Plant Based Bride

Whether you're a new vegan or a vegan veteran, keeping track of no-no ingredients can be incredibly difficult. Friends and family, from longer term vegans all the way to new vegetarians, have been lamenting hidden animal ingredients popping up all over the place in the foods they used to enjoy with a clean conscience. That's why I'm creating this handy guide! Pin or bookmark it so that you can come back and use it as a reference while shopping, making your life that much easier. These ingredients may be found in food, personal care products, clothing, household products, and more. Remember: no one is perfect and it's impossible to successfully avoid all of these ingredients 100% of the time. Don't beat yourself up or get too caught up in the purity of it all and just do your best!

Why I Add a B12 Supplement To My Vegan Diet

If you've spent any time in the vegan community online, it's likely you've heard talk about B12. But what is B12 and why do we need it? Do you need to use supplementation, or is it readily available in the foods we eat? What happens if we don't get enough or get too much? Do only vegans have to worry about their B12 levels? Read on to learn the answers!

Health, Vegan, Plant Based Diet, NutritionElizabeth TurnbullSeptember 17, 2015B12, B12 Deficiency, B12 Supplementation Comment

Should You Worry About Your Body's pH?

Have you ever heard someone talk about alkalizing their body? Or avoiding a food because it's too acidic? Did you think to yourself: "Wow, that health-nut has reached a new level of crazy!"? There was a time I would have agreed with you, that spending time worrying about your body's pH was going too far down the road to orthorexia, but after more time and research I've discovered that maintaining a balanced pH should be more than a blip on your radar if you're looking to create an environment for optimal health. (Am I the only one who just imagined a futuristic, sleek, blinking health-radar? I am? Never mind, then...) And aren't we all looking for a way to live a longer, happier, disease-free life?

Building Strong Bones with Plants

Calcium is important, everyone says so. "Get your calcium for strong bones!" they say. And where do you get calcium? If you ask the average person, they'd confidently say "From milk!" If that's the case, how come vegans aren't breaking bones from a minor fall or developing osteoporosis at astonishing rates? The answer is simple.

Milk is not the only source of calcium. It is, in fact, not even the best source.

Vegan, Plant Based Diet, NutritionElizabeth TurnbullAugust 13, 2015nutrition, calcium, strong bones, milk, health, veganComment