This is part 2 of a 3 (or maybe 4?) part interview Nana Kwaku and I did with Queen Afua earlier this summer. Queen Afua is the author of many books including Heal Thyself and Sacred Women. In this segment she talks about why it is important for us as people of Afrikan descent to become vegetarian/vegan. In part […]
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What is soul food? What makes a meal soul food? Why do many of us have such a powerful connection to soul food? Does adopting a vegan lifestyle mean no more soul food? These questions may be important to answer if you are contemplating or trying to become vegan. In the documentary Soul Food Junkies, award-winning
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I started to think about our so-called American Dream lifestyle that is really more of a Global Nightmare. I thought about those whose commitment to eating vegan or raw is not as intrenched or is nonexistent who make much less healthy choices then we do. For too many of us the fast food, restaurant, frozen food, eat mindlessly while driving or watching TV method of feeding ourselves is the norm. This Nightmare is impacting the health of people of Afrikan descent especially. It is leading us down the path of chronic disease, obesity, disability and early death.
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Having enjoyed T. Colin Campbell, PhD’s earlier book The China Study I was pleased to see his recently released book Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition. Campbell has long been an outstanding advocate of a Whole Food Plant Based Diet as the answer to creating great health. The Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry
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Meet A. Breeze Harper, author of the book Sistah Vegan: Black Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health and Society and a blog by the same name. Breeze shares her journey from fibroid tumors to health, her efforts to share what she has learned with her children, and her work studying how race and gender and
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Today’s interview is with black vegan Tracye McQuirter, a vegan trailblazer and public health nutrition expert, who was recently named a food hero by Vegetarian Times. Her national best-seller, By Any Greens Necessary, was the #1 vegan book on The Huffington Post. (Update: find out about her newest book, Ageless Vegan here.) Her website and blog is
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Is there an intersection between being vegetarian and being black? Why or how is it important for us as people of African descent (aka Afrikans) to be vegetarian? Here is a video I did exploring why I am a black vegetarian. Why I am a Black Vegetarian. I see my black community struggling to stay
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