Ninety-nine percent Vegetarian One percent Meat Eater.

On many occasions @Lucymfel and I find articles mentioning vegetarianism and the author calls himself a vegetarian but clearly does not understand the definition.  Having people write about a subject when they clearly can’t understand the basic components of that topic is something that worries me a lot. What shocks me about these articles is…

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Life adjustments, Eat Smart, and Exercise Courtesy of @DrOz

This is a guest post courtesy of Chenille Hernandez.  Dr. Mehmet Oz is a well-known heart surgeon, whose wealth of knowledge on the body and health is impeccable.  So impeccable that he has his own TV show and will be taking the Oprah Winfrey’s show spot on daytime TV. I was honored and privileged to…

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Vegetarian Creativity in the Pearl of the South

Last February I met a small restaurant owner and chef that operates and works in my hometown of Ponce. One of the biggest issues you can have in Puerto Rico like I have expressed on past occasions is the lack of opportunities for vegetarians to eat out. Much less have a meal prepared by a…

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AFTER 82 YEARS OF STANDING UP FOR CIVIL RIGHTS,

“…there are serious health challenges facing our community including a dramatic increase in diabetes, obesity, heart ailments and other diseases that are often driven by sedentary lifestyles, obesity, poor nutrition, inadequate level of immunizations, and lack of quality and affordable health care.”

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Making Nutrition Tasty

Quinoa is very foreign to many people. I hear people mispronounce it all the time, even though it sounds just as it’s spelled (KEE-noh-ah). I wonder why people put accents in the wrong places, or change the sounds of the vowels. Back in the late 1990s, living as a vegetarian in Quito, Ecuador, one of…

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