Vegans with a healthy diet do not have to be concerned about not taking in enough protein. You can enjoy a healthy and well-rounded diet full of variety, flavor, and essential nutrients. Here are a few things to keep in mind when looking for vegan protein rich foods. Remember Your Beans and Lentils You can create a plethora of delicious dishes with lentils. From soup to … [Read more...]
Food: How Veganism Triumphs Again and Again
Our everyday eating habits are dominated by two powerful forces - craving and convenience, brought about by the industrialization of the food industry. Thanks to factory farms, our food is now being made faster, cheaper and more abundant. For malnourished societies, this is a godsend. We can now feed more people on our planet. But with this victory comes a price: our dependence … [Read more...]
Vegan Thanksgiving: Your Comprehensive How To
If you are vegan, chances are not all of your friends nor everyone in your family shares this same lifestyle. Chances are even greater that you remember your pre-vegan days. So much fun, tradition, bonding and emotion is tied to holidays. So how can vegans have a vegan Thanksgiving and still hold true to the fondness of the holidays? Read on... Be Charitable While you are … [Read more...]
Veganism: Beyond What You Eat
If you are leading a vegan lifestyle and are careful about what you put into your mouth, you may also want to consider what you put on your body and into your environment. Skin is an organ - in fact, skin is the largest organ on your body. Since skin is porous, whatever we put onto our skin is absorbed into our bodies. So, not only are you what you eat, you are what you put on … [Read more...]
Foie Gras Made Illegal by India
**Warning: Graphic Image Below** Duck liver, or foie gras, is a delicacy that requires the liver of geese or ducks. The controversy of this dish centers on the ducks (or sometimes geese) being closed up in tiny cages and fed through metal tubes. The liver of the duck then increases multiple times in size, and can cause the animals great pain. This practice has been deemed … [Read more...]
Essential Apps for the Techy Vegan
There are loads of apps out there that can help streamline the cooking and eating out process for vegans. Here are a few apps that stand out in terms of a user-friendly layout and an aesthetically pleasing design. The Whole Pantry by Belle Gibson, PTY LTD This amazing app helps you create meals that are nutritious and improve your overall lifestyle. However, it does not stop … [Read more...]
Travel Tips for Vegans
If you have the travel bug like I do, you may have encountered the challenge of eating vegan while traveling outside of the U.S. Fortunately, many other countries are on the vegan bandwagon too, and I have yet to starve while on vacation. Here is a robust collection of simple, fast travel tips to make your life easier. Learn the language Learn how to say "I am vegan" in the … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Vegan Halloween Guide
Remember that you can have a spooky vegan Halloween too! Here is your guide to living vegan this Halloween: Treats Beware of seemingly vegan candies. I hand out a variety of candy to my trick-or-treaters and receive no complaints (or eggings)! The following treats have proven to be smash hits in my neighborhood: Swedish Fish, a gummy, chewy fish-shaped candy. Dum-dum … [Read more...]
Veganism in a Nutshell
Vegans do not eat or use anything that is of animal origin. They do not eat meat or products derived from animals like honey, butter and dairy products. Similarly, they do not use animal-based or animal-derived products like cosmetics, soaps, leather, silk and fur. Veganism: Are There Any Cons? Veganism is a personal choice and people can choose to be vegans due to … [Read more...]
Human Canine Teeth are Designed to Eat Meat?
The landscape of food and how we have consumed it has undergone incredible changes for centuries. Throughout history, owning livestock and being able to feed it to your family was a sign of wealth and prosperity. If you had guests over, being able to feed them meat, bread and olive oil indicated that you truly cared about their wellbeing. Across the ages, these traditions … [Read more...]