Posts Tagged Health
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21 Ways to Sneak More Vegetables Into Your Diet
"1. Drink Green Smoothies. If you’ve been here before, you’ll know how much I love green smoothies. Blend 60% whole fruits, 40% green leafy veggies, add water, and you’ve got yourself the best tasting veggie dish ever. 2. Use vegetabl
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Wash your vegetables!
Reduce bacteria and pesticide residue on fresh foods. It might seem like a no-brainer: wash your vegetables. Local farmers markets have signs up at their booths encouraging customers to wash their produce before consuming. Why Wash Vegetables?
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50 reasons why you should go vegetarian!
"You may have thought about becoming vegetarian before but never actually did it, or have actually tried it and gave up, well here are 50 reasons why you should become vegetarian! After reading this, it should give you a better understanding of w
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Raw foods fortify your body against aging.
BE Healthy magazine offers information about the science behind raw food, and some recipes to make the most of it. "If you ignore your health it will go away," says Shelley Fitzgerald, of Everything Fitz. Fitzgerald is a former biology teach
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Vegetarian? 6 Tips for a Healthy Vegetarian Diet
A meat-free diet may improve your health, but you’ve got to do it right "What does that mean? Here are six tips to keep in mind if you’re thinking of going all—or partially—veggie. Define what you mean by vegetarian. There are lots of v
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12 Top Vegan Iron Sources
If you are a vegan, what is the first argument you hear from meat-eating advocates? Well the sarcastic ones might say something about plants having feelings too, but the most popular rebuttal usually has something to do with iron. And yes iron is
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What Exactly is “Herd Retirement” ??
Does anyone realize what else cows go through? Herd retirement sounds so wonderful, doesn’t it? Unfortunately it’s yet another aspect of the dairy industry that few people know about. The first go around already happened in May. Now CWT has
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7 Common Hidden Animal-Derived Ingredients to Avoid
"At first glance, it might seem like a simple task to avoid animal products in your food if you've elected to do so. After all, meat, dairy, eggs, fish, honey, etc. need no introduction. Not so fast. There's more out there (or should I say "in th
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Where do vegans get their protein?
Protein is the first thing that new vegans are concerned about and the last thing they should be concerned about. All plant foods—except for fruits and fats—supply protein. Beans are the richest sources, but vegans get protein from nuts, grai
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Building Muscle On A Raw Food Diet
"Excessive body weight is a harmful condition that is the cause of many ailments like diabetes, cancer, thyroid and many more such diseases. There are many different ways and means by which a person can lose all the excessive body weight and lead
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