Not average
and proud of it!
It’s the end of Vegetarian Awareness Month and thusly the end of the blog-a-thon.
It also happens to be Halloween here today which means an overdose of candy for most of the youth. If you didn’t realize that even candy could contain animal ingredients, check out this page.
There you will see a list of candy and [...]
Some people assume for whatever reason that vegetarians need to take a multitude of vitamins. I guess they think we don’t get enough from the vast array of fresh fruits and vegetables compared to their menu of three or four animals.
The first people I knew of who took vitamins daily were not vegetarian. In fact, [...]
Every vegetarian knows the question “Where do you get your protein?”
It’s the “How do you remember all those lines?” to the actor, and the “No, really. What do you do for a living?” to the proctologist. The bane of our existence this protein myth is.
Have you ever wondered that - how do vegetarians get enough [...]
I came upon this video (8m 44s) of a man claiming weight loss from eating junk food - seven pounds in one week. And you’ve probably heard of the Adkins diet where you could chew on bacon fat all day and consider yourself a success.
Then there’s my controversial, one step weight loss program: Cut Off [...]
Day 27 of Vegetarian Awareness Month and today let’s talk about what’s happening next month at this time.
In the US, Thanksgiving will be coming at the end of November (Canadian Thanksgiving was two weeks ago). It’s usually celebrated with a large meal, family, and friends. Unfortunately, this meal is often centered around an unnaturally large [...]
In Defense of Animals (IDA) has declared this week to be “World Go Vegan Days”.
Whether or not you want to “become” vegan, check out that page and the 30 second video with bodybuilder Kenneth G. Williams. If you’re reading this, you surely have thirty seconds to spare.
From the IDA site:
We urge people to recognize the [...]
Yesterday I gave you an easy way to try some vegetarian food. Today I want to tell you about the best way.
Wouldn’t it be great if all of your meals were prepared for you? If you could just sit down and have the best meal brought right to you, that would be ideal.
Well, here’s the [...]
Sure, you’d like to try some vegetarian food but what do you make? Where do you find the ingredients? What if you mess it up? Etc., etc.
Here’s one great and easy way for you to try out some vegetarian food that guaranteed other vegetarians like. Go to a potluck!
Search for vegetarian organizations in your area. [...]
The arrival of VegNews in my mailbox the other day had me realize that there are a few publications that you may want to know about.
Perhaps you’re already familiar with Vegetarian Times. It’s probably the most well known vegetarian magazine in part because it started in the late 1970s and is still going. The recipes [...]
The purpose of my Vegetarian Awareness Month posts have been in part to bring up issues the non-veg readers may not have considered, and to provide resources to learn more about vegetarians and vegans.
Today I bring you something a little different. It’s a series of short audio shows (most are 10-15 minutes) which followed Oprah’s [...]