Food Pyramid for Vegetarians and Vegans
Looking for a more plant-centric food pyramid? Whether you’re vegetarian, vegan, or an omnivore, this one can help you eat a little healthier.
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Vegan Diet: 4 Ways Vegan Foods Can Save Your Life
Can eating vegan actually make you healthier? Check out these ways that a vegan diet might just help you live longer.
Be Kind to Animals Week: You’ll Never Miss the Meat or Dairy
Did you know that this was ‘Be Kind to Animals Week?’ Today, Michelle Kretzer at PETA shares some meat substitutes to help you kick the animal product habit. Here at Eat Drink Better, we like to think of these – often processed – meat and dairy substitutes as a way for folks to transition to a plant-based diet, not as dietary staples. If you’ve been wanting to give plant-based eating a try and need something to help you on your way, these can be a great sometimes food to help you on your journey!
Giveaway Reminder: Free copy of PLANEAT DVD
Last week we announced we will be hosting a giveaway for free copies of the wonderful documentary, PLANEAT! PLANEAT talks about the global effects of food and how diseases of affluence can be greatly aided by a plant-based diet. (If you don’t remember, you can read the review here.) Just a little reminder that you can still enter the giveaway over the weekend. See below for how to enter.
Giveaway: PLANEAT Documentary, Real Food for the World
PLANEAT is a documentary making the food awareness circuit that discusses the global impact of the food we eat on a personal, environmental and economical level. Upon first receiving the PLANEAT DVD for review, I was a tad bit skeptical. There are so many food-based films out there — exposé-type documentaries like Forks Over Knives and Fat, …
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Get Juiced: Lean and Green
For whatever reason you might be drawn to upping your all-natural juice intake, and for whatever duration, it is a great way to get a high volume of nutrients in a small package.
Confessions of a Cheese Addicted Vegan Wannabe
Over the years, I’ve wandered in and out of various states of vegan and vegetarian and even had a few years as an omnivore (but only ate very carefully chosen responsibly raised meats). My downfall has always been cheese. Do they have a 12-step program for cheese – just cheese? I need it.
Vegucated Brings Health (and Puns) to New Yorkers
Now, there is a new vegan documentary on the block. Vegucated makes more apparent the tie between eating vegan and making a conscious decision not to support industrial agriculture. But it also shows that eschewing meat and dairy isn’t just a walk in the park. It can be a really trying experience, even if you strongly feel it is the ethical choice for you.
Eating Vegan: How Much Vitamin B12 Do You Really Need?
Although I would love nothing better than to tell you that all the nutrients you need are easily available from fresh, organic, whole plant foods B12 is unfortunately one nutrient that vegans in the developed world should be getting from supplements. But how much B12 do you need, and what are the best sources?
Making Water-Friendly Food Choices
Our food choices have a huge indirect impact on our water consumption, but is there anything we can do about it?
Whole Foods to Thrive (and two vegan recipes!)
The folks at Penguin Books were kind enough to send me an advance copy of Brendan Brazier’s new book: Whole Foods to Thrive. The book is all about empowering folks to eat a plant-based diet, and it includes information on vegan nutrition, the food-environment link, tips for getting started with healthy, plant-based eating, and a ton of tasty vegan recipes!
They were kind enough to give me permission to share a couple of recipes from the book with you guys, to give you a taste of what’s inside. Check it.
Eating Vegan: The “Vegan Celebrity” Phenomenon
Lately, it seems like it’s super hip for a vegan celebrity to hire a nutritionist and a personal chef and give veganism a go, but is this always a good thing?