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CBS's `Numb3rs' Talks Tofu Chips
3 hours ago by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
It's all about the little joys in life for me, like hearing a reference to vegetarianism in a hit CBS drama.On Numb3rs this Friday evening, in the new episode "Pay to Play," there was a hilarious tofu mention:Charlie discover that a group of rappers...
Don’t Worry, Eat Happy
6 hours ago by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
bEver wish there were a happy pill to spritz up your spirits when you're out of sorts?To make you laugh when you're feeling down? Or to calm your nerves when you're about to bite someone's head off? Well, get this: There are several things in your...
My Dad is Vegetarian-Friendly
20 hours ago by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
My father should get an award for being the most vegan-friendly non-vegan.After cooking two phenomenal meals last weekend for my birthday, today he is helping me car shop. He sent me a list of used cars for sale on e-Bay that are in my price range,...
Walk This Way
Yesterday by Sandra L. Garth @ healthybpm.com
I had a crazy idea while working out over the weekend. Crazy in the sense that it wasn’t the safest thing in the world to try, but with a little modification I thought it might work. As you know treadmill walking is a tried and true method for...
An Herbal Remedy for Allergies?
Yesterday by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
If you've got nasal allergies, you know what a godsend antihistamines, inhalers, and nasal sprays can be. This herbal remedy is winning votes now, too. It's called butterbur. In a recent small study, butterbur tablets held their own -- helping...
Bloggin for Beans
51 hours ago by Sandra L. Garth @ healthybpm.com
From time to time I’m asked about different supplements, weight loss and energy enhancers. And from time to time I test them so as to give first hand feedback. This time Sports Beans, manufactured by theJelly Belly Candy Company, was the...
Last Call For May 2008 Migraines & Headaches Blog Carnival
51 hours ago by Rena Sherwood @ dealingwithheadaches.com
AHHH!!! Tom Cruise made me forget!!!Perhaps you are not the only one who has completely forgotton about the submission deadline for May's Blog Carnival. I know I have. Well, there are a few hours left to sneak that submission in under the wire....
Low-Carb Diets and Your Blood Sugar
56 hours ago by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
Do low-carb diets help reduce your risk of diabetes? Not if the carbs are upstaged by meat, cheese, and other unhealthful sources of fat. A better way: Get your protein and fat from vegetable sources. It could whittle your risk of diabetes along...
I Smell Good Things for Farm Sanctuary
57 hours ago by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
...literally.A Scent of Scandal is an L.A.-based, brother-and-sister venture that creates all-soy wax candles with pure cotton wicks, making them better for the environment and you than the average candle. They are vegan; they are cruelty-free, and...
My Favorite Comeback
05/08/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
I am not the type of vegan who starts lecturing people about their choices. Although I will gladly discuss my diet with anyone (unless I'm on the potty. Good grief why do people insist on talking to me while I pee? My bladder is shy, okay?), I won't...
Saw My New/Old Doctor
05/08/2008 by Rena Sherwood @ dealingwithheadaches.com
Well, I was especailly prepared for my first doctor appointment in a few years -- at nine this morning, while still in bed (hey, I've had a hard life), I began a migraine. Sometimes, I'm able to sleep it off. Not this time. I staggered out of the...
Fair Warning: This Is a Shameless, Selfish Post
05/08/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
When Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me came out in 2004, and gained instant fame with it's coveted win at the Sundance Film Festival, I thought: it's a cool idea to film your demise while eating nothing but McDonald's food for one month,...
Scientists find something good about a big bottom
05/08/2008 by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.They said subcutaneous fat, or fat that collects under the skin, helped to improve sensitivity to the...
Leona Lewis Follows in Natalie Portman's Vegan Designer Tracks
05/08/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
First Natalie Portman teamed with Te Casan to create a line of vegan dress shoes. Now, Leona Lewis is joining the ranks.Leona Lewis, that girl that won her season of the U.K.'s The X Factor, and who incessantly repeats "keep bleeding, keep, keep...
Break the Java Habit Now
05/07/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
************************C-O-F-F-E-ECoffee is not for me.Not for children is this awful brew.Makes you nasty and ill-tempered, too.If you should try a cup,You won't give coffee up!************************I sang that in elementary school, and remember...
Relationship Between Migraines & Left-Handedness
05/07/2008 by Rena Sherwood @ dealingwithheadaches.com
I only have one relative that I know of who is left handed. There might be others, but they've kept really quiet about it. My Aunt Marjorie had to endure a lot of teasing growing up -- and, quite frankly, at over blah-de-blah years of age, she...
Another One Joins the Green Side: A New Veg*n Shows Wears Her Heart on Her Chest
05/07/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
My bff, co-worker, co-conspirator, soon-to-be roomie, future business partner ... okay, we'll just call her Meg. Anyways, this Meg lady has become a vegetarian! Congrats to Miss Margaret on her budding relationship with a healthy, cruelty-free...
Rib Tickler
05/07/2008 by Sandra L. Garth @ healthybpm.com
Urban legend or not? I’ve heard and read that Janet Jackson the seemingly sanest member of the Jackson clan has had some surgery. No not the kind that made MJ show up on all the worst of plastic surgery lists; but having one or more ribs removed...
Bone marrow treatments 'repair' MS patients
05/07/2008 by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
Seven years later, patients in small study still enjoy a mysterious remissionAn experiment that went wrong may provide a new way to treat multiple sclerosis, a Canadian researcher said on Tuesday.Patients who got bone marrow stem-cell transplants...
Snapshot: Horse Being Euthanized at the Kentucky Derby
05/06/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
Do you know what you are looking at?This is a photograph of the last moments of the life of Kentucy Derby second-place winner Eight Belles.The young filly finished the race, despite being repeatedly, mercilessly whipped by her 20-year-old jockey...
Anatomy of a Binge
05/06/2008 by Sandra L. Garth @ healthybpm.com
What do you do when you have an uncontrollable desire to eat? First you make your way to the fridge, the first stop on the road to mindless eating. Standing in front of the fridge your eyes glance quickly over the shelves. Shiny bits of sliver...
Stick New Migraine Medicine Up Your Nose
05/06/2008 by Rena Sherwood @ dealingwithheadaches.com
It's not available yet and won't be for years, but a promising new nasal spray is being developed by ROXRO Pharma (you think manybe a dog named the company?) This intranasal treatment, known as ROX-828, shoots a fine spray of NSAID ketorolac up your...
New York Puts Their Legal Foot Down on the Shocking Fur Industry
05/06/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
Death by electrocution ... it's how many animals in the fur industry end their short, pitiful lives. And not just your average electrocution means, but disgusting, up-the-rear prodding and shocking.In New York, however, fur traders and farmers will...
The Vitamin That Could Add Years to Your Life
05/06/2008 by Brick ONeil @ encouraginghealth.com
If there were an Olympics for antiaging nutrients, vitamin D would have a good shot at the gold medal. Here's why: Scientists recently examined how blood levels of vitamin D affect aging on a cellular level. High intake was associated with as much...
A Photo to Drool Over
05/05/2008 by Sally Andersen @ livingwithoutmeat.com
It was my birthday Friday and, as planned, I went home to mommy and daddy's house to be spoiled with gourmet (a la daddy-o) vegan food. Here's how the shish kebabs turned out.Mmmm ... soy sauce and honey marinated and breaded tofu, zucchini, onion,...