Just as with any type of special diet, eating out as a vegan can be tough. You’re putting your faith (and stomach) in the hands of a stranger, and you can’t be 100% sure they’ll be able to feed you an edible meal. It used to be that the only foods vegans could eat at […]
Vegan Living
How to Eat Vegan at a Restaurant
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”-Dr. Paul Farmer Okay, so you have found your vegan recipes and can successfully shop for and cook your own vegan meals. However, it is not fair that being vegan means that you have to cook for the […]
Plants, Not Pills
As a member of the pharmacy profession, I can become very discouraged by the standard medical approach of using medications to treat the symptoms of diseases that are caused largely by lifestyle choices. That is why I am so excited and encouraged by recent reports of doctors who are treating patients by “dispensing” produce. Standard […]
Humans Are Not Actually Meant to Eat Meat
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”-Leo Tolstoy As a vegan, I am pretty sure that other vegans have been asked the same inane questions that […]
Book Review & Giveaway: The Happy Vegan by Russell Simmons
I went vegetarian in 1992, and then transitioned to veganism 9 years later. Both changes were tough. I didn’t know anyone else who didn’t eat meat when in the early 90s, and veganism was pretty much unheard of in Northern New Jersey in 2001. There were no Facebook groups for support and no Pinterest boards […]