"Devon's first vegan café", The Owl Café, has opened in Barnstaple, and they are happy to cater to people on a raw food diet! Can't wait to try it out!
Their opening hours are 9 to 5 Monday to Thursday and 9 to 9 Friday and Saturday.
31 October 2009
14 February 2009
12 September 2008
3 September 2008
Time for a proper changing of the guard
Did you know that the Queen's Guards' Ceremonial caps are made from real bearskins? Bears are cruelly killed for their hides; they are either shot during hunts or ensnared, possibly for days, in painful traps. During hunts, as many as one bear in seven is not killed immediately after being shot, and some escape wounded, possibly dying later from blood loss or starvation. In some Canadian provinces, there are no restrictions on the shooting of mothers who have nursing cubs, leading to the slaughter of entire families during hunts.
Please follow the link below and add your name to PETA's growing list of support against this shocking trade.
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/unbearable_cruelty_uk
Please follow the link below and add your name to PETA's growing list of support against this shocking trade.
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/unbearable_cruelty_uk
19 June 2008
19 March 2008
Video: Sodium fluoride in your drinking water
Thank you to Kate Magic Wood for sending me the following as a MySpace Bulletin:
There are some rather unpleasant photos and also some shouting in the video, so I'd recommend watching it when you feel in the right frame of mind.
The URL is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFu_bYkomc
After receiving over 50,000views in a fewhours andon itswayto shoot to the top of themost viewedchart, YouTube brazenly pulleda popular video from their rankings systemFridayin an actof wantoncensorship.
“QuestionYour Reality,”a stirring and well puttogether video montage featuringtalk show host Alex Jones was rocketing up the charts, already having reached number 2 most viewd on News and Politics and soaring up the general most discussed and most viewed categories.
A moment later, it was nowhere to be seen as You Tube cleared the slate and prevented the clip from going completely viral.
You Tube is owned by Google, who have pulled this trick many times before, but by spreading the video far and wide you can help offset their censorship and wake people up.
There are some rather unpleasant photos and also some shouting in the video, so I'd recommend watching it when you feel in the right frame of mind.
The URL is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFu_bYkomc
29 February 2008
My 60-Day Juice Feast Is Over
Unfortunately the second month of my juice feast hasn't been particularly well documented... Work has been absolutely manic, and it's been more than just my blogging that has suffered - the house is a complete and utter mess and I'm behind on EVERYTHING! I can't even remember the last time I checked my RSS feeds...
Anyway, yesterday was my day 60, so today I've decided to break my feast! Since I have done two 21-day fasts previously I feel that 60 days is enough for me. I've got some prunes in the cupboard, I didn't use to like them, but now - who knows? My tastebuds certainly have changed! So has my skin, the colour of my eyes and teeth, my body shape (will try to do some new measurements soon), my hair, my nails... And that's just the stuff I can think of right now (I'm afraid I'm writing this in a rush - I've got a deadline to meet later today!). The weight loss hasn't been that great, though. I reckon that is because most days, I didn't get enough juice in. Totally my own fault - and the one advice I would give to any budding feasters would be to make sure you get more than enough juice every day! In my case, I think it's just because my body and mind are so used to fasting - I don't feel hungry, so I simply forget to drink until it's too late in the day to drink 4 litres of juice! I also have only had 2 enemas (even though they are SO easy to do!). I've also craved water a lot, and there have been several days when that's been pretty much all I've had. So it's pretty much a case of do as I say, don't do as I do... ;o)
Anyway, according to my scales (and bearing in mind that it's THAT time of the month), I've lost about 7 kg. But the change in my appearance has been more dramatic, I think:
It's a bit silly that I'm ending my feast now - when there are SO many people all over the world starting the Global Juice Feast tomorrow! But I may join in again for a few of those days - I have a friend coming to visit me in March who would like to feast for a few days with me! :oD
Right now, I'm enjoying chewing again - liquorice root rules (the corners of my mouth are getting really sore, though)! :oD
Oh, and in case I don't get a chance to write much about my feast breaking, you can learn all about it here: http://www.juicefeasting.com/JuiceFeastingIntro/BreakingtheJuiceFeast/tabid/324/Default.aspx
Anyway, yesterday was my day 60, so today I've decided to break my feast! Since I have done two 21-day fasts previously I feel that 60 days is enough for me. I've got some prunes in the cupboard, I didn't use to like them, but now - who knows? My tastebuds certainly have changed! So has my skin, the colour of my eyes and teeth, my body shape (will try to do some new measurements soon), my hair, my nails... And that's just the stuff I can think of right now (I'm afraid I'm writing this in a rush - I've got a deadline to meet later today!). The weight loss hasn't been that great, though. I reckon that is because most days, I didn't get enough juice in. Totally my own fault - and the one advice I would give to any budding feasters would be to make sure you get more than enough juice every day! In my case, I think it's just because my body and mind are so used to fasting - I don't feel hungry, so I simply forget to drink until it's too late in the day to drink 4 litres of juice! I also have only had 2 enemas (even though they are SO easy to do!). I've also craved water a lot, and there have been several days when that's been pretty much all I've had. So it's pretty much a case of do as I say, don't do as I do... ;o)
Anyway, according to my scales (and bearing in mind that it's THAT time of the month), I've lost about 7 kg. But the change in my appearance has been more dramatic, I think:
It's a bit silly that I'm ending my feast now - when there are SO many people all over the world starting the Global Juice Feast tomorrow! But I may join in again for a few of those days - I have a friend coming to visit me in March who would like to feast for a few days with me! :oD
Right now, I'm enjoying chewing again - liquorice root rules (the corners of my mouth are getting really sore, though)! :oD
Oh, and in case I don't get a chance to write much about my feast breaking, you can learn all about it here: http://www.juicefeasting.com/JuiceFeastingIntro/BreakingtheJuiceFeast/tabid/324/Default.aspx
23 February 2008
My Juice Feast: Day 55
Pretty uneventful, so I won't bore you guys with details!
I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.2 l of honeydew melon juice
0.9 l of apple and celery juice
So not bad in total - just not enough greens by far!
I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.2 l of honeydew melon juice
0.9 l of apple and celery juice
So not bad in total - just not enough greens by far!
22 February 2008
My Juice Feast: Day 54
It's so funny... Yesterday, I was waiting for a bus while I heard a boy shouting at his mum "You've got enough juice! You've got enough juice!" Needless, to say, this caught my attention, so I turned around to look... They were outside a shoe shop, and the kid was trying to stop his mum from buying more shoes, lol! That just goes to show where my head is at these days!
Yesterday, I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.5 l of raspberry, celery, romaine & cucumber juice
loads and loads of water
I went grocery shopping again yesterday, and guess what I discovered? "100% freshly squeezed unpasteurised valencia orange juice!" Tesco, I love you guys!!! :oD It actually contains nothing but nothing but OJ - and it's totally unpasteurised! I never thought I'd see the day! :oD So even though it was fairly expensive (I think it was about £2.30 for the smooth juice), I bought two bottles to help me get more juice in every day. As you can see, it didn't exactly work yesterday, though. It was another case of not having anything to drink until after noon... Will I EVER learn??? I had tons of water though... I keep wondering whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough water lately, or whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough juice lately... Guess it's probably a little bit of both!
Anyway, it's nice to be back blogging again! The last 3-4 weeks have been completely manic with work, but this week it finally eased up. I've had NOTHING on all week! So instead of trying to catch up on my blogging, I figured I'd proably be best off just relaxing and taking a break from the computer altogether. Which actually hasn't been easy! I've come to realise that I've got used to a high-stress way of living and now I don't know what to do with myself when I haven't got anything on. I remember about a year ago I was worried about Ben because he seemed unable to relax, and now I seem to be in that exact place myself... Oh well, at least I am aware of it! Recognising a pattern is the first step towards changing it, right? So if you'll all excuse me, I have an appointment with a book, a bath tub and some luxurious Egyptian bath oil... Think that'll help? ;o)
Yesterday, I had:
1.0 l of orange juice
1.5 l of raspberry, celery, romaine & cucumber juice
loads and loads of water
I went grocery shopping again yesterday, and guess what I discovered? "100% freshly squeezed unpasteurised valencia orange juice!" Tesco, I love you guys!!! :oD It actually contains nothing but nothing but OJ - and it's totally unpasteurised! I never thought I'd see the day! :oD So even though it was fairly expensive (I think it was about £2.30 for the smooth juice), I bought two bottles to help me get more juice in every day. As you can see, it didn't exactly work yesterday, though. It was another case of not having anything to drink until after noon... Will I EVER learn??? I had tons of water though... I keep wondering whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough water lately, or whether I am thirsty because I haven't had enough juice lately... Guess it's probably a little bit of both!
Anyway, it's nice to be back blogging again! The last 3-4 weeks have been completely manic with work, but this week it finally eased up. I've had NOTHING on all week! So instead of trying to catch up on my blogging, I figured I'd proably be best off just relaxing and taking a break from the computer altogether. Which actually hasn't been easy! I've come to realise that I've got used to a high-stress way of living and now I don't know what to do with myself when I haven't got anything on. I remember about a year ago I was worried about Ben because he seemed unable to relax, and now I seem to be in that exact place myself... Oh well, at least I am aware of it! Recognising a pattern is the first step towards changing it, right? So if you'll all excuse me, I have an appointment with a book, a bath tub and some luxurious Egyptian bath oil... Think that'll help? ;o)
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