7 Scripts for What to Say When People Hate on Your Diet + The Best Vegan Tuna Salad Recipe

I could spend all day at our private Facebook group. From an onslaught of #shittyfoodpics, to relationship advice, people are connecting over all kinds of topics. It’s an awesome group of people, and there is ZERO preachy, judge-y, holier than thou stuff going on. Because people know I won’t put up with that baloney. No one should ever be made to feel bad about what they put in their mouth. Whether it’s a juicy burger, or a vegan version of that burger.

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The Coconut Oil Debate. Are You Confused Too? + Western Samoan Inspired Coconut Chard

Did you know that coconut water is so close in structure to human plasma that in an emergency it can be given intravenously into the bloodstream? If anything, this is a perfect golden nugget for trivia night. Just don’t drink so much before the game actually starts that you have to go to the car and go night night (I have NO experience with this.) Today I’m not talking about coconut water or drunk mishaps (as fun as those are). I’m talking about coconut oil, because who’s not confused by the shit?

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Suzanne Somers’ Boobs + THE Best Vegan Burger Recipe for Meat Eaters

My parents were hippies, and they didn’t want my young brain filled with TV. So I listened to movies and stories on vinyl (Annie was my all time fave, and The Velveteen Rabbit made me cry each and every time); I painted rocks that I would later sell to my neighbors; I played hide and seek outside until dark with my best friend, and if I was lucky my mom or dad would bring me home an Archie comic book.

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Vitamins and Vibrators

Vegan plant based vitamin supplements

I never ate meat and had little dairy as a kid. Growing up, I knew that eating lots of colorful veggies, whole grains, beans, and legumes was healthy (not popular, but healthy), and I was 15 when I connected the dots between what someone eats and how healthy they are (or not). My first job…

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