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My vegetarian to vegan transition was far from an overnight accomplishment. As I posted yesterday, merely returning to a vegetarian diet after giving up on veganism took a multi-year effort. It started about five years ago. At the time, I…
Twenty years ago, I thought I was through with veganism. What I didn’t realize was that veganism wasn’t through with me. So now I'm joining the ranks of many others who have shared their ex-vegan stories. Even though it’s taken…
So what accounted for my change in attitude?
What led me from resisting veganism for the first nine years of my marriage to running a 100-percent plant based restaurant for the second nine years
What’s the “soil food web?” And what does vegan compost have to do with it? Think of our ocean’s food chain. The phytoplankton and algae at the bottom feed the zooplankton (including jellyfish), shellfish, and smaller fish. These “bottom feeders”…
Creamy Risotto with Broccolini & Walnut Agrodolce Meet broccolini, the slender-stalked broccoli lookalike in Chef Ryan’s Creamy Risotto with Broccolini & Walnut Agrodolce. It didn't even exist until the 1990s, when Japanese growers decided to cross broccoli with Chinese kale (Gai…
Gas and Bloating from Beans During my younger days, I came home one afternoon repeating a popular grammar-school ditty: "Beans, beans , good for your heart, The more you eat, the more you fart." "The more you fart, the better…
Calorie Counting vs. Eating Healthy Legumes Several years ago, one of my family members tried to lose weight by counting calories. He totaled the calories in every meal, snack, and drink he consumed daily on his calorie counting app. I…
Very occasionally, Mother Nature blesses us with a very simple solution to an extremely troubling health problem. So it is with beans and Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). MetS - also known as Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Obesity Syndrome, or Syndrome X -…
Why Lowering Your Resting Heart Rate Matters As a paramedic, I learned to check a person’s pulse when starting an exam. Their pulse rate indicated their number of heartbeats per minute (bpm). It was a quick and essential way of…
3 Huge Legume Benefits of a Pulse Powered Diet Over the weekend, Plantbased.com focused on legume benefits. On Saturday, chickpeas had their turn with our Chickpea Tuna Salad recipe. On Sunday, fava beans grabbed the spotlight for their potential as a veganic gardener’s…
Being fully plant-based was one dream I’d never completely abandoned. The changes were immediate. My energy level rose, and my lifelong struggle with migraines
What I didn’t realize was that veganism wasn’t through with me. So now I’m joining the ranks of many others who have shared their ex-vegan recovery stories.
“… in my late teens I’d tried and failed at eating 100-percent plant based. I wasn’t eager to try again. So when I married… at 24, I was already an ex-vegan.
Without our gut microbiomes, we couldn’t be healthy. And without the micro-organisms in vegan compost to enrich their soil, plants couldn’t be healthy either.
“… broccolini contains the anti-cancer compound sulforaphane, researchers found sulforaphane inhibited… cancer stem cells’ growth rate from 65 to 85 percent!”
For millions of people, gas and bloating from beans are so embarrassing and painful that they avoid the low-fat, high-protein legumes entirely.
If I could only speak with all the dieters who’ve failed at calorie counting, I’d suggest forgetting the restriction diets and eating plenty of beans instead!
The SAD truth? The vast majority of us don’t eat enough beans. What health consequences do we face – and what do legumes have to do with metabolic syndrome?
Diet, Exercise, and Meditation are all lifestyle choices proven to have a positive impact on your Resting Heart Rate.
Botanically speaking, legumes are plants that produce pods of edible seeds. Once the seeds mature and are removed from their pods, they become known as pulses.
As legumes, fava beans belong to the only group of plants that can add nitrogen to the soil. That’s important because plants need nitrogen to make chlorophyll.
Chef Ryan’s vegan Chickpea “Tuna” Salad Recipe has all the original’s tang and texture. Gluten- and oil-free, it’s packed with fiber and plant-based protein.
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Former paramedic, renewable energy company founder, plant-based restaurant CEO, and dedicated father and husband, Gregg Rozeboom is a uniquely accomplished blogger and writer.
Visit the about section to learn more about his vision for a healthy, sustainable, kind world.
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