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How to Go Plant-Based, With Expert Tips Elysabeth Alfano: Obviously, you have so many individual clients but for those who maybe are still considering a plant-based diet and still aren’t sure if it’s for them. I wonder if you could give us your top five tips for starting a plant-based diet. Julieanna Hever: Sure. Well, first of all, I think people have to want to try it. I try to not convince anyone anymore [even though] it is the best way to eat in terms of what I’ve seen and the litera...

I write constantly, and I’m always on the lookout for advice on how to improve my craft — not out of fear that I’m insufficiently capable, but out of a desire to do better. Every time I crack open a book on the craft of writing, though, I have to wade through at least a chapter (only a chapter, if I’m lucky) that describes this dysfunctional codependent relationship with writing. Nobody actually likes to write, they say (in the same way as they might say no women actually like sex), a...

Solar panels on a rooftop in Queens, NY (Photo by Steven Pisano via Flickr). A new “solar homesteading law” could harness rays of sun that fall on roofs and parking lots in cities and advance the aims of energy democracy. What if we seized the sunlight falling unused on roofs, parking lots, and other urban surfaces? From it we could generate electricity, thereby advancing the vital transition away from fossil fuels. This proposal may sound radical to some. But...

Epidemics of the Past: Bubonic Plague Bubonic Plague Ashes ? ashes, We all fall down. A familiar nursery rhyme that children have recited as a harmless play song for generations ironically refers to one of Europes most devastating diseases. The bubonic plague, better known as the ?The Black Death,? has existed for thousands of years. The first recorded case of the plague was in China in 224 B.C.E. But the most significant outbreak was in Europe in the mid-fourteenth century. Over a five-year pe...

Gluten Sensitivity Affects Social Life Highlighted by Results of Study by Dr. Duane Share Article “Since being diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005, I have been vaguely aware of the societal pressures that put me at odds with friends and family in virtually every social setting where I disclosed my intention to maintain a gluten-free diet. I wonder, why do I feel this way? Why was this happening so consistently in my life? And, was I alone in this experience? These questions prompted me to c...

(VENTURA, Calif.) — NEWS: Sheila Lowe announces the formation of Write Choice Ink, a publishing imprint, to produce and distribute the complete catalog of her non-fiction and fiction work. Lowe will re-issue her backlist, totaling 14 of her titles over the next few months, starting with POISON PEN on February 23, 2021, and leading up to DEAD LETTERS, a new Claudia Rose novel that will release on August 3, 2021. The fiction titles will be available across the three primary formats for books �...

VENTURA, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Sheila Lowe announces the formation of Write Choice Ink, a publishing imprint, to produce and distribute the complete catalog of her non-fiction and fiction work. Lowe will re-issue her backlist, totaling 14 of her titles over the next few months, starting with POISON PEN on February 23, 2021, and leading up to DEAD LETTERS, a new Claudia Rose novel that will release on August 3, 2021. The fiction titles will be available across the three primary forma...

Celebrating the Knights Centennial in Cuba This article appeared in the July 2009 issue of Columbia and is reprinted here with permission of the Knights of Columbus, New Haven, Conn--and of Maria de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda, author. by María de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda The year was 1909. Plastic was invented. Censorship of motion pictures began. And 53-year-old American explorer Robert E. Peary became the first to reach the North Pole. It was also the year that the Order founded chapters in bo...

The Healthspan Solution defines the terms and what they include, so you can actually understand what your friends are talking about when they explain their eating habits. And instead of having them all over for dinner together, may we suggest that you all head out to a restaurant together and try a new veg-friendly restaurant, so everybody can order exactly what they like. To "Find Vegan Near Me" check out the restaurant finder tool on The Beet, powered by Happy Cow, and our exclusive Beet ...