Two weeks ago the New England Journal of Medicine released a study that found cutting back on salt in our diet has the potential to prevent 32,000 strokes, 54,000 heart attacks and 60,000 cases of heart disease a year. This Valentine’s day the best thing you can do for your heart is cut the salt. But does that mean your candlelit dinner is destined to be bland?
The dreary cold of winter causes many of us to forego our normal diet and exercise routines —but poor diet and hibernative habits can lead to vitamin deficiencies. Before you reach for a highly processed food with added supplements, take a look at these common vitamin deficiencies and how you can combat them using plant-based whole foods! Incorporate a wide variety of veggies into your Meatless Monday this week for an added nutritional boost that’s sure to cure the winter blues.
The idea of Meatless Monday is increasingly entering the public consciousness. Even more than the environmental reasons, people are talking about the health benefits of cutting back on meat. No less than the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, is only the most recent public official championing our cause. Similarly, Mayor Sheila Dixon of Baltimore announced a week of service projects in her city – kicking off the week with Meatless Monday!
In September of 2009, Covington County’s 8 schools started Meatless Monday in their cafeterias. The initiative was a directive of the Northern Kentucky Healthy Monday coalition, a broader health promotion campaign whose mission is to enhance healthy living awareness and opportunities in Northern Kentucky through Healthy Monday messaging.
Encouraging college campuses to incorporate Meatless Monday into their dining services is a vital part of our overall mission. The University of California system is an excellent example of how colleges are bringing our program to life with spirit, humor and creativity.
A healthy leap for mankind!
Compass Group, the world’s largest food service company, says go meatless one day a week in 8,500 U.S. corporate and academic cafeterias!
Its brand new “Be a Flexitarian” initiative is set to launch this year with a tag line that says it all: “It’s simple. Once a week, skip meat.”
2009 was a landmark year for health reform, nutrition education and preventative medicine. Whether you’re trying to eat right, quit smoking, or exercise more, take the lessons of the past year to heart and start having a healthy 2010! Here are our tips for better health in the year to come, along with some of the events that brought us here.
The new decade is quickly approaching, and many of us are reflecting on where we’ve been and what we hope to accomplish in the years ahead. Our Monday Movement grew by leaps and bounds this past year — thanks to all of you who are making an effort to improve your personal health and the planet’s! We look forward to what 2010 will bring as the momentum continues to grow. Here’s a look back at some of 2009’s most notable Meatless Monday moments.
