Vegetarian Worldwide

This article is aimed at parents whose child is going through a vegetarian ‘phrase,’ rejecting meat but at the same time not consuming enough healthy foods to compensate for the nutritional gap?

Avoid drinking tea or coffee with your meals because these make it harder for the body to absorb iron. It’s best to wait at least half an hour after eating before you have a tea or coffee.

It’s important to make sure you’re getting enough protein.

The main healthy eating messages are the same for everybody. As part of a healthy balanced diet, we should all be trying to do the following.

eating at least five portions of a variety of fruit and veg every day
basing meals on starchy foods such as pasta, rice, cereals and pulses such as beans, peas and [...]

Well another Independence Day is almost upon my American Cousins – happy holidays America.
Only two days now until you celebrate your Independence Day, doesn’t time really seem to fly? 1776 seems an awful long way away and yet 232 years is not that long in the great scheme of things. Ponder where the world will [...]

Kevin’s Desert Pizza. Since early childhood my Achilles Heel has been my sweet tooth. I ate the main course quickly in order to get the ‘real’ main course - dessert.

The purpose of this post is to offer encouragement especially to those who are considering travelling down the road of vegetarianism, or who have recently joined the highway.

John Salley the first person in NBA history to win world titles for three different teams as a player, has now declared in favour of vegetarianism.

Sir Paul McCartney was one of my youthful idols. I remember well Beatle Mania. Anyway Sir Paul has now made what I think is a great suggestion – go meat free every Monday.

First off I must admit I’m not a sports fan and I’m not looking forward to the forthcoming Olympics – wall to wall sport is not for me. My sport of choice would be Irish Football and hurling.