It’s likely that every person who reads this article has either had or knows someone who has had a heart attack or stroke. The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) states that one in three adults have cardiovascular disease and … Read More
Natalie Portman is giving up the vegan lifestyle and going back to being a vegetarian. In an interview on with The Bert Show Portman says, “I actually went back to being vegetarian when I became pregnant. Just because I felt … Read More
A new movement has surfaced encouraging consumers to forgo the meat one day each week. Why? Simply put, in America we are eating too much meat, more then what is healthy for our bodies. Meatless Monday, an initiative started in association with … Read More
Following a vegan diet means avoiding the obvious animal-based foods – meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, and fish – but if you’re not careful, you could be avoiding some essential nutrients too. The reason? Plant-based foods that comprise a vegan diet … Read More
Fight Disease with Common Plant Based Foods The oft-repeated quote by Hippocrates, “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” is well supported by these nutrient dense plant-based super foods. “Super” doesn’t mean fortified. Rather, the following plant-based … Read More
The raw food diet is, of course, nothing new. There have always been those who have supported the many benefits of eating raw foods, and for good reason. Many studies support links between a diet rich in raw foods and … Read More
Eating Vegan Benefits Both Individual and Environmental Health With recent studies linking high red meat consumption with certain types of cancer and environmental ills such as global warming, avoiding animal products is one measure that a growing number of people … Read More
Compelling Reasons to Go Meatless Since the second half of the last century, the vegetarian diet has grown in popularity with 2.5 percent of Americans now holding to an animal free diet. The reasons for the recent increase in interest … Read More
