Health & Nutrition

While non-meat eating diets seem to be on the rise, a 500% rise  in the vegan diet since 2014 to be exact, more and more companies are coming out with plant based "Meat Like" products. This is something that could be heaven sent for those plant based dieters that are getting bored with their same old meals, while remembering what it was like to eat Chinese take-out, burgers, brats or even a spaghetti dinner! In this post, I will take you through a few of my favorite plant based takes on take-out classics, while breaking down the nutritional info along the way. I want to start out with the fact that I started this "Meatless, Non-Dairy Lifestyle" back in March of this year. I procrastinated with it and pushed off the idea, because I thought you needed to eat meat to build muscle and gain strength. After 3 months in, I would say that is not the case. While I still do eat eggs daily, and on a rare occasion fish, I haven't had any of the typi...

This is the step by step process to making awesome Homemade Cashew Milk! Due to the increasing number of people with dairy allegories, and digestive issues. Milk alternatives such as soy, almond, coconut, and cashew milk's, are becoming more, and more popular. I have tried all of these milk alternatives, and my favorite by far was the  Cashew  Milk. I started out buying these milk alternatives at the grocery store. But I soon realized that even the organic, non gmo, and "healthier", companies making these milks, all had added ingredients. These extra ingredients such as locust bean gum, sunflower lecithin, gellan gum, ascorbic acid, among many others, are added to increase shelf-life and keep the milks from separating. (Without binding agents, you just end up with a little bit of the cashews settling at the bottom of your milk jug. Nothing a little shake cant fix.) This is the main reason why I decided to start making my own cashew milk. Not to mention...

It seems like there are new diets popping up every other day now. From Vegetarian  to Paleo , there is a wide variety of lifestyles, and diets that people follow. One of those diets in particular, is the Vegan diet . Although I do not practice a vegan diet, I do admire the compassion for the animals, and their suffering. I do eat meat, but I try to make sure it's not Factory Farmed meat. I wish that the meat I do eat was from animals I hunted myself. To me that is the best way of going about getting your meat ,if you choice to incorporate it in your diet. This article is about vegan foods and supplements though, so back on track. Vegans tend to be thinner, have lower serum cholesterol, and lower blood pressure, reducing their risk of heart disease. However, eliminating all animal products from the diet increases the risk of certain nutritional deficiencies. Micronutrients of special concern for the vegan include vitamins B-12 and D, calcium, and omega-3 fatty acids....