Russell Simmons – Sexy Fit Vegan of the Month

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This month I want to recognize the incredibly talented, insightful, and seemingly tireless Russell Simmons as Sexy Fit Vegan® of the Month for October 2015!

Hip-hop star-maker, fashion mogul, philanthropist and social activist Russell Simmons has been a vegan for 17 years, adopting the lifestyle as it first became known in the US. “It started with my yoga practice and, you know, the practice of non-harming – ‘ahimsa.’ So I became a vegan because of compassion for the animals. The vegan diet was being discussed around me all the time, so finally, I just made the choice,” Simmons told Today Show correspondent Al Roker in July.

Simmons, now 57 (and looking great!) added that “the first thing I did was lose 20 pounds and I haven’t put that back on. Do I feel better than I felt 15, 17 years ago? Yeah, I think so. I think I’m in pretty good shape.”russell simmons with al roker on Today Show

These days, Simmons is all about finding happiness. He embraces yoga and meditation as a healthy way to find focus and happiness, and says these practices complement his dietary choices. “You do all kinds of twisting poses to clean your liver and cleanse your intestines, so when you think about what adds to your practice, what will nourish you, you know that you don’t want to put animal products in you,” he told Vegetarian Times magazine.Russell Simmons The Happy Vegan

He expanded on this idea during an interview with CNN. “You want to be healthy, you want to feel light,” he said. “I’m a person who comes from a lot of drugs – for 25 years. All the drugs. All kinds of highs. Now, I find food as a drug. It’s become more subtle. Food is a drug. It makes you tired, lethargic or awake and clear. It’s inflammatory food or it’s anti-inflammatory food. You start to look at your body differently. You try to become more in your body.”

Now Simmons also has a new book out, “The Happy Vegan,” that offers an inspiring guide to the benefits of conscious eating and veganism.

The star is encouraged to see more and more people choosing veganism as a way of life. “Everybody around me seems to be going vegan. I’m watching the whole world transform in front of me. I don’t know if it’s my diet… my book being a best seller… These subjects were not subjects that were selling 15 years ago,” he told Vegetarian Times.

In an essay written for CBS news, Simmons summed up why he’s a perfect candidate for Sexy Fit Vegan® of the Month: “If you take some of your daily effort and direct it toward eating a vegan diet, your heart’s going to see an amazing return on your investment,” he said. We couldn’t agree more!

 

 

Pamela Anderson-Sexy Fit Vegan Celebrity of the Month September 2015

She may be an obvious choice but I have to recognize vegan Pamela Anderson for her ongoing effort to raise awareness about animal cruelty!

Recently launching her own online vegan cooking show, the Sensual Series,” Pam is focused on showing vegan newbies just how flavorful and sexy vegan cooking can be. I love the fact that Pamela is an ethical vegan who not only raises awareness on animal rights issues, but is now working hard to show people how to make positive, cruelty free lifestyle choices. This show is in part an introduction to the vegan cookbook she will soon be putting out. Anderson, who says she could “live off toast, peanut butter, and sweet potatoes,” created the program to expand her own repertoire, stating, “You really learn how to cook from your parents and then all of a sudden you want to be vegan and you’re like, ‘Now how am I going to cook that?’”

Pamela has done numerous PETA vegan-promoting advertisements throughout the years. Her latest in May 2015 is aimed to educate people on the amount of water wasted by animal agriculture. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, 55 percent of the country’s water supply is drained by animal agriculture, while  only 5 percent is used in homes. She is always willing to sex it up for these ads knowing “sex sells” and whatever sells veganism she is willing to do! 

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Anderson was also in the news recently to expose gross cruelty against chickens for a video that features images captured in the latest Mercy for Animals undercover investigation of Gordon Food Service.

Thank you Pamela for doing all you do for the animals!!!