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Recipe For Love, Ayurveda Style. ~ Kate Lumsden
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
“Vaji-what?!” No, they’re not some new kama sutra moves; Vajikaranas are the foods revered in Ayurveda for nourishing your reproductive organs, so that you can go all night long (and make some healthy beautiful babies when the time is right).182 views
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Yes! The Good Food Festival: March 15-17.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Feb 10, 2012
Good Food n. /güd/ /füd/88 views
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Love of Cheese.
by Kate Leinweber on Feb 9, 2012
Now I allow myself to have natural cheese made with full-fat milk I am sated by the high quality fats, proteins and nutrients. This satisfaction leads to lower consumption. Moderation is the result. And moderation is the key to health.273 views
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Clean Eating. ~ Karen Wallo
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
If you have a conscience about how your food choices affect more than just yourself, here are some informative tips to make the transition a little more palatable.370 views
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The One Thing to Enhance Your Immune System.
by Dr. Paul Gannon on Feb 7, 2012
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Finding Purpose in a Bag of Beans. ~ Amanda Stuermer
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 6, 2012
Does God think I’m a total whiner? Does he look at all I have been given and think, “when will she be satisfied?” People across the globe are struggling for daily survival, and I am asking for guidance on my life’s purpose.141 views
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How the Universe Made Me Eat a Healthier Diet.
by Matt Wallace on Feb 6, 2012
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A Taste of the Yoga Sutras, Part 2. ~ Camella Nair
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 6, 2012
Our sweet tooth can be satiated in many ways and the healthiest approach would depend upon our constitution. Part 2 of a food and sutra series.121 views
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Spicy Butternut Squash Fries & Black Bean Quinoa Burgers.
by Lindsey Block on Feb 4, 2012
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“Rawvolution” You don’t have to be Raw to love it. ~Karl Saliter
by Karl Saliter on Feb 2, 2012
Plug in your blender, people, this guy makes gourmet doable.159 views
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Gourmet Gridiron: Healthy, Vegan & Gluten Free Super Bowl Menu & Recipes.
by Carolyn Scott on Feb 1, 2012
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The American Food System. ~ Monica Johnson
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 1, 2012
While the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement’s spark has recently dimmed, they have successfully illuminated discrepancies about who is controlling our food system.618 views
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Kitchen Sink Dharma: Foundation. ~ Rick Gilbert
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 1, 2012
Shamatha instructs practitioners to place gentle attention on a particular object when discursive thoughts threaten to crowd out a general sense of being present in the moment. Often, the object of light focus is the breath.90 views
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10 Ways to Keep from being an Obnoxious Vegan. ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 31, 2012
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A Taste of the Yoga Sutras, Part 1. ~ Camella Nair
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 30, 2012
This series pairs Patanjali’s yoga sutras with the everyday life activity of feeding the body. Part 1 considers Kriya Yoga.385 views
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5 Simple Ways to Eat Healthier…Really.
by Matt Wallace on Jan 30, 2012
Let’s take a step back. Instead of thinking of organic food as a high quality premium, lets see it as the norm. In fact, before the Green Revolution of the 1940s, organic food was the only food that existed. From this perspective, let’s now tell the truth about conventional food: it is below normal quality.3,202 views
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Miami Twice: Miami Healthy Dining Hot Spots Part II.
by Carolyn Scott on Jan 25, 2012
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Why My Diet is Better Than Yours.
by Matt Wallace on Jan 25, 2012
We are all so different, not to mention constantly changing. From our thoughts to our cells to our exposure to significant exterior stimulation like our culture and environment, we are constantly evolving and morphing into new people.443 views
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A Record Year for Animal Rights. ~ Ame Wren
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 24, 2012
As a long-standing vegetarian and animal rights supporter, this news warmed my heart.534 views
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Vegan? Subscribe to Netflix & Kiss Your Social Life Goodbye. ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis
by Kate Bartolotta on Jan 24, 2012
Week 4: in which the intimidated imperfect vegans get a little bit bored.144 views
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Letting Go of Mass. ~ Dan Clement
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 23, 2012
For us to move toward a still-point in the center of our awareness (and it is no coincidence ancient people had a reverence for the sun as a metaphor of our own center) we need to either slow down, or release mass –– weight.180 views
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Calcutta Bites.
by Braja Sorensen on Jan 23, 2012
Elegant drinks clashed with lusty mouths. Heavy gold bangles clashed with china. Cutlery clashed with teeth. War was declared.146 views
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No Deaths in 38 Years From This Raw Food. So Why is it Condemned? ~ Dr. Joseph Mercola
by Sheri McCord on Jan 21, 2012
"We haven't seen any deaths from raw milk since the data started being collected in 1973," McAfee says.354 views
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10 Great Quotes about Coffee.
by Karl Saliter on Jan 20, 2012
Call me a dreamer, but I hold coffee in high regard as a wonder drug cure-all love potion constitutional beverage from hell. Like no other drink in history, coffee gives temporary shelter to the artists, the poets, and the downtrodden. It is a world in a cup, it is a map and a mysterious journey.4,250 views
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What Type of Foodie are You?
by Jamie Ginsberg on Jan 19, 2012
Eating is a social experience, it is a way that we connect with our families and friends. Whether we are meeting new people, dating or catching up with old friends – sharing a bottle of wine and a meal is a great way to spend our time together.1,010 views
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Five Foods You Should Never Be Without.
by Matt Wallace on Jan 18, 2012
Finding proper sources of complete proteins, balanced minerals, and specific vitamins (like b12), has led me through an intense exploration of the nutritional, energetic, and overall health-based aspect of food. Along the way, I have found many things that do not work, but among my studies, I have stumbled across a handful of essential items.937 views
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Can I get you a drink? Oh, too bad we’re all out.
by Jill Barth on Jan 18, 2012
You probably have no idea how much water you need, how much water you want or how much water you take for granted.128 views
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Are detoxes just diets in disguise?
by Chelsea Roff (Yoga Modern) on Jan 17, 2012
I find it difficult to separate the concepts of “detoxification” and “diet” in my mind.375 views
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Sh*t Foodies Say. <> Via elepal Alex Hanifin!
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 16, 2012
Let's make fun of the health freaks.3,829 views
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What is Sustainability? The 2-Minute Answer. {Video}
by Lynn Hasselberger on Jan 16, 2012
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How Gardeners Can Keep Up the Hobby in Wintertime. ~ Laura Ruby
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 15, 2012
Now is the time to snuggle up on the couch (or these days, in front of the computer) and look through your favorite gardening catalogs and dream about the lush fruits and veggies you’ll grow this spring and summer.282 views
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The Continuing Misadventures of Two Intimidated Imperfect Newbie Vegans. ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis.
by Kate Bartolotta on Jan 15, 2012
Week 3: In which the intimidated imperfect vegans find their groove with minimal mishaps.383 views
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The Market vs. Yoga. ~ B. Xavier Puvinel
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 14, 2012
Reconnecting our mind and body through yoga and slow food.508 views
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2012: Saying Goodbye to Life as We Know It. ~ Lisa Wimberger
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 12, 2012
I am sharing a simple twelve month plan with you designed to make 2012 the best, most healing and transformational year of your life in the hopes that you look back in 2013 and marvel at your own power, strength, courage, humor, adaptability, sustainability, radiance, and magic.1,945 views
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Veganlandia or Bust! ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis
by Kate Bartolotta on Jan 8, 2012
Week two: the intimidated, imperfect newbies dive into Veganlandia head first.197 views
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10 Reasons To Go Vegan That Have Nothing To Do With Sex.
by Jennifer Fields on Jan 7, 2012
Why is this the typical picture associated with a vegan diet? I would hope the vegan community could use facts rather than sex to get their message out there.2,318 views
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2012: Inferno or Infinite? 3 Steps to Avoid the End Times. ~ Laura Plumb
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 5, 2012
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Santosa – the Other Not-Meat.
by Lorin Arnold on Jan 5, 2012
Whether a vegan diet, the house you own, the job you have, or the relationship you are in, santosa means embracing the now rather than focusing on the not.420 views
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Is chicory (etc.) disgusting? What you might be missing out on.
by Writing Our Way Home on Jan 3, 2012
What might you be avoiding, because someone told you it was disgusting (or boring or insignificant or scary or poor quality)? What might you be missing out on?65 views
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A perfume that Men cannot resist.
by Joseph Boquiren on Jan 2, 2012
There are some smells that are favorites for men. Among them are baking bread, freshly mowed lawn, clean sheets,..and this smell.352 views
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Journal of two Imperfect Newbies: Going Vegan. ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis
by Kate Bartolotta on Dec 30, 2011
What if I’m just no good at being a vegan?603 views
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Eat Like an Artist in 2012.
by Meg Worden on Dec 30, 2011
Feed your artistic genius in 2012. A well nourished body percolates ideas so clear and righteous they spring forth from your forehead fully formed like Athena from the forehead of Zeus. Immortal ideas.1,566 views
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I really don’t care, at all, what you eat. ~ Kimberly Johnson
by Recovering Yogi on Dec 29, 2011
If your righteousness is getting in the way of your kindness, or your sense of humor for that matter, eat a Big Mac and be a nice person.819 views
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Ahimsa, Bulimia & Bullying Vegan Yoga Teachers. ~ Marjorie Kean Fradin
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 27, 2011
Aside from the fact that we were in the middle of a sweaty vinyasa practice (not the ideal environment, in my mind, for dietary discourse), I was drawn toward the chicken, even in its raw and slimy state. Greens are fine, even tasty, and I eat my fair share of them. But eating greens alone brings me back to a time in my life when they diminished me.685 views
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The Honey Don’t List.
by Lorin Arnold on Dec 27, 2011
In this post, I note reasons that I commonly hear about why bee products should be excluded from what can be considered problematic to animals and my responses.2,881 views
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Full to the Brim. Holiday Binging.
by Kate Leinweber on Dec 23, 2011
My Mother's butter tart recipe, like none other, is so delicious I cannot stop eating them. I eat them until my head is buzzing, my vision slightly hazed and I feel like i might throw up. Perhaps someone with more control would stop there acknowledging their full signals. But me? Oh no.551 views
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