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Vibrant NRGizers: Stefen and Jules

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Rick 21 Views 0 Comments cancer, cashew brie, cheese, compassion, dairy free, dairy-free cheese, eat plants, eat vegan, erewhon, health, healthy, jule's foods, kindness, plant based, plant-based cheese, plant-based diet, sustainable, vegan, vegan cheese, vegan community, vegan food, vegan foodie, vegan ideas, vegan life, vegan lifestyle, vegan love, what vegans eat

Stefen and I raced bikes together over a decade ago, but it was his switch to vegan that reconnected us

Diet, Not Genes

February 26, 2021February 27, 2021 Rick 19 Views 0 Comments awareness, cancer, cholesterol, dairy, dairy-free athlete, diabetes, disease, eat plants, fiber, genes, genetics, healthy, heart disease, inflammation, key, nutrition, obese, obesity, plant based, plant-based athlete, plant-based diet, plant-powered athlete, plants, vegan, vegan athlete, vegan diet, vegan fitness, wfpb

Your genes DO NOT have to be a death sentence. Both of my parents had cancer and there’s a long

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Black History Month + Veguary

February 12, 2021February 14, 2021 Rick 12 Views 0 Comments afrovegansociety, animaloutlook, awareness, blackhistorymonth, blacklivesmatter, blackvegan, blm, dairyfree, eatplants, eatvegan, govegan, healthy, kind, nonprofit, plantbased, plantbaseddiet, plantpowered, sustainable, vegan, vegancommunity, veganhockeyplayer, veganideas, veganlife, veganlifestyle, vegansofinstagram, veguary, vibrantNRG, whatveganseat

Not only is February Black History Month, but it is also Veguary. It’s an opportunity to commit to eating vegan

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Strengthen Your Immune System With Mushrooms

February 5, 2021February 14, 2021 Rick 13 Views 0 Comments alzheimers, antiinflammatory, antioxidants, bones, cancer, diabetes, fiber, foodfriday, fungus, healthy, heartdisease, immunesystem, immunity, inflammation, minerals, mushrooms, nutrition, plantbased, potassium, protein, vegan, veganhockeyplayer, veganmeals, vegetables, vibrantNRG, vitamins, wfpb, whatveganseat, zinc

Build those bones and strengthen your immune system with mushrooms? Yep! This fungus is a good source of vitamin D,

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Post-Workout Meal

January 23, 2021January 28, 2021 Rick 9 Views 0 Comments antioxidants, bowls, dairyfree, dairyfreeathlete, fiber, healthy, minerals, nutrition, plantbased, plantbasedathlete, plantbaseddiet, plantpowered, plantpoweredathlete, plantprotein, postworkout, protein, recovery, vegan, veganathlete, veganbowls, veganfood, veganhockeyplayer, veganideas, veganmeals, veganprotein, vibrantNRG, vitamins, wfpb, whatveganseat

Rick was ravenous after an hour lift followed by 2.5 hours on the ice and needed a big meal to

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While being interviewed for a podcast today (more

While being interviewed for a podcast today (more on that soon), I brought up dietary racism. Although my friend Dr. Milton Mills is far more adept at speaking on the subject, allow me to introduce the basic concepts.

The government is well aware that approximately 75% of Black Americans are lactose intolerant or have a dairy allergy yet the government subsidizes food assistance to people of color with food that makes them sick. The percentage of dairy intolerance may be as high as 95% when it comes to Asian, Latin and Indigenous people.

Ever notice how many fast food restaurants are in Black and Latin neighborhoods versus white neighborhoods? Or how hard it is to find fresh vegetables and fruit as well as other healthy foods in Black and Latin neighborhoods? People of color are living in food deserts, which is another form of dietary racism.

Many people tell me that eating vegan needs to be more affordable. Price gauging is a third form of dietary racism. Fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, rice and legumes are not and should not be expensive items to purchase in any neighborhood. Buying fresh, healthy foods is far cheaper than paying for prescription drugs and medical care for people who get heart disease, cancer and diabetes or become obese from the foods they eat.

Fighting racism also involves fighting for the food that is available to everyone equally. - Rick

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Multiple groin strains kept me off the ice quite a

Multiple groin strains kept me off the ice quite a bit last fall so I came up with this daily routine specifically to strengthen the abductors and adductors as well as hip flexors and glutes that support the groin.

1. Lay on your side and raise the straight outer leg via the abductor. Do 12-15 reps.
2. While still on your side, lift the inner leg using your adductor. 12-15 reps.
3. Flip over and do the above exercises with the other leg.
4. Single leg lifts using only your hip flexors.
5. Spread your bent legs wide like butterfly wings with feet together so that the ankles touch the ground. Do 15 glute bridges. (Note to skaters: Doing them in this position will help strengthen your outer edges.)
6. Fire hydrants. 12-15 reps per leg.
7. Place a medicine ball (or a soccer ball or basketball) between straight legs while laying flat. Squeeze the ball with your adductors. Hold contraction for 5-10 seconds. Repeat 10-12 times.
8. Bend the knees with feet on the ground while holding the medicine ball between the knees. Squeeze with your adductors. Hold for 5-10 seconds. Relax. Repeat 10-12 times.
9. From that position, lift the feet up with legs bent at a 90-degree angle. Squeeze the medicine ball with your adductors and hold it for 5-10 seconds. Repeat 10-12 times.

Complete this circuit three times. You can do these exercises every day. - Rick

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Wednesday is the UN’s World Wildlife Day. This y

Wednesday is the UN’s World Wildlife Day. This year, it has the theme of “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.” According to the official site, this is “to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.

World Wildlife Day celebrates forest-based livelihoods and seeks to promote forest and forest wildlife management and practices that accommodate both human well-being and the long-term conservation of forests, forest-dwelling species of wild fauna and the ecosystems they sustain, and promotes the value of traditional practices and knowledge that contribute to establishing a more sustainable relationship with these crucial natural systems.

To learn more about what you can do everyday to get involved, visit WildLifeDay.org.

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When the mighty tide of life feels like it’s pul

When the mighty tide of life feels like it’s pulling you away from shore and your worries crash incessantly around you, sit quietly in the stillness. Meditate. Tune into the peace within. Feel it cascade freely and wash over your being, removing stress and tension, and refreshing your perspective. Calmness restored, return to action with a clear mind.

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The stats on the back of my player card read: * 1 $The stats on the back of my player card read: * 130 pounds * 65 inches * 4 pelvic fractures * 3 broken fingers * 2 broken wrists * 1 broken thumb * 1 broken hip * 1 replaced hip * 1 torn biceps * 1 palm fracture * 1 sprained MCL * 0 excuses And as of today, 56 years. I committed to being an athlete when I was 14. To me that means showing up everyday and working to improve, working to grow, working to achieve greatness. Like life, it’s never easy. I’ve had too many broken hearts, setbacks and disappointments to count - as an athlete and in life. Perhaps the most important stat is the last one: no excuses. - Rick * If you’re inspired, please follow our page. #veganhockeyplayer #vibrantNRG #happybirthday #birthday #noexcuses #great #greatness #mondaymotivation #motivationmonday #mondayvibes #athlete #grow #motivation #motivate #inspire #inspiration #inspirational #vegan #over50 #plantpoweredathlete #plantbasedathlete #plantbased #plantpowered #veganstrong #veganathlete #workout #hockey #fitnessmotivation #blackandwhitephotography #vegansofig$

On the eve of my first COVID birthday, I’m shari

On the eve of my first COVID birthday, I’m sharing this pic taken on my birthday last year doing one of my favorite things: attending a Cirque du Soleil show. Something didn’t feel right that day. Almost like an impending sense of doom that I could not explain at the time.

By no means am I saying that I ever could have imagined what was about to take place days later when we were ordered to shelter in place and the entire world shutdown, but there was an eerie feeling (a dark energy) that dampened my day at the Cirque.

Like most live sports and entertainment, attending a Cirque show (without masks) probably won’t be possible until my birthday next year.

If you’re like me, you’re constantly qualifying the timeline of your events and activities as before the coronavirus outbreak (BC) and after the coronavirus outbreak (AC). Change is constant, inevitable, and part of growth and progress. Life has changed permanently and will continue to change in the AC era in ways imagined and unimagined. - Rick

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Stefen and I raced bikes together over a decade ag

Stefen and I raced bikes together over a decade ago, but it was his switch to vegan that reconnected us a few years ago. After his wife, Jules, won her battle over stage 4 colorectal cancer in 2014, the couple heeded the “warning” and went vegan together overnight. A creative chef who served in upscale fine dining establishments in LA and San Francisco, it took a few years before Stefen was able to transition his work to be fully aligned with his core values.

Stefan and Jules set their sights on creating plant-based cheese that would be so delicious that it would more than satiate people who say the one thing they can’t give up is dairy cheese. @julesveganfoods was born and their product line of cheese, dips and dressing made from cashews is flourishing. In addition to shipping directly to consumers all over the US, Jule’s Foods is in more than 50 stores and is about to be sold in Erewhon markets. The cheese is so good that it’s nearly impossible to not eat the entire wheel in one sitting.

What began as a response to a health crisis, Stefen and Jules’ motivation to eat and craft plant-based food is also about kindness, compassion and sustainability. Clearly they are #vibrantNRGizers. - Rick

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We kept the jar of bacon grease under the sink whi

We kept the jar of bacon grease under the sink while growing up. You can’t pour it down the drain because it will clog the pipes. So, what exactly do you think eating bacon does to your arteries?

Bacon grease is pure fat. Bacon itself is salt-cured pork belly. It’s loaded with fat, cholesterol and sodium, and while it does contain a minute amount of potassium, bacon has virtually no nutritional value. It literally contains zero micronutrients and zero fiber.

Unless you’re looking to clog your arteries, stay away from bacon - unless it’s plant based. Be kind to both your body and pigs.

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