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Tips for Living a Plant-Based Life

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Did you know that 159 million animals are killed each year in the U.S. alone for the leather industry? It might make you think twice before purchasing your next pair of shoes or bag.

If you’re already committed to eating a vegan and plant-based diet, why not consider being plant-based in the other areas of consumption in your life? Keep reading to find out Jenny Brown’s tips for how to live a cruelty free, vegan lifestyle.

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#1: Replace Leather Goods

Leather is the byproduct of chemically processed cow hyde, otherwise known as the skin of the cow. Commonly produced leather goods include fur rugs, handbags, shoes, home decor, clothing, and the biggest of all- leather car seats.

When you have time, go around your space and check the material labels on items around your home. You might be surprised by how many leather goods you actually own. Don’t throw things out just because they don’t fit your lifestyle anymore, but rather use them for the rest of their lifespan and replace them with non-leather counterparts when their time is up.

#2: Check Your Vitamins

Believe it or not, softgel capsules often contain gelatin byproducts from fish and other animals. Be sure to check if your vitamins are vegan and cruelty-free next time you look at the packaging.
For more tips and information on living a cruelty-free, vegan lifestyle, follow Jenny Brown’s blog for more information.

Key Nutrients for Vegans and Plant-Based Eaters

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Vegan educator Jenny Brown supports all who decide to transition to a vegan diet and lifestyle. Depending on your past eating habits and how quickly you pivot to veganism, there are a few key nutrients that she recommends you have a plan for incorporating into your food choices.

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Vitamin B12

B12 is unfortunately not naturally occurring in plant foods, but is often added to dairy alternatives like nutritional yeast and breakfast cereals. Aim to get two servings of B12 a day to keep these levels optimal.

Protein

There’s a common misconception that vegans don’t eat enough protein and that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Did you know that plant foods provide all essential amino acids? These acids are protein building blocks that your body needs and cannot make itself. 

Omega-3 and Omega 6 Fats

These fats are essential for boosting our immune system, nervous system, brain, and eyes. Our bodies cannot produce these fats naturally, so it is important to have a healthy balance of them in your system.

These fats are commonly found in plant oils and seeds, which many vegans choose to eat plenty of in this diet.
For more vegan education, check out Jenny Brown’s blog for more information.

How to Eat More Plant-Based Foods

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During the summertime, people begin wanting to eat more healthfully for various reasons. Whether it be for appearances or inner health, choosing to eat more fruits and vegetables is always a smart choice. The issue many people have is, how do you incorporate more plant foods into your diet? Vegan educator Jenny Brown shares her thoughts on the matter.

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Start with incorporating more vegetables into the meals you already make. If your meal looks a bit bland, try adding some greens to your plate. An easy way to stick to a new eating lifestyle is to have the mindset of: “what can I add to make me feel good” versus “what do I have to take away to be considered healthy.” If you divide your plate into quadrants, how much of your plate is filled with veggies? Is there room for more? Adding vegetables is a great way to feel fuller with more micro nutrients than with dense, heavily processed foods.

Don’t forget to choose fruits for snacks! Think about it, apples and bananas are portable by design and are easy to just throw in your bag when you’re on the go. Fruits have powerful vitamins that will energize you more steadily than a processed, sugary snack. You could even pair a fruit with some berries which have fiber and antioxidants, a powerful duo for your digestive system.
Eating more plant based foods doesn’t have to be difficult on your wallet or your lifestyle. Simply think about where you can add more vegetables into your meals and consider taking nature’s fruits and berries as healthy snack alternatives throughout your day. For more tips on plant-based eating, check out Jenny Brown’s blog.

How to Raise Actual Animal Rights Awareness

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It’s easy to turn to social media to follow and share information from animal rights’ accounts, but it’s more difficult to create actual engagement with your followers who see your messages. Plus, who is to say that your followers are actually reading your posts and not scrolling through them? The truth is that social media doesn’t always generate the kind of engaged activism that leads to lasting change.

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Activist Jenny Brown knows that in order to grow your base of animal rights activists, you need a message that is impossible to ignore. You need to know where the people who would likely support your cause hang out and capture their attention. Eco-conscious shops, small businesses, animal shelters, and health food stores are likely places to find people passionate about your beliefs and values. 

Next, see if you can schedule time to talk with the prospective owners about tabling for your cause. Tabling is a great way to capture the public’s undivided attention and educate others on easy ways they can get involved. The goal with tabling is to capture information (like names and emails) to stay in touch with activists and encourage them to sign up for events and spread information on animal rights with their networks.

By capturing activists’ information you can plan volunteer events and have volunteers spread the message and therefore further build your animal rights network. Having a personalized approach to activism yields a higher engagement level than simply sharing information on social media.

Small Ways You Can Make a Positive Impact on Animal Habitats

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Many people care about animal wellbeing but often think it is too difficult to find simple ways they can make positive contributions to animal welfare in everyday life. Animal rights activist Jenny Brown suggests some small but impactful ways we can change our routines in order to protect animals and simultaneously reduce our waste in the process.

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  1. Cut down plastic consumption and waste. Plastic takes anywhere from 50 to 500 years to decompose, and often ends up in the ocean where it directly harms aquatic habitats. The easiest way to cut down on plastic consumption is to find more sustainable swaps when shopping. These alternatives will look different for each individual, but for example: next time you go grocery shopping, opt for glass soda bottles instead of two-liter bottles. Or, try to bring your own produce bags instead of using the plastic ones offered in-store. These changes will take time, but it is more important to make sustainability a conscious, long-term habit than a one-time decision.
  1. Buy in-store and locally as much as possible. Of course, coming off the heels of the pandemic has made this more challenging, however buying items in-store reduces unnecessary packaging that often comes with shipped items. By shopping in-store you can bring your own shopping bags to further reduce waste and make sure less trash ends up in landfills. 
  1. Don’t feed wild animals! With summer almost here and more people spending time outside, it might feel somewhat normal to go to a park and feed any animals you might see. It might seem harmless, but feeding processed human foods to wild animals triggers them to then search for more human food. This results in wild animals staying closer to human populated areas, expecting to get fed by people and thus ignoring their natural instincts to hunt and forage for food.

Making the conscious choice to seek out sustainable swaps in your everyday life is the first step towards making a positive impact on animal habitats. Reducing plastic consumption, buying items locally and in-store, and leaving wild animals alone are great ways to help improve animal welfare.

Long-Term Benefits of a Vegan Diet

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We’ve all heard about different cultures of people around the world living to well over their eighties and nineties, and the common thread amongst them is a mostly plant-based diet! In this post, vegan advocate Jenny Brown shares her perspective on what the long-term benefits of adopting a vegan diet can be in your body. 

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  1. Lowered blood pressure

It has been widely studied in clinical trials that acceptance of a plant-based diet full of nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables with minimally processed foods and minimal meat (specifically red meat) consumption can lead to lowered systolic blood pressure. Additionally, lowering the amount of rich, fatty foods like butter and cream have a dramatic impact on lowering blood pressure.

  1. Lowered risk of developing Diabetes

Vegetarians have approximately half the risk of developing diabetes than their non-vegetarian counterparts, and adopting a plant-based diet can significantly help with blood sugar management for diabetics. 
These are just two of the physiological health benefits that come from incorporating a long-term vegan diet into your life! Of course, with any lifestyle change, it may be best to ease into any drastic changes to make sure that the positive changes you make are lasting ones. Interested in learning more about plant-based diets? Read Jenny’s article on The Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian Diets for more information.

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