5 surprising health benefits of eating Nopal cactus
The past few weeks in Mexico Chef Melgarejo has gotten me eating Nopal cactus, a local dietary staple which has a mild flavor and a slightly gooey, yet slightly crunchy veggie texture. I’m a huge fan of Aloe Vera, which has an array of healthy nutrients, but...
Is it wrong to eat vegan for performance and health-based reasons only?
Apparently, there are a lot of vegans who think it’s not good enough to eat a plant-based diet for health & performance reasons unless it’s accompanied by fervent zealotry as well, according to people interviewed for a new article by The Guardian. The...
Stocking up on natural superfoods for my Entovegan smoothies
A bodybuilder friend of mine in Phnom Penh recommended we go check out a local market where there are various vendors selling all sorts of natural superfoods and powders to use in our daily fruit smoothies, since we both needed to restock. I was initially excited...
VIDEO – adding silkworms to a vegan salad bowl boosts your intake of important minerals
One of the biggest criticisms of the vegan diet – the deficiency in minerals – is not an issue with entoveganism. Why not? Well, adding insects such as silkworms to your salads gives you a healthy amount of calcium, iron, zinc, omegas, and protein!...
The ethics and philosophical foundation of Entoveganism
In the process of starting to eat Vegan and realizing it’s really Entovegan, I’ve had to look at this dietary change – and really a big lifestyle change in many ways – and attempt to make sense of it scientifically, rationally, philosophically,...
Weightlifting in Lumphini Park Bangkok – getting those Entogains!
After several days of intense entomophagy research, meetings, and planning, my buddy and I got up on our free day and made our way to Lumphini Park, a huge green area in the middle of the city where people go to run, bike, and do all manner of exercise. Our target was...
What happened when I got sick and started questioning this whole Entovegan thing
So I almost never get sick. I’ve been lucky / blessed / whatever you want to call it, but I’ve figured out what works for me (lots of sunshine and exercise, and very little sugar makes a big difference!), and for the most part I avoid the sniffles and the...
Adding cricket protein powder as a topping for a vegan bowl
I had lunch with a friend today who brought be some homemade cricket protein powder he’d ground up, made from organic local crickets! Pretty cool. It had zero seasoning, so I wasn’t sure how it’d taste, but surprisingly enough just the toasted and...
You won’t believe what happened when I stopped eating meat
I’ve always eaten meat. As an athlete, I thought I HAD to eat meat in order to get enough protein to fuel my body. But as many other athletes are learning (and subsequently teaching us, like Tom Brady), you can be strong and fit and play sports at a high level...Buy edible insects at Ento Market!
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