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Sally Kneidel Patient Expert

I've been blogging, speaking and writing about consumer activism for several years, along with my daughter Sadie. We talk about taking the reigns of power from the corporations that are plundering our environment, laborers, animals, & the future of our fragile planet. We report on... Full Bio
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Does willpower work? Maybe not, says new study by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Chocolate chips and peanuts. Photo: Sally Kneidel  If I can resist eating that delectable snack now, then resisting it later will be easier. Right? Th ... Read on »
Face your baby when you talk: Infants lip-read to learn the language by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Have you ever noticed a baby watching your mouth while you speak?  They all do it - but only at very specific ages. A new study just published in the Proceedings of th ... Read on »
5 new facts you can use: Why do colds & flu strike in winter? by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Why do we get more colds and flu in winter? It's true we're more likely to catch colds and flu during winter. But why? Growing up, I was told that getting chilled outside ... Read on »
New food book slams it home: "Healthy Eating, Healthy World" by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Young hogs on a N.C. factory farm.  Photo: Sally Kneidel I was recently asked to review the book Healthy Eating Healthy World . Imagining it to be a co ... Read on »
Licorice hailed as "Medicinal plant of the year" by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Licorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra Seems most people either love licorice or hate it. I can’t stand it. But I had no idea that licorice has medicinal p ... Read on »
Brain may sabotage effort to diet by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living When lean people have full stomachs, neural signals cause their brains to stop wanting food. The positive feelings associated with food are turned off. But a new study from ... Read on »
8 Egregious Animal Abuses by the Meat Industry by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living This is the third post in a series about reasons to consider a vegan diet. Earlier Top 5 Ways Livestock Wreck the Planet Top 7 Health Reasons to Bypass Animal Prod ... Read on »
Top 5 Health Reasons to Bypass Animal Products by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Nicci and Sadie chop onions for a vegan stew. Photo: Kneidel 1. Protect your heart. Multiple studies report that the consumption of beef, pork, and lamb ... Read on »
Top 5 ways livestock are wrecking the planet by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living   Photo: Sally Kneidel Helping the environment is just one reason for dumping animal products from your diet. But it's a big one.  It may be the most ... Read on »
8 vital reasons to buy local food by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living The last of our Carolina okra in the warm October sun. Photo: Sally Kneidel Check out these 8 reasons to buy locally-grown food. Buying local helps not ... Read on »
Crowd overflows hearing for Duke Energy rate hike: more coal and nuclear at stake by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Citizens wait to speak at Duke Energy rate-hike hearing in Charlotte Last night, Duke Energy held a public hearing on its proposed 17% rate hike. The ro ... Read on »
My review of vegan cookbook Blissful Bites: Food bytes from an inspired chef by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Blissful Bites is a very impressive new vegan cookbook. The author, Christy Morgan, could easily be an professor of vegan or macrobiotic cooking at a culinary universi ... Read on »
GOOD NEWS! Proof that no-fishing-zones work! by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Blissful Bites is a very impressive new vegan cookbook. The author, Christy Morgan, could easily be an professor of vegan or macrobiotic cooking at a culinary univer ... Read on »
Urban gardening in offbeat settings. Review of DVD "Truck Farm" by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living "I was trying to find a way not to lose my lonely mind....I decided what I needed was more vegetables...." sings a plaintive male voice, as filmmaker Ian Cheney wanders ... Read on »
Review of new vegetarian cookbook "Veggiyana: the Dharma of Cooking" by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I was asked to review an unusual new cookboo just released this month. The book by Sandra Garson is a blend of recipes from around the globe and short narratives abo ... Read on »
Review of documentary "PLANEAT: Nothing changes the planet as much as the way we eat" by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living PLANEAT logo Carnivores, take heed! The film " PLANEAT " might convince even the most passionate meat-enthusiasts to lay off the stuff. This DVD makes a strong cas ... Read on »
Alpha-males highly stressed, reports new primate study from Kenya by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Chacma Baboon, Kruger National Park. Photo: Sally Kneidel It's not easy being the alpha-male of a baboon troop. Sure, alpha-males have more access to fertile females ... Read on »
Happy Herbivore: Best, most versatile cookbook since Moosewood by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living  "Mock Tuna Salad" from The Happy Herbivore website "Let's cook something out of Happy Herbivore when Jack's family comes," my husband Ken suggested. "It's so nice t ... Read on »
The Happy Herbivore delivers creative, easy, low-fat vegan recipes by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I was in the middle of cooking my fourth dish from The Happy Herbivore: Over 175 Delicious Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes before I noticed that the ent ... Read on »
World population grows by 1 billion in only 12 years by Sally Kneidel Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living The 7 billionth person on Earth will be born in India on October 31 of this year, according to scientists working with data from the UN. It's only been 12 years since ... Read on »