President Bill Clinton...gone veg.

[flvegan]

Well, almost. Some articles are saying "mostly vegan" and some saying vegetarian with the here and there seafood dish.

Former President Bill Clinton is embracing a vegetarian diet to aid in his battle against cholesterol, high blood pressure and the middle-age bulge. The popular former president has had heart trouble since 2004, but is now following a vegetarian diet with the occasional fish dish and has already lost 20lbs (9.1kg).

In a recent interview with Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post, Clinton explained how he wants to be around for his grandchildren and felt that a vegetarian diet could potentially yield some rather amazing results.

“Since 1986, several hundred people who have tried essentially a plant-based diet — not ingesting any cholesterol from any source — have seen their bodies start to heal themselves; break up the arterial blockage, break up the calcium deposits around the heart,” explained Clinton in the interview. “82% of people who have done this have had the result, so I want to see if I can be one of them."

http://www.greenmuze.com/celebs/green/3037-bill-clinton-goes-veggie.html

First Chelsea, then maybe Bill. Hope he sticks with it.

[flvegan]

1. And lo and behold, he's talking about it on Letterman tonight.

BTW, he looks fantastic!

[Ignis]

2. No way!

That's really great. :D

He's in a position to be a great role-model here, coming from his background as a lover of fast food, burgers, etc. Here's hoping he sees good results from his own diet, and isn't afraid to proselytize. ;)

[livetohike]

3. Saw his interview with Wolf Blitzer

on CNN this morning. I know our former President is busy, but it would be great if he would pair up with Michelle Obama and get our nation's children going in the right direction.