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[joshthevegan]

For those who follow celebrity vegans, Alicia Silverstone finally openly admits the fact that she isn't really a vegan at all, so much as a vegetarian.

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[joshthevegan]

Well she's really a macrobiotic who slips sometimes.

That's not really true. On a recent interview on Oprah, Silverstone was raving about the awesome (totally heavily-processed) dairy substitutes she likes to eat (when she isn't chowing down on cheese, that is).

Tofutti Sour Supreme, FYH "cheese", and the Tofutti "Mud Pies" (her words) were products that she was particularly raving about.

[her_instrument]

What is this about tofutti, I'm confused...

[joshthevegan]

(As I understand it) macrobiotics is (among other things) about eating whole foods, and avoiding heavily-processed stuff. I love pretty much everything Tofutti makes (Sour Surpeme in particular), but it definitely is pretty processed.

[joshthevegan]

If that is the case, than she needs to start promoting herself as a spokesperson of macrobiotics and not veganism. Simple as that.

Plus, the whole "I'm macro somtimes and vegan sometimes, whichever is convenient" thing is just wishy-washy garbage.

[her_instrument]

oh ok, haha i was panicking for a second about tofutti somehow, secretly, not being vegan...

[asmallplanet]

Traditional macrobiotics isn't even vegetarian. Sure there is lots of vegan macrobiotics, but I don't think calling it default is accurate. Eating some species of fish would be fine, but not dairy.

[dulciusexasper]

If more people ate like her it would be a much nicer planet...

Agreed. All the food in my house is vegan, and I eat vegan about 98% of the time, and always vegetarian. It's what works for me. I'd rather be a bad vegan than eat meat and consume eggs or dairy on a regular basis.

I didn't realize she'd crossed over to spokesperson status. I don't really follow her, and I didn't care for her book, though some people new to veg cooking might like it.