personal effects
On Our Radar: smoothies, hobbit homes, and canning
Some of FYF’s top stories from across the internet over the last few weeks: Get your body back on track with these Seven Detox Smoothy Recipes Though maybe a bit irrelevant, this sculpture carved out of the world’s largest pumpkin is just too awesome not ...
On Our Radar: graffiti, showering, and shopping
Here we will give a snapshot of the places that we’ve been, and still are, on the world wide web. You can use this to stay abreast of developing issues that FlexYourFood thinks are important, see what interests us, and also digest tidbits that you ...
Childhood Obesity
Widespread obesity has become a continually increasing problem over the last two decades for many countries, especially the United States and United Kingdom. It is very apparent that if massive changes aren’t made, the nations will face “a public health problem of epic proportions” due ...
On Our Radar: Al Gore, tastier meat, and fashion
On Our Radar will be a new series of posts where we share links reflecting our travels throughout the internet. Here we will give a snapshot of the places that we’ve been, and still are, on the world wide web. You can use this to ...
Save Money with Less Meat
#ISavedWhen As we’ve said many times, eating less meat greatly benefits your health (see our weight loss and heart disease posts) and the environment– but another benefit that’s regularly overlooked is the amount of money you can save! The people over at LearnVest did a ...
Animal Cruelty
Having control over and ownership of animals means that we also are responsible for their health and their humane treatment. As is the case with factory farms, there is a massive disconnect between the animals and the owners, so much so that the handling of ...
Heart Disease and Meat Consumption
Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in the world, responsible for over 12% of all deaths. Consuming an unhealthy amount of meat (which nearly ALL of us do) drastically effects your health later on in life- It not only increases your chances of ...