Fiber is a group of indigestible saccharides (i.e. carbohydrates) from plant foods that help regulate digestion and bowels, regulate hunger and satiety (which may help promote a healthy weight), lower cholesterol, reduce risk of certain cancers, and help regulate blood sugar. Many assume that vegetarian diets automatically meet recommendations for fiber (usually around 20-35 grams/day, based on individual needs) due to the plant-based nature of the diet. However, just being…
As the spring season swings towards longer days and shorter nights, so too arrives the incoming summer weather! Summer weather means burgeoning gardens and fields, ready to deliver tasty produce for the picking! Enter veggie-licious local farmers’ market or markets! What a wonderful way to connect with one’s community! Of course, all of the bountiful offerings will vary by climate and soil in one’s respective region of the country and…
Since entering the wonderful world of babies, I’ve become much more aware of the constant barrage of animal stereotypes. Almost every baby book has the same pictures: happy pigs in their pens, chickens pecking contentedly in the barn, cows munching on green grass while their calves frolic nearby. Other books describe a day in the life of a zookeeper, and we see the sleepy lions, the huge elephants and the…
Passion. If you were looking to describe London’s newest vegan and raw food restaurant, Saf, or the Director and Executive Chef at Saf, Chad Sarno, in one word – passion – would be that word. I sat down with Sarno just over a month after Saf (meaning ‘pure’ in Turkish) had opened its doors, a busy man, he sits down with a smile and a glass of water and within…
All I really need to say is this: “Macadamia Bliss Pistachio Vegan Nougat!!!!” It’s so hard to find some of the traditional candies, sweets and confections that non-vegans regularly consume. I just tried this nougat for the first time, with no expectations of anything other than a vegan-like version. Although it’s been years since I’ve had non-vegan nougat, and I must admit I doubt I remember what it “should” taste…
Hi everybody! This is my first blog at HappyCow and I am inspired to be here. Its much better than talking to a wall in other communities that are not so supportive to a cosmic vegan on a soap box. Bear with me ok? Thank you. If you’re anything like me, you work… and if you work… well, you make sacrifices. Sacrifices like needing to share close quarters with the guy…
London has some wonderfully eccentric veggy locations! The Bonnington Café is one of the best. Perhaps schedule a visit the next time that you are in London! Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007 says – Located just off the suitably bohemian environs of Bonnington Square, this vegetarian restaurant – decked out with endearingly mismatched chairs and tables, and dripping candles in the evening – is community-run, and uncommonly…
Me again, I’ll be posting here every so often with some random thoughts vaguely connected to being a vegan parent and raising vegan children. My daughter is 18 months old, so I don’t have huge swathes of experience yet, but I will offer up what I can! One area I do have a fair bit of experience in is breastfeeding, we are practicing child-led weaning, which usually amounts to a…
While spring is afoot around one hemisphere…. it is on the flip side elsewhere. All the same, it is a joy to celebrate the seasons whatever they may be! As spring arrives, I am often reminded of fluffy sweet tasty treats, coconut, pastels, baby vegetables, primavera everything and inspiration for what to eat! After a season of root vegetables and a dearth of local produce, the spring weather brings hope…
When you tell people you’re pregnant, most react with joy. Two seconds later, they all invariably say “so you’ll have to at least start drinking milk then?” There’s something about pregnant vegans that scares people and usually that fear is completely unfounded. Most vegans, having made the conscious decision to stop eating meat, fish, dairy and eggs will have at least a rudimentary knowledge about where else you can get…
Bourgeois Boheme opens London’s First Vegan Footwear and Accessory Shop 2008-04-17 17:49:50 – Bourgeois Boheme, a UK-based animal-friendly fashion company who have made a name for themselves retailing vegan footwear, accessories and cosmetics online, is now opening London’s first vegan fashion retail location. Bourgeois Boheme, one of the UK’s most well-known online and animal-friendly fashion companies is opening London’s very first animal-friendly footwear and accessories retail outlet. Based at their…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ — The just-released “Vegetarianism in America” study, published by Vegetarian Times (vegetariantimes.com), shows that 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian-based diet. Approximately 0.5 percent, or 1 million, of those are vegans, who consume no animal products at all. In addition, 10 percent of U.S., adults, or 22.8 million people, say they largely follow a vegetarian-inclined diet. Data for…
Animal testing for the sake of scientific advancement and human benefit is controversial to say the least. One side arguing that without an extensive history of experimentation on animals we, the human race, would not be benefiting from our current good health and long life. That being said, many more life-saving lessons and advancements in health have been learned by experimenting on humans during such dark periods of history as…