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Archives for March 2013

  • Mar
  • 29

Join the Resistance! How Starch Protects Against Colon Cancer

Posted by Rebecca LeMaitre at 9:34 AM | Permalink | No Comments


Want to take the starch out of colon cancer? Then perhaps it's time to add a little more starch to your diet—resistant starch, that is.

Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that can't be digested in your small intestine and enters your colon roughly in the same form as it was on your dinner plate. According to a …

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  • Mar
  • 28

Eat Fiber, Live Longer?

Posted by Guest Blogger at 1:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)


In case we weren't already aware of fiber's health benefits, a new study shows that high-fiber diets can lower our risk of dying from a variety of diseases by 20 percent. People in the study who ate the highest amount of fiber had a 22 percent better chance of survival when diagnosed with any disease than those who …

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  • Mar
  • 26

When the Easter Bunny Comes Home

Posted by Guest Blogger at 9:23 AM | Permalink | No Comments


easterbunnyThe candy is eaten, the colorful baskets are stowed in the attic, and the tiny frilly socks and poofy pastel dresses are thrown in the back of the closet. The only semblance of Easter that remains are a few plastic eggs that are still MIA in the yard and a lonely bunny who went from celebrated icon to old news before …

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  • Mar
  • 25

Win a Mushroom Kit From Back to the Roots!

Posted by Guest Blogger at 1:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (15)


Love fresh mushrooms? Then here's your chance to win one of three unique grow-at-home mushroom kits from Back to the Roots.

To enter, simply e-mail us at petaprime@peta.org with your full name, street address, and phone number, and tell us what delicious vegan dishes you're planning to make the bounty of mushrooms you'll soon be growing. We'd …

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  • Mar
  • 21

Prime Saving Tips!

Posted by Robin Tierney at 12:37 PM | Permalink | No Comments


Prime Saving Tips!If you are like me, dear Prime readers, then you know that sometimes doing the right thing for animals can increase your expenses a bit because many companies still market vegan items as a "niche" products. There's no reason why living compassionately can't be affordable, and that's why I want to share a few cost-cutting tips that I've learned …

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  • Mar
  • 20

Essential Nutrients for Vegetarians

Posted by Guest Blogger at 4:38 AM | Permalink | No Comments


We all know that being vegetarian is one of the healthiest choices you can make, but we frequently get questions about what vitamins vegetarians need to take, and what about the protein?

Below we've listed some nutrients that people often ask about as well as where you can get them. A healthy, balanced vegan diet rich in beans, nuts, whole grains, …

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  • Mar
  • 19

Revealing the Key to Animal Rights Success

Posted by Michelle Kretzer at 10:34 AM | Permalink | No Comments


Last Thursday night at The Ebell of Los Angeles, PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk kicked off her Naked Truth U.S. speaking tour to a packed house that included Sam Simon, Jennifer Tilly, Christian Serratos, Tony Kanal, and host Kevin Nealon. And listeners were moved.

While …

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