Are Humans Carnivores or Herbivores?

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La Bella Vita

Chipotle roasted sweet potatoes & vegetables

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Roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, corn, red bell pepper, entire onion, chipotle & jalapeno pepper, cilantro, cumin, coriander, red chili pepper... over brown rice :)

"An estimated 800 million pairs of jeans are sold worldwide each year."

-Whole Living Magazine

WOW! I love a pair of jeans... but yikes! Just last week I got a "new" pair of designer jeans from Hallelu (on Wrightsville Beach, beside WINGS) for like $45 opposed to the like $200 that they normally cost. They were basically brand new... and actually fit perfect. I am going to have to get all new jeans this year :( and :) ... I put a sad face because money, but happy face because the reason I have to get new ones is because all of mine are huge on me now.

...FERNS...

are masters at clearing indoor air...? Who knew! It's the most effective air-purifying species... Whole Living Magazine says to put one (or many) in a bathroom with a window and let the steam from the shower act as a virtual greenhouse. (hmmmm that is pretty neat)

STRESS

Greenery reduces stress. Studies show the presence of plants significantly eases the recovery of hospital patients & lowers the blood pressure of office workers.

I can't wait until (I think) March when my lease is up at my apartment and I can move into a house with (hopefully) Kailee... I can't wait to paint a wall with that chalkboard paint. I think it is SO neat. I also think it would be cool to have like a "corkboard" wall, so we could put up pretty pictures, recipes, random pictures up and like make a collage...

When I "grow-up" aka get married and settle down, I plan ;) to have an office where I can have one wall with the chalkboard paint (for myself) or my kids to play on, a corkboard wall... and yeah I'll stop with my daydreaming... :)

Do you have migraines/headaches?

I found THIS interesting. Click here to read.

I've suffered from migraines my entire life... yes, even as a child... and completely think that my change in my diet, without a doubt helped me out... especially the dairy/cheese.

Beautiful skin...

Karyn Calabrese, a holistic health expert said "I use coconut oil for everything, without fail. It works as a makeup remover and as an intensive moisturizer. Jojoba Oil is even lighter and keeps oil skin in balance." It's absorbed into the skin instead of sitting on top of the surface, blocking pores and causing breakouts unlike mineral oils.

(I loved hearing this because I myself use coconut oil for ABSOLUTELY everything. Cooking, makeup remover, lotion, EVERYTHING... seriously. There is a glass jar of it right this second in my purse... you can get it at Tidal Creek & Fresh Market in the big containers... not positive about the other places. I'll have to go and get some Jojoba Oil to try out.

10-25% of Americans have a sensitivity to at least one food.

-Thought this was interesting because of gluten "deal"-

Brain Food

blueberries - red wine - dark chocolate

NAP TIME

2003 Harvard study showed that a 60-90 minute nap, including both slow-wave and REM sleep stages, boosted learning retention as much as a full 8 hours of sleep!

BUILD YOUR IMMUNITY

Veggie ppl way: beans, legumes (lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans)

nuts, and seeds (try sunflower & pumpkin)

Battle of the Superfoods

Almond Butter > Peanut Butter

Almond butter has 60% more monounsaturated fat than peanut butter.

This fat decreases harmful LDL levels, lowering heart-disease and stroke risk.

-Runners World Magazine

Kale > Spinach

Kale contains 4 times more vitamin C and one and a half times

the amount of immune-boosting vitamin A & vitamin K.

Quinoa > Brown Rice

Quinoa has 3 extra grams of protein per cooked cup

plus more fiber, iron & magnesium.

Orange > Apple

Have similar amounts of calories & fiber but oranges have 12 times as much vitamin C.

Red Pepper > Green Pepper

Red Pepper has 8 times the vitamin A

(keeps your immune system strong)

Stole these from their facebook page :) so cute!

Fish fact

@queencityvegan In the past 50 years,

fishers have exterminated 90 percent of large fish populations.

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nom nom nom... the birthday boys!

The average american does more to reduce global warming emissions

by not eating meat, eggs, and dairy than by switching to a hybrid car.

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"The standard diet of a meat-eater is blood, flesh, veins, muscles, tendons, cow secretions, hen periods and bee vomit. And once a year during a certain holiday in November, meat-eaters use the hollowed-out rectum of a dead bird as a pressure cooker for stuffing. And people think vegans are weird because we eat tofu?" - vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke

Change your diet, change the world.

VEGAN BAKED ZITI

DO YOU EAT FISH??? READ ABOUT THIS...

I'ma nut, you're a nut, we're all nuts! :)

"You ask people why they have deer heads on the wall. They always say, Because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her."
-Ellen DeGeneres

"Of what use are all your sacrifices to Me? I have had enough of the roasted carcasses of rams and of the fat of fattened beasts. I take no pleasure in the blood of calves, lambs and goats . When you spread out your hands, I close My eyes to you; despite however much you pray, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood! Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before My eyes and stop doing evil."
-Isaiah 1:11, 1:15-16

"An estimated 85 percent of all U.S agricultural land is used in the production of animal foods, which in turn is linked with deforestation, destruction of wildlife species, extinction of species, loss of soil productivity, mineral deletion and erosion, water pollution and depletion, overgrazing, and desertification." -Dr. Michael W. Fox, Agricide

"Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet." -Amy Smart

first generation where children die before their parents

In the mid-to-late 1920s and '30s, the age group at which 20% of the population was obese was people in their mid 50s. By 1986, that group had become people in their early 20s. That was almost 25 years ago, and the age of the obese has continued its downward spiral, leading a UK House of Commons select committee to draw their conclusion in 2007 that "this will be the first generation where children die before their parents, as a consequence of childhood obesity." -Wrightsville Beach Magazine (Aug 2010; page 25) ( Click here to read the entire article pleeeease )

"Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. One third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives; many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma." -Click here for more GREAT info from "Let's Move"

A lot of people aren't sure if they're "overweight" or not... and some people think that they are overweight, but they're actually "normal" now... I have to admit, America's view of "normal" is not exactly what I would recommend as "normal" but here is a site for that... Click here

Now... please note that you shouldn't pay attention to only the scales... use your common sense... other things factor in as well.

Click here to use the BMI calculator for ADULTS

Click here to use the BMI calculator for teens/children

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Picture of my new friends. (yes, shoes)

I don't want to take these shoes off I love them so much! :) I love love love them! Happy Early Birthday to myself! :)

Ryan told me last night that he doesn't know how I do the 'vegan' thing... and this is typical of what people say... but honestly I don't even have to think about it anymore... it's a complete different mindset that I have now. And I care enough about it, that it isn't a loss in my eyes... :)

CLICK THIS TO SEE A SITE FOR A GIRL LIVIN LIFE RIGHT...

another too

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

You would think that Fruit by the Foot would have gelatin because it is goey, but instead it gets its texture from pear concentrate and locust bean gum. I used to eat them like crazy when I was a kid, so now I am really excited that I can enjoy them again.

P.S. Wanna know favorite part about finding seemingly non-vegan foods? It's when I eat them in front of my omnivorous friends (and especially friends who are considering going vegan/vegetarian) and they say, "Hey, those are vegan? I guess you really don't just eat lettuce and carrot sticks!" This happens to me with Oreos a lot, people assume the cream is from milk (they're actually made from vegetable fat).

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