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Tag Archives: vegan eating
The Symptoms of Disease
It is often said that the symptoms of addiction are 3 fold: physical, spiritual, and emotional… Meat eating is the disease. Dairy consumption is the illness. Eggs being added to the diet is the sickness. Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, … Continue reading
Health is Our Greatest Asset
Protect your health…. Eat simply to live, so that others may simply live. ~ John Robbins This slapped me in the head this week. I have battled the great war on teeth decay most of my adult life. I was reminded … Continue reading
A Means to Peace
We need to be the peace we seek.. Peace is not merely a goal that we seek; but a means by which we we arrive at that goal. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. It seems like another lifetime when MLK … Continue reading
Real Foods
What’s on your plate… We grow enough food to feed 12 to 15 billion people; but most of our foods go to feed farmed animals. ~ William Tuttle This was iterated again in the movie I saw last night from … Continue reading
Humane Slaughter?
There is no humane slaughter… If cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys go into slaughterhouses and come out chopped up into hundreds of pieces how can anyone claim that animals aren’t mistreated, abused, terrorized, tortured, and savagely murdered in these places? How … Continue reading
Living Sanely
We cannot think sanely in insane situations… Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their society, will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses. ~ Plato I know I am not alone in feeling like … Continue reading
For the Sake of Our Appetites
For the sake of our appetites… Because you want an ice cream cone; he (male calf) will be ripped from his mother at birth. If he gets up, he will be confined in a veal crate for 16 weeks until … Continue reading
What to Eat
What to Eat: Eat mostly plants, preferably leaves not seeds. Eliminate or limit meat consumption Eat biodiversity (variety) Eat well-grown foods from good soils Eat wild foods Limit supplements Eat like a native tribal member Don’t seek the magic bullet … Continue reading
Where do you get Your Calcium?
Where we vegans get our calcium… Here are 25 plant-based calcium sources: 1 cup kale = 180 mg, collard greens = 350 mg, black strap molasses 2 tablespoons = 400 mg, 1 cup of tempeh = 215 mg, 1 cup turnip … Continue reading
Don’t Suffer in Silence
Silence is not kind or caring… Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci We need only look at history to see that the worst atrocities against mankind have been bolstered by silence. Every despot in history … Continue reading