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Thank you for spending some time on The Healthy Voyager Site! Here you will find information, videos, podcasts, articles and more that will help you lead a happier, healthier and greener life!
The Healthy Voyager is a one-stop shop as there is something for everyone. From people who suffer from diseases that are curbed only by following special diets to those who want to put their finances on a diet, we’ve got something for you. Whether you’re traveling the globe or just wanting to make some healthy changes in your life at home, you will find a wealth of information from the Healthy Voyager herself as well as experts all health, wellness and eco fields.
Some of the things you will find on this site are;
•The Healthy Voyager Travel Show
•Healthy Voyager Radio
•Recipes
•Giveaways
•Product Reviews
•Fitness Tips
•Directory of Healthy Voyager Approved Products, Services, Hotels & Restaurants Worldwide
•Tips for Moms, Kids, Pets, Relationships
•Book Reviews
•Online Community
•The Healthy Voyager Store
•Healthy Voyager Wine Club
•Healthy Voyager Tours & Excursions
•And More
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•The Healthy Voyager’s Global Kitchen Show
•The Healthy Voyager Fitting in Fitness Show
•The Healthy Voyager’s Series of Ebooks & Print Books
•The Healthy Voyager IPhone Application
•The Healthy Voyager Grab-N-Go Line of Snacks
•And More!
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Rabu, 30 Juni 2010
The Healthy Voyager
Continuing the travel theme as we approach the big Fourth of July weekend - I'll be traveling so I don't know whether I'll be posting - check out The Healthy Voyager.
Selasa, 29 Juni 2010
International Vegetarian Union
Happy Cow, the subject of yesterday's post, is a member of the International Vegetarian Union.
Based in Britain, the IVU is a huge organiation with a long history.
If you seriously want to persue these interests, the IVU is having it biannual World Vegetarian Congress in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 1-6, 2010. American readers may want to wait until 2012 when it will be held in San Francisco.
Based in Britain, the IVU is a huge organiation with a long history.
The International Vegetarian Union is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide.
Origins
The International Vegetarian Union (IVU) was founded in 1908 when the first World Vegetarian Congress was held in Dresden, Germany. The idea for IVU came from the French Vegetarian Society, the first Congress was organised internationally by the British Society and locally by the Dresden Society with support from the Deutsche Vegetarier-Bund. Since then a series of World Congresses have been held all around the world, and in 2008 IVU returned to Dresden for the Centenary 38th Congress. See the list on the right and full details at The History of IVU.
Membership
The International Vegetarian Union is a non-profit making organisation.
• Full Membership is open to any non-profit organisation whose primary purpose is to promote vegetarianism and is governed exclusively by vegetarians.
• Associate Membership is open to any non-profit organisation which advocates vegetarianism.
• A Supporter of IVU may be any individual, family or organisation that supports the aims and objectives of IVU, regardless of whether they are vegetarian or not.
For the purpose of membership of IVU, vegetarianism includes veganism and is defined as the practice of not eating meat, poultry or fish or their by-products, with or without the use of dairy products or eggs.
Objectives
The aim of the IVU is to promote vegetarianism throughout the world. In order to achieve this aim the main objectives are:
• To encourage the formation of local, national and regional vegetarian organisations, and co-operation between them.
• To promote both World and Regional Vegetarian Congresses to publicise and develop interest in the vegetarian cause and to give opportunities for vegetarians to meet together.
• To raise funds to support member societies wherever possible.
• To encourage research into all aspects of vegetarianism and the collection and publication, in all media, of material on all aspects of vegetarianism, by IVU itself and by all member societies.
• To represent the vegetarian cause on appropriate international bodies and to speak on behalf of the global cause when appropriate.
If you seriously want to persue these interests, the IVU is having it biannual World Vegetarian Congress in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 1-6, 2010. American readers may want to wait until 2012 when it will be held in San Francisco.
Senin, 28 Juni 2010
Happy Cow Compassionate Eating Guide
While searching on sites to help travelers, I came across Happy Cow Compassionate Eating Guide.
HappyCow's vegetarian restaurants guide is a global, searchable vegetarian dining guide and directory of natural health food stores, including nutrition & health tips, vegan recipes, raw foods, travel, veganism and other vegetarian issues.
The site also contains a Healthy Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes page.
Are you new to the vegetarian diet and would like to find some healthy recipes? Or maybe you are a veggie food lover who likes to dabble in the kitchen? Need a veggie recipe for holiday entertaining or a romantic dinner? HappyCow's Vegetarian Recipes features international vegetarian cuisine from healthy, low-fat recipes, including Vegan food dishes, Raw food recipes, Low calorie recipes, Low fat meal ideas,
Vegan desserts, and Macrobiotic cooking. Our collection of plant-based, pure vegetarian, vegan recipes will satisfy every palate. Feel free to experiment, add your comment & review for each recipe, and share your vegetarian cooking tips. Also email us your original veggie recipes for posting here!
My Grocery Master iPhone App
Nicole VanderPloeg brought her iPhone app to my attention.
Here's the direct link to the iTunes app page for My Grocery Master.
Thanks, Nicole.
I wanted to let you know about a new iPhone application that’s perfect for your readers! My Grocery Master is a first-of-its-kind iPhone application that enables people following lactose-free diets to find specialty food products at grocery stores near their location. Simply type in your zip code, search a food product and "My Grocery Master" will scan its database of the top 100 grocery store chains in the country to identify the nearest store that carries the desired items. In addition, the app will provide convenient driving directions from your location to the selected grocery store.
Whether you’re on the road, visiting a friend, or cooking a meal at home that requires a certain product, people following lactose-free diets can now find comfort in knowing their food needs are at their fingertips.
Here's the direct link to the iTunes app page for My Grocery Master.
Thanks, Nicole.
Jumat, 25 Juni 2010
A Healthy Sampling of Non-Milk Cheeses
Out in the Pacific Northwest Inlander, Leah Sottile surveyed a range of non-dairy cheeses available in local stores.Since most of those sounded like they'd be available elsewhere as well, I thought I'd convey her report to you.
She really didn't like the products from Follow Your Heart at all. Bad odor.
She's still on the trail of the perfect cheesy substitute. She just hasn't found it.
Over the course of the last few weeks, I’ve sampled all kinds of faux cheeses to see how they measure up to the real thing. And maybe it’s because I don’t have a physical ailment that prevents me from eating them — but most of them aren’t very good at all.
There are exceptions, however. At Yoke’s on Argonne and at Huckleberry’s (at the Y and on the South Hill), you can get your hands on a sizable bag of Daiya cheese in either cheddar or mozzarella. Vegans are going nuts for Daiya, a fairly new brand, because unlike so many faux cheeses it melts and stretches and gets all goopy for nachos and things like that. We used the mozzarella in a veggie lasagna, and the Daiya acted just like the real stuff — adding body and a creaminess when intermingled with our homemade marinara, whole-wheat pasta, mushrooms, spinach and spices.
And a week later, a friend threw Daiya in a bread and-mushroom panade — again, I was impressed. The cheddar was a little more over the top in the flavor department, delivering a surprising punch that tasted like Velveeta. We made a Mexican pizza with it and it was a little much — but would have been great in a mac ’n’ cheese.
In searching for good cheese alternatives, creamy, spreadable “cheeses” seemed to be a safe bet. I was shocked by how addictive all of the We Can’t Say It’s Cheese spreadable cheeses were. I picked up their Cheddar-style Spread and Hickory-Smoked Cheddar-Style Spread at Rosauers on 29th and was totally shocked at how tasty they were on everything. Crackers. Sandwiches. Tortillas. Chips. And, oddly, all of spreads are made from oats. And they taste like cheese. Weird. If for some reason I couldn’t eat cheese any more, this stuff would definitely become a cornerstone of my diet. Tofutti cream cheese and sour cream were both spot-on with the flavor of the real stuff — I’m sure I could sneak either of them to an unwilling vegan cheese consumer and they’d have no idea.
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Though not vegan (it contains a milk product called casein), the Lisanatti Almond Garlic & Herb style cheese alternative surprised me with its peppery flavor and toothsome texture. You’ll see it as often as the Tofutti brand in stores, and it’s definitely superior. I ate a few pictures by it self — and wasn’t blown away, but didn’t throw it in the garbage like the Follow Your Heart stuff. However, on the way back to the fridge, I dropped it and was slightly grossed out by how high off the ground the block bounced. Ew.
The brands don’t end at the grocery store: Online, you can find Dr. Cow Aged Cheeses made from cashews, the Daiya-like Teese Cheese, and the Edam, Gouda and Cheshire-style Sheese.
She really didn't like the products from Follow Your Heart at all. Bad odor.
She's still on the trail of the perfect cheesy substitute. She just hasn't found it.
The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook
The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook: 125 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Jump-Start Weight Loss and Help You Feel Great, by Neal Barnard and Robyn Webb was reviewed on SeattlePI.com by Miss Bob Etier.
Instead of concentrating on what The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook may lack, let’s have some fun and look at what it contains. Authors Neal Barnard, MD, and chef Robyn Webb serve up 125 recipes that forgo meat, animal products, and nasty animal byproducts (yeeesh, just the thought of byproducts is scary!). Dr. Barnard is the author of the best-seller, Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes as well as seven other health and nutrition titles. This man is seriously into nutrition. But what about taste?
Barnard and Webb’s recipes are especially appealing to those who are not fans of TVP (texturized vegetable protein). When I visit a vegetarian/vegan restaurant, I don’t want to eat things that are made to look like meat; I want veggies. Okay, so I’m old school. I’m also not vegetarian; meat makes cameo appearances in my diet, and if I want something that looks and tastes like meat, I’ll eat meat. Usually, I do not.
The first fifty pages of The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook serve as a primer on vegan cooking, the health-benefits of a vegan diet, and nutrition. If you’re hungry, skip them and move on to page 55 where you will find breakfast: green chile and oyster mushroom crepes. Anything with mushrooms is a winner, but these crepes can also be filled with blueberries or strawberries as the authors suggest, or anything else you may like in your crepes.
Product Description
In Dr. Neal Barnard’s Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook, the country’s leading diabetes team weighs in on America’s hottest dietary trend. The cookbook is based on a landmark two-year study conducted by Dr. Barnard, which showed that a vegan diet more effectively controls type 2 diabetes. In fact, it‘s also beneficial for weight loss, the reversal of heart disease, and the improvement of many other conditions. Dr. Barnard and nutritionist Robyn Webb now offer easy, delicious meals to improve your health.
Featuring 125 flavorful recipes, readers will find all-occasion dishes that use familiar ingredients and require minimal effort. All recipes are free of animal products, low in fat, and contain a low-to-moderate glycemic index.
Barnard and Webb explain how diet changes can have such dramatic health effects and provide simple ways to get started. With convenient menus, scientifically proven advice, and inspiring stories from real people who have used Barnard’s recommendations to turn their health around, there’s no better cookbook to help you eat well and feel great.
Da Capo Lifelong Books Trade paperback
List Price: $18.95
248 pages
Kamis, 24 Juni 2010
Submit Comments on Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Every five years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must revise its dietary guidelines. These get more controversial each time as more and more special interest groups chime in demanding that the government protect or promote their interests and more and more special interest groups put in their two cents demanding that the government stay out of their business. Somewhere in between are you, who are probably represented by one or more of those groups who you know it - or like it - or not.
But you get a say in the whole process. You can submit comments just like any well-funded outfit with a squadron of lobbyists.
Just so you know exactly what you're commenting on, the entire report is available online as a series of pdf's. Go to this page for the report, plus appendices and special supplemental information.
But you get a say in the whole process. You can submit comments just like any well-funded outfit with a squadron of lobbyists.
Written comments can be submitted at www.dietaryguidelines.gov or mailed to Carole Davis, Co-Executive Secretary, Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302.
To provide oral testimony at the July 8 public meeting, you must register by going to www.dietaryguidelines.gov or by calling Crystal Tyler at (202) 314-4701 prior to 5 p.m. EDT on June 30. The meeting will be held in the Jefferson Auditorium in the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W., on July 8 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending not later than 5:00 p.m.
Just so you know exactly what you're commenting on, the entire report is available online as a series of pdf's. Go to this page for the report, plus appendices and special supplemental information.
Senin, 21 Juni 2010
The Intolerant Family Cookbook
No family's cooking is like any other family's cooking. That's the big lesson I've taken from the millions of mothers who have confronted the problem of allergies and intolerances in their own households and found none of the hundreds of cookbooks already on the market suitable.
Nancy Strohs of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote Family learned to tolerate food intolerances about Ellen Fitzgerald, who within two years found she was both lactose and gluten intolerant, and her daughter Molly Lepeska, who got a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
They self published The Intolerant Family Cookbook: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Family Friendly Food.
Recipes in their book marked with a "faster than takeout" carryout box require less than 45 minutes to prepare.
You can order the book from their website, IFCookbook.com.
Nancy Strohs of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote Family learned to tolerate food intolerances about Ellen Fitzgerald, who within two years found she was both lactose and gluten intolerant, and her daughter Molly Lepeska, who got a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
They self published The Intolerant Family Cookbook: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Family Friendly Food.
The 120 or so recipes, a mix of family favorites and recipes adapted from food magazines such as Bon Appetit, are not intended to comprise a comprehensive collection for all occasions and tastes. Recipes are arranged under appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, veggies, breads and desserts. The authors worked especially hard on the starters.
Recipes in their book marked with a "faster than takeout" carryout box require less than 45 minutes to prepare.
You can order the book from their website, IFCookbook.com.
Sabtu, 19 Juni 2010
13 Frugal Shopping Tips For Food Allergies
The Coupon Sherpa at CT Now.com provides a baker's dozen of hints for families needing to buy special, allergy-free food and don't want to break the bank while doing so.
I'll just list the 13 tips. You should click over and read the full article for the good details.
Check out the Coupon Sherpa on the site: www.couponsherpa.com.
I'll just list the 13 tips. You should click over and read the full article for the good details.
1. Meal Planning
2. Read Labels Carefully
3. Strike-Point Shopping
4. Coupons
5. Buy In Bulk
6. Buy Online
7. Warehouse Clubs
8. Supermarkets
9. Specialty Stores
10. Ethnic Stores
11. Food Co-ops
12. Medical Expenses
13. Epinephrine Auto Injectors
Check out the Coupon Sherpa on the site: www.couponsherpa.com.
Lactose Is Not High Fructose Corn Syrup
I found an odd comment through Google News but was frustrated when I clicked on the link. Apparently you can only view broadcasts from the Christian Broadcasting Network if you are a logged-in member, yet the comments on the programs are completely open to all. It took me some hunting before I accidentally changed onto the article itself.
But the comments are not on cbn.com, but on my.cbn.com. This comment page is on the program and article, "Are You Being Processed to Death?" I can't find a way to get from one to the other.
The article has some standard rants against high fructose corn syrup.
What is the body's satisfaction gauge? I can't tell you. A Google search indicates that only this article and the comments on it use the phrase.
But that is the problem. One of the comments contains this paragraph.
Not a single word of that paragraph is correct. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is not the equivalent of dextrose or glucose or lactose or maltose. No such labeling is allowed in the U.S. Nor do any of these sugars turn into fat any more than any other excess calories taken in the body might eventually be stored as fat. Although some preliminary studies with rats showed that diets contained as much HFCS as they wanted to eat could cause fatty liver disease, these studies have not been carried out with humans. The studies that recently made the papers was one which took people who already had fatty liver disease and showed that those who ate foods with fructose might end up with liver scarring. An article at msn.com said that its not clear if the sweetener directly caused the scarring. And the study used fructose found in many foods, including healthy diet food like fruits. HFCS was only a small part of the overall study.
Basically, the article was overly broad, the comment scientifically illiterate. Yet the fear they produce will go much farther than the qualified findings of a proper medical study. Such is the way of the internet.
But the comments are not on cbn.com, but on my.cbn.com. This comment page is on the program and article, "Are You Being Processed to Death?" I can't find a way to get from one to the other.
The article has some standard rants against high fructose corn syrup.
Former FDA toxicologist Dr. Dana Flavin says while sugar is burned and turned into energy, high fructose corn syrup turns into fat, causing what's known as "fatty liver." She says sugar can make you feel full, but high fructose corn syrup does not trigger the body's satisfaction gauge, so you always desire more. ...
Also on the list are other syrups and sweeteners like dextrose, glucose, lactose and maltose.
What is the body's satisfaction gauge? I can't tell you. A Google search indicates that only this article and the comments on it use the phrase.
But that is the problem. One of the comments contains this paragraph.
The different names for "high fructose corn syrup" are "dextrose, glucose, lactose, maltose." These turn into fat (causing "fatty liver") and do not trigger the body's satisfaction gauge.
Not a single word of that paragraph is correct. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is not the equivalent of dextrose or glucose or lactose or maltose. No such labeling is allowed in the U.S. Nor do any of these sugars turn into fat any more than any other excess calories taken in the body might eventually be stored as fat. Although some preliminary studies with rats showed that diets contained as much HFCS as they wanted to eat could cause fatty liver disease, these studies have not been carried out with humans. The studies that recently made the papers was one which took people who already had fatty liver disease and showed that those who ate foods with fructose might end up with liver scarring. An article at msn.com said that its not clear if the sweetener directly caused the scarring. And the study used fructose found in many foods, including healthy diet food like fruits. HFCS was only a small part of the overall study.
Basically, the article was overly broad, the comment scientifically illiterate. Yet the fear they produce will go much farther than the qualified findings of a proper medical study. Such is the way of the internet.
Jumat, 18 Juni 2010
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Pastor Rob and his family will be leaving for Thailand on June 20th for a year long Spiritual Renewal Leave (aka sabbatical). His wife Darcie will be teaching at an English Speaking International School in Nantaburi. The kids will be there keeping up with school work and learning about their birth country. Rob will be working on a number of personal learning objectives so he can return to Wesley even more excited about all of the wonderful things going on.
Summer is a special time at Wesley for our International Events.
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Kamis, 17 Juni 2010
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