With all the cruelty, environmental problems, and diet-related diseases in the world, it can be easy for vegans to get discouraged. Trying to convince people to go vegetarian can be like banging your head against a brick wall. Just the other day, I wrote a blog proposing, perish the thought, an excise tax on meat [...]
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5 Ways to Celebrate the Great American Meatout
The 25th annual Great American Meatout, a nationwide event orchestrated by the Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM), is Friday, March 20. Similar in premise to the Great American Smokeout, the Meatout is a day for people to kick their unhealthy addiction to meat. Various festivities are being held around the world on and around the [...]
Beat the “Freshmen Fifteen” With a Vegan Diet
The “Freshman 15,” as the dreaded first-year student “spread” is known, is not an inevitable part of college life. You can beat the “Freshman 15” (or 20 or 30) simply by making healthy lifestyle choices— namely, by eating a vegan diet. Unlike meat, eggs, and dairy products, vegan foods are low in fat and calories [...]
Why More Patients Are Seeking Holistic Physicians?
Medicine is as much as an art as it is a science. Today the allopathic physicians are time strapped and do not treat the patients as a complete holistic entity –- THE MIND, BODY AND SOUL. Physician factors: It is time that allopathic physicians should look within and deeply introspect. Very often their own attitudes [...]
Celebrity Vegetarians and Vegans are on the RISE
Did you know that several celebrities are vegetarians or vegans? Some of the famous vegans are Alicia Silverstone, Brian Adams, Eric Roberts the actor, Fiona Apple the singer, Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Natalie Portman the famous actor. Some of most famous vegetarians include: Albert Einstein Aristotle the famous Greek philosopher Billie Jean King [...]