This Month, Join Organic-Loving Celeb Moms and Dads and Try Vegan

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Even though November's trademark is Thanksgiving, the turkey dinner holiday, it is also National Vegan Month. The vegan discipline mandates zero consumption of any animal products - so meat, cheese, eggs, milk are all out.

It's not the easiest lifestyle (forget about ice cream. goodbye In & Out), so in honor of National Vegan Month, Mommywood wants to give a shout-out to all the celeb moms who are vegans, including Carrie-Anne Moss, mother of two boys, Kate Moss, mother of Lila, 5, Chynna Phillips, mother of Jamison, 7, Vance, 6, and Brooke, 2, and Jennifer Connelly, mother of Kai, 10, and Stellan, 4. Even dads Tobey Maguire, Damon Wayans, and Noah Wyle do the vegan thing. Bryce Dallas Howard, new mom of a baby boy, used to be vegan but is now vegetarian. Either way, it still takes discipline!

Dietitian Page Love says that kids can go vegan too, as long as they are still getting the protein they need to keep them healthy. She suggests, "soy cheese, soy milk, tofu products. There are now wheat based meat products...these are just excellent protein sources that are available." Dr. Reed Mangels, Ph.D. says moms can even start their children out as vegans from birth. He suggests breast-feeding for at least a year before slowly introducing vegan-approved foods into a baby's diet.

If you want to celebrate the vegan way this month, visit your local Whole Foods to pick up vegan treats (try the bakery section for some yummy vegan cookies) or find a tasty natural eatery in your area.

My favorite place to nosh au natural is out here in L.A.-- M Café de Chaya on Melrose. It's a macrobiotic café and a celeb fave too -- mom Jodie Foster was there just recently. To see some samplings of their vegan and other natural options, check out this news segment with M Café manager Melissa Melcombe.

She'll give you a tour of the place and show you how they create their tasty, but animal-free, concoctions.

http://www.yourla.com/#/video=536

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