Rosario Dawson and Boyfriend Cory Booker Stay Full and 'Energized' on a Raw Vegan Diet

[DesertRat]

Before Rosario Dawson and her boyfriend, 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker, started dating earlier this year, they already had a major thing in common — their vegan diets.

Booker went vegan almost 20 years ago, and Dawson, too, is a fan after discovering how good she feels on the plant-based diet.

“I’m mostly vegan and raw these days for my health and peace of mind,” she tells PEOPLE. “I rest better, I feel better, with less inflammation and more flexibility. I feel full without feeling uncomfortable or tired afterwards. I love the energy.”

https://people.com/health/rosario-dawson-raw-vegan-diet/

[Gothmog]

1. I got to hear Senator Booker at a Texas state party fundraiser

He gives a great speech. We made Senator booker a honorary Texan at that event

[JI7]

2. i think Booker is great but not RD

[Cha]

5. Agree.. did you know this.. in post #4?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=152438

[JI7]

6. exactly why i can't stand her

but I'm not going to hold it against booker.

[Cha]

8. Oh no.. not against Booker..

this is all on Rosario Dawson.

[Kali]

3. like religion, eating choices are personal

still, extremes can be concerning.

I do like what I have seen of him. This would just be one of those things I would look past.

[MLAA]

7. I don't think not eating animals or animal products is extreme, I think it is kind to animals and t

the planet 😉

[stonecutter357]

9. I Don't think eating animals or animal products is extreme !

[Cha]

19. I don't either.. in fact

Full Disclosure.. I'm one of them!

[Kali]

10. pretty small number make that choice, it is not mainstream hence why it is even "newsworthy"

vegan is at the extreme end of eating choices. perhaps not THE extremist, but past moderate for sure.

[customerserviceguy]

13. From the African-Americans I've talked to in SC

it's something they can't relate to. Down here, we love our barbecue, fried chicken, shrimp, and ribs.

[Kali]

15. of course too much of that and no balance with fruits and vegs is kind of extreme too

we are at our best when we eat a variety of foods, including quality proteins from meat, colorful fruits and vegs - especially leafy greens, good carbs like whole grains and a bit of fat too.

of course you can get plenty of protein from plants but it isn't as easy and it sure doesn't taste as good. (hence the market for fake meats)

food and eating and the discussion about animal welfare is complex, but thinking one answer is THE answer is usually wrong.

[customerserviceguy]

32. And if you know anything about soul food

there are a lot of vegetables involved. It's not just all meat, all the time down here.

[VarryOn]

34. But, the best vegetables...

Are cooked with salt pork, bacon grease, or a slice or two of bacon!

[customerserviceguy]

35. Yes! n/t

[JI7]

25. that's probably true of most of the south . they ridiculed Romney for taking the skin off his

chicken .

[customerserviceguy]

33. Yes, and

there was the incident where he was completely amazed by the cheesy grits that his hotel served at breakfast in Mississippi. I have to say that I had a similar experience in Pensacola, Florida in 2004, when I saw what I thought was pumpkin pie available in April! Of course, it was sweet potato pie, and thank goodness I wasn't on the campaign trail!

[Cha]

4. How very strange to me.. Rosario Dawson Voted for Jill Stein.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jill_Stein_2016_presidential_campaign_endorsements

On April 15, 2016, Dawson was among the protesters arrested during Democracy Spring in Washington, D.C.[30]

In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Dawson endorsed U.S. Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, saying she could not support either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, as she felt they were for the elites.[31]

Sorry, doesn't speak well for her critical thinking.

"Elites" my Democratic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Dawson

[oasis]

12. Rosario Dawson, where were you when we needed you?

[Cha]

16. Sucking up Jill Stein LIES..

.. Really a Bummer!

Proud member of the Not the "elite" Democratic Party!

asis:

[DesertRat]

20. Yikes!

What was she thinking?!

[Cha]

22. And, what is she doing with

"establishment" Cory Booker who Voted for Hillary in the 2016 General "Election"?!

[DesertRat]

23. Maybe he helped her to see the light?

[Cha]

24. Stranger things have happened!

I take she's not going to support Jill Stein again in 2020.

Be interesting to see.. if she's out on the campaign trail for Booker.. if she has anything to say about the other candidates running?

[tymorial]

26. That's disappointing.

I liked her as Clair temple.

[Cha]

27. I would fast forward

every time she came on.. I was that disgusted.

And, appreciated that she wasn't in the last Daredevil.

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. Ugh

Doesn't speak well for her judgement. I don't care if she and Cory are Vegan's.

[betsuni]

11. I have to post this:

Portlandia, Vegan Restaurant:

[customerserviceguy]

14. Portlandia was so very, very funny!

I grew up outside that city, and it is so true to life.

[betsuni]

18. It reminds me of the Seattle Weekly column, Ask an Uptight Seattleite.

That was about a decade ago.

My sister in Seattle told me a Portlandia-type story about she and a friend at a restaurant. The waiter asks them if they'd like dessert and tells them about the specials, ice cream and cakes and so on. My sister launches into an explanation of how she can't have the ice cream because she's lactose intolerant and nothing with flour because of gluten intolerance and her friend tells him about her food intolerances and all the things she can't eat. Afterward they wondered, "Why couldn't we just have said, 'No, thank you'?"

[brooklynite]

17. Can't wait for the first State Dinner...

[DesertRat]

21. At least he wouldn't serve fast food hamberders to WH guests

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. Yep

[bullwinkle428]

30. So you've never had a quality vegan meal in your entire life, living

in the Big Apple? I live in the upper Midwest, and have enjoyed a multitude of vegan dishes, despite being an omnivore.

[brooklynite]

31. I absolutely have, including at a raw vegan restaurant...

Doesn't rise to the type of cuisine expected at a State Dinner.

[RandySF]

36. Bully for them.