Whipping that gloopy liquid from cans of chickpeas yields a perfect vegan egg white replacement – even if it’s still unclear exactly why it works.
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Debunking myths – “Veganism isn’t healthy”
Read the whole thing. There’s important info here, but it’s a long post. For more info about veganism visit the PCRM website.
Dr. Neal Barnard offers tips for healthy lunches
Planning nutritious, energy-packed lunches that taste great need not be a challenge. “Remember that children are at risk. The heart attack that occurs when a person is 55 years old has its roots in dietary habits set at age 5, 6 and 7.
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Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
The fate of industrially farmed animals is one of the most pressing ethical questions of our time. Tens of billions of sentient beings, each with complex sensations and emotions, live and die on a production line.
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Eat meat and cheat, lie, steal, fight… Joke!
From a news article on the BBC site, about unusual passages in Indian text books:
A national textbook for 11-year-old students created uproar in 2012 when it was discovered that it said that people who eat meat “easily cheat, tell lies, forget promises, are dishonest and tell bad words, steal, fight and turn to violence and commit sex crimes”.
I found this a bit funny. Sometimes I’d like to think it’s true, but unfortunately, while I totally agree that people who eat meat are usually that way, vegans and vegetarians, while more ‘righteous’ in my book, are still perfectly capable of doing all of the above. 🙁 By now, I’m completely disillusioned when it comes to the great majority of people, all kinds of people.
Peta sues to give copyright for ‘monkey selfies’ to macaque who snapped them
Animal rights group contends six-year-old Naruto should receive all proceeds from photos for the benefit of crested macaques living in reserve in Indonesia
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Denmark: Copenhagen invests in 23,000 new trees
A vegan shadow agriculture minister is a good move for farming
Jeremy Corbyn’s appointment of Kerry McCarthy has met with predictable criticism, but is a commitment to improved animal welfare and greater sustainability really so strange?
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Jazz Tofu – about myths, weirdness and web trolls
Soy products are protective. They reduce the likelihood of getting cancer, and, for women previously diagnosed with breast cancer, they reduce the odds that cancer will ever come back.
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Beauty is in the mouth of the beholder: why veggie burgers deserve a chance
On the surface, veggie patties may not be quite as mouth-watering as their beef cousins, but a good meal is about more than just a fleeting taste experience
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Frankly, I’m amazed at this. Sure it’s nice that some people may be willing to consider eating less meat, but – ???? First of all, I would, because of my love for animals, my wish to spare the environment and to protect my own health, eat a completely vegan diet even if I didn’t think it tasted great. However, I really do. Meat-eaters may not believe me but I do love vegetables and other non-animal products. Sure I have a number of things, mainly spices that I can’t stand (celery, garlic, ginger, buckwheat, cardamom, cumin, rosemary, parsley, dill, coffee and liquorice). Other than that, I can honestly say that I either love or at least like most non-animal products. What’s not to like? What’s so different about a meat-eater’s palate that they hate all the things that I love? Weird. Could it be smoking? Or the actual meat-eating?