Homeschool Fiction

Since becoming a vegan over six years ago, I’ve been highly enjoying a more alert life. I recently had a physical and while I’m healthy, I’ve decided it’s time to step it up a notch.  While I’ve learned to strongly dislike counting calories, I’ve been journaling my food intake for over a month now, looking [...]

I’ve been inspired to eat a 100% McDougall friendly vegan diet again.  For the past month, I’ve kept my total fat grams to 10 or less a day.  I’ve added no fat to my foods (such as vegan butter, etc.), but have allowed for small quantities of naturally occurring higher fat foods, such as nuts [...]

March 20th is Meatout Day — only 5 days from now.  I love their theme for this year: “Change Your Diet — Change the World!” It couldn’t be more true.  Please eat vegan this March 20th.  One day is super easy, and you’ll make a positive impact on the world and your personal health.  Eating [...]

More and more of my information is coming to be electronic these days.  While I LOVE VegNews magazine and PCRM’s Good Medicine ( both in print), I read the following free online newsletters from beginning to end each month.  If you are wanting to improve your health, learn about new dietary research and get great [...]

Constipation. So this isn’t a fun topic, but I’ve had it brought to mind multiple times recently by people who commented (to me) that the only way they could get their (older) kids and/or their significant other to read something was to put it in the bathroom.  American bathrooms are often considered “reading rooms” these [...]

Development of the HHS’s and the USDA’s new Dietary Guidelines for Americans is underway for a release of 2010.  These guidelines are reissued every 5 years.  Since many of us health conscious people are disappointed in the 2005 (current) guidelines, we should be thrilled that they are allowing comments from the public at large (as [...]

Yes, I am a vegan and the following information doesn’t apply to vegans. But, I feel it is important information to get out there. Dairy cheeses aren’t necessarily 100% from cow milk, therefore they aren’t necessarily vegetarian-friendly. Since many people find it easiest to incorporate a 100% vegan diet over time, you need to know [...]

Carrot cake is my absolute favorite kind of cake.  Problem is, I’ve only had one great one since I became vegan (although I’ve tried a bunch).  So, as a birthday surprise my daughters and husband made me a homemade carrot cake.  It was, by far, the best carrot cake I’ve ever tasted.  It is dense [...]

I have to credit Dr. John McDougall for my final decision to try a vegan diet 5.5 years ago. I’d been thinking about it for a while and reading everything I could on the topic. Yet, I was scared and hesitant. I was completely unsure whether or not it was a healthy change and whether [...]

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. [...]