Category Archives: Vegan

Food Matters – A Documentary You MUST See!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: February 9, 2010
Food Matters is a documentary film informing you on the best choices you can make for you and your family’s health. In a collection of interviews with leading Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Scientists, M.D.’s and Medical Journalists you will discover… How to use food as medicine Who needs vitamins? Is organic better? How safe is our food? Natural treatments for lowering Cholesterol Foods [...]
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Next on the White House Agenda…Drug-resistant Infections from Meat?

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: February 9, 2010
Antibiotics and hormones are fed to livestock, poultry, and fish on factory farms to promote faster growth and to compensate for the unsanitary conditions in which they are raised. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, as much as 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are fed to healthy farm animals. [...]
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What to Eat – It’s Complicated!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 29, 2010
At a recent lunch with a new friend, the following dreadful words slipped from her mouth…”Please don’t judge me while I eat this!”, as she took her first bite of burger. Not again! Why do so many meat eaters new to my life assume I’m judging them? They either try to defend eating meat, shamefully [...]
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Feed Your Libido – Vegan Sources of Zinc to Boost Your Libido (Includes Recipe!)

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 18, 2010
Author: Rachel Venokur-Clark, feedyourlibido.com Photo by steffenz Zinc is an essential mineral that carries out numerous functions in your body, including promoting a healthy immune system, protecting the liver from damage and it even helps you to heal from wounds. Find yourself deficient in this mineral and your libido will be screaming out to be fed. Zinc [...]
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My Interview with Eat. Drink. Better.

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 8, 2010
Check out my interview with Eat. Drink. Better. Go Raw! Health Benefits & How To Get Started From a Raw Food Expert-Recipe Included
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Playing the Field

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 6, 2010
Photo by mckaysavage Vegetables. We know they’re good for us, but we’re not eating them. According to recent studies, the average American’s daily caloric intake consists of one to one-half servings of vegetables per day. 51 percent of our diets come from processed foods and 42 percent from meat, eggs, or dairy. The other 7 percent is vegetables, fruits, legumes, [...]
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Feed Your Libido – Sexually Enhancing Benefits of Pomegranates (includes Recipe!)

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 4, 2010
Author: Rachel Venokur-Clark, feedyourlibido.com Photo by yumyumbubblegum For centuries, pomegranates have been used to promote fertility, increase vitality and to lengthen and improve human life. Foods that resembled seeds or eggs were historically thought to be aphrodisiacs. It turns out, those ancient sexual beings were on to something. The pomegranate, with its abundance of seeds, is said [...]
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Spice up your Sex Life!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 4, 2010
Are you looking to spice up your sex life and boost your sex drive? Smarter food choices could be the key! But you KNEW I’d say that, right? Rachel Venokur-Clark, a writer and holistic health counselor living in NYC, is the founder of an amazing Wellness Program – Feed Your Libido. I’m thrilled to be featuring some [...]
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Yummy, invisible bacteria can create culinary miracles!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: December 20, 2009
I’m talking about FERMENTING! When you ferment, you preserve foods to make them more digestible and nutritious. Bread, cheese, yogurt, chocolate, coffee, wine and beer are all results of fermentation. So why ferment? Live, unpasteurized fermented foods carry healthy bacteria into our digestive systems, breaking down food and aiding digestion. The healthy bacteria break down [...]
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RAW and remembering what motivates me…

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: December 19, 2009
Any avid runner would agree – there’s nothing like the high you get from a good long run! Running is more than a hobby for me – it’s an addiction. It’s my moving meditation and an essential part of my life. I schedule the day around my runs and will admit to being late to [...]
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