Chiara is Italian, Pascale is French, and together they run La Holista, a holistic health and wellness company based in Ho Chi Minh City. They provide a wide variety of products & services: healthy plant-based food, cooking classes, educational programming, and community outings. Some of what we talk about: how they met what health coaching … More #77: Holistic in Ho Chi Minh: La Holista’s Chiara & Pascale
The latest Rich Roll Podcast is an interview with Ray Cronise, a NASA scientist-turned-weight loss aficionado, about his experiments and ideas on nutritional science (which you can listen to here). I initially didn’t think much of the guest, but it turned out to be one of the more thought-provoking interviews I’ve listened to– enough to … More How Deviating from Nature Made America Fat: My Reaction to Ray Cronise’s Take on Weight Loss
I never thought I would be someone who cooks everyday. Growing up, I avoided the kitchen at all costs. I loathed the idea of chopping vegetables, working with heat, keeping track of cooking time, etc. Admittedly, I was spoiled. In the morning my mom would ask what kind of eggs I wanted, then pack me … More How to Make Cooking Easy, The Plant-based Way
As soon as I stopped eating meat, I stopped considering myself a ‘foodie.’ I felt uncomfortable with the label, even undeserving of it, but I never took the time to think about why. Why did I have such a strong association between eating meat and the foodie label? Why did becoming one thing mean giving up … More Why Vegans Can’t Be Foodies
As I approach the one-year mark of my switch from omnivore to herbivore, I’ve been thinking about how my attitudes and feelings toward veganism have transformed over this past year. I started as ‘the perfect vegan,’ then went through a ‘skeptic vegan’ phase (I wrote about this in a past blog post), and now I … More Why I’m Letting Go of the Vegan Label