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How to Enhance your Vegan Life
Veganism allows us to experience improved health, void of the ill-effects of eating meat and meat by-products. Since we have made such an important commitment to improve our health and wellbeing, we must be vigilant to align ourselves with practices that will safeguard our health from serious illnesses that befall vegans and non vegans [...]
Vegans, Please Tell Your Story
“If it were not so blindly accepted as a part of our customs and traditions, how could any sensitive person accept the thought that in order to feed ourselves we should kill such a huge number of animals, in spite of the fact that our earth gives us so many different treasures from plants” — [...]
You’re not missing anything – Eat, Drink, be a Vegan
When I dove head first into the wondrous world of veganism (on June 13th, 2005 – I’ll never forget it!), I thought I’d never eat anything palatable again. I climbed the volcanic mountain of morality and tossed my taste buds into the bubbling lava, considering this ultimate sacrifice as a necessary right of passage in [...]
Can A Vegan and A Meat-Eater Co-Exist?
I recently read a woman’s magazine article about “mixed relationships” and ways for a couple to stay together even if they have seemingly irreconcilable differences. The writer interviewed a vegetarian woman and her meat-eating husband and asked them how they managed to get along even though they had different fundamental beliefs. The couple gave some [...]
When, How, and Why I Became Vegan (Part 3)
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The school semester of Winter 2004 was officially over and it was now nearing the end of the summer. Up to that point, I was a full-blown vegetarian consuming fruits, vegetables, nuts, cereal, and only one dairy product – cheese.
Since becoming a vegetarian [...]
A Life Changing Transition
I found the road to Vegetarianism through the guidance of two good friends. It all began on one profound night. Winter break of 2004, I invited my good friend David over to my family’s house to hang out. We were both in college and only occasionally had the chance to see each [...]
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