Tag: Vegan diet

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Your favorite coconut milk may not be cruelty-free

    By Gloria Stovall I have been consuming plant-based milk for the past fourteen years, particularly, coconut and almond milk, but it was not until about six months ago, I discovered my treasured coconut milk, which I had been consuming well over a decade, was not cruelty-free.  It was “vegan” in the sense it was 100%…

  • The vegan lifestyle is the key solution to disease, animal suffering, world hunger and climate change

    By Gloria Stovall The other day I came across a survey question, “should meat eaters pay higher taxes?”  It was a question that I had never pondered; but after reflecting on the ramifications of eating meat, poultry and dairy products in general, I could see why the consent would be for meat eaters to pay…