‘Vegan Diet’ Archive

Vegan Protein Powder Try-Out

Vegan Protein Powder?
Guest post from Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
If you’ve been following me for a while, then you’ll know that I’m not one to normally buy protein powders or meal replacements.  However, I have to ADMIT, the other day I stopped into one of the whole food stores in my neighborhood and picked one up.
So [...]

Vegan Diet: Failure or Success?

Today, another vegan diet update from Craig Ballantyne…
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Vegan Diet Road Trip: Failure or Success?
Oh boy did I screw up.
I only made it 6 days on the vegan diet experiment before I ate something from the banned list.
And to be honest, it’s kind of embarrassing…but there I was Fridaymorning, having just finished breakfast, when I realized…
There’s [...]

Vegan Diet Experiment

Here’s Craig Ballantyne’s Vegan Diet experiment so far…
November - World Vegan Month Experiment
By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
So far, so good. Almost three days down and having no problems sticking to a full vegan diet - rather than the regular vegetarian lifestyle.
Tonight I plan to grill some portabella mushroom burgers and cook up some edamame and [...]

Now is your chance, help the environment and your body!

This time of the year is an exciting time for local farmers markets. Much of the produce planted in the spring is being harvested and brought to local markets in your area. Fall is in the air, pumpkins, apples, peaches, hayrides, and Starbucks Pumpkin spice latte-don’t fall prey to this one….:-)

Shopping at local farmers markets [...]

Craig Ballantyne’s Vegetarian Diet Needs Help!

Fat loss expert and writer for Men’s Health and Oxygen magazines, Craig Ballantyne recently designed his very own vegetarian diet meal plan.
The task seemed simple enough to him, but when he came down to visit me in California, I had to set him straight on a few things about his vegetarian nutrition meal plan!
There are [...]