Tag Archives: eat to live

When considering going vegan, my husband’s biggest fear (surprise, surprise) was, “How will I get enough protein?” I haven’t written a lot about protein and veganism, but it’s an important issue that came to my mind today when Uncle Guacamole, … Continue reading →

Posted on March 13, 2014 by celestedimilla | 62 Comments

Should You Go Raw?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by celestedimilla

When my husband and I transitioned to a plant-based diet, we had fun trying the vegan eateries in our area. One of the first ones we went to was 118 Degrees in Costa Mesa. On our drive to the restaurant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining Out, Health, Plant-Based Diet | Tagged best vegan restaurants in Orange County, disease prevention, eat to live, Engine 2 Diet, health, healthy eating, plant-strong, raw food, Raw restaurants in Costa Mesa, raw restaurants in Orange County, should you go raw?, vegan, what is a raw diet?, whole food | 66 Comments

Raw Chocolate Brownie.

Posted on February 19, 2014 by celestedimilla

Originally posted on brickiepedia:
Sometimes I think I like to punish myself – by making ridiculously delicious things and then attempting not to eat them all in one sitting. Yeah, this is probably the silliest thing I’ve done in a…

Posted in Health, Plant-Based Diet, Recipes | Tagged chocolate, date sweetened brownies, date sweetened vegan desserts, eat to live, Engine 2 Diet, healthy brownies, heathy vegan desserts, plant-based diet, raw brownies, raw chocolate, sugar free vegan chocolate recipes, sugar-free brownies, sugar-free desserts, vegan brownies, vegan chocolate | 7 Comments

Can you lower your hereditary cholesterol? Naturally?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by celestedimilla

Originally posted on Anne Sture Tucker:
Yes, absolutely you can! I never thought it would be, because my doctor told me – “young lady, you have the hereditary kind of high cholesterol and that means no matter what you do,…

Posted in Health, Plant-Based Diet | Tagged cholesterol, cholesterol management, diet and cholesterol, disease prevention, eat to live, Engine 2 Diet, health, healthy eating, how to lower cholesterol, low cholesterol diet, lower cholesterol naturally, natural ways to lower cholesterol, plant-based diet, vegan, why go vegan? | 4 Comments

Is a Plant-Strong Diet too Extreme?

Posted on November 29, 2013 by celestedimilla

If you asked me to give up meat and dairy two years ago, I would have laughed. Due to my husband’s health issues, however; I found myself at a Plant-Strong Diet class at Whole Foods Market. The presenter, Gerrie, shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Plant-Based Diet | Tagged disease prevention, eat to live, Engine 2 Diet, health, healthy eating, My Beef with Meat, plant-based diet, plant-strong, raw food, vegan, weight loss, what are the benefits of a plant-based diet?, what does plant-strong mean, what is a plant-strong diet?, why go plant-based?, why go vegan? | 45 Comments

Raw Mango Cheesecake

Posted on October 26, 2013 by celestedimilla

Originally posted on Eat Green Cake:
Hello All, Its been a while since I posted a raw dessert recipe and today I’m gonna share one of my favourite cheesecake recipes of all time! Most homemade raw cheesecakes use pretty much…

Posted in Recipes | Tagged disease prevention, easy raw cheesecake recipes, eat to live, healthy desserts, low cal cheesecake, mango cheesecake, plant-based diet, raw cheesecake recipes, raw desserts, raw food, raw mango cheesecake, vegan cheesecake, vegan desserts, vegan Thanksgiving desserts, whole food | 5 Comments

Dry Nuts Treats : Sugar free, Oil free, Cooking free

Posted on October 11, 2013 by celestedimilla

I’m always on the lookout for healthy snacks, and Sonal’s Nut Treats look wonderful!! I also love that they’re sugar-free and oil free which makes them Engine 2 Diet approved.

Posted in Plant-Based Diet, Recipes | Tagged disease prevention, easy engine 2 diet recipes, eat to live, eat to live snack recipes, energy bar recipes, granola bar recipes, healthy granola bars, plant-based diet, plant-strong, raw energy bars, vegan, vegan energy bars, vegan granola bars, vegan recipes, whole food energy bars | 9 Comments

My husband and I are in Boston this week, so I’ve decided to repost some oldie but goodie posts while I’m away. I look forward to catching up with everyone when I get home. Have a beautiful week! 7 Simple … Continue reading →

Posted on September 4, 2013 by celestedimilla | 18 Comments

Nourishing?

Posted on August 29, 2013 by celestedimilla

“In the next ten years, one of the things you’re bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all that can be considered. Quite simply, the more you substitute plant foods for animal … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Plant-Based Diet | Tagged cancer, Colin T. Campbell, disease prevention, eat to live, health, health quotes, healthy eating, how to prevent cancer, plant-based diet, plant-strong diet, The China Study, vegan, vegan quotes, vegetarian, whole food | 10 Comments

They’d Like You to Believe That it’s “Cowcium”

Posted on August 8, 2013 by celestedimilla

I’ve been wanting to read Rip Esselstyn’s My Beef With Meat ever since it came out, and I finally found the time on my recent flight to Seattle. It was a good read! I’ll review it soon, but for today I’d … Continue reading →