If you’ve been following along, you should know by now that a vegan diet is a cholesterol-free diet. (The only source of cholesterol comes from animal products: meat, dairy, eggs). So, a plant-based diet lowers your cholesterol, which helps to clear your arteries of cholesterol-induced plaque blockages, which protects you from heart disease and lowers …
Oct
13
Oct
05
For Your Health: Heart Disease
Take a look around. Do you see what I see? Americans gorging on vast amounts of animal-based products, laden with cholesterol, unhealthy fat, acid-producing protein, and often overly processed and loaded with concentrated oils. We’ve become addicted to these unhealthy foods and unfortunately, they are a breeding grounds for the diseases that are destroying our …
Sep
28
The President’s Doctors
After all the buzz about Clinton’s vegan diet, Wolf Blitzer invited two of the doctors Clinton mentioned to describe this “miracle diet” in more detail. (They’re totally stealing my thunder on my upcoming post about heart disease, but I have a feeling you’ll trust them more than you’ll trust me, so I’m cool with that.) …
Sep
28
Dire Situation
Americans are in dire need of medical assistance. Heart Disease - Heart disease is the most likely reason you’ll die. It is the number one cause of death in the US. – Heart disease kills more Americans than the next four fatal diseases combined. – One in every two Americans will die from heart disease or …
Sep
22
Bill Clinton Goes Vegan!
This morning on CNN, I saw a clip of Wolf Blitzer asking Bill Clinton how he lost 24 pounds. His answer was fantastic. Watch the clip below: Here’s a transcript for those who can’t watch the video for whatever reason: Blitzer: How did you lose so much weight? What kind of diet are you on? …
Sep
08
Animal-based High Protein Diets Increase Mortality Rate
A CNN report on the dangers of low-carb, high-protein diets says that “you may live longer if that protein is vegetable-based rather than animal-based.” Now, if I can be brutally honest here (and since it’s my blog, I’m going to be), I find it extremely irritating and even a bit infuriating that people honestly believe …
Aug
31
Official FDA Inspection Reports Released
Just a quick update on the salmonella outbreak in eggs. Here’s some excerpts from a New York Times article: Inspection reports released by the Food and Drug Administration described — often in nose-pinching detail — possible ways that salmonella could have been spread undetected through the vast complexes of two companies. Barns infested with flies, …
Aug
24
8 Reasons to Beware of Eggs
Half a Billion Eggs Recalled, And Counting… Over 500 million eggs have been recalled due to an outbreak of Salmonella that sickened thousands of people across the country (and many cases go unreported because Salmonella infections, which cause diarrhea and stomach cramps, often go undiagnosed). This is one of the country’s worst food safety recalls, …
Jul
14
Be Careful What You Fish For
Anyone who made it through Biology 101 knows that fish have nerves and brains that sense pain, just like all other animals. Scientists tell us that fish nervous systems closely resemble our own, even including neurotransmitters like endorphins that relieve suffering – of course, the only reason for a nervous system to produce pain killers …
Jul
08
The Great Eight: 8 Foods Every Vegetarian Should Eat
**Don’t forget about the book giveaway! Enter to win by Tues, July 13th** This list of 8 foods every vegetarian should eat was compiled by Vegetarian Times. It is easy to maintain a balanced, nutritious vegetarian diet if you eat the right foods. All of the foods on this list are loaded with one or …
