Do Life Right

Ask any person today where calcium comes from and 99 times out of 100, you’ll hear: Dairy, cheese, milk, or calcium fortified orange juice.
I find it fascinating how the milk industry has used this marketing gimmick so effectively that practically everyone I have ever met truly and honestly believes this myth.
Let’s start over. What [...]

Even more facts are in. Dairy products don’t even slightly help people lose weight. Not low fat, no fat, or high fat ones. None. Not a single one. Not consumed in moderation or in excess. Dairy products are not healthy in any fashion. In fact, as many vegans [...]

Do you frequently find yourself spouting off big words just to sound smart? I like to call this “Superfluous and Pretentious Intellectual Tourettes Syndrome” (a.k.a. SPITS) - yes I made that up. The sufferer of this malady is one who just can’t help spitting out technical words here and there just to one up everyone [...]

As I received my “February 2008 issue of The McDougall Newsletter” a few days ago, I was reminded once again at how well thought-out and thoroughly researched Dr. McDougall’s articles are. Why the world at large chooses to ignore him, completely baffles me.
If you only do one thing to improve your long term and [...]

I’ve had several people tell me recently that they can always tell who are vegetarians/vegans and who are omnivores in a crowd due to the people’s complexions. I can, too. However, I’m usually 90% accurate and they are usually <1% accurate.
Does changing to a vegan diet affect complexion? The answer is an [...]

Goat-sha-who-ga-lulu-huh? Say what? I don’t know how to correctly pronounce it, but I do know this Ayurvedic Herb is a gift from the gods for anyone suffering from kidney stones.
If you’ve ever been in the middle of a bout of kidney stones or even a single kidney stone, then you know the pain [...]

My family is vegan. We eat no animals and no animal products, including honey. Yet, we are modern vegans living in modern society. We don’t garden (we tried for several years, but all the plants died even with hundreds of dollars of care and water); if you can garden — WONDERFUL! I also don’t enjoy [...]

I think I’ve read just about every vegan cookbook out there. One thing in common with most of them is that their recipes contain an abundance of oil. Should oil be a regular part of a healthy diet?
No! It should not. This is why I primarily promote only low fat vegan recipes (most raw vegan [...]