'Healthy Lifestyle'

Vegan Chocolate Fudge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Check out this website to view where vegan bake sales will be held worldwide with proceeds benefiting people, animals, and the planet.

Lately the topic of veganism has been everywhere including The Ellen Show and my favorite New York Times food writer Mark Bittman is coming with a cookbook called Eat Vegan Before 6 …

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The following article was submitted by Julia Wisniewski who has been living with Fibromyalgia all of her life and works on keeping a less gluten-y diet. She blogs regularly for Bready, the gluten free breadmaker.

To a person afflicted with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, it probably seems as if every delicious food contains …

It’s a new year and with the starting of a new calendar many folks around the world have all vowed to do one thing: lose weight.

And I saw a statistic the other day that was not all that encouraging for their chances.

Me? While my doctor would love to see that scale go down at my 6-month check-up, I’m …

Haile Thomas, motivational speaker, photo Ralph Alswang Photographer

10-Year-Old Health Advocate Haile Thomas Earns Standing Ovation at National Childhood Obesity Summit

November 30, 2011 (NEW YORK) – More than 700 private sector, government and non-profit leaders working to combat childhood obesity were brought to their feet yesterday by 10-year-old Haile Thomas as she told the assembled adults  “kids have an …

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Happy Healthy Eating for Father’s Day

I grew up in a household where my father didn’t like vegetables. He mostly erred on the side of caution with fresh tomatoes from his garden, iceberg lettuce, corn on the cob. That was the extent of our veggie eating for many years until canned peas and carrots (which was gross) …

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For the summer, I am an Intern at Goodyear in the Marketing Department. So far, I have been there a week and I really like my job. I am been kept busy so far, but it has been a great experience. I work from 7 am-4 pm everyday.

For my meals, I try to pack a …

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I usually try to avoid eating fast food because I do not like to waste my money and I think it is very unhealthy. Since Chipotle is owned by McDonald’s, I group it in with fast food.

It’s not that I don’t like Chipotle, but it’s just that if I am going to eat out, …

Nutrition Nugget:
To Meat or
Not To Meat

I spoke at a Wellness gathering this past Friday evening. For the second time this year my presentation was interrupted by a person calling out, “Is this about being vegan?” My reply, “No, it is not.”

Just as I was about to resume the discussion, the second question hit, “Is this about …