Here’s one of my all-time favorites with lots of anti-oxidants and added fiber + nutrients.
Only 269.74 calories!
Given the tendency for our society to push food as a product for mass consumption and huge profits, it’s no wonder Americans are having a difficult time staying healthy, keeping fit and obsessed with losing weight.
It’s been proven that a vegan diet CAN help one to lose weight and promote a healthy lifestyle, but one can never know if he or she is getting all the proper nutrients (in the proper proportions) unless he or she is tracking food intake with a nutrition app.
With the growing popularity of the Ketogenic Diet (aka Keto Diet), people are avoiding grains and starchy foods, and I have to say that they are giving up a bit of healthy eating in favor of losing weight.
Being Vegan means more than just trying to eat plant-based, healthy meals for optimal health. While I think that going vegan for your health is a noble cause in and of itself, there is a more holistic premise that is connected to the practice of veganism.
Every time I look up into the evening sky, I am in awe of the immensity of it all, just how open and seemingly infinite our universe seems to be. Then I think about our planet and what us humans are doing to it, either to benefit Mother Earth or to help destroy it.
Our planet, however, is like an enclosed eco-system, and not so infinite.
Lately, I’ve been experiencing higher energy levels.
Why?
I’ve been boosting my carbohydrate intake!
But I haven’t been eating junk calories. I’ve been getting starchy carbs from rice, potatoes, noodles and even popcorn!
The whole meat & dairy industries, its brainwashing of generations of people beginning at kindergarten with the so-called 4 food groups, its propaganda machine, the whole culture of culinary, societal and peer pressures… they all factor into your craving for eggs and dairy….
Non-vegans say that vegans need supplements because they are lacking in nutrients. and i say, when i wasn’t a vegan i was still taking supplements…
Why?
There is a growing movement led by dairy lobbyists to ban alternative milk companies from using the word ‘milk’ for their products. Right away I’m thinking this violates 1st Ammendment rights to your freedom of speech.
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On thing is certain, unless the average person is a total moron, people can tell the difference between almond milk and cow’s milk! Because they’ll know that one contains almonds and the other cow’s milk!
Also, what about products like Milk of Magnesia or Peanut Butter, two products that certainly don’t contain milk or butter in them!
What we have here is a Dairy Industry that is losing popularity for a number of reasons.
We’ll see how this plays out in the courts, but I can’t see how this ban will go through being that it infringes on our 1st amendment rights to freedom of speech.
No doubt, plant-based and vegan burgers are on the rise!
Why? Because the common consensus is that red meat contains cholesterol and saturated fats that can cause hardening of the arteries and eventual arterial blockage.
The evidence has been overwhelming and consistent throughout decades of research and scientific observation. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, which correlates to the abundance of beef continually pushed on Americans by the Meat & Dairy Industries.
McDonald’s is slow to test their new PLT in Canada because the scale in which to pull off an offering of a plant-based burger would be huge. And the big test is whether Beyond Meat can deliver their product on a massive scale to the U.S. and Canada.
See Also: Why McDonald’s Has Been Slow to Adopt Meatless Meat
If Beyond Meat can deliver, and I remember when they first came out with the Beyond Burger (they couldn’t keep them on the shelves), then we will have a major breakthrough in the Fast Food Industry.
I supposed KFC is testing out Beyond Meat and the scale at which they can deliver, because they had a very successful test launch, but we have yet to see Vegan KFC Chicken in their fast food restaurants.
So, the process is slow… but the vegan movement has hit the mainstream and it can only continue to grow as more people seek out healthier ways of living that is more compassionate towards the animals.
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