Tag: health and wellness
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Vegans should get tax breaks for helping save the planet
By Gloria Stovall Vegans are significantly helping to save the planet simply by living a lifestyle that abstains from the exploitation of another living being and should get tax breaks. I will explain. Did you know that changing the foods you consume will have a huge impact on your carbon footprint by reducing pollution, preserving the…
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These adorably cute animal pictures are guaranteed to relieve stress!
By Gloria Stovall How do you relieve stress? When I get overly stressed out, I look at the most adorable and cute animal pictures and videos, and completely feel the stress leave my weary body. I truly love to laugh, laugh, laugh, and laugh some more, and smile, and laugh, and smile and laugh, laugh, laugh, and…
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Lei Shishak’s Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together
By Gloria Stovall I pray you are having a blessed and fantastic start to this new year 2023 and making time to follow through with your ambitions and goals. If I can be candid, I am not one to make New Year’s resolutions, but I do challenge myself by putting as much effort as possible into…
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15 reasons why honey is not vegan
By Gloria Stovall Honey is an animal product and definitely not vegan, but at the beginning of my conversion to the vegan lifestyle, I was oblivious and ignorant of the fact that honey was not vegan as I assumed as many often do, bees are not harmed in the process of making honey and bees…
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Is soy protein a vegan friend or foe?
By Gloria Stovall I pray you are well and thriving as this has been a year…I know for many of us it has been a tough year, but never give up hope as this too shall pass, so hang in there a little longer and try focusing on the positive instead of the negative. Turn off…
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Common questions I am often asked about being a vegan
By Gloria Stovall We are curious by nature and before I became a vegan fourteen years ago, I was interested in knowing more about the vegan lifestyle, so naturally I had a plethora of questions about being a vegan as I grew up eating meat and dairy products and could not fathom what it would…
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12 ingredients vegans should avoid
By Gloria Stovall Before I became a vegan, shopping was effortless and swift as I was not obsessed with reading product/food labels multiple times before making a purchase, but after making the commitment to the vegan lifestyle, I invest as much time as needed to thoroughly read labels to guarantee I am not buying products…
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24 facts that prove milk is for baby cows, not humans
By Gloria Stovall I can remember as a child how much I loved and craved milk and would drink it in large quantities daily, never giving a second thought about the flatulence, cramping and distress it was causing my body. When I blossomed into a young adult, I realized how much discomfort, indigestion and bloating milk…
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Organic or inorganic, animal protein is harmful to your health
By Gloria Stovall In several of my previous blog entries, I focused on the benefits and advantages of plant protein, so now I want to turn-the-tables and explain why animal protein is harmful to your health, whether it is organic or inorganic. Animals are multicellular, extraordinary, beautiful and highly intelligent organisms, created by God, in the…
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The whole food vegan vs the junk food vegan
By Gloria Stovall Are you a junk food vegan or whole food vegan? I must confess, up until recently, I had mainly thrived as a junk food vegan, and I am not proud of that as I was relying heavily on processed vegan foods, which offer minimum nutritional value whatsoever. Not only did consuming vegan junk…
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