Image via Wikipedia If you know any vegans, you know that they abstain from eating all animals products. This means no cheese, no eggs, and most importantly, no meat. There are several reasons why people choose to adopt a vegan lifestyle. Some feel it is a healthier way of living and others have moral or ethical concerns about consuming animals. Those who cite ethical reasons are often primarily concerned with the way animals are treated. They are not happy with the way dairy cows are impregnated once a year to increase their milk output. They disagree with the warehousing of chickens … [Read more...]
Healthier Food Choices for Special Occasions
If you are trying to eat right and especially when you are trying to lose weight, holidays and special occasions can be a difficult time. Of course, everyone has traditional dishes and/or meals that they have had sometimes for generations in their families. Maybe it is time for you to change that tradition a little by switching to a little healthier or low-fat version of some of your favorite meals. You can still have some of the foods that you love and that are traditional meals, but just change some of the ingredients around. Use low-fat cheese, low-fat mayonnaise, skim or 1% milk, … [Read more...]
You Can Eat Healthy When Traveling
When you are planning a road trip, have you considered what you will be eating along the way? When traveling most people just grab snacks along the way and eat at fast food restaurants. Overall, this will take its toll on your body and your wallet. Rather than snacking on junk food, you need to find some healthy alternatives to fatty, salty snacks and pack them up to bring with you rather than picking snacks up along the way. Pack a small cooler with fruits and veggies. Cut them up into bite-size pieces and store in zippered storage bags. Cheese sticks are also a healthy option. Mix up a … [Read more...]
Why you should become a vegetarian
As the world changes at a rapid pace, things are undergoing paradigm shifts. Preferences are changing according to the times. It has become the age of WYEIWYG. In other words, what you eat is what you get. On the lines with what you see is what you get. The activity in the urban population has decreased. Sedentary lifestyles have created the need to redefine eating habits. This is where vegetarianism comes in the picture. Why should you become a vegetarian? Here are some reasons. 1) Vegetarianism promotes longer life. In fact, a healthier one. Science has proven this fact, so there’s … [Read more...]