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10. Erik Marcus – Publisher of vegan.com and author of such books as The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice and Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money, Erik Marcus defined a new balanced approach to veganism. He encourages people to transition from their old way of eating, not by “cutting out” foods, but by [...]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and being closely effected by this disease myself, I wanted to bid the month of October goodbye with a cancer awareness article a day until the end of the month. The article teased below was featured in an eNewsletter from FitDay.com.  I thoroughly believe eating right can help prevent [...]

Did you know its National Vegetarian Week? Neither did I until I saw it today. Want to get involved? Check out their site at Nation Vegetarian Week Taking part in NVW is fun, easy and will open your eyes to a world of delicious food and healthy eating. If you’re planning something as an organisation [...]

Check out this great article from Planet Green.  Glad to see the USDA getting on board with the plant-based diet. This is the first year ever that the USDA has embraced a vegetarian diet. In its 2010 dietary pyramid, the USDA gave vegetarianism an outright endorsement saying in addition to improved heart health, a vegetarian diet was [...]

I hear many opponents of the vegetarian lifestyle say that it is impossible to build strength and endurance as an athlete on a vegetarian diet. But I think they are largely misinformed. Here a nice article from the Hawkeye about this. There are several reasons people decide to stop consuming meat, and turn to a vegetarian diet. [...]

Veg News: Vegan diet becomes more mainstream in America