastry chef Marco Falla who created a vegan version of Millefeuille, normally made with dairy.

Hannah Teter changed her diet after watching the documentary, Earthlingswhen she discovered how "horrible" factory farming is. After a strict vegetarian diet, Teter liked the way she performed as an athlete and believes that her diet helped her win gold at the 2006 games.

She now considers herself "plant-based" and in an interview with the Huffington Post, Teter mentioned," I feel stronger than Ive ever been, mentally, physically, and emotionally. My plant-based diet has opened up more doors to being an athlete. Its a whole other level that Im elevating to. I stopped eating animals about a year ago, and its a new life. I feel like a new person, a new athlete."

You may recognize Maggie Q as the star of the Nikita series, but in the plant-based world,she's well-knownfor her heroic activism. Maggie Q has followed a strict vegan diet for 19 years, making her a true veteran of the lifestyle. She made the plant-based diet transition because she felt sluggish and had low energy, she has said. The famous actress keeps in shape by eating veggies and plant-based protein and working out with a passion. The Beetcaught up with Maggie Qlast summer tohear about her latest project, her sustainable activewear line called Qeep Upthat gives back to charities that support ocean life. We adore Maggie Q, and everything she's done to help the environment and protect animals.Her most recent series,Designated Survivor,was picked up by Netflix so enjoy a binge-watching party.

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Winner of the first Masterchef vegan cook-off with Gordon Ramsay, MadelainePetsch was raised vegetarian and went completely vegan at age 14. She claims that she started this diet before it was "trendy" and shot a campaign for PETA last year wearing a dress made of bok choy. Petsch says her vegan diet allows her to feel "healthier" and not "lethargic."

She told PETA that her favorite restaurant is Veggie Grill, but it changes from time to time and her favorite snack is shaved beets popped in the oven, baked into crispy chips. The advice Petsch gives to plant-leaning or plant-curious in her PETA video is: "As long as you're aware, that's the first step."

After doing a little sleuthing on her social media platforms we think Millie Bobbi Brown qualifies as plant-based. Whether or not she is actually skipping all meat and dairy, one thing is for sure: She eats mostly salads, vegetables and grains and lives a predominantly plant-based lifestyle full of healthy foods. The famous actress recently launched a new vegan beauty line called Florence by Millis. The makeup products, which include skin tints and eye gel pads, are certified vegan by the animal rights organization PETA.

The grammy-nominated sisters went vegan for a week with their mom but liked it so much they decided to stick with it. For one thing, it helps keep their "voices in shape" by eating a vegan diet and they emphasize the fact that dairy helps to limit extra mucus build-up, according toa PETA interview. The proteges of Beyonce were discovered when their YouTube cover of her song "Pretty Hurts" reached the superstar herself, and she helped launch their careers. Now 19 and 17, the duo have 2.4 million followers on Instagram and havemoved from their hometown of Atlanta to LA to star in their own show, Grownish. They found that the vegan lifestyle was super easy in their hometown."Eggs and dairy never sat well with me so it was easy, Chloe toldComplex. When we moved to L.A., it really became easy. So many vegan restaurants and vegan aisles in the grocery store are like heaven for us!

Best known for her role asLizzie Mcguirein the long-running series, Hilary Duff is a recent vegan advocate and entrepreneur. She recently launched the vegan and cruelty-freeeyeshadow palette, "Day Dreamer" and changed her diet to plant-based last fall.

In addition to her ethical and cruelty-free practices, Duff partnered with Unilever and Walmart to create a campaign that educates consumers on recycling practices. Duff notes, "I care about the planet and the future of what it looks like for my kids...and generations to follow us.The time is now to be responsible and lower our carbon footprint."

Duff follows a "clean eating plan" which doesn't include meat or dairy because she wants to lower her carbon footprint. She told One Green Planetshe's lost 10 pounds since she's started eating this way last October.

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and his wife Alicia were teasing a big announcement last month, and they spilled the beans during a recent interview they are opening a taco truck!

In a new video interview with Rock Feed, Corey and Alicia revealed they'd been working on this for months, but got set back due to the quarantine. Corey also revealed that the taco truck will be "plant-based" and that a plant-based diet has improved his health dramatically.

"It was basically a [plant-based] taco food truck," he said. "We can't say vegan. 'Cause there will be some dairy in there, some stuff in there. But the main focus was flavor, not just content. 'Cause when people talk about vegan, they can become very pretentious This was a way for us to combine [our love of food] with a healthier [lifestyle]."

Alicia added: "Because a lot of people don't know this we went plant-based in August [or] September, and we saw the benefits immediately." Corey concurred, saying: "My cholesterol dropped, like, 80 point I was even trying to eat better, and yet my cholesterol wasn't going anywhere. And as soon as I [went plant-based], [the change in my cholesterol level was immediate]. It was pretty rad."

Alicia said: "And we don't wanna be super annoying about it, 'cause that can turn a lot of people off. It was just kind of a choice we made for us."

The Taylors got married last August.

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We need to ensure that we eat at the right place,the right time, and not to eat out of boredom. We need to be disciplined in that, said Degan, in a COVID-19 Task Force online press conference in the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

The chefobserved that people overeating out of boredom during the Large Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) period is becoming an increasingly common problem. He, therefore,suggested for the people to adhere to a scheduled routine including thewake-uptime, activities, rest, andmealtimes, evenwhenstaying home.

More specifically, Degan suggested for the people to be cautious in their diet and avoid eating while doing another activity, such as watching television or working. He alsorecommended a balanced and nutritious diet, including the necessary carbohydrates, proteins, vegetables and fruits to meet the daily nutritional intake and maintain body immunity.

On top of that, Degan has called for the people to avoid drinks with sugar or soda, and instead opt for pure drinking water or infused water, for those looking to enjoy a refreshing beverage. "Make sure you drink enough in a day. For a small child, that would be around 1 to 1.5 liters, and adults 1.6 to 2 liters to stay hydrated," he added.

Lastly, Chef Degan reminded the importance of washing hands with soap and running water for 20 seconds before and after eating, also when cooking food.

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