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Would you like to consider a plant-based (aka vegan) diet, but find yourself confused by all the conflicting information? Let’s look at some of the most persistent myths, one at a time. You’ll never get enough protein on a plant-based diet. While longtime vegans regard the “Where do you get your protein” question as an […]

I wasn’t weird, just uncommon. Unchained by convention. A free thinker. I home-schooled my only child, a daughter, so there would be time to see the world. We saw it. We even met the Dalai Lama. When not traveling, Rachael – that’s my daughter, Adair, before she started using her middle name — and I […]

The major benefit of trying new things and exploring other “worlds”is meeting people and expanding your circle of friends. I sat down with one of these new friends to discuss our upcoming presentation. She went over what she was going to say, I went over what I was going to say and BAMMM…with in just […]

A Reflection: “Being” vegan isn’t enough. It should serve a higher purpose. It’s barely 6 a.m. I’m awake, thanks to my dog who needs to pee and my cat who is patiently waiting on the dog to go pee so she can begin her morning purring for food. Now that the animals are happy, I […]

Hello.  I’m Julie and I’m not going to tell you exactly how long I’ve been a vegan. You see, I believe that we are ALL born vegan and that we’ve strayed from our natural path for a variety of reasons. We were fed animal products by well-meaning family members so that we would grow “big […]

One of the acronyms I sometimes use when I speak on this topic is V-E-G-A-N: Validate your choices Embody a health lifestyle Get to know other vegans Add more to your life and your diet than you subtract Never forget the animals. When you take these points to heart, you’ll have the internal ballast to […]

Congratulations! You’re vegan! You’ve made the decision to adopt a compassionate, plant-based lifestyle. You’re getting a handle on food shopping in stores. You may have an idea of where to get your vegan clothing, beauty products and more. But, what about shopping for all of your needs online? Shopping online, known as e-commerce, is meant […]

At the beginning of my plant based journey, food was my main focus. Always picking up vegan cookbooks, reading the labels at grocery stores, and of course asking servers “Are you sure they’re using olive oil and not butter?”  During those beginning months (who am I kidding? — I think it was a year or […]

“Your wife isn’t here. Aren’t you going to order real food?” “Does she (wife) let you have steak in the house?” Being a man who works in sports, I used to hear questions like these often and still do on occasion. Most of my formative years playing hockey were spent consuming pre-game meals featuring chicken […]