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Agnes Muljadi – Graceful Vegan

FYI: Agnes Muljadi is a Los Angeles based vegan ballerina, actress, photographer and celebrity blogger. Known as @artsyagnes with over 500,000 Instagram fans, Agnes has been the face of...

Banana Nut Muffins – Oil Free, Gluten Free

Ingredients: 2.5 cups almond flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 ripe medium banana (or large banana if omitting the maple syrup) Pinch of salt 1/2 cup almond butter Optional: 5...

Telomeres: What They Tell Us about Living Better and Longer

by Brenda Carey Telomeres are the hot topic of cutting edge longevity science. It was just a few years back (2009) that Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were awarded the Nobel Prize in the...

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What does it mean to be "vegan"?

"Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals." -quote by Donald Watson, who coined the term in 1944 (although there have always been vegans around, starting with Adam & Eve)