Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> > BOLLYWOOD CELEBS GO VEGAN
> >
> > PTI
> > The Pioneer
> > http://www.dailypioneer.com
> > Saturday, March 9, 2013
> >
> > Nearly 50 leading names from the world of Bollywood,
> > fashion and music have shared their kitchen secrets in a
> > book on how to keep their celebrity status intact by
> > incorporating a delicious healthy vegan diet with no
> > cholesterol.
> >
> > Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Om Puri, Anupam Kher, Hema
> > Malini, Mahesh Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and
> > Vidya Balan are just a few who have contributed their
> > recipes which include no animal products.
> >
> > The book*The Vegan Kitchen: Bollywood Style!, published
> > by Westland, is authored by Anuradha Sawhney.
> >
> > With forewords from renowned doctors Esselstyn Caldwell
> > and Neal Barnard and fitness expert Mickey Mehta, who
> > explain how a nutritious vegan diet can help reverse
> > heart disease, manage diabetes and reduce obesity, as
> > well as promote fitness, the book is a cocktail of taste,
> > glamour and health in truly vegan style.
> >
> > It has a collection of healthy vegan (vegetarian recipes
> > which do not use any milk or milk products) dishes from
> > around the world and from different parts of India.
> >
> > ‘Bad man’ Gulshan Grover gives a recipe for brown rice
> > poha. “This is a dish that I started to eat because of my
> > son Sanjay. He made me aware of the fact that by having
> > poha*made of brown rice flakes, I was consuming fibre
> > which is good for health, yet not compromising on taste,”
> > he says.
> >
> > Om Puri has a recipe for*palak raita, saying, “I love
> > palak*in any form… Sometimes, if I feel like eating the
> > raita*with*chappatis, I boil potatoes, break them with my
> > hand and add them to thepalak raita.”
> >
> > Model Yana Gupta also contributes a recipe that has*palak
> > as an ingredient - coriander spinach brown rice. “I love
> > this dish simply because I am obsessed with*palak*in
> > whatever form.”
> >
> > Mahesh Bhatt has this to say about his recipe of spinach,
> > onion and carrot soup “This is a great soup. Often I just
> > don’t feel like eating a heavy dinner and Soni makes me
> > something light like this soup and a salad. This also
> > goes well with light pasta and it’s full of nutrition.”
> >
> > Dilip Kumar enjoys eating vegetarian dishes and the
> > recipe he contributes is that of*aaloo mattar. Wife Saira
> > Banu gives a vegan recipe of Bhavnagiri*mirchi*aur*aaloo.
> >
> > Other recipes include*rajma*(Sonakshi Sinha), drumstick
> > sambar*(Hema Malini),*sookha*aaloo*or stir fried potatoes
> > (Sonam Kapoor), Kerala*pachadi*or red pumpkin with
> > coconut (Vidya Balan) and Kashmiri*dum aaloo*(Anupam
> > Kher).
> >
> > Pickled bamboo shoot, a delicacy from Assam and a
> > favourite of late singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, also
> > finds a place in the book. His long-time companion
> > Kalpana Lajmi also has a recipe to offer - mango curry.
> >
> > Actress-model Dipannita Sharma teaches how to cook*Boror
> > Tenga*or Assamese tomato curry with lentil dumplings.
> > Every recipe has been contributed by top celebrities from
> > Bollywood, the world of fashion, television and even
> > music.
> >
> > “These celebrities may not necessarily be vegetarian or
> > vegan themselves, but they took time out to share their
> > favourite vegetarian, non-diary recipes,” the writer
> > says.
> >
> > “Some of them sent me their own recipes, some of them who
> > do not cook, asked their friends and family or recipes of
> > the vegan dish they love best to eat... They made a
> > serious effort to get the recipes.”
> >
> > Whole grain, oil-free, plant-based diets are quickly
> > becoming essential in today’s age of high cholesterol,
> > obesity, lifestyle-based cancers, hypertension and adult
> > onset diabetes. The recipes in the book fit the bill of
> > being nutritious, whole grain and plant-based to a T!
> > Every dish is delicious, nutritious and absolutely
> > cruelty free.
> >
> > And an added advantage: almost every dish can be made
> > without using any oil.
> >
> > PTI
> >
> > More at:
> >
http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity...-go-vegan.html

> Forwarded article from:
>
> Hinduism Today Magazine
> http://www.hinduismtoday.com
>
> WHY HINDUS DON'T EAT MEAT
>
> Besides being an expression of compassion for animals,
> vegetarianism is followed for ecological and health
> rationales
>
> REASONS
>
> In the past fifty years, millions of meat-eaters --
> Hindus and non-Hindus -- have made the personal decision
> to stop eating the flesh of other creatures. There are
> five major motivations for such a decision:
>
> 1. The Dharmic Law Reason
>
> Ahinsa, the law of noninjury, is the Hindu's first
> duty in fulfilling religious obligations to God and God's
> creation as defined by Vedic scripture.
>
> 2. The Karmic Consequences Reason
>
> All of our actions, including our choice of food,
> have Karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the
> cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even
> indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the
> future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.
>
> 3. The Spiritual Reason
>
> Food is the source of the body's chemistry, and what
> we ingest affects our consciousnes, emotions and
> experiential patterns. If one wants to live in higher
> consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all
> creatures, then he cannot eat meat, fish, shellfish, fowl
> or eggs. By ingesting the grosser chemistries of animal
> foods, one introduces into the body and mind anger,
> jealousy, anxiety, suspicion and a terrible fear of
> death, all of which are locked into the the flesh of the
> butchered creatures. For these reasons, vegetarians live
> in higher consciousness and meat-eaters abide in lower
> consciousness.
>
> 4. The Health Reason
>
> Medical studies prove that a vegetarian diet is
> easier to digest, provides a wider ranger of nutrients
> and imposes fewer burdens and impurities on the body.
> Vegetarians are less susceptible to all the major
> diseases that afflict contemporary humanity, and thus
> live longer, healthier, more productive lives. They have
> fewer physical complaints, less frequent visits to the
> doctor, fewer dental problems and smaller medical bills.
> Their immune system is stronger, their bodies are purer,
> more refined and skin more beautiful.
>
> 5. The Ecological Reason
>
> Planet Earth is suffereing. In large measure, the
> escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient
> rainforests to create pasture lands for live stock, loss
> of topsoils and the consequent increase of water
> impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the
> single fact of meat in the human diet. No decision that
> we can make as individuals or as a race can have such a
> dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary
> ecology as the decision not to eat meat.
>
> HISTORY
>
> The book FOOD FOR THE SPIRIT, VEGETARIANISM AND THE WORLD
> RELIGIONS, observes, "Despite popular knowledge of meat-
> eating's adverse effects, the nonvegetarian diet became
> increasingly widespread among the Hindus after the two
> major invasions by foreign powers, first the Muslims and
> later the British. With them came the desire to be
> 'civilized,' to eat as did the Saheeb. Those atually
> trained in Vedic knowledge, however, never adopted a
> meat-oriented diet, and the pious Hindu still observes
> vegetarian principles as a matter of religious duty.
>
> "That vegetarianism has always been widespread in
> India is clear from the earliest Vedic texts. This was
> observed by the ancient traveler Megasthenes and also by
> Fa-Hsien, a Chinese Buddhist monk who, in the fifth
> century, traveled to India in order to obtain authentic
> copies of the scriptures.
>
> "These scriptures unambiguously support the meatless
> way of life. In the MAHABHARAT, for instance, the great
> warrior Bheeshm explains to Yuddhishtira, eldest of the
> Paandav princes, that the meat of animals is like the
> flesh of one's own son. Similarly, the MANUSMRITI
> declares that one should 'refrain from eating all kinds
> of meat,' for such eating involves killing and and leads
> to Karmic bondage (Bandh) [5.49]. Elsewhere in the Vedic
> literature, the last of the great Vedic kings, Maharaja
> Parikshit, is quoted as saying that 'only the animal-
> killer cannot relish the message of the Absolute Truth
> [Shrimad Bhagvatam 10.1.4].'"
>
> SCRIPTURE
>
> He who desires to augment his own flesh by eating the
> flesh of other creatures lives in misery in whatever
> species he may take his birth. MAHABHARAT 115.47
>
> Those high-souled persons who desire beauty,
> faultlessness of limbs, long life, understanding, mental
> and physical strength and memory should abstain from acts
> of injury. MAHABHARAT 18.115.8
>
> The very name of cow is Aghnya ["not to be killed"],
> indicating that they should never be slaughtered. Who,
> then could slay them? Surely, one who kills a cow or a
> bull commits a heinous crime. MAHABHARAT, SHANTIPARV
> 262.47
>
> The purchaser of flesh performs Hinsa (violence) by
> his wealth; he who eats flesh does so by enjoying its
> taste; the killer does Hinsa by actually tying and
> killing the animal. Thus, there are three forms of
> killing: he who brings flesh or sends for it, he who cuts
> off the limbs of an animal, and he who purchases, sells
> or cooks flesh and eats it -- all of these are to be
> considered meat-eaters. MAHABHARAT, ANU 115.40
>
> He who sees that the Lord of all is ever the same in
> all that is -- immortal in the field of mortality --he
> sees the truth. And when a man sees that the God in
> himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts not
> himself by hurting others. Then he goes, indeed, to the
> highest path. BHAGVAD GEETA 13.27-28
>
> Ahinsa is the highest Dharm. Ahinsa is the best
> Tapas. Ahinsa is the greatest gift. Ahinsa is the
> highest self-control. Ahinsa is the highest sacrifice.
> Ahinsa is the highest power. Ahinsa is the highest
> friend. Ahinsa is the highest truth. Ahinsa is the
> highest teaching. MAHABHARAT 18.116.37-41
>
> What is the good way? It is the path that reflects
> on how it may avoid killing any creature. TIRUKURAL 324
>
> All that lives will press palms together in prayerful
> adoration of those who refuse to slaughter and savor
> meat. TIRUKURAL 260
>
> What is virtuous conduct? It is never destroting
> life, for killing leads to every other sin. TIRUKURAL
> 312, 321
>
> Goodness is never one with the minds of these two:
> one who wields a weapon and one who feasts on a
> creature's flesh. TIRUKURAL 253
>
> End of forwarded article from:
>
> Hinduism Today Magazine
> http://www.hinduismtoday.com

14 best vegan and vegetarian protein sources

By Amanda MacMillan
Health.com
Fox News
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Proteins are known as the building blocks of life: In the
body, they break down into amino acids that promote cell
growth and repair. (They also take longer to digest than
carbohydrates, helping you feel fuller for longer and on
fewer calories - a plus for anyone trying to lose weight.)
You probably know that animal products - meat, eggs and
dairy - are good sources of protein; unfortunately, they
can also be high in saturated fat and cholesterol. What
you may not know is that you don't need to eat meat or
cheese to get enough protein. Here are 14 good vegetarian
and vegan sources, and tips on how to add them to your
diet today.

Continues at:

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/0...otein-sources/

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