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Election Fraud & Prop 37?
Its been a month since the elections, and there is still talk that not all the votes for the California ballot initiative that would force labeling on GMO foods have been counted. Known as Prop 37, state officials announced the day after the election that the initiative had been defeated 48 percent to 51 percent. However, since then the Secretary of States website has continued to update vote ...
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Liv and Lips
Today InStyle.com reported on Liv Tyler’s sexy lip look at the Stella McCartney Spring 2012 presentation in NYC this week. They chalk the glossy-yet-refined look up to gloss over pencil and add that “glossy, shiny and frosty finishes make lips appear fuller than opaque, matte versions”. Gloss is definitely my lip color of choice, and there are lots of gorgeous natural lip glosses ...
Read more...What Is USDA Organic
In the 1950’s, they used to put food on the shelves. Real food. Slowly the swaps began taking place. Artificial flavoring snuck onto food labels and pesticides began caking our produce. Our nutrients were supplemented and chemicals were thrown into the pot. Awareness is on the rise against the “not-so-natural” products that sit on the shelves of the grocery store; Americans have...
Read more...Can You Stay Fit in the Winter?
It’s true that I live in the South, but I have lived in cold climates as well. Trying to figure out how to stay active in the winter can be a challenge. Especially when, according to Men’s Health magazine , the average person eats over 600 extra calories a day during the holiday season! No wonder a lot of us gain weight this time of year! So in honor of that extremely startling calorie stat...
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The Annual Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up from Go Dairy Free
Alisa Fleming (http://www.alisacooks.com/about/) ~ Thanksgiving can be a tricky time of year for dairy-free living: potatoes mashed with milk, creamy beans, buttermilk biscuits, and of course, butter added to just about everything on the table. Fortunately, there are many, many...Read more
Read more...A Vegan Girl's Guide to Life ... and Banana French Toast
Sweet Sundays: Vegan living is about far more than food ... though the food is still quite important... which is why Melisser Elliott, otherwise known as The Urban Housewife (http://www.theurbanhousewife.co), has released a new book entitled Hannah Kaminsky (http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/e-books/),...Read more
Read more...Steve Wynn and Bill Clinton Take on Vegan Diet for Health
Both in their mid-to-late 60’s, Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn and former President Bill Clinton are leading the baby boomer generation in a trend toward veganism. Though going vegan is a social choice for many, with respect to animal welfare and the environment, these two icons have revealed that the decision to cut out meat and dairy was largely for health reasons.Rumors began circulating ab...
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High Fructose Corn Syrup's Image Makeover
We’re getting the message and finally reading labels! Americans consumed 21 percent less high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in 2009 compared with a decade ago, according to the USDA. Don’t get too excited, though. We’re still ingesting (on average) 35.7 pounds of the inexpensive sweetener each year, and that doesn’t include other types of sugar. Nonetheless, the stats have the Corn Refiners Associ...
Read more...How Low Can You Go....
Oh Sugar. Oh Honey Honey. Now that Ive put that sweet song in your head at such an early time of day lets talk about something that Ive been struggling with lately. Sugar ve been thinking about breaking up with her. I love to bake and usually whip up healthy treats a couple times a week so that I never have to succumb to a sugar laden, highly processed baked good with my after...
Read more...You Won't Believe It's Vegan
You Wont Believe Its Vegan Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty (200 recipes for simple and delicious animal free cuisine.) Da Capo Press sent me this cookbook for review. Both Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty are graduates of New York Citys Natural Gourmet Institute, in 1999 opened Down to Earth, New Jerseys first organic vegan restaurant, which they ran for seven years, until 2006....
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