Gaia: Veganize

Re: Vegans Are Everywhere Now!

http://organics.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:41:45 GMT

Hi Ocean.

I am great with this subject if you would like help from a new moderator while you are away. Let me know. it's a good group that you've started.
Best,
Lee

Vegans Are Everywhere Now!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:05:11 GMT

It's great to realize that more and more vegans are everywhere now! It's getting easier to get meals adapted to us in restaurants, and everyone now knows what a vegan is! This is wonderful! In cities, of course - and all the college students are hip to veganism - and so many of them are vegan now! Even in small, rural places, everyone knows what a vegan eats - they might still watch us with curiosity and wonder how we manage - but their questions are always polite and they show genuine interest. Quite often, a chef will come out and talk about how he's adapted dishes for me - delighted with a chance to veganize his menu. They're creative beings, and I've been thrilled with their new dishes! Vive les Vegans!

WorldFest is Back! Holla!

http://evolotus.gaia.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:33:10 GMT

A totally animal-friendly event in Los Angeles...great speakers, great food, great times!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008
10AM - 6:30PM • Admission: $7
• Kids under 12 - Free! • Pets Welcome •

The WorldFest 2008 Earth Day Festival will be held on Saturday, May 10th, 2008, from 10 am to 6:30 pm, at the beautiful outdoor setting of Woodley Park in Encino, CA (Map). We will welcome our attendees to a magnificent day filled with entertainment, education and enlightenment. The combination of great music, empowering speakers, environmental, humanitarian and animal welfare non-profits, kid's activities and an delicious food court make for an earth-friendly experience that is sure to be inspiring and enjoyable for all.

Here's What's Happening at WorldFest this Year:

Main Stage - bigger-name bands and celebrity speakers.
Earth Lounge - singer/songwriters, jazz, rock, funk, and world music groups and poets.
EcoTent - speakers, discussions, and displays about sustainable living and current environmental issues
Healthy Hut - speakers, discussions, and displays about health including yoga, meditation, and cooking demos.
Exhibitors - over 100 companies showcasing their products and organizations.
Kids' World - storytelling, face painting, and children's entertainers and other activities!
Oasis Beer and Wine Garden - Refresh yourself in the Oasis located near the Main Stage!
Animal Adoptions - dogs, cats, rabbits and lots of animals looking for good homes!

Re: Going Raw--How's it going

http://evolotus.gaia.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:53:50 GMT

Hi Josh et al - I saw these articles below (in a major mainstream newspaper, no less) and thought I'd pass them along.

Big Health Benefits Attributed To Raw Diet

http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-ra…

Three newspaper editors are going on a “Raw for 30 Days”-style challenge:

http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-ra…

Here’s the blog they’re doing about the experience:

http://courant.typepad.com/raw/

I love to see these topics in the press – please visit the articles, email them to others, and post your positive comments – these actions help encourage more positive stories in the future.

Cheers,

Going Raw--How's it going

http://joshrawla.gaia.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:29:53 GMT

Who is raw here? I've just started a raw vegan diet after finally becoming a vegetarian in the last few months. I was inspired by a link my friend sent me about going raw to reverse diabetes. Many of my family members are diabetic and I knew that if I didnt change my eating, I would become diabetic as well. Take a look at the trailer on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSuqCMld00w Josh

Vegan Logos !

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:26:30 GMT

There are some cool Vegan Logos you can see on my page here at Zaadz:

Ocean's Photos

that you might like to use for your own sites or pages!

The facts are clear - Vegans are more youthful, more energetic, healthier, live longer, are brighter (yes! tests have proven this!) than carnivores, and Vegans are slender too!

Green Your Food and Save The World

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:30:05 GMT

Green Your Food and Save The World, One Meal At A Time

Did you know that it's better for our planet to green your food - to go vegan - than to green your car or any other facet of your life?

Many put off their own health and welfare while they continue to ingest toxins, fats, and sub-nutritious foods obtained cruelly, transported cruelly, and obtained by the most environmentally-devastating practices of all.

Why? Possibly because they think that changing their own habits wouldn't be easy.
Possibly because they think they are putting the environemnt first by recycling their garbage and that that is enough to make a difference.

Actually, by putting your own soul first - by feeding your spirit what it really craves, which is compassion for all beings, your body will healthen, thrive, regenerate, and vibrantize, beautifize, youthize, and energize.

Then, by eating green - vegan - compassionate foods, you will actually be saving our planet.

The major pollutants of air and water are caused by the cruelty industries - the meat and dairy industries.

The major cure for our planet's health is to look first to your own health - to follow your heart and to eat green foods.

As we are each a cell in the planetary body, each cell in your own body will renew itself, and we can, meal by meal, heal the planet itself.

Go Green! Go Vegan! Thrive!

Re: The Number of Vegans is Increasing Greatly!

http://evolotus.gaia.com — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:11:51 GMT

Well, to be fair, some of this could be because vegans aren't dying off early of cancer and heart disease and diabetes and whatnot...the numbers may be a bit skewed because of the tendency to live to 120 and die peacefully.

The Number of Vegans is Increasing Greatly!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:53:14 GMT

Vegans are promulgating!
Expounding!
Incrasing in numbers daily!

The ranks now include not only celebrities, but millions of everyday people!
People are raising their children vegan, which is to say - protecting their lives, bestowing radiant health and longevity, clear thinking - we know from scientific studies that vegans are more intelligent than other people - and many more gifts on their offspring !

Yes, the ranks of vegans are increasing by the second!
Not to say proliferating, however that's probably true too, but our numbers are ever-increasing!

Ever more vegans are asking for and receiving compassionate products!
Just two years ago I was searching for lists of products to use and recommend, and now, by buying VegNews or going to AskCarla.com, or Peta's Store, it's relatively easy to find all-vegan, compassionate products!

Some of the books, recipe sites, and other vegan info have become so popular that it lets us know that everyone is vitally interested in at least their own health, and we hope, mostly, in the treatment of other animals.

Compassionate vegans, however, welcome any company for whatever reason, since it only benefits the lives of those we should be most concerned about - those who cannot speak for themselves - the utterly defenseless, "totally inoffensive", in the immortal words of Issac Bashevis Singer, fellow sentient beings, our family of other animals.

For our souls' sake, for the true health that is only bestowed from the spirit outward, for the true being we are, we need always to consider first those who are most innocent.

And the great news is that by first serving those most needy, most helpless, most in need, the benefits will spread naturally to everyone and everything else!

By being compassionate, by greening our food, that is, by becoming vegan - either in stages or all at once (recommended highly), we will then cause great healing for our own bodies, restoring health and vigor to every cell, and of course, to our families and friends, who will notice how vibrant vegan eating makes us, and then - the areas that now are given over to grazing will be kept instead for growing the grains and veggies that used to feed the people now starving, that keep the extreme environmental pollutants emitted from cattle-raising away, that keep many trees up, (since so much space is required for each cow whereas not much at all in relation is needed to grow crops), keeping our air cleaner, and so and and so on -

The ripple effect of doing what our hearts want is tremendous!

Our hearts and souls crave compassion, as we do water - it's the spirit's natural realm!

I'm so happy that more and more vegans are being re-born or are emerging to lead others to the optimal quality of life, that I wanted to share my joy with all of you!

Go Green! Green Your Food! Veganize and Thrive!

Vegan Vegetarian Food for Thought Podcast

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:07:46 GMT

Anyone who is Vegan, or considering becoming one, is welcome to join The Vegetarian Food for Thought discussion pod which is based on vegan chef and animal rights advocate Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's popular podcast of the same name.

The Vegetarian Food for Thought podcast "offers a unique perspective that leaves listeners feeling supported, motivated, and inspired. Celebrating a way of life that encompasses compassion for everyone, this podcast addresses all aspects of eating a compassionate, healthful, whole foods, plant-based diet and advocates a sustainable food system that supports organic, local, seasonal fare. Each episode addresses commonly asked questions about being vegetarian/vegan, including those regarding animal rights, food, cooking, nutrition, and debunks the myths surrounding these issues."

"Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's Compassionate Cooks website "is dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices and to debunking myths about vegetarianism and animal rights through cooking classes, podcasts, workshops and lectures, articles and essays, and cooking DVDs."

URGENT -Keep Our Health Foods and Vitamins Safe by April 30 -

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:36:54 GMT

Keep Our Health Foods and Vitamins Safe by April 30 - URGENT - Don't let them steal our rights!

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4803.cfm

Please go and sign this, make calls, do whatever you can to keep the FDA informed that we want the freedom to choose our own foods -
We want organic food
We want non-irradiated food
We want non-GMO'd food

In short - WE WANT HEALTHY FOOD and SUPPLEMENTS!

PLEASE DO THIS RIGHT AWAY AND TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

This is from the OrganicConsumer.org site:

Make your voice heard now, or forever surrender your access to supplements, herbs, superfoods and functional foods. By the time the FDA is done with this country, we'll all be eating medication for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Action reminders:

1. Lodge a complaint with the FDA by clicking here. MAKE SURE you include the docket number 2006D-0480. But don't trust this to be enough. The FDA will probably simply delete half the complaints it receives, so don't trust your complaint to actually count. It's important to continue...

2. Send a strongly-worded letter to your representatives in Washington. Be sure to cite Docket No. 2006D-0480. Draft Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration. Tell them you support open access to vitamins, herbs, and supplements, and you do not want CAM to be regulated by the FDA.

Veganizing Brings Peace

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:14:48 GMT

What is peace?

It is being peaceful. It is creating peacefulness.
Being Peace.
While doing violence to innocents, it cannot exist.
This is another reason I am a vegan.
My primary reason is because I love. I love all beings.
Choosing to be peaceful and compassoinate in life brings great healthiness, energy, and spirituality too as gifts given back for choosing compassion.
Being peaceful with one's food - choosing only Compassionate food - choosing not to kill or to be party to killing innocent beings is the first step in becoming peaceful and in bringing it into the world.

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
-- Mohandas Gandhi

"As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of other living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre other animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."
-Pythagoras

One is dearest to God who has no enemies among the living beings, who is nonviolent to all creatures.
-Bhagavad Gita

To become vegan is to step into the stream which leads to Nirvana.
-Buddha

"As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields."
-- Leo Tolstoy

Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
--Arthur Schopenhauer

All beings seek for happiness; so let your compassion extend itself to all.
--Mahavamsa

"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."
-- Abraham Lincoln

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
-- Immanuel Kant

Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them whenever they require it... If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
-- Saint Francis of Assisi

"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals."
-- Albert Einstein

"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
-- Thomas Edison, inventor The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
-- Charles Darwin

There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
-- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is--whether its victim is human or animal--we cannot expect things to be much better in this world... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.
-- Rachel Carson

The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"
~Jeremy Bentham
May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
-- Buddha

When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
--Buddha

What does this have to do with veganizing?
Everything.
First seek compassion, then only good will come.
Wish for peacefulness for all of us - for all beings - and only good will come.
Happiness is found in this.

Colorful Foods Only - Don't Put Anything Brown Onto Your Plate!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:09:35 GMT

i've read that we should never put anything that is brown into our bodies.
after all - isn't that the color of waste? of decay? of rotting? of death?

Colorful foods are meant for primates - oranges, bright reds, vibrant yellows, apple greens - the colors of life!

The bright colors give vibrancy!
Stick with veggies and fruit and sprouts, and the lovely tans of raw nuts and seeds, including whole grains and beans, for a great, long, healthy life!

Healthy Food Pyramid!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:57:25 GMT

That one is the very healthiest!

And for more health tips and recipes, visit
Hallelujah Acres

Here is the next healthiest pyramid

However, going dairy-free and eating plant-based foods is the very healthiest way to go!
Visit Veganize for more!

The above pyrmaids are from
http://www.claudiadavila.com/vendetta-sites.htm

Sproutlicious ! Sprouts Give Energy!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:34:39 GMT

There are many types of great-tasting and energy-packed sprouts to choose from!
Grow them easily or buy them ready to eat at a health food store!
I love alfalfa, clover, raddish, and bean sprouts!

AND broccoli sprouts have special health benefits too!
All sprouts are tasty, easy to grow or to buy at a health food store, and delicious by themselves, soaked in water and a little vinegar for ten minutes, as with all veggies and fruits, to clean, and then served with vinegar and oil, they're great - but added to salads, with or without nuts and other veggies, they're divine!

Sprouts give energy, and having them as a main course one day will convince you - try having sprouts for a meal, along with fresh, organic veggies, vinegar and oil, and stay away from heavy, unhealthy foods like dairy and meat.
Just try one meal with sprouts and feel the energy !
They're packed with fuel for the human body and delicious!

Also, try mung bean sprouts - the kind we see in Oriental dishes - superb!
Raw is best, of course, or added to a sitr-fry after the dish has cooled.
They stay crunchy and healthy that way.
Enjoy!

White poison

http://crudebliss.gaia.com — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:12:22 GMT

"Sugar and Salt are white poisons".
My Mother told me that when i was little. She used to tell me that Mosiqutoes bite me allot coz i had sweet blood ;-) and that if i ate less chocolate and sweets, they would go away. Oddly they are away today, but it took me a while to realize the significance of the pharse 'White poison, i belive that until now, no one has actually researched this, but i believe that people can leave for thousnads of years if they don't consume sugar or salt. For oxidation (cause of natural death) is due to sugar.

Re: Go Dairy Free With Me!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:41:34 GMT

Mango Lassi - Make it Cruelty-Free!

Make it truly Heavenly and Compassionate by using soy or rice milk or even almond milk instead!
Truly a taste of heaven then!

Rice Dream, Soy Milk like Silk or Almond Milk (make your own almond or another nut milk by soaking nuts overnight, adding water and putting into the blender!
Fresh or frozen Mango
Stevia or Lo-Han to taste (sweetener herbs that do not raise blood sugar, do not cause tooth decay or weight gain)

Blend and Enjoy!

Use any other fruit and make a smoothie or even use soygurt with it!
I prefer my Fruit Smoothies made with only a little water, organic fruit, and using several kinds of frozen fruit together with some fresh- the frozen fruit makes it freezy and frosty!

Using only Vegan, which are Compassionate, plant-based foods makes this healthy, hearty, and yes, Heavenly!

See http://www.milksucks.com/ for more on why using Silk or Rice Dream or another type of dairy-free, vegan product is not only healthy, not only kind, but also good for the environment!

Give Sugar The Sack!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:55:50 GMT

Give Sugar The Sack

Inspiared by my dear Zaadz Pal, Steven, who is not only well-informed but passionate about his Anti-Sugar Campaign, we're posting some supportive info here too, in hopes of reaching others who wish to restore their health and keep it, knowing that sugar even affects one's spiritual well-being! Yes, the calm centeredness of being is affected by sugar, just as every cell in our bodies is. Our spiritual equipment cannot function well on drugs like sugar, just as it cannot function without Compassion - Compassion is gained by honesty with our souls, by being Vegan, of course, which is being Compassionate to all beings, as well as to ourselves. Sugar is presently threatening all the world with its'
insidiousness, as our junk products spread round the globe, causing violence as well as illness.

Sugar not only destroys teeth, sanity, quality of life and health, but it also causes violence! Yes!
And many other personal, individual and societal ills and misery!

Frankly, when I think of alll the people who have actually been imprisoned, put in insane asylums, pushed out of homes onto the street, left at orphanages, and abused due to their sugar craziness - none of them knowing why - including all the kids now on those array of drugs to control them, rather than on nutrition to actually heal them -
-and also, tracing the history of sugar, the dates and places where it was traded is invaluable to discovering and sharing what an impact it has had and is now still having - even more so, as our junk products are violating new markets daily - is instructive as to insane behaviors that have collected into national wars!
Look at the impact of sugar through history and you see the deteriorization of health, the increase of violence and collective insanity!
Just as I believe coffee and chocolate also inspired the European nations to start their world Imperialistic onslaughts, many other historical movements have been fuelled by the addictions and clamor for supply of such drugs - for those four - coffee, tea, chocolate, and our worst enemy, sugar - have demanded more markets, more evil, and more exploitation perhaps than any other causative factor !
I really believe just as the molds in rye - getting into other sugars here and onto liquor and beer too, all from sugars - they think now had sparked the witch hunts and cruelty centuries ago, look at what corn causes, look at the real grains and the molds, the poisons, and then look at the prospect of sanity when these foods are processed, stored, ingested almost solely, added to other sugars, and see what you get - craziness beyond belief!
Of course, properly grown, used as whole grains, preferably organic, etc., whole grains must be differentiated from the harmful, sugary (whether formed by processing or added or both), processed foods that are currently the main staple of people.
Whole grains are very healthy and are to be encouraged.
How much easier could it get than putting grain in a pot and boiling it for fifteen minutes!
Whole grains taste awesome, as you know.
Avoid toxins, like processed foods, and of course and including, sugar, sweeten only with stevia, eat mainly fruits and veggies, nuts and seeds, add virgin olive oil, and apple cider vinegar, a good oil blend of EFAs and other necessary oils like Udo's Choice, and a little sunshine, exercise, fresh air, pretty thoughts, and lots of, preferably, distilled water and you have - plus a few supplements like B12, a good C, and a good Multi every day - you have a prescription for healing and for staying well all your life!

We'll be continuing our Sugar Saga - Or Sack The Sugar - Or Strive For Stevia! Soon!

Re: First Week Of Every Month

http://mvegan5.gaia.com — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:30:37 GMT

beautiful! :)

Re: Go Dairy Free With Me!

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:28:49 GMT

great that you're getting healthy!
Doing a garlic at least twice a day - i mean cutting one into meals - is a great way to stay healthy. They heal bacteria, viruses, and fungi, so...also, olive leaf extract is awesome for staing healthy!
Get some spirulina and/or chlorella too, some barely powder and incorporate green drinks or pills every day into your multi-vite and vitamin c routine.
For some colds, and for only less than two weeks, echinacea, zinc, and goldenseal, cat's claw and astralagus will help your immune system.
Clearing out from toxic diets as you've been doing usually manifest as lung congestion.
It will pass as you eat healthier. Keep eating plant-based, vegan foods, and add juicing - get a juicer if you can.
Add brown rice and beans, (adzukis are complete protein), soak both in water overnight in the fridge, then cook.
Steamed veggies are awesome too, and always eat plenty of raw veggies and fruit every day.
Add some nuts and seeds - soak nuts overnight too, and roast.
Buy organic.
Close your ears to others who are threatened by you getting healthy, envious, and who try to curtail your self-improvements.
Remember, misery loves company, and since they lack the self-value enough to save themselves, and you have it, just smile and ignore them.
Decide you'll live a healthy, strong, long, able-bodied, active, and happy life!
Ask me if you'd like other tips!