8 Vegetarian Celebrities We Love: Macho Men Who Don't Eat Meat (Slideshow)
by Emma Grady, New York, NY 
on 01.14.09
Manly-man and vegetarian Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Image via Guardian UK
Think you've got to go all steak-and-bacon to gain 50 pounds for your dream role (like Forest Whittaker, above) or to get buff like hottie Joaquin Phoenix? Guess again. Our list of eight irresistible vegetarian guys proves you can be manly and meatless all at the same time. Studies show that eating a meat-free diet is better for your health; it's also better for the planet: Raising, processing, and transporting cattle, sheep, pigs, and other livestock for human consumption creates pollution, greenhouse gases, and typically uses more resources than farming veggies. If you're not ready to cut out meat entirely, thinking about simply cutting back. We've got a slew of delicious vegetarian recipes over at Planet Green that can help; or you can tuck into some advice from our On Moving Toward Vegetarianism column. In the meantime, dig in to our Vegetarians We Love: Macho-Man Who Don't Eat Meat slideshow for a full helping of delicious images.
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Tofu tofu tofu tofu. You know vegetarians eat more than tofu? Wouldn't know it from most of those captions.
And I count EIGHT celebrities in that slideshow.
Don't forget master guitarist/composer Steve Vai !! And Eric Johnson, Steve Perry, George, Ringo, Paul McCartney, Billy Idol, Brian May...
And not just modern-day celebrities: Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, Leonardo Da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton... take a peek at the list:
http://www.happycow.net/famous_vegetarians.html
I agree with the comment saying that there's to many mentions to tofu on the captions! C'mon, we don't need to eat tofu to be vegetarian. What's this obsession with tofu? I actually love it, but I eat it only once in a while out of pleasure, not of need! Stop contributing to this tofu-labeling of vegetarians, you're not helping dismystifying the idea that vegetarian diet is boring. What about beans and cereals and vegetables and fruits and nuts and so on and so on?
Anyway, I love veggie-man and you could have put a few more on the slideshow.
The obesession with tofu? I absolutely love it which is where my obvious bias comes through.
For breafkast I have this amazing tofu shake:
firm tofu
frozen fruit
flax seed
carrots
water
a few walnuts or almonds
So what are your favorites? Let's start the conversation..