Kudos to the UK: You have some great vegan magazines!

Congratulations, UK! You have some great vegan magazines. For one of my birthday presents, my husband renewed my subscriptions to Cook Vegan, Vegan Food and Living, and Vegan Life. Although I love my Veg News, from the United States, and have recently started buying the new Forks Over Knives magazine, I am impressed by the British vegan magazines. Practically every page in these magazines has great recipes and fabulous photographs. (I'm very biased towards photos in magazines and cookbooks to show what the final product should look like.) These magazines from the UK are beautifully formatted, colorful, well-written and jam-packed with recipes as well as with useful information.  It's like getting a new cookbook every month! I save every one!

I just got my June 2017 issue of Vegan Food and Living. It came with a separate magazine entitled Vegan Health and Nutrition. In the article "Does Meat Harm You?", by Dr. Justine Butler, I learned, "Meat contains B12, but only because factory-farmed animals are so B12 depleted that they are given supplements. Cut out the middle man, take your own!" In a following Article, " What About Vitamin B12?" by Filip Koidis, I learned that eating the bottom part of an apple (calyx) you will get a little bit of B12 (as long as you don't wash the apple too well!) Bacteria in the calyx will synthesize B12. This immediately brings back the memory of my father who ate every part of the apple, never leaving anything to throw away. (It was years later that I learned he was also getting B-17 from those apple seeds.)

The US may be catching up with the UK.  Forks Over Knives produced its first issue on March 2017. It is full of mouth-watering recipes with beautiful photos. So, the US may not be too far behind. Among the magazine's contributors is my favorite nutrition expert, Dr. Michael Greger. (My husband and I had the honor of meeting Dr. Greger at a book signing in Austin.)

The world is changing, little by little. They may still make fun of vegans in movies, but research bears out the truth that vegans (that eat seeds and nuts, among other plant-based foods) do live longer, healthier lives. For a fabulous resource for research showing this: Dr. Greger's website -- nutritionfacts.org . This website is a huge compendium of  research showing which foods actually improve and which foods hinder longer , healthier lives. The videos are short and sweet, and, by the way, funny and interesting. Dr. Greger does a fabulous job of bringing research to light and making it interesting and humorous. His book, How Not to Die, is a must-read for everyone who wishes to avoid premature death.

To Die, or Not to Die. The question is: Have You Heard About nutritionfacts.org ?

Most of us want to "not die", but do you know how?  Dr. Michael Greger can show you how.  He sifts through all of the medical literature , research etc., "so you don't have to." Sign up for emails from nutrition facts.org, and buy his book How Not To Die. My husband Tom and I went to a Book People book signing for How Not To Die. It was great. Dr. Greger is one of the nicest people I've ever met. Like me, Tom also found it very interesting and highly informative. We both found Dr. Greger to be extremely personable. After the presentation he took a great deal of time to sign books, talk to everyone, and have a picture taken with whoever wanted one. If you're not sure about buying the book, just read the introduction where he tells the story of his grandmother who in her 60's was sent home to die, entered into one of the early plant-based studies, eradicated her heart disease, and lived another 35 years (healthy!) It's the reason Dr. Greger went into medicine! There is also a small How Not To Die cookbook. Nutritionfacts.org and How Not To Die is anyone's answer to the skeptic's question : "Yes, but do you have the research to back that up?" Dr. Michael Greger does! Because of him, we do too! Sign up for the emails and read his book; it's more than a life-changer; it's a life-preserver!

By the way, the same talk he gave at Book People was done for Google Talks.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNY7xKyGCQ
It's worth watching -- his talk is informative, interesting, and funny!
The most wonderful thing about all the research on plant-based diets is that not only can you arrest the development of disease, you can REVERSE IT!