Yup, it’s true… organically grown food is healthier for You, the Farmer, and the Planet.  You’ll get more vitamins and minerals in organic foods, no toxic pesticides (that harm you, the farmer and the planet), and no GMO’s.  Buy Organic!!!

Here’s a link to a site where you can look up what non-organic food you’re about to eat/buy and how many pesticides you will also be eating… (more…)

Red Meat and Dairy Products Significantly Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

According to a new study, fat from red meat and dairy products is associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer. As part of the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, researchers followed and analyzed the diets of more than 525,000 participants to determine whether there is an association between dietary fat and pancreatic cancer. This same study found no association between plant-food fat and pancreatic cancer.

Thiébaut ACM, Jia L, Silverman DT, et al. Dietary fatty acids and pancreatic cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. J Natl Cancer Inst.

Get this book!  And discover that you can have your cake and eat it too!

Vegan baking has been taken to a new level.  No more tasteless desserts with strange textures – this book (and the little dessert shop in Manhattan with the same name) is full of kick ass sweet treats that will knock your socks off without making your doctor nervous.  No eggs, no butter, no cream, no white sugar.  Instead author/owner Erin McKenna uses healthy ingredients like flax seed meal or apple cider vinegar to make her baked goods behave as if they were made with eggs; and rice milk instead of cow’s milk for moisture without cholesterol; (more…)