11 Sep 2013
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“Vegan With A Vengeance: No Meat, No Problem”

Vegan Coach Ella Magers Trainer of the Month on Bodybuilding.com

Bodybuilding.com Personal Trainer Of The Month Ella MagersI’m writing to share with you all that I am honored to have been named Personal Trainer of the Month on BodyBuilding.com, the most popular fitness & bodybuilding website in the world!

Their team put together an amazing spread with my full interview and some great pics. I feel like it lets readers into my vegan fitness world and truly get to know me and what I’m all about! I’m honored.

I also want to announce that I will be launching a forum component to my website within the next two weeks! I am beyond excited about this… I have been coaching people on other vegan and fitness forums, which not only helps the individuals I coach, but everyone who reads the posts and relates to the situation in one way or another. This has been my dream… combining all my passions, connecting with individuals, while reaching thousands… even millions!

Make sure you have signed up for my free newsletter so you will receive a notification when it is launched!

10 Sep 2013
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Meat Industry Today… Not Just Unhealthy. Downright Scary.

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It unfortunately seems like the meat industry practices haven’t quite hit rock bottom despite the fact that more and more people are becoming aware of the healthy dangers of meat, as well as the cruelty it entails for the animals.

This article from the Washington Post, published September 8th, 2013 details evidence that things seems as though they are going to get worse before they get better. All the more reason for people to put a rush on their transition to a healthy, plant-based diet!

The article, entitled, “USDA pilot program fails to stop contaminated meat” begins:

A meat inspection program that the Agriculture Department plans to roll out in pork plants nationwide has repeatedly failed to stop the production of contaminated meat at American and foreign plants that have already adopted the approach, documents and interviews show.The program allows meat producers to increase the speed of processing lines by as much as 20 percent and cuts the number of USDA safety inspectors at each plant in half, replacing them with private inspectors employed by meat companies. The approach has been used for more than a decade by five American hog plants under a pilot program.But three of these plants were among the 10 worst offenders in the country for health and safety violations, with serious lapses that included failing to remove fecal matter from meat, according to a report this spring by the USDA inspector general. The plant with the worst record by far was one of the five in the pilot program.

Read the USDA inspector general’s report on swine-plant inspection, with key sections annotated by the reporter.

What the USDA watchdog found

IG report on the Health of the Meat Industry

Read the rest of this article here. For me, stories like this are simply a reminder of the urgency to spread the word, and help people find the motivation and knowledge to be healthy, energetic, and fit through a whole foods, plan-based diet so as to be able to enjoy life for years and years to come!