Blueberries help prevent the onset of many aging related diseases.
Make blueberries a staple in your diet. This super food protects the body against the damaging effects of free radicals and prevents the onset of many aging related diseases. According to the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, blueberries are one of the foods with the highest antioxidant activities. Blueberries contain healthy anthocyanins and phenolics as well as 14 mg of Vitamin C and 0.8 mg Vitamin E per one cup serving. If you don’t like eating fresh blueberries, try adding this super food into your diet via Gobble Green’s decadent blueberry pancakes! (http://gobblegreen.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6)
Do you remember the scene in The Good Son where the deranged young boy played by Macaulay Culkin intentionally kills a neighborhood dog? Director Joseph Rubin never questioned that the film’s viewers would recognize that a child who willingly murders a neighborhood pet is nothing short of psychotic. Sadly, the slaughter of Marcus the pet lamb at the request of schoolchildren in Kent, England reveals that sadistic behavior in young people is tolerated, and even encouraged, by some adults today.
The slaughter of Marcus reveals that children killing pets is no longer considered worrisome by many parents.
As part of a school project, schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus overrode the outcries of some fellow students and animal rights activists by voting to send their school pet to the abattoir. The student council, comprised of fourteen children aged 6-11, voted 13-1 to have Marcus slaughtered at just 6 months old. Marcus was raised with care and attention. He trusted human beings, much like a pet dog or cat. Supported by headmistress Andrea Chapman, the student council seemingly had little difficulty betraying the docile lamb they played with and bottle fed. Despite countless offers by animal rights organizations and celebrities to provide Marcus with sanctuary, Marcus was heartlessly sent to slaughter by his child caregivers. Worse yet, his limbs were auctioned off by the school to raise money for the purchase of more school pets. The money from Marcus’ demise was supposed to buy piglets for the children to raise and then condemn to death. Fortunately, international outcry over Marcus’ fate has caused the animal farming project at this school to be put on hold indefinitely.
Marcus was heartlessly sent to slaughter by the children he trusted.
There was no reason for Marcus not to be spared. Thousands of dollars were offered to the school by activists and public figures to save his life. With the right kind of support from teachers and parents, Marcus could have taught the children an invaluable lesson about compassion and commitment. Rather, Marcus’ demise has shown these children that there are no repercussions for killing animals.
If you don’t believe that disregard for animal life severely impacts a child’s psychological development, consider the findings of American Sociological Association expert Amy Fitzgerald. According to her research, communities with slaughterhouses where the population is largely immune to animal cruelty consistently have higher rates of violent crime than demographically comparable areas without slaughterhouses. There is also substantial research which confirms that youths who are raised to knowingly condone the mistreatment of animals for sport, produce, or other purposes are more likely to become violent adults.
In 1979, sixteen year old Brenda Ann Spencer shot eight children and one police officer at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. Upon her arrest, Brenda famously stated “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day. It was just like shooting ducks in a pond. The children looked like a herd of cows standing around; it was really easy pickings.”
Despite the tragic ending to Marcus’ story, it is important to note that his death was not entirely in vain. Although the children on the student council who voted for Marcus’ slaughter may be unrepentant, many of their non-enfranchised peers are reporting difficulty sleeping and are even openly committing to a vegan lifestyle. Having lost a beloved pet, some of the children are thinking about where meat comes from for the first time and are rejecting the bloody spoils of a soulless industry.
Give the television a rest and start walking your way to better health.
Do you find yourself feeling under the weather despite exercising regularly and eating a healthy, plant based diet? According to WebMD, common household activities may be responsible for your runny nose, infection, or lethargy. For example, using a sponge with only light rinsing in between uses actually spreads bacteria and makes your countertops less sanitary. Clean your sponges in a bleach and water solution after every use or avoid using these bacteria magnets altogether. Vacuuming with a conventional vacuum can also be detrimental to your health, especially if you suffer from allergies or asthma. Locate a vacuum with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter in order to reduce air contamination when you clean your floors. For people who are less concerned with keeping a clean house and more interested in what is on television, keep in mind that you burn more calories staring at a blank wall than you do watching the tube. Don’t add to the global obesity problem by buying into an excessively sedentary lifestyle! Protect your health by reducing the amount of television you watch and increasing the time you spend doing physical activities like walking, jogging, and biking.
Vegan men can boast that they are scientifically sexier than omnivore males! It has been known for quite a while that smell plays a major role in sexual attraction. However, according to a recent faculty research study conducted at Charles University in Prague, vegan men emit a more sexually enticing scent than males who consume meat. The study was described in the National Center for Biotechnology Information as follows:
Seventeen male odor donors were on “meat” or “nonmeat” diet for 2 weeks
wearing axillary pads to collect body odor during the final 24 hours of the diet.
Fresh odor samples were assessed for their pleasantness, attractiveness,
masculinity, and intensity by 30 women not using hormonal contraceptives.
We repeated the same procedure a month later with the same odor donors, each
on the opposite diet than before. Results of repeated measures analysis of variance
showed that the odor of donors when on the nonmeat diet was judged as significantly
more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense. This suggests that red meat consumption
has a negative impact on perceived body odor hedonicity.
Although this study at Charles University is one of the first organized research studies to be conducted on the topic of vegan sexuality, many authors, behavior analysts, dieticians, and other professionals have long claimed that vegans make better lovers. Vegans do generally have more energy, lower BMIs, fresher breath, and more radiant skin as a result of eating a plant based diet. Further, polls have revealed that vegans and vegetarians are more confident about their physical appearances than omnivores. Since experts say that sex is 90% psychological, it only stands to reason that non-meat eaters make superior lovers.
Tobey Maguire, Casey Affleck, and Joaquin Phoenix are just a few famous sexy male vegans.
If you remain unconvinced of vegan males’ superior sexiness, then consider scientific research from the Erectile Dysfunction Institute which shows that eating meat is one of the most common causes for male impotence. Meat clogs up arteries leading to all organs, lowers sperm count, and decreases sperm life. Further, meat eaters have 13 percent less testosterone than vegans on average. After all, cows which produce milk and meat are repeatedly injected with hormonal growth formulas that are full of estrogen. Vegan men are literally manlier than omnivore males because they don’t consume estrogen via meat, dairy and eggs and, therefore, retain higher levels of testosterone throughout their lives.
Next time your male friends balk at salad, vegetables, and fruits, let them know that the manliest men go vegan!