“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 […]
Lifestyle
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 […]
Thanksgiving: Turkeys, Marketing, and Tradition Invention
Many Americans struggle to even imagine celebrating Thanksgiving without a deceased turkey on the table. Most don’t realize that in fact it’s a completely invented ‘tradition,’ woven from thin air about 200 years after the colonial celebration this holiday commemorates. The idea (surprise!) caught on like wildfire among industrial turkey producers; and the rest, as they say, is history. Modern Thanksgiving customs show clearly […]
How to Stay Healthy Through the Holidays
Did you know that as a nation, we consume more calories on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year? Tradition has conditioned us to feast with family and friends on this day to honor the bountiful harvest of the country’s first settlers. Today, that bountiful harvest comes from the grocery store and brings […]
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 […]