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World Vegan Day than to watch an adorable video from Lightlife of a farm made of vegetables? It is AMAZING how they created the farm animals using veggies.
I am truly inspired!
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Michelle Pfeiffer has recently made the switch to a vegan diet…watch to find out why.
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Carrie Underwood (who is now vegan) is being featured on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” which will be airing this Sunday, May 20 on (9-10 p.m. ET/PT) on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. During the interview Carrie discusses her choice to be vegan and how she handles cooking with her husband, etc.
Click HERE for a quick little preview of Carrie discussing her vegan lifestyle.
I am looking forward to watching!
Image of Oprah Winfrey with Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher in Nashville, Tennessee. © 2012 Harpo Inc./George Burns
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My friend Anita sent me information about this new 4 part series about the health of our nation. HBO will be airing this series to subscribers at no charge. Check out the trailer and the fascinating infographics I downloaded from the main website.
Kudos to Kaiser for attempting to right this issue. Between my dad’s double knee replacement and my mother’s hip replacement surgeries, I have spent a decent amount of time at the Santa Clara Kaiser recently and was impressed with their efforts to promote heath. I feared the cafeteria food, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that I definitely had healthy vegan options within their cafeteria; the salad bar was wonderful and one day I even got vegan pho noodle soup (There were definitely unhealthy options there for those who wanted them though…I saw a LOT of fries making their way past the cashiers)! Kaiser also had Farmer’s Markets in their courtyard while we were there and had nutritionists walking around the cafeteria talking to people about nutrition. I see the effort they are making and only hope that they begin to lean even more toward plant-based diet recommendations.
Filed under Education, Events, Metabolic Syndrome, Video, Weight Issues
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Where would we all be without bees? We certainly wouldn’t be eating the fruits and veggies that we adore.
My family and I recently watched the documentary, Vanishing of the Bees. I highly recommend this film for the light it sheds on this issue. In addition to learning about Colony Collapse Disorder, I learned a lot about bees in general (they are fascinating beings).
This year when I plant my garden I want to focus some attention on adding some plants that bees really love…my way of saying thank you to them for all that they do. I found a great article from the Honeybee Conservancy about planting a bee garden (click HERE for the article).
Filed under Animal Welfare, Education, Farming, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video
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Hungry For Change, a movie from the makers of Food Matters, is hosting a FREE 10 Day Worldwide Online Premier MARCH 21 – 31 2012. I just watched the movie trailer and am really enthused about how eye-opening this film promises to be.
“This inspiring film has the power to transform your health!” ~ Anthony Robbins
According to the producers:
HUNGRY FOR CHANGE exposes shocking secrets the diet, weightloss and food industry don’t want you to know about. Deceptive strategies designed to keep you craving more and more.
Could the foods we are eating actually be keeping us stuck in the diet trap?
In this free online premiere event you’ll discover:
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At the beginning of the year I spent some time thinking about where I want to take Veggie Grettie and setting some goals. One of my goals was to make video available on the site…done!
The video from this past Sunday’s Doug Lisle presentation of How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind is now available on the Forks Over Knives YouTube channel.
To read my recap of the presentation click HERE.
Enjoy!
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