San Franciscans Get Veggies for Mondays

The Board of Supervisors of the city passed a resolution that would declare Monday as a “meat free” day. The resolution was sponsored by the vegetarian Supervisor of the Board, Ms. Sophie Maxwell.

According to her, they are encouraging every food establishments, schools and other stores to render plant-based food options once a week, particularly on Mondays for the benefit of everyone’s health and a step to fight global warming as well. They also passed another non-binding resolution which commended establishments who use the cage-free eggs alone.

The entire board was invited to Ms. Maxwell’s office for a full vegetarian treat.

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The Taste of Healthy Living

People would like to be healthy but sometimes, the will power may not be enough to do away with the deliciously unhealthy stuff. With this, most people fail to do their part in living healthy just to continue eating the stuff that they like.


However, it is possible for people to make their favorite “unhealthy” food healthier by changing some of the ingredients. This means that instead of using the original or usual ingredients with better alternatives from oils, shortening, seasoning, dressings and a lot more. And if you will look at the market these days, there are now lots of manufacturers that make their product have smaller amount of fats, salt, and others. By using these ingredients, people will be healthier yet get tasty meals each and every time.


Aside from using alternatives, there are some ingredients that can be totally removed on the food. For example, removing whipped cream on milk shakes will be helpful to everyone’s health as calories have been removed.


Remember, healthy foods can have the best taste as long as the one who will prepare their food know these alternatives. In this way, people can step a level higher towards living a healthier life, be at their best, and live longer.

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