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Normal Vegans: Are You For Real?

Jess Parsons, 05.20.2013

Voracious readers and voracious vegans, we have a real problem. Most books aren't written by vegans. So most stories will, without any warning, launch into lingering descriptions of animal-based meals. Food in Fiction Revisiting childhood favourites like the Narnia adventures or...

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Plant-Based Diets for Multiple Sclerosis

Michael Greger MD, 05.21.2013

The distinguished neurologist Roy Swank‘s low saturated fat diet remains the “most effective treatment of multiple sclerosis ever reported in the peer review literature.” In patients with early stage MS, 95% were without progression of their disease 34 years after adopting his meat and...

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Food Co-ops - The Smart Buyer's Destination (Plus Vegan on the Cheap Recipe Book Giveaway Contest)

Dustin Rudolph PharmD, 05.15.2013

"But it's too expensive to eat healthy!" If I had a dime for every time I heard this excuse I'd be one of the youngest retirees on the face of the planet. Eating healthy has become synonymous with eating expensively, but it...

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Cancer Is a Whole Body Disease

Janice Stanger, PhD, 05.04.2013

The UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine Treats and Prevents Cancer By Helping Your Body to Heal Itself You may think of cancer as a discrete mass of cells with a life of its own. Every kind of cancer is labeled with the...

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How many people do you know that have heart disease?

J Morris Hicks, 05.01.2013

Probably a great many more than you think. Think of how many people you know over thirty; then multiply that number by 90%. You see, most people in the United States over the age of thirty already have heart disease, although...

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A New Culprit for Heart Disease

Sarah Taylor, 04.30.2013

A recent article in the NY Times shocked many of us who follow health research: Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic now believe that saturated fat and cholesterol only play a minor role in heart disease. They believe that a little-known chemical called...

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Get Well With Your Mind

Walter Jacobson, M.D., 03.16.2013

The best solution for people with difficulty managing mood swings, anxieties, and impulsivities is not a pill. It's the power of their thoughts harnessed effectively with the goal of maximizing positive outcomes in all aspects of their lives. With the proper set...

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Food Taster Reignites Old Controversy; Was Hitler a Vegetarian?

Vegparadise Blog, 03.13.2013

During World War II Margot Woelk had the important job of food taster, a job that turned out to be a matter of life and death. The 95-year-old German woman recently revealed that she was one of 15 women who tasted food...

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Make your own Lara Bars

Chef AJ, 01.31.2013

Lara Bars are a great snack. Many are made from just fruit and nuts. But did you know you can make your own in minutes for a fraction of the cost? Some of the newer Lara Bar flavors have sugar, salt and...

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Become a Nutrition Educator!

Pam Popper PhD, 08.14.2012

The Wellness Forum Institute is the first school to offer students the opportunity to become nutrition professionals with a solid science foundation and an emphasis in plant-based nutrition. Due to our "virtual classroom" format, classes are live and interactive, but students can be located...

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Veganpalooza is Coming, Just in Time

Dr. Will Tuttle, 07.08.2012

“Except for one piglet, which abruptly quieted down when I took him in my hands and then he looked me right in the eyes, as if saying: ’How could you do this to me?’ That look in his eyes shattered me and...

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In Which I Advise A Young Baby

Hillary Rettig, 06.26.2012

My friend, free software activist, Ciaran McHale and his wife, Bianca, recently had a baby--the gorgeous Toby. And they did something completely cool, which was to ask friends concerned with social justice to write letters to Toby, which they would publish in...

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INTRODUCING HOMEMADE PALM OIL-FREE VEGAN BUTTERY SPREAD--BUTTAH!

Bryanna Clark Grogan, 04.02.2012

Photo by Christina Hoheisel (PS: Christina not only did a fantastic job photographing the Buttah, but went out and found the ingredients, ordered the molds and tackled the recipe, mastering it on the first try! Thank you so much, Christina!) You may...

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