So often when we're looking to try something new in the kitchen we'll get a recipe - from a magazine, from the Internet, from a friend - and we'll stick to it. Lacking the confidence to substitute you’ll go out and buy up obscure ingredients because the recipe calls for it. People often have a hard time just relaxing in the kitchen, by why sweat it? Make a mistake today, learn…
Eating is a matter of survival. And yet, it seems we need an eater's manual - or at least according to Michael Pollan's new book Food Rules, we do.…
by Carolyn The Healthy Voyager Scott Summer 2010 is here, and what’s more summer appropriate than camping? Whether you rough it, tent it or RV it, you won’t have all the comforts of home, making it easy to eat unhealthily – and to live un-environmentally. Below are some tips on how to make choices that are good for you and the planet! Be green and bring your own – dishes,…
By Sarah E. Brown Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than 20 million Americans. According to the World Health Organization, deaths from diabetes will increase by 80 percent in the Americas, by 50 percent in the Western Pacific and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, and by more than 40 percent in Africa over the next ten years. Proponents of including natural treatment approaches draw direct connections between…
Every year for 4 crazy busy days in March, a giant Natural Products Show takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The Expo showcases the latest and hottest in natural food and products, including organic, earth-friendly, ethnic, baby things, nutritional supplements, and best of all, vegetarian and vegan foods! Over 1,000 natural company set up booths inside the convention center, which is the size of at three football…
by Randy Graham Next time you prepare a meal for yourself or your family, pay attention to how many processed or pre-packaged food items you use. Grab the macaroni and cheese box off your shelf or the frozen waffles from the freezer and read the ingredients. It’s likely you’ll find food additives in each one. This can’t be healthy in the long run. Our bodies were made to eat fresh,…
Hats off to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) for encouraging people to consider a test-drive of a vegan diet! So often, there are folks who are interested in changing their behavior and their consumption patterns, but they lack the support system to effect this change. Well, give it a whirl, folks: PCRM makes this test-drive short and sweet! Only 21 days long and powered by an on-line…
But here I found myself forced to defend over and over again my reasons for being vegan - the benefits to the environment, the improvement to the animal’s wellbeing, the advantage for my own health. The situation escalated to the point a friend asked me if I was going to wait until I'd had my first miscarriage before I started 'taking care' of myself. The support I was once given…
Health/ Nutrition/ Recipes/ Veganism
Have you tried these Four Alternatives to White Pasta? By Chef Mayra
Pasta rocks, but it rocks even more when you select a more nutrient-rich one than those made with refined white flour. Try one of these healthier alternatives: Quinoa Native to the Andes, quinoa is the seed of a leafy plant related to beets. When ground up and mixed with corn or wheat flour, quinoa produces mild-tasting, high-protein pasta. Gluten-free eaters should choose brands that contain only quinoa and corn flours.…
Carrot contains a very complete nutrition to provide our body the essential enzymes, vitamins and minerals. For each 100 gram, the carrot has 7.6 gram of carbohydrate, 0.6 gram of protein, 0.3 gram of fat, 30 milligram of calcium and 0.6 milligram of iron. Also, it is a good source of fiber, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin K, biotin, potassium and thiamine. Carrot also offers an…
The common carrot has existed for over 5000 years with documentation tracing back to Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. You may know that carrots grow in a multitude of colors including white, green, red, purple, yellow and even black! What you may not know (I certainly did not) is that the orange carrot as we know it today did not always exist. It is a hybrid created 500 years ago…
Animal Rights/ Environment/ Events/ General/ Health/ Veganism
Summer of Love Revisited – 1st “Annual?” Vegan Earth Day!!
Once upon a time… a long long time ago, there were humans known as hippies. Flowers in their long flowing hair. Women dressed in long flowing skirts. Music in their heads. On June 21, 2009 the hippies made a comeback… to Woodland Hills! I will set the scene for you: Pierce College campus. Huge shade trees on a sunny day. Music by a myriad of bands (my favorite being The Luminaries…
If you live in the EU, you might be interested in signing this petition (please note you can do so anonymously). The Government wish to further regulate Herbalists by bringing them under state control, protecting both the function and title of a Herbalist. Alongside this regulation they wish to change the Herbal Medicine laws again to prevent anyone, other than a state regulated herbalist (or possibly other health professional), from…