It’s National School Lunch Week: Do you know what your kids are eating? If they’re still trying to force down mystery meat, it’s a toss-up. Yep, that gray matter that was the butt of so many jokes when we were kids is still around, but now it’s more disgusting than mysterious. We know that a lot of mystery meat is actually “mechanically separated meat,” which is made by sending animals’…
The phrase, “a vegan diet,” is generally associated with a way of eating that is bland, restrictive, and tasteless. Vegans do not eat meat, cheese, dairy or eggs, but the selection is never-ending and chock-full of delicious choices. It is a major misconception that vegans can only eat salads and tofu. Here is a look into what vegans do eat and enjoy: Fruits and Vegetables Yes, this may be…
From GO Veggie! – Your partner in better health choices So you decided to seek a more plant-based diet by going dairy free and egg free, and possibly even meat free. In the case of allergies this decision can be involuntary, and other times it is a conscious choice from internal belief systems or a decision towards better health. No matter the path that got you there – vegan, vegetarian,…
The word gluten has skyrocketed in popularity and seems to carry a negative connotation, but what exactly is it? Gluten is a protein found in the grains wheat, barley and rye. Although experts think celiac disease used to be a rare disorder and once believed to affect one in every 10,000 people, it is now estimated that 2.5 million people may have celiac disease. Shockingly, only about 150,000 people have…
You may be eating excipients in your vitamins and other nutritional supplements without even knowing it. What are excipients? Excipients are fillers, binders, flowing agents, and various types of glues that hold nutritional supplements and vitamins together. Most excipients generally test toxic and some of the commonly used excipients are animal-derived. Excipient fillers and binders can affect the absorption rate and benefit of the rate by as much as…
It’s the 4th Annual Hemp History Week! June 3rd-9th, 2013 Hemp has been on the “IN” list for years. It’s one of the most well known “superfoods”. But for some reason I did not get on the hemp train until this year. Sure, I’ve had it in smoothies and dressings at restaurants, but didn’t start using it on the regular in my own kitchen until a few months ago. Crazy…
Not all supplements are created equal. According to the National Institute of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements, bioavailability refers to the amount of (the nutrient) in food, medications, and supplements that is absorbed in the intestines and ultimately available for biological activity in your cells and tissues. Bioavailability is the degree to which a nutrient is available to the body for use and measures the rate that a supplement…
By Ben Rolnik: There are a variety ways that one can detoxify their system. Most people assume that detoxing means doing a master cleanse — lots of green juice, lemon, and water — and colonics. This overlooks the very serious problem of “re-toxing” right afterwards — not to mention the other cognitive-behavioral dimensions of detoxification! There are 3 major principles of detoxification I call: rejection, ejection, injection. If we just…
Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 1⁄2 red capsicum (pepper), cut in half 1⁄2 green capsicum (pepper), cut in half 1⁄2 eggplant…
Most people stay indoors when winter turns the world cold and white, but staying indoors too much can cause a vitamin D deficiency. Vegans are particularly susceptible, because their diet tends to be low in the vitamin. While non-vegans can get vitamin D from meat and other animal products, vegans can’t. Don’t write vitamin D off as a useless vitamin; it’s very important to the body. It helps regulate bone…
Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you cooking this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan!, a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Ingredients: 500g pumpkin gnocchi 6 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 eggplant, diced 8 okra, sliced thickly 1/4 bunch spinach,…
Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you preparing this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Enjoy. Raw Cashew Cream Ingredients: 1 cup raw cashews ¼ cup agave nectar ¼ cup water cinnamon…
Libido is a Freudian term describing the force or psychic energy behind human action; especially the sexual urge or as some might put it passion, sexual appetite, instinct or drive, “the hots”, randiness, mojo (how I personally refer to it thanks Austin Powers) or erotic desire. Freud had a very precise and thorough process of psychoanalysis laid out for all the stages and manifestations of libido throughout the lifecycle and…