The trailer for Forks Over Knives sends a powerful message. If you do not take anything home from this clip, please know that you are ultimately the one in control. Diet is important, more than you will ever know. I do not believe that you need to eat a vegan diet to be healthy. But I do know that if you make little changes (increasing plant-based foods), then you will … [Read more...] about Forks Over Knives: Diet is Important
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10 Ways I Keep my Skin Healthy
My skin use to look bad. I can remember using Noxema and other commercial products to rid my face of the awful looking breakouts, but topical solutions, only worked for a short time. As I have gotten older and changed my diet, my skin looks the best it has ever looked in my life. I wish my skin looked like this 15-20 years ago. Wow, that’s a lot of years. But we live and we … [Read more...] about 10 Ways I Keep my Skin Healthy
Five Delicious Foods with Plant Sterols
Plant sterols have been in the news a great deal lately, heralded for their cholesterol-lowering properties. Plant sterols (also called phytosterols), are phytochemicals that naturally occur in plants and work by partially blocking the absorption of “bad” or LDL cholesterol. There are about 44 sterols known to exist in plants. The recommended amount of plant sterols is … [Read more...] about Five Delicious Foods with Plant Sterols
How to Continue Eating Healthy During the Economic Downturn
Have you noticed that your grocery bill has gone up? I know you have, because I have. You are probably thinking that you cannot continue eating the healthier cleaner foods, because those foods cost more, but do not stop eating healthy because of the prices. There are ways you can cut corners while keeping more your money in your pocket. If you are into purchasing all … [Read more...] about How to Continue Eating Healthy During the Economic Downturn
How to Become a Vegan in 30 Days
You have finally decided that you will eat a vegan diet. Now what? Where do you start and how do you begin? You should read Vegan in 30 Days because it steers you in the right direction. No more wondering how you will stop eating meat, chicken, fish, eggs, or dairy or any animal product for that matter. [pullquote]A vegan is a person who does not eat any animal flesh or … [Read more...] about How to Become a Vegan in 30 Days
End Your Love Affair with White Sugar
You are in love with something that does not love you back. You think it loves you back, because it tickles your taste buds and makes you feel so good. Yes, this something makes you feel good and even gives you a rush at times, only to let you down. And when it let's you down, it really let's you down. But you love the rush and do not mind it letting you down. If something … [Read more...] about End Your Love Affair with White Sugar