Vegan Omega 3 fatty acids play a role in every cell in the body. Omega 3 makes up cell membranes, keeps the nervous system functioning, keeps cholesterol levels in check, and staves off inflammation. There are so many health benefits associated with Omega 3 that it is no surprise how much hype the nutrient is now getting.
Diane Vukovic
6 Scientific Reasons that Vegetarians Make Better Lovers
In 2014, the dating site AYI released information on a study about diet preference within dating. They found that when it comes to men, they are 11% more likely to go for vegetarian women than carnivores. Women are 13% more likely to choose meat-lovers. While men have a preference for plant-eating women, it’s actually the opposite for the other gender. It seems likely to be due to the “meat is macho” mentality which is quite frankly very outdated. Fortunately, there’s some scientific evidence out there that suggests that vegetarians make better lovers – male or female.
8 Vegan Egg Substitutes for Baking
If you want to replace eggs in a dish like a quiche or an omelet, it is actually quite easy. You can just substitute in tofu in most cases. Add some turmeric and the tofu will even get a yellowish egg-like color. Chickpea flour also works great, especially for omelets and eggless scrambles. When it comes to vegan baking though, replacing eggs can be a bit trickier. Baking is like science, which means there’s a specific replacement for each bake. In this guide, you can see which egg replacement suits your needs!
20 Products which are Surprisingly Not Vegan
For many, just cutting the obvious non-vegan items from your life can be difficult – like when you have to navigate being a vegan during holiday dinners with your family, or need to pay exuberant amounts to order a vegan belt online. This is hard enough and I’m sorry to break it to you, but you are probably still using a lot of non-vegan products in your life. Unless you are living completely off the grid or making all of your own foodstuffs and products, then a few surprising animal products are probably going to slip into your life.
Vegan Diet Plan for Weight Loss
Compared to meat eaters, vegans have much lower BMIs, weight nearly 9 pounds less on average, and have much lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Considering how obese and unhealthy the western world has become, it isn’t surprising that many people are going vegan for weight loss. As a result, there is no shortage of vegan diet plans for weight loss available. Before you commit to any vegan weight loss plan, read this advice and recommendations first.
3 Simple Vegan Shopping Tips and Tools Which Will Make Your Life Easier
When I first went vegetarian and then later went vegan, I ended up spending hours in the supermarket reading labels and trying to make sense of the ingredients. This might seem like a hassle, but these vegan shopping tips has a huge benefits of veganism. Reading labels helps create food awareness, and thus helps you learn to make healthy food choices (which is one more reason vegans are so much thinner and healthier than most meat eaters – read more about veganism and weight loss here).
Vegan Meal Planning And Shopping List
Eating healthy is really important to me, especially since I have a young daughter. Which is why I dedicated a section in Vegan Made Easy to vegan meal planning and shopping List. But I also am not going to spend hours calculating RDAs, bioavailability, and nutrient interactions each time I make dinner! So, how do …
Green Kale Bread Recipe
As a mother of a small child, I am always looking for new ways to get my kid to eat leafy greens. I put them in smoothies and homemade green popsicles. I put them in hummus. I put them in the water before cooking rice or couscous. This green kale bread recipe is another sneaky way I get more greens into her growing body.
Georgian Eggplant with Walnuts (Badridzhani Nigvsit) – Vegan, GF
I discovered this eggplant recipe while in Georgia (the country, not the state!) and now have a favorite food. Georgian cuisine is absolutely amazing and quite unlike anything I have ever tried before. They use a lot of interesting herbs and spices, including dried marigold and put walnuts on everything.
What is a Vegan? Different Kinds, Diet vs. Lifestyle
What is a Vegan? The simple answer to this question is “a person who does not consume or use products from animals.” That means no meat, poultry, fish, milk, eggs, butter, gelatin, honey, or Red Dye #40 (along with a slew of other ingredients which are made from animals or animal derivatives). It also means no wool, leather, and other non-food animal products.