Chinese Actress Wears Lettuce to Promote Vegetarian Diet

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Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan has dressed up in a gown made of lettuce leaves to promote a greener, vegetarian diet in China. Gao promised to stop eating meat after her pet dog suffered food poisoning two years ago.

As meat consumption continues to rise, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA, has hired Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan to encourage consumers to go vegetarian.

Gao has become the 'Lettuce Lady', draped in a gown made of lettuce leaves and a red chili pepper necklace.

Gao says she became a vegetarian in November 2009 after her dog was hospitalized for food poisoning. She promised to stop eating meat for a year if her pet survived.

[Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese Actress]:
"After going vegetarian, I feel so much lighter. When I first started the vegetarian diet, I was not used to it and so I ate starchy foods in big amounts so I gained a little bit of weight. Still, I felt much more energetic. After that, I regained my figure and stopped gaining weight, and that has remained consistent."

Vegetables have historically been a big part of the Chinese diet, but as incomes and living standards rise among China's growing middle class, more people are eating more meat.

Activists say China's soaring demand for meat has resulted in various health problems.

[Jason Baker, Vice President, PETA Asia]:
"The per capita consumption in China is still lower compared to the Western world, but it's changing, it's getting worse. The consumption is going up, and related to that are diseases related to meat consumption -- cancer, heart disease."

Apart from devout Buddhists, vegetarianism has not had a strong following in China.

However, recent food scandals have increased food safety awareness among Chinese consumers, sparking a small number of Chinese to adopt a meat-free diet for health, religious and environmental reasons.

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[leonli1010]

take that gaga!

[notavideographer]

That's a really pretty gown!!

[protectanimals100]

really i think we got some really mental disordered people here.....

you are not that bright, if you think, that there are vitamin in meat. Actually there is no evidence, that you need meat to survive people started to gain brain brain, when they start to form groups to protect their offsprings.....thats the reason of human intelligency.

this girl is brave and have heart. It should be hounerd.

Stop killing! Stop eating meat!!!

Animals don't have a choice, but human do. Choose vegetables.

[vickyhld1]

Oh hello! Have you considered cleverous 402 diet (do a google search)? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my cooworker lost a lot of weight with it.

[KirGMP]

"Beauty will save the world!" How lovely... Not standard, but life. Very impressive, an extraordinary way to real life. without too much negativity and toxins! Always glad to like-minded way of life!!!

[amazingdany]

Newslady and actress are both pleasing to look at.

[leonlim20000]

a new survey finds that 90% of American are obese. People always assume obese people are dumb...

[xmenrus]

@000FoxSnake000 Yes and wherever the PETA PARROT is seen they scoff at her! LOL!!!! Who wants to listen to a chinese parrot!

[000FoxSnake000]

@xmenrus Wow dude chill out. Don't act like you know everything, I eat meat. I just think its cool when people take time out of their day to pursue something that they believe in. And shes one person, yeah, but who knows how many sources of media she has been featured on in China. Not you but I'm sure you'll pretend to know.

[xmenrus]

@000FoxSnake000 How many people are in China? Who cares what one little shallow girl that was hired by the PETA nuts to parrot their message. Fuck PETA and FUCK the shallow girl who doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground. Do you know what is the vitamin that is essential to your bodies good health and you can only find it in MEAT? Of course you don't because YOU ARE SHALLOW TOO; ANOTHER PETA PARROT!

[MyV3i]

holy cow, Asian are already skinny n now they go vegetarian.. they will be way skinner

[000FoxSnake000]

@xmenrus Wow is that really all you got from that?