Plant-based diets grow in popularity each year, and there are advantages and disadvantages to adopting such a lifestyle. Pepperdine students and nutritionist Katherine McCune discuss the pros and cons of plant-based diets.
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Opinion: Dear Pepperdine, Be Mindful of the Meals
On Pepperdine’s campus, the Caf and the HAWC are student staples; they are the meeting grounds for many shared meals and ideals. Although, is the food really edible and available to all?
Petty Perspective: There is No Room for Mushrooms
Petty Perspective is a column highlighting the rants and thoughts everyone thinks but never gets a chance to put into words. This time, we hear from Sam Torre, who has a strong dislike for mushrooms.
Opinion: Motivate Meaningful Change through Meatless Mondays
Meatless Mondays are a great option for people who don’t want to commit to a standard vegetarian and vegan diet. The benefits range from helping the environment to improving one’s personal health.
Practice Mindful Meat Consumption in the New Year
There are many ways to reduce meat consumption without having to cut it cold turkey.
October Brings World Vegetarian Month
Look into the benefits of vegetarianism at Pepperdine
The Affordability of Veganism
How affordable is the vegan diet?
Becoming Vegan: Is it More Expensive?
With increased dedication to environmental causes and personal health development, more people are embracing the vegan diet. “I just felt like it would be wrong for me to say I’m an environmentalist but not do anything about it really,” vegan Colette Faulkner said. Vegan Bright Barnes said her diet has also influenced my family to […]
Common Fitness Myths Debunked
Photo by Shayla Girardin True or false? Here are some popular fitness myths that are sure to surprise you. Myth: All carbs are bad. Eating the right carbs at the right time is actually good for you. There are different types of carbohydrates. Certain complex carbohydrates are great, while simple carbs and overly processed foods […]
Don’t do detrimental diets
Food. It’s a scrumptious staple of life that we choose at least three times a day to sustain and rev our bodies. Food is our main source of nutrient intake, instrumental and paramount in our short-term and long-term health. Our daily food intake is known as our diet — “going on a diet” is an […]