Get that Vegan Junk out of your Diet

Vegan food is not necessarily healthy. We have often blogged and written articles about animal products that promote lifestyle diseases in the population. But this blog post is also a call to those who substituted the meat vegan imitations when turning plant-based. They may be a notch healthier than animal products, but that does not necessarily make it 100% healthy.

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Optimize your Daily Performance with Better Sleep

Work, training, kids, cook and grocery shop. Whether you are an ‘everyday athlete’ with children and a career, or a top athlete, you may be walking around with the belief that you need to do as much as possible to achieve your goals. Exercising is obviously really important. However, in our society there is an inappropriate belief: namely that the most successful people sleep a maximum of 4 hours a night – or just sleep very, very little. Can this be true?

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Make Room for your Passion or Die Trying

Do you take advantage of your time and manage to do something every day that has something to do with your passion? We all know it and the feeling can be very sad when it suddenly dawns on you that you are not doing what you actually wanted to do. We have all been in the situation where we are in a place we do not really want to be. It is as if there is a tendency for us to forget ourselves and put others before us.

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Broccoli Hearts

This recipe is taken from the book “Plantebaseret gourmet” (Plant-based gourmet) by chef Neel Engholm. This book is a great book to purchase if you are interested in how to make your regular vegan meals a little ekstra special, or you want to up your game in cooking. In this book Neel really shows off what whole foods can, and how you can turn your simple vegetables in to delicious meals, dressings and snacks to cook for family and friends.

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Blue Potato Salad

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Leo Venaas on Transitioning to a Vegan Diet

Leo Venaas is a doctor from Norway, he works on social media and helps people convert to a whole food plant-based diet. We had the opportunity to ask him some questions.

If you are interested in more of the stuff Leo Venaas talks about, we have an exclusive interview with him in out next e-book coming soon!

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Tahini dressing

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Hard to go 100% Vegan? Here are 3 great…

Hard to go 100% Vegan? Here are 3 great ways to get started

It is a fact that more plants in the diet means more health. The benefits of becoming a 100% plant-based are many. Some of the benefits of changing your diet are that you will experience better recovery, more daily energy and many say that they have become stronger on a diet without animal proteins. It can be difficult from one day to the next to switch to a 100% plant-based diet, and some people need to take one step at a time and gradually exclude the various animal products. So here are 3 tips for those who want to work towards a more plant-based diet.

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Science proclaims Beetroot as a Performance Booster

If you are fresh in the morning and start the day with a homemade freshly squeezed juice – then it is a good idea to add beets. Studies show that nature’s best source when it comes to increasing physical performance is beetroot juice. The juice streamlines your oxygen consumption during training, and this means that you can train at the same level, but keep the intensity for a longer time – or you can intensify the work out because your muscles use the oxygen more efficiently.

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PLANT POWER RhuBarb Compote

Sweet & Delicious Rhubarb Compote

This vegan Rhubarb Compote is made to give you a summer vibe. The name Compote is derived from the Latin word compositus, meaning mixture. Originally a Compote is a dessert originating from medieval Europe. You can use it for a dessert with a topping or for breakfast on oats or waffles. The recipe is made by chef Neel Engholm.