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Vega Kelly VegNews Athlete of the Year

I wanted to share congratulations for our very own, Brendan Brazier, for winning VegNews’ 2009 Veggie Award for Favorite Athlete.

Readers voted for their favorites in 62 categories from websites to celebrities to food. The winners are… Continue

Added by Vega Kelly on November 6, 2009 at 8:30am — 11 Comments

Andrew Gowans Are there two of me?

I wrote recently ago about the witness. In that instance it referred to someone seeing an act that someone else performed. You are running down the road and a friend sees you. They witnessed the act of you running. So what? We are all familiar with this concept. Are you familiar with yourself as the witness to your own experience? Not your mind telling you, “I am running down the road” but your consciousness experiencing you running down the road. The later takes place in a space of No Mind. The… Continue

Added by Andrew Gowans on November 5, 2009 at 12:50pm — 3 Comments

Vega Kelly Art Tour of Sequel Naturals

The Sequel offices – the home of Team Vega – recently got a new addition in the form of a series of beautiful painting by Victoria-based artist, Brandon Leudke. Brandon has worked with us for a number of years on a variety of projects and today he share the inspiration for these pieces and a little more about his background.

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Added by Vega Kelly on November 4, 2009 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

Angela Naeth 1 month North

Wow, time sure flies by. I'm not sure if it's because I'm so busy or because the days are so short. Most likely both. And now with this time change, it will be dark by 4pm! Before I know it, I'll be back where the sun is! I think I'm affected by lack of sunlight. I need ALL the lights on in the house to feel alive. When I'm riding indoors I hate when my surroundings are dark. A big screen to watch movies at my family's house helps! Speaking of family, my mom and dad have allowed me to live wit… Continue

Added by Angela Naeth on November 4, 2009 at 5:09am — No Comments

Kimberly Brown Inspirational Reads

In Defense of FOOD - by Michael Pollan! Very well written and eye opener! He also wrote Omnivores Dilemma and helped produce FOOD INC (the movie). Can't put it down once you start - I highly recommend it. Continue

Added by Kimberly Brown on November 3, 2009 at 3:46pm — 1 Comment

Vega Kelly Inspirational Reads

I’ve always been one who is more likely to sit down with an informative read than a novel. My husband jokingly refers to these as my “textbooks” but I really enjoy learning something new in the few moments I have to read in the day. November’s Thrive Challenge is all about these textbooks. An inspiring read on health living, vegetarian diets or fitness. Make a pick, curl up on the sofa, and get inspired. Sh… Continue

Added by Vega Kelly on November 3, 2009 at 2:48pm — 2 Comments

Maya Henderson Thriving in Chicago, Pt. 2

Last week, I wrote about being vegan and why I decided to do the Thrive in 30 Challenge with a few friends. Now it's time to hear from them. First up is acupuncturist Lisa Reichert. I asked Lisa to participate because I knew she could provide a Traditional Chinese Medicine take on Brazier's The Thrive Diet. Lisa Reichert, Jill-of-all-Trades, primarily rebalances the whole self with Oriental Medicine with a nutritional bent. Though her background in art therapy, depth psychology, counseling and… Continue

Added by Maya Henderson on November 3, 2009 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Nathane L. Jackson TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF AND EATING IT. My transition to a Plant Based Whole Food Nutrition plan. Part 2

Part 2 Cold Turkey, not the day after Thanksgiving cold turkey I used to slap between two pieces of whole grain bread but rather the game plan I used to switch to a plant based style of eating. Each day I would consume two servings each of eggs, chicken and whey protein powder along with a serving each of white fish and red meat. This was a typical day of protein consumption over the last few years as I worked my way up to becoming one of Canada’s top male fitness personalities. A few y… Continue

Added by Nathane L. Jackson on November 2, 2009 at 9:36am — No Comments

Betsy Bailey World Vegan Month, November 2009

November 1st marks the beginning of Wold Vegan Month and whether you are a long-time vegan, just starting out or still only thinking about giving up animal products, this is a great time to reflect, research and reach out. Here are some of my tips on ways to celebrate World Vegan Month. Things everyone can do: * Post links to WorldVeganDay.org on your social networking profiles such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc., or on your blog. * Invite friends/family/coworkers over for a vegan meal o… Continue

Added by Betsy Bailey on November 2, 2009 at 2:13am — No Comments

Vega Kelly Sequel Halloween Shenanigans

Just another regular day at the office! Today’s Halloween festivities at the Sequel head office sparked a fair bit of competition and impressive amounts of creativity.

The anchor men discovered that eating lunch with a mustache is messy bus… Continue

Added by Vega Kelly on October 30, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Vega Kelly Around the Web: October 30, 2009

Enjoy the weekend ahead and read some of our favorite natural health, fitness and veg headlines from this week:

• Ireland Says Not in this Country: Bans Genetically Modified Crops – Treehugge… Continue

Added by Vega Kelly on October 30, 2009 at 10:28am — No Comments

Maya Henderson Thriving in Chicago

I love October. As the month comes to a close, I'm finally finding the structure and balance in my workout and diet that colder temps bring. I'm doing the lululemon and CorePower yoga challenge, taking fun classes at H.E.R.O. Fitness and trying new studios all around town. Needless to say, I'm a very active person and I need a lot of energy to keep going. Most people are surprised to find out I don't eat meat or drink caffeine, but to me it just makes sense. See I'm a really active person and I… Continue

Added by Maya Henderson on October 28, 2009 at 10:42am — No Comments

Vega Kelly Interview: Rich Roll - Plant-Powered Ultra Guy

On his 40th birthday, Rich Roll made a decision to change his health – a decision that would change this average guy into “ultra guy.” Now 43, Rich will compete in November in his second Ultraman, a 3-day ultra-endurance event consisting of a 10 km swim, a 276 km bike ride and a 84 km double-marathon run, all on a 100% plant-based diet.

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Added by Vega Kelly on October 28, 2009 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Ted Meditation Through Flotation

Over the course of a year, swimming has become my favourite part of triathlons. On race day, the swim is always action packed! When the gun goes off, all hell breaks loose and the adrenaline seems to carry me through the entire swim...it's as if I'm with a bunch of people all trying to swim away from a predator. When I train for the swim, I tend to go into a trance-like state as I focus on gliding through the water as gracefully as I possibly can. It may just be the yerba mate tea and Vega spor… Continue

Added by Ted on October 27, 2009 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Brendan Brazier Fit Tip: Build Strength to Improve Running Efficacy

Endurance and physical strength are undeniably connected in the performance equation. Top marathoners know and embrace the idea that increased strength improves endurance—but you don’t have to be a high-level endurance athlete to apply new strength-training concepts to help you reach you
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Added by Brendan Brazier on October 26, 2009 at 1:03pm — 3 Comments

Jacqueline Park Competition Nutrition

Hi everyone! I recently returned from the Women's PanAm Boxing Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador in early October. Kelly thought a blog post would be a great idea so I thought I would write about nutrition tips during competitions - especially those on a different continent - because being unprepared can be very costly (I speak from experience here :) ) I realize that some of this info is a no-brainer for seasoned competitors but I thought would post some important nutrition reminders esp… Continue

Added by Jacqueline Park on October 26, 2009 at 12:07pm — 1 Comment

Sam Cornell Post Workout Nutrition

So, it seems that a lot of people have different strategies for post workout nutrition. In my opinion, after a really intense day of weights or hard cardio, getting some easily digestible calories in me right away (shake) followed by a meal is key. So, what I typically do, is take in 80 grams of simple sugars right away. This is usually waxy maize or glycocarb. About half hour later (when I've showered and gone home). I'll make a vega smoothie (either smoothie infusion, or the whole food health… Continue

Added by Sam Cornell on October 26, 2009 at 8:37am — 1 Comment

Kelsey Chisholm VEGA Event Success

Wow...Am I ever tired !! But I totally had to tell you all the excellent success of this weekends Calgary Woman's Show! It ran yesterday (10-6) and today (11-5:30). It was my third time working for Sequel/Vega since I started as I love the product so much besides being a ambassador I wanted to spread the word even more! The three of us ladies did not even have a break through out the eight hour days as we were just that consistently busy at the booth!! We had all VEGA product,Mums Original,Macas… Continue

Added by Kelsey Chisholm on October 25, 2009 at 9:57pm — No Comments

Kim Henderson any female vegan bodybuilders

I need information on competing. Using the Vegan diet. Every trainer I've had insists on me eating meat. Has anyone competed and gained muscle. Please let me know. Thank you, Kim Continue

Added by Kim Henderson on October 25, 2009 at 4:20pm — 2 Comments

Ted How I Speed up Recovery

Yesterday I went for an hour and 45min run/walk (I took ten 30 second walking breaks and two 30 second pee breaks) and when I was finished, I walked for about 5 minutes as a cool down and stretched for a couple minutes before I got home and ate several handfuls of raw baby spinach(reduces inflammation) and pitted dates(provides instant carbs[energy.]) Before I finished swallowing my first handful of spinach though, my knees began to hurt. I know I'm only 19 and my knees shouldn't hurt after a ru… Continue

Added by Ted on October 24, 2009 at 3:36pm — 2 Comments

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