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It’s Time For A Change

As you might have read from a previous post, I went a whole month eating a strictly vegan diet.  Having been a long-time vegetarian (9+ years), this was not as challenging as I anticipated.  Not only did I survive the month, but I’ve decided…drum roll please…to make the full transition to being vegan. Animal Place / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND                           This is not me but I love

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Fat Is Your Friend?

ucumari / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND With Spring upon us in less than a month, I thought it would be appropriate to briefly touch on a fairly simple way to lose weight.  But first, we must overcome a falsehood that has been drilled into your brain: fat is the enemy.  My hope is that by the end of this article, you will at least question the previous statement. So.  Stop reading and take a moment to get out all your exclamations, protests,

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A New Way To Celebrate Heart Health Month

In honor of February being American Hearth Month, as well as the month in which Valentine’s day takes place, I decided to listen to my heart.  I’ve been a vegetarian for over 8 years now but I’ve been toying with the idea of going vegan for almost a year now.  As you know, vegetarians abstain from eating anything in which an animal has to be killed (ie avoiding meat but eating eggs and dairy) whereas a vegan abstains from eating

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