As a follow up to my post Is Vegan Too Expensive, I want to delve into the link of food prices and health. A friend emailed me asking how I keep food costs down while feeding my family of three a vegan diet. My response was I don’t look to keep food costs down; I […]
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Product Review: Urban Moonshine
The lovely people over at Urban Moonshine sent me their original vial to try out as a detox system. Urban Moonshine is essentially a line of herbal formulas, including bitters that help cleanse your body. Let me tell you, this stuff is magical; it is really effective from day one. What you do is you take […]
Take Five: Ines Lopes
Chic Vegan contributor Ines Lopes is a social media junkie who currently works at Rutgers University and is pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts in Poetry. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and hopes to one day combine her educational background and extreme adoration of food and fitness to help others lead the […]
My Top Three Tips for a Healthy Vegan Diet
As a health coach, I hear from a lot of people who worry that they aren’t getting enough nutrients on a vegan diet. With so much processed vegan “meats” and “cheeses” and junk food on the market now, it’s pretty easy to eat meat-free and not get enough nutrients. I recommend eating mostly unprocessed plant foods, […]
What Does Soy Have to do With Your Thyroid?
Recently, there has been much talk about soy and how it affects the thyroid gland. Some people say that eating soy is harmful to the thyroid and can cause hypothyroidism. First, we need to understand what the thyroid is and what the difference is between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Your thyroid is really a gland in your […]