I rarely eat tofu and I’ve only made “chicken strips” once however for those who are craving chicken or want variety check out this video above. The vegan recipe.

I stumbled across this video a few moments ago. It’s interesting since it takes a look at the raw food lifestyle. I’m Vegan but consume a high amount of raw foods. If I were to base my diet on a percentage, I would say that 85% of my diet is raw foods. For about a year, I ate only raw foods.

Since I can remember, I’ve always been conscious of the foods that I ate. That was something that was imprinted on me early, starting with my parents although I wasn’t raised vegetarian, let alone vegan, fresh fruit, and vegetables were the main way we received our nutrition. As children my brother and I were rarely sick and we played a lot outdoors.

I’ve always had a lot of energy and I need it to keep up with my equally active daughter; however, I’ve noticed the more raws foods I eat the more energy I have. That’s amazin since I already have a lot of energy. I haven’t been sick in year, rarely get colds, the same applies to my daughter. She is now five years old and has only been sick four times in her life. Three of the times she became sick were linked to the vaccination shots she was given by her local health provider she doesn’t receive those anymore.

I’m an athlete and work out regularly. I work out daily, and lift weights at least four to five times weekly. I’m looking to enter a Figure competition soon.

I thought this was an excellent video. I’ve been a vegetarian sine 1992, and have been raising my daughter vegan since birth. She is now five years old, tall for her age, and extremely healthy. She visits the doctor regularly.

There is a lot of misinformation out there about vegans and especially vegan children. I educate people and tell them instead of automatically believing what you hear do some research for yourself.

I’ve seen the picture for this cartoon for a while however, I’ve never watched it until now. It’s very entertaining. Although I’m vegan I disagree with the notion that you have to be vegetarian or vegan in order to be healthy. I know some vegetarians and vegans who are unhealthy, and it’s largely due to how they eat.

Regardless of your eating habits you need to make healthy choices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOTETXwfIaY

I loved watching Carl Lewis perform during his heydey and so I was happy to catch this video of him talking about veganism. Towards the end of the video you will see a quick vegan lasagna dish. It’s very simple to make. I’ve made something similar many times.

As an athlete I’ve been approached a lot about where I receive my protein. People automatically think you have to consume animals in order to receive protein. That’s simply not true. My protein sources are some fruits and vegetables, beans, and I occasionally eat tofu.

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I saw this video last year and I enjoyed it immensely. It’s almost two hours long and it documents the daily activities of Storm & Jingee Talifero and their family. It gives you a closer look at what’s its like being raw vegan. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

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I live around a lot of farms. Last year I was taking Aiyana to a local produce farm for their hayride. I decided to take a detour and travel down one of the country roads that I haven not frequented in a long time. During the trip from our house to the farm, we passed by a farm that raised cows. These weren’t factory farmed animals, but they still had their ears tagged with a number.

I slowed down as I passed by, and I felt sad Aiyana wanted to know why the cows had earrings and I told her that these animals were going to eventually be someone’s meal. She was fairly upset.

In her mind animals, despite what species they are, serve their purpose on earth and we don’t really have the right to abuse, kill, or eat them. Yes, indirectly she has learned a lot from her mommy. I don’t talk about Veganism too her a lot at this age but she sees how I treat all animals.

I was raised around farm animals, and I remember the chickens seemed to know when my parents were coming out to kill one of them. They would be off, and it was hard for my parents to catch them. We had free range chickens. I cannot blame the chickens. I would have been running also.

Gary of Animal Writings said…

People are conditioned to think of pigs and chickens (and cows and so forth) as “food animals.” Eating meat seems as natural as breathing to most people. And humans are frighteningly good at compartmentalizing, for example pushing thoughts about the suffering and killing of farmed animals out of their minds.

I often think back to that day and the black spotted cow that was looking at me and part of me cannot help think that it *knew* what was going to happen to her.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIRRWwQ4Vrs

Chef Melissa shows us how to make Tex-Mex Vegetarian Chili although she’s not vegetarian she has prepared an extremely tasty animal free recipe. I hope you enjoy her presentation as much as I have. She has included a humorous film clip within the cooking demonstration on the difference between vegetarians and vegans.

I saw only one thing that was inaccurate as much as some people want to think that fish is a vegetarian option until I see it popping from the ground ready to be picked I would have to say it’s not vegetarian.

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Barry Lovelace of Exercise 4 Everybody talks about his passion for veganism and gives a high intense workout in the process. It’s always fabulous to see other vegans, like myself, that are passionate about veganism and staying physically fit. He was on Vegan Radio. Check out Barry Lovelace on Vegan Radio.

Currently he is offering a special where you can order two of his Exercise DVD’s for $25.55. Free shipping is offered to all customers.

Barry is the co-owner of Fitquest Fitness which is located in Allentown, Pa. He’s a certified fitness trainer and group fitness instructor. Keep up the great work Barry!

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I proved him wrong. Did I compete, my daughter arrived the next year and unfortunately they did not have any pregnant figure competitions if they did I would have entered. I had a fit pregnancy. I still work out daily and am hoping to compete in Figure competition soon.

Enjoy the video!

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