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365 Vegan Tips

January 9, 2012

A Snapshot of my Vegan Vision Board

Happy new year! Every year I create a vision board. This year’s theme is all about being vegan — that is, YOU, Me and everyone we know. In support of my vision, I am sharing one tip per day to make being vegan easy on my Facebook page. You can “like” my page to see them daily or check them out here in one weekly post.

Help me make my vision real and tell your mom, dad, sister, brother, aunts and uncles, cousins, friends. Well, just tell everyone you know. And, thank you. Here we go!

Tip #1: Change your mind.

It’s all in your attitude. Be positive and expect good things. (I bet you thought I was going to say something about food!)

Don’t just say “I think I can, I think I can.” Say, “I know I can, I know I can.”
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The Easiest Way to Beat the Winter Blues

January 4, 2012

This post is a rerun from last February. I was reminded of it this morning when I started smiling during my meditation and I could feel an immediate mood lift. So before the February blues hit, let’s start combating them now.

Despite last week’s mild temperatures and sunshine, I’m battling the February blues in a bad way. This is quite common in Chicago, especially when day after day after day the sky is filled with clouds. Spring can’t come soon enough. I noticed I was feeling blah a few days ago and realized I had felt this way for at least three weeks. The blizzard did me in. I decided I needed to turn my frown upside down. Ironically, the best thing to do when feeling blah is to smile. Yep, it’s an immediate mood booster. When you smile, happy endorphins are released in the brain making you feel, well, happier. Go ahead. Try it. It feels good, right?
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Get Fit The Easy Way

December 29, 2011

It’s that time of year when many people are setting new year’s resolutions. Time Magazine reports the most commonly broken resolution is to “lose weight and get fit.” If exercising more is one of your new year’s resolutions, watch this video. If you can walk, you can get fit and lose weight. Now that is easy.

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Easy Gift Ideas for the Health Nut

November 29, 2007

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Holiday gift ideas for the health nut. Check out these books:

1. You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You) by Drs. Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz

2. Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples by John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and founder of Earthsave International

3. Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

4. Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul by vegan yogis, Sharon Gannon and David Life or check out their DVD, Transform Yourself with Jivamukti Yoga

5. The Thrive Diet by professional vegan athlete, Brendan Brazier

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Go vegan for the environment!

October 15, 2007

As you may know, going vegan benefits three main areas: your health, the environment, and, of course, animals. This blog generally covers animals and health issues regularly. Today is all about the environment.

According to a 2006 United Nations report, raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined. This would mean eating meat, eggs, and/or dairy are by far worse than driving to work. Although walking, riding a bike, or taking public transportation would be much better than driving every day. Imagine the power of this one-two punch: going vegan and reducing your driving. That would be good for your health, the animals, and the environment. Take the veg pledge today!

Other links of interest:

Ask Al Gore to go veg

Time magazine reports 51 Things We Can Do To Save The Environment.

EarthSave International

Global Mala Project: Go Vegan to Stop Global Warming

A Truly Inconvenient Truth

The 11th Hour movie

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet. If you missed this exhibit in Chicago, check out the globes, the artists, and their solutions for combating global warming online.

This post is in honor of Blog Action Day. On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. The aim is to get everyone talking towards (and more importantly acting on) a better future.

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