Engine 2 Diet asks men to go vegan?
The “Engine 2 Diet” is a 28 day weight loss program created by a Texas firefighter. Originally created to help his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, TX, professional athlete-turned-firefighter
plan.
Many of his coworkers were in dire physical condition-several had dangerously high cholesterol levels. At the end of the 4 week plan, everyone
. Some even lost 20 lbs! The plan also lowered their cholesterol Read the rest of this entry »

It is often said that to stay healthy one must eat meat; however, a combination of vegetable proteins, supplements and fortified foods can easily fulfill one’s nutritional needs.
Vegetable proteins contain small amounts of various amino acids; the right combinations of vegetables can provide the body with its required protein.
In many parts of the world, people adopt vegetable protein-based or vegan diets for religious reasons, as they consider Read the rest of this entry »

You may have read reports of a study that showed a vegan diet can be helpful for people with rheumatoid arthritis. But is it true? There are lots of problems with the way the study was carried out, and the results are far from clear.
What do we know already?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful condition that causes stiffness and swelling in your joints. It happens because of a problem with your immune system. Your immune system fights infections Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN, Texas — We have seen the enemy, and it’s laden with fat, cholesterol and calories.
Nutrition researcher Dr. Neal Barnard says by picking the right foods, we can fend off cravings. Even better, he says a low-fat, plant-based diet can lower cholesterol levels and make our bodies more disease-proof.
“Changing our diet is more powerful than most of us have imagined,” says Barnard, who favors a vegan diet. “If we do it in the right way, we Read the rest of this entry »

Boston (ChattahBox) – According to a new study published in the journal Lancet Oncology, people can prevent aging and get their own fountain of youth with a vegan diet and regular exercise.
Everybody, for the most part, wants to stay young and stop aging.  A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, led by Prof. Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Institute in California, may have found the answer.
They carried Read the rest of this entry »

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do? An actress, producer, activist…and now author!!! Yes sir, rumor has it that Alicia is set to publish a vegan dieting book, aptly named:
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The book is due out in the fall of 2009 and is billed as “a 3-step diet program that explores the connection between what we put in our bodies and what we’re doing to the planet, and how choosing the right foods in the kitchen can help you feeling lighter, sexier, and more alive.”
On a Read the rest of this entry »

I have a young, healthy male cat named Mink. He lives indoors and gets
the best food, toys and veterinary care available. The problem is that I’m a vegan. I have a hard time knowing even the
high-quality foods he’s eaten all his life come from animals raised on inhumane factory farms. Recently I’ve been transitioning him to a commercial vegan feline diet but Mink hasn’t been taking well to it. My vet thinks I’m crazy to try this, by the way.
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shows that a low-fat vegan diet has a nutrient profile and diet quality associated with a greater reduction in heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes than a diet based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines.
“Two out of three people with diabetes die of heart disease or stroke, so it is hugely significant to find that a low-fat vegan diet can treat diabetes and dramatically reduce heart disease risk,” says lead Read the rest of this entry »

) had some interesting things to say about veganism in a recent interview with the LA Times. The 28-year-old had shed being a vegan that morning and said it made her feel like “she had recovered from a famine.”
So you feel all right?
I feel good! I’m sick and I’ve been sick four times since I’ve been vegan and I hadn’t been sick for five years before that. I need to eat food because this isn’t working. Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES, Ca., Feb. 2 (TOTI) –
Ellen DeGeneres has changed to a vegan diet that is working wonders for her. She looks so good that even her wife Portia De Rossi is impressed.
“She looks amazing,” De Rossi told the New York Post. DeGeneres answered a few questions recently for US Magazine, specifically about her diet and the changes she’s made to her lifestyle.
“We eat really clean,” she said in response to the question ‘How has Read the rest of this entry »