"Beyonce had a baby?"

What drives me nuts about celebrities having all these kids, is that they create the most unrealistic image for us "normal", non-famous women!

I just saw on TMZ that Beyonce was spotted out for dinner 10 weeks after giving birth to her baby girl and she looks ridiculously good. I'm sure she's wearing a really good pair of Spanx or something, but I feel like it still makes all those other mom's out there that had babies 10 weeks ago cringe!

I know there's a lot of controversy out there about how Beyonce never even gave birth etc, but if she didn't, what's wrong with announcing that she used a surrogate? Is there shame in that? Or that they adopted? I feel like it gives a lot of people in the position of having used or who are using a surrogate or adopting a reason to feel shame. And that's so unbelieveably wrong.

....I feel completely distracted this morning because I've been doing lots of reading about a recent recall in the beef industry. It makes me shake my head, because if the meat industry had better regulations, this wouldn't happen to begin with. What is really gross, is that a lot of people don't know what e.coli really means and where it comes from.

It's in poo. And that poo is sitting on your meat. I believe chicken is usually the worst offender for this, and it all is there because of the processing done after the animal is killed. It's all gross business, and definitely not for the faint of heart. My husband chose to become a veggie after reading about the processing done to the animal after slaughter, because despite being an animal lover, the slaughter process itself was not what put him over the edge.

I find that I have to defend myself a lot when it comes to the issues of being a veggie or not. It makes me really sad that is the case. I don't feel like I'm preaching, or calling people stupid and uneducated, it's just simply that our habits have been passed down from generations and that a majority of us all grew up with the "norm" of eating meat. I was raised eating meat, and my parents both still eat meat. I still find myself defending our diet choices to the older generations in my family, the ones who have grown up being told that your diet isn't complete without eating meat. But the fact of the matter is, times have changed dramatically. There is a ridiculous amount of proof now that exists (from reliable sources) that indicate NOT eating meat is healthier. There are no health risks to not eating meat. In fact, it's been actually proven that by cutting meat out of your diet dramatically reduces risks of obesity, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease, allergies and even right down to the common cold/flu. Meat is a huge contributing factor to all those diseases. Not to mention that my son is hitting goals faster then most average 2 year olds and is extremely healthy and happy. My doctor is more then impressed by his eating habits and his learning ability. I think what I have the hardest time with, is that even with all the evidence that exists disproving meat from the average diet, people still choose to ignore the statistics. People still choose to take their children to McDonald's and Burger King for dinner instead of making them a home cooked meal. Or even just taking them to a better fast food option. What's worse, is that businesses like McDonald's started the "Backstage Mom's" program to make parents feel better about feeding their kids crap. If you go on their website and look up the "Nutritional Facts" that they publically post, nothing has changed. It's still crap.

Here, I'll even post the link to McDonald's nutritional facts! (Oh, and no one can use the "but that's in the States, it's better here in Canada" excuse because this website is Canadian) http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en/food/nutrition_calculator.html click on Nutrition Facts or Ingredient Facts for information.

This site is by one of my favourite people. Kathy Freston was first introduced to me by her appearance on Oprah and she is a New York Times bestselling author of many acclaimed books that are backed by doctors worldwide. She posts facts and sources in her books for people to further their education. http://www.kathyfreston.com/ She also has a new book out that I'm dying to read.

I think anyone that doesn't even know me can tell that I'm really passionate about this subject. I don't strive to change the world into vegetarian's or vegan's, I just want to raise awareness to something that is a huge factor in our everyday lives. Far too many people just don't pay attention and that's why the obesity and heart disease rate across North America is so ridiculously high. I don't want my son and his generation to be unhealthy, I'd like to teach our children healthy lifestyle and eating habits.