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Chicken & Egg question
By: Zaya Mardika
Tags: Football, Womens Soccer, Girls Soccer, Womens Football, Soccer

Chicken & egg question: which one goes first? This is about the narrative inside your mind.

Scenario A:

“If I can do any great football skill, I will become a great footballer”

Scenario B:

“I will be a great footballer, then I can do any great football skill”

Which one goes first I will or I can?

People tend to give meaning to the things that they see in life. A chair is just a chair. However, others might think that certain chair is a “classic” because it reminds them of a past memory.

If the story inside your mind is “I will be a great footballer”, then you will relate everything you see and due to that intention. It feels great and you will get a great result, whether you realize it or not. No one can deny that this will work no matter what (you just don’t know when). This is the power of intention. (Intention > Make a change)

Then if the story in your mind is “If I can do any great football skill, I will become a great footballer”, your intention is to wait until everything’s perfect, but this will never happen. Then, sooner or later you’ll get too tired or lose motivation, and eventually you’ll give up completely. This time, your intentions have failed you. (Make a change > intention).

Your intention is to wait and see if you can have any great football skill, before deciding to be a great player. That intention makes you see everything around you as vague, doubtful, inconsistent, no guarantee & unsafe. Most probably, you are going to fail with this plan.

So which scenario will you chose? A or B?

Author: Zaya Mardika

Editor: Charalambos Elias
Plan B
By: Zaya Mardika
Tags: Football, Womens Soccer, Girls Soccer, Womens Football, Soccer

When people play football, they want to win because it feels good to get rewarded for all the hard work during training. Everyone wants to win and it’s good to be competitive. However, not everyone knows how to win so they get frustrated when their plans fail. Then, they try to find alternative plans but unfortunately there was never a plan B. So, in a desperate attempt, they do whatever they can do to win the game.

In football, there are a number of rules that must be followed by every player. However, since these rules are being judged by a referee, sometimes he/she can’t see everything clearly and end up making the wrong decision in deciding if a rule has been broken or not.

As a player, you rely on the referee other than the rules, so what happens if the referee is not always aware of what’s happening during the game? You might think of trying to take advantage of this situation by doing something wrong to win the game, like injuring an opponent by making a harsh tackle. This is a bad plan.

Why? Because, as a footballer, you need to keep playing to improve aspects of your game such as skill, stamina, experience, etc. So, if you get hurt while trying to make a harsh tackle, you won’t be able to play the next game. As a result, you’ll end up missing the chance to get better. So, which option will you chose: win today and miss tomorrow’s game, or lose today and improve tomorrow?

Then you might say “ok, I will not choose the bad plan but other players will, and I feel unsafe.” This is where the concept of reciprocity kicks in. If you open the door for someone every day, one day this person might open the door for you because she/he has seen your generous action. You don’t lead them by saying “please open the door for people. "Instead,

you lead by example.

So, if you keep playing fair football to win the game, you’ll have the empathy of others. Then, your opponents will realize that they also need to keep playing football to reach their potential skill. As a result, everyone will focus on trying to reach their potential and win in a safe way, instead of trying to win one game while making stupid decisions.

Author: Zaya Mardika

Editor: Charalambos Elias
Coaches Corner Podcast
By: Kieron Boyle
Tags: Soccer Coach, High School, Social Media, Coaching, Soccer

Coaches Corner Podcast

SAY Recreational Coach → Select Club Coach → Director of Coaching → Head Varsity High School Boys Coach

Along each phase of my journey I have shared ideas, activities, game clips, and more on social media through written, video, and audio content!

My latest endeavor is the #CoachesCorner videos that I have been posting on YouTube and sharing on social. Last week, I took one of the #CoachesCorner topics and made it the focus of a zoom meeting — #CoachesCorner Chat #1: Developing Your Program and Culture. The zoom meeting was an opportunity for coaches to share their thoughts on this topic. The experience was so valuable for me and I appreciated the chance to hear other coaches “take” on this topic.

So … this got me thinking! 1. Let’s do another #CoachesCorner Chat via Zoom! Another zoom meeting has been set — Topic: Developing Leadership! 2. Create another way to chat with coaches! And that’s how the #CoachesCorner Podcast came to be!
How to train soccer in the house
By: Endalgo, Soccer Community Platform
Tags: Sports, Soccer News, Youth Sports, Youth Soccer, Soccer

For any person that has grown up around soccer we all had at least one experience with our parents yelling at us to not play soccer in the house because we might break something. However, we would always find a way to play in the house when they are not home. We are confident that we are good enough to not break anything. Next thing you know, you are lost in the moment doing a couple of stepovers, moving around the table, breaking the ankles of the imaginary player, and then you take a shot, and you hit a picture frame that was sitting on the table and you cracked the glass covering that protects the photo. You freak out, and everything goes downhill from there.

Playing soccer in the house isn’t a bad a thing, if you can manage to keep the breakable objects out of reach. The reason why it’s suggested to play in the house is that many players spend a lot of time at home, more now than ever. While he or she is walking around the house, any type of ball should be at his feet. Nearly anything can be a obstacle, for example, you can dribble around the couch, meg the chair, or even chip a shoe. There are no limits for the scenarios for how a player can pretend that he or she is a game. Believe it or not, it’s these little details that will allow a player to explore and attempt new things on the field. Though for me as a player, it came with a lot of broken windows, but hey, that is how I landed my soccer scholarship, sorry mom! At 29 years old, I am still running around the house imagining the professional soccer career that I don’t have.

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How can I keep my players active?

I am sure time from time you have been wondering how you can keep your players active. Coaches can get creative, not all players have the equipment, but most households do have a table, couch, and a chair. Build a team training session online and use these essentials to connect the player with real-life scenarios.

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Football. Fuck it.
By: Scott Drayton
Tags: Arsenal, Poetry, Sports, Soccer

Football. Fuck it.

Photo by Aliyah Jamous on Unsplash

A few months ago I rather foolishly wrote a blog about the ups and downs of being a football fan. Now this was a mistake. A giant mistake. A monumental mistake. Much like being born which was the first mistake I made in life but it certainly wasn’t the last.

I was half right though. There are definitely downs. Like many downs. Like sledging off of Everest level of downs. The ups however were where I went wrong. Ups are as made up as Father Christmas or Christmas at all in 2020.

My anguish knows no bounds.

I can only release my feelings through the medium of poetry. It helped with my iPhone battery. Here it goes:

Haiku

Jokers to the left

Clowns everywhere fucking else

Hello. I’m Arsenal.

Acrostic

Stupid club makes me feel grumpy

Heroes not seen in many years

Idiotic defenders always seem jumpy

Trying to hold back my tears

‘Ello I’m Arsenal. I’m fucking shite.

Limerick

There once was a club called Arsenal

Whose every player was an arsehole

Watching them caused great pain

A drain on the brain

And now they can’t win fuck all

Sonnet

Oh Arsenal, why dost thou make me suffer?

I deserve not this pain

Your results could not be rougher

Your underlying metrics? Insane

You cannot defend nor attack

Nor keep hold of the ball

Watching these players is whack

I want to murder them all

So please, sort your shit out

Before my head does explode

Though I do really doubt

If you fucks can handle the load

Our humiliation feels final, our conclusion fated

At least we may win, when we get relegated.

Villanelle

Oh Arsenal, why are you so shite?

You never used to be this bad

A disgrace to the red and white

You’re all bark, yet no bite

Xhaka you shit stained rag

Oh Arsenal, why are you so shite?

Spurs fans revel in our plight

Mourinho makes it worse

A disgrace to the red and white

15th place now, we’ve lost the fight

Ozil chuckling over Twitter

Oh Arsenal, why are you so shite?

Do not go gentle, into that good night

The Championship pulls us closer

A disgrace to the red and white

Gunnersaurus gone, reality bites

But still all 60,000 ask

Oh Arsenal, why are you so shite?

A disgrace to the red and white
Online Soccer Training
By: Endalgo, Soccer Community Platform
Tags: Soccer Tournaments, Soccer News, Youth Sports, Youth Soccer, Soccer

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Are you staying active at home? Are you unsure what you want to do to stay active? Here are some soccer movement training sessions that you can do at home at any time of the day to stay on top of your game. You will see that we did not mention anything with the ball, but do you have a spot to train with the ball? Do you want to see some ball training sessions as well? Let us know!

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Sometimes it’s hard to go to the gym as we all have busy lives, and be because of that, we will be going live every week on the ENDALGO Instagram account to provide some quick home soccer workouts to keep you fresh and feeling good!

Check out one of our recommended fundamental bodyweight training sessions that you can do from home.

5 soccer fitness workouts from home

1. High Knees (30 seconds)

2. Standing Lunges (10 reps each leg)

3. Push Ups (20 reps)

4. Abdominal Crunches (30 Seconds)

5. Body Weight Squats (20 reps)

Join our new Soccer training for everyone group to meet players and coaches that are looking to keep players active from home.

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Join us this Thursday for a 30 minute at home soccer fitness training. No equipment is needed, just yourself and your hard working mentality. We understand that it’s difficult to play soccer and we want to at least provide some at home fitness workouts to keep you going!

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Mental preparation in soccer
By: Endalgo, Soccer Community Platform
Tags: Sports, Soccer News, Youth Sports, Youth Soccer, Soccer

Mental preparedness is a continuous topic that many people speak about these days. Although, a soccer player needs to train to improve his or hers skills, but also, diet and mental training just might be more important than the actual talent itself. Most youth athletes dream to be a professional player, but they lack the knowledge of what it truly takes to make it to the big stage.

To have mental toughness is soccer takes both teaching and self-learning. You can be told, but if you don’t try, believe or want to learn; it will be hard to have a mental toughness in soccer. It’s a game of mistakes and you have to learn to deal with them and overcome tough times. Unfortunately, soccer is a game that takes a lot of practice, travel, and mental preparation. Many players are successful at a young age, but they fall off because they don’t have mental toughness.

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While you see some of your favorite soccer players performing to the high standards in TV, they would not be able to do this if they did not start their day off with mental preparedness. Here are 3 tips from the ENDALGO team. Try them out and begin moving forward to being mentally prepared and strong.

Start your day off with fresh air

When you wake up every morning, before you start your day. Go outside and grab some fresh air, sit down, breathe, and visualize yourself. Visualize what you will do that day to make your one step closer to improving yourself.

Mental motivation

As simple as those two words sound, it’s easily one of the most important aspects to being mentally strong. With all of the distractions out there these days (more now than ever) it’s difficult to stay mentally motivated; but there are also some “good distractions” that can benefit your mental preparation. Watching a video on your favorite player, coach, or team. I personally enjoy watching soccer documentaries, because believe it or not, at some point, you will either be touched or can relate to something that was mentioned in the story. At being 29 years old, I continue to watch videos to stay mentally motivated as I am still competing.

Staying at home isn’t a bad thing

While being at home isn’t ideal for most athletes, but you use that time to continue pushing yourself forward. Sitting at home can keep your mind continuously thinking about the soccer, you will be able to paint your own picture in your head. By visualizing all game circumstances in your head, not only will you be more motivated to test out what you were visualizing, but you will begin to get more creative and explore what you can create within your mind. Everything begins with your mindset, after you are mentally strong, you will then explore and execute more in person.

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Watch Barcelona — Real Sociedad 2020 TV ((Live Stream)
Tags: Football, Soccer

Barcelona return to La Liga action, once more at the Camp Nou and take on league leaders Real Sociedad in what should be a thrilling encounter. Ronald Koeman’s side will be well aware of the importance of this fixture, as we desperately need to make up ground and get closer to the top of La Liga, and victory here will not only help us do just that, but will also be a massive boost to this team.

Culers will be watching closely on Wednesday evening to ensure that the performance levels from this Barcelona side are of the highest order, as now is the time to stand up and be counted, put in a display that will make us fans proud, and wrap up a big three points against impressive opposition.

But Barcelona will not only have to worry about themselves come tomorrow, as Real Sociedad are a fine side, and their league form has proven just that. Managed by Imanol Alguacil, and with so many quality players at their disposal, they have been an exciting side to watch for a short while now.
Arsenal 0–1 Burnley: By The Visuals — Arseblog News — the Arsenal news site
Tags: Analytics, Arsenal, Data, Premier League, Soccer

Arsenal’s terrible start to the 2020/21 Premier League campaign continued with an abject 1–0 defeat against a Burnley team that had only won 1 game in their first 10 Premier League games. It continues a worrying end to 2020 for Mikel Arteta, who looked like a managerial marvel when Arsenal triumphed in the FA Cup, but looks much more like a rookie manager in a tough job now.

Another red card (Arsenal’s 7th in the league under Arteta) sentenced Arsenal to another disappointing result and Granit Xhaka’s dismissal massively affected Arsenal’s chances of winning the game, which were looking quite promising before the Swiss captain decided to grab the neck of someone who was actually doing him a favour by splitting up a fight.

Let’s delve into the data to see if we can gain more insight.

As we can see from above, Arsenal largely dominated the game until Xhaka got sent off (58th minute) with Arsenal having a Possession Value of above 1.5 and Burnley having a PV of below 0.5. Xhaka’s red card completely flipped the script. Arsenal really should have scored, with Alex Lacazette in particular fluffing his lines after great work from Kieran Tierney down the left. On another day, Arsenal win that game quite comfortably and Granit Xhaka decides to refrain from attempted assault, but Arsenal seem to be running out of luck as quickly as we’re running out of creativity.

The above shows the pass maps for each of Arsenal’s starting XI. Arsenal again looked to focus possession down the flanks, with the centre of the pitch again being left quite empty. Arsenal’s full-backs and wingers again looked to pepper crosses into the box with a little more success than in previous weeks as shown below.

Arsenal’s crossing may have been a little bit better but the quality of opposition has to be taken into account, and at the end of the day, Arsenal still did not score, with the Gunners currently on course to score 32 goals in the Premier League this season.

Above are the progressive (Passes that result in the ball being at least 10 metres closer to the opposition goal) passes attempted by each player. Arsenal’s midfield did very little to progress the ball, with Xhaka, Lacazette and Elneny combining for less progressive passes than Kieran Tierney and the same as Hector Bellerin. Alex Lacazette in particular struggled, as the experiment of playing him at Number 10 continues to stutter.

To emphasis the damage Xhaka’s red card did to Arsenal’s chances of winning, look at the above image. Arsenal were dominating proceedings, with the Gunners firmly planted in the final 3rd, but after Xhaka was dismissed Arsenal just could not sustain any pressure, as Burnley came out of their shell to take advantage of Arsenal’s player deficit.

So another poor performance from Arsenal who face Southampton, Everton and Chelsea in the next 2 weeks. This next few weeks will truly be the biggest test of Mikel Arteta’s managerial career as he has received the ‘dreaded vote of confidence’.

Data from Opta via WhoScored
Thinking Process Problem
By: Zaya Mardika
Tags: Football, Womens Soccer, Girls Soccer, Womens Football, Soccer

You lose the ball easily during the game and you feel guilty about it. You haven’t recovered to feel better from your first mistake and the ball comes to you again. This time you pass the ball to the wrong place so the ball goes out. You feel even worse. You have decided to hide so your teammate can’t pass the ball to you, believing that you won’t make any other mistakes.

The easiest way to solve a problem is by avoiding it. Let me rewrite that sentence because I made a mistake, “the easiest way to make a problem worse is by avoiding it.” Because, if you keep running away from a problem, you accumulate all those little problems, and they’ll become even bigger problems. If I ask you to pass the ball to your teammate during training without any pressure from a defender and you have no problem with that, it means that your passing skill is good enough. But why is passing the ball to your teammate during the game so much harder? You don’t have skill-related problem, but you have a thinking process problem.

Before you receive the ball, did you look around to see where the ball is? The defender’s position? Where the space is? Your teammate’s position? Then, if you are aware of everything around, you can make any decision that is right for that situation and execute the skill properly.

It sounds easy and everyone knows about this. So, I would like to dare you to make at least 50 passes per match with a 94% pass completion rate (Sergio Busquets Stats). If you’re successful on that, congrats! Do other skills such as shooting/dribbling with a 94% success rate, and do it consistently. Now, you are on the way to becoming one of the greatest in the world. That’s how we differentiate between professional footballers who play in first league compared to players from the second or third league. They have similar skills but players in the first league are more consistent and more persistent. When they make a mistake, they will try their best to solve it instead of avoid it.

Author Zaya Mardika

Editor Charalambos Elias

Photographer Aditya Aji
Football Risks Losing Neymar Too Soon If The Brazilian Star Isn’t Protected
Tags: Football, Ligue 1, Psg, Neymar, Soccer

The footballing world held its breath on Sunday as Neymar left Paris Saint-Ligue Germain’s Ligue 1 fixture on a stretcher and in tears against Lyon.

This time around the Brazil international may have avoided a serious injury, but he remains one of the most regularly fouled players in Europe.

It appeared that Neymar had sustained a serious injury for the third time in four seasons, which could rule him out of the critical spring phase of the campaign.

The Brazilian star crumpled to the grass clutching his ankle, the victim of a fierce challenge from Thiago Mendes. As he shielded his face from the cameras, the agony he was feeling was readily apparent. This was not merely an act.

However the original scans returned a more sunny outlook. PSG hopes that Neymar will return in weeks rather than months, and will easily be fit in time to have a game against Barcelona as they renew their push in February for a maiden Champions League title.

If the controversial nature of Neymar’s on-field demeanour suggests that he is a figure who will never be widely praised, news of him escaping long-lasting damage is cause for relief for those who admire his freestyling nature.

But Sunday’s Parc des Princes incident should also serve as a warning: the way in which Neymar is being handled on the field at present leaves him helpless and exposed.

- I must ‘take the bullets’ for Arsenal’s poor form- Mikel Arteta Said

- ‘I’m not giving Isco the chance to show what a player he is’- Says Zinedine Zidane

- Neymar In Tears As He Leaves The Field On A Stretcher In Ligue 1 Loss To Lyon

Neymar’s father complained on Instagram : “F*ck… how much longer? We have spoken about this so much, we have underlined the excess of violence.

“Why not stop it at the beginning, with the first foul, why wait until the seventh, eighth, ninth foul?

“We are not taking the necessary measures throughout the whole game, where Neymar suffered the usual rotation of fouls, and always violent ones.

“This encourages these types of players and attitudes. If this sort of thing is allowed to continue, football will really lose a lot.

“FOR HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE VICTIM BE THE ONE AT FAULT?”

According to Opta’s estimates, Neymar was 25 percent more the victim of fouls than any other player who played at least minutes in the group stages of Europe’s premier club competition.

In five outings, he earned 24 fouls, the object of the offense once every 16 minutes while he was on the field. This illustrates that it can actually not be ignored as an issue with Ligue 1.

Football should celebrate players who can readily add flair and enthusiasm to matches, and stars like Neymar must be covered while a degree of physicality must remain.
I must ‘take the bullets’ for Arsenal’s poor form- Mikel Arteta Said
Tags: Football, Arsenal, Premier League, Soccer

Mikel Arteta acknowledges that he must “take the bullets” for the bad form of Arsenal and has encouraged his players to put their bodies on the line to avoid the slump of the Gunners.

In the league, Arteta’s side won just one of their last eight games and fini 15th in the table — only five points above the relegatio.

On Sunday, went down 1–0 at home to Burnley to mark their third Premier League defeat in succession.

The form of the Gunners has led to concerns about the future of Arteta — just 12 months after he replaced Unai Emery — and he knows that he has to accept the criticism that comes his way.

He said: “This is our reality right now and we have to face it by being brave, fighting and no one giving up. It’s not time to hide — it’s time to put your face and your body on the line.

“At the moment, I’m sorry, but we have to take the bullets. We are not winning football matches and you have to put your chest there. Hit me, because you have the right to hit me because we are not winning.

“What else can I do? Put my head down, work harder, and try to improve.

“It’s natural. I accept it and it’s part of the job. When you are not getting results, it’s the manager who has maximum responsibility. That’s why I accept because you can say whatever you want to explain, but at the end, you have to win football matches.

“This club is too big to accept this many losses in the last weeks. My chest is here — hit me, guys.”

The loss of Arsenal to Burnley also saw Granit Xhaka sent off to snatch Clarets’ midfielder Ashley Westwood’s throat — the latest indiscretion in his career with the Gunners.

After swearing at fans who jeered him during a game last November, the Swiss midfielder was stripped of the captaincy and looked ready to leave the club.

“It [his red card] has been resolved internally,” Arteta added. “There is a lot of players who have had rocky moments.

“What I can say about Granit is his professionalism and his commitment with the club and with his team is maximal. He knows and we all know that he had a moment where he’s lost it and I know the reason why.

“But what I cannot do is throw everything he has done away because he’s made a mistake. We all make mistakes and I am here to protect the players when I see that they deserve it.

“For sure Granit is one of them for the way that he approaches every training session, the way he wants to do everything the right way and the professional that he is.”
Debating at 16
By: Angela Negro
Tags: Teens, Courage To Change, Fear Of Failure, Vegan, Debate

What if we were just casually chatting and I told you that I am vegan? Would you think that I’ll judge you everytime you eat a piace of steak? Well, that’s not the case. I started this journey some months ago, and since last wednesday nobody, beside my family and my best friend, knew about it. Since it was the last day of school before the Christmas holidays, our student representatives proposed to dibate about some topics, and my class chose to talk about the climate change. It was very scary for me to speak in front of my classmates about things i already knew I would get judged for; but I decided to go for it, since I was awarethat nothing would have changed in me if I couldn’t even speak about what was really important for me, and that I knew I could talk about. So, I was the one who started the dibate, and my heart was pounding like crazy, as if it recognaized how big this little step was for me. I explained the reality about intensive animal farming (with the little time I got) and about its relevance in destructing our planet.

Right after this introduction, on of my classmates, the one that only partecipate in debates and seems to know a lot about everything, started talking about all the people the people that couldn’t become vegan for financial problems (because, in her opinion, it costs too much); she even took an exemple from an another continent, saying stuff that had nothing to do with the actual topic. What I didn’t appreciate was not her little rude attitude of who thinks to know what they are talking about, but was the fact that she acted like she didn’t care at all about what I was saying, as if she was a college teacher and I was a freshmen student in the place she teaches at.

I think it’s important to add that I usally don’t take parts in this kind of conversations because I always feel like I don’t own enough knowledge, so I never feel worthy of speaking with the others and that I would only say something stupid. Exactly because of this belief, I understood that I could join that dibate and even add something miningful to it, since I knew more than all of them. No, I never say “I know more than them”, but in that occasion it was actually true, but they seemed to just ignore it. In the end, the most important thing to remember when you are talking to someone is that they could know more about a specific topic than you do, even if they don’t usually seem the type to actually be interested in something: what we should do is simply keeping an open mind, and we could end up being surprised of what we have learnt.
Do Vegans Need Supplements?
By: Hey Green Goddess
Tags: Vitamins And Supplements, Vitamins For Women, Supplements, Vegan, Veganism

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Give your skin a daily dose of detox
Tags: Organic, Crueltyfree, Vegan, Natural Ingredients, Oily Skin

Give your skin a daily dose of detox

“Detox” is the most hyped word not only in health care routine but also in the beauty care industry. This buzz word not only meant for clean eating, juices and meal plans but also for clear, radiant and youthful skin. There are days when not only your body needs a detox but your skin screams for it too.

What are the signs that our skin needs a detox?

· Dull skin

· Breaking out frequently

· Patchy and uneven skin

· Sallow skin

· Oily skin

· Sensitive or dry skin

· Sagging or wrinkled skin

Why detoxification is needed?

· High level of stress- pimples, inflammation, skin redness, slow cell turnover and increased sebum production

· Congestion- makeup, weak hair follicles, dead skin cells, clogged skin pores, dehydrated and dull skin

· Too much sugar- contributes to acne

· Bad lifestyle choices- smoking, alcohol, not drinking enough water and inadequate sleep

Give a thumbs up to best anti aging organic skin care products. It protects the surface of the skin from the outside aggressors. Skin detox in an organic form keeps the congestion and impurities away while contributing more towards clear and radical free skin. It restores the skin pH levels and undergoes a multi-beneficial process.

Steps for skin detox:

· Double cleansing

· Exfoliates

· Steam your face

· Mask mode on

· Let your skin breathe with a light moisturizer

· Don’t ditch your clean diet.
How charcoal has become the skin savior?
Tags: Charcoal, Organic, Crueltyfree, Vegan, Natural Ingredients

How charcoal has become the skin savior?

Charcoal- the most hyped and famous skincare ingredient. It is best for cleaning skin pores and beneficial for skin in a few other ways too. Everybody wants younger looking and smaller skin pores. Here charcoal plays an important role. It keeps the skin pores clean, unclogged and healthy skin.

Why skin pores size is more emphasized?

Pore size matters. It acts as a gateway for the sebum that our skin naturally produces. If the pores aren’t cleaned, it increases the risk of infection and blockage and leads to acne and blackheads.

How charcoal balances oily skin?

Charcoal skin care products pull away the unwanted excess oil from the skin, making it smooth and supple.

How it treats acne?

Charcoal treats your acne. It absorbs the oils and toxins that reside deep below the skin.

Charcoal is a friendly ingredient for every skin type:

· Oily skin: removes oil, reduces the appearance of existing blackheads, prevents future breakouts and acne, deep clean the pores, and removes dirt and bacteria.

· Sensitive skin: charcoal is all-natural and super gentle.

· Combination skin: real difference to your T-zone after using a detoxifying cleanser or an activated charcoal mud mask designed for your skin type. Your skin should feel less oily and you should have fewer breakouts.

· Normal skin: great at removing dirt and residue caused by pollution.
Why veganism is good for the environment
Tags: Vegan Recipes, Vegan, Veganismo, Vegan Food Recipes, Veganism

If you aren’t aware of the many vegan benefits, you might want to sit down. How you approach your diet can have a massive impact on things like energy levels and long-term health, and eating a plant-based diet doesn’t just keep you healthy. It also keeps the planet healthy.

Vegans choose not to consume animal products — cattle, pigs, all birds raised for human consumption, hens for egg-laying, feeder and dairy cattle. Vegans choose rather to eat natural products that don’t involve the killing of animals and therefore live a more compassionate life.

Going vegan is good for health -

The consumption of animal fats and proteins has been linked to heart disease, colon and lung cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, obesity, and a

number of other debilitating conditions. Cows’ milk contains ideal amounts of fat and protein for young calves, but far too much for humans.

According to Gill Langley, a Ph.D. in biology and author of Vegan Nutrition, “it is clear from the example of many thousands of vegans worldwide

that a varied plant-based diet not only supports health and well-being but, additionally, can have positive health benefits.

A vegan diet is protective against such major killers as heart disease and cancer.

Going vegan prevents the exploitation of all animals -

The exploitation of animals is not only cruel but inhumane. Living in cramped conditions and many times standing in their own feces,

animals being raised for conventional slaughter can develop resistant strains of e-coli which is passed down to meat eaters.

Their meat also contains massive antibiotics and hormones they are fed as slaughter animals, remaining in the meat to consume.

Even organic meat cannot be proven that the animal was raised in humane ways, simply because it was not fed antibiotics or hormones.

Going vegan decreases water pollution -

Unfortunately, the production of livestock accounts for increases in water usage for the irrigation of crops to feed cattle and other forms of livestock.

Livestock are the largest source of water pollution, contributing to dead zones on coastal areas, human health problems, antibiotic resistance and the degradation of coral reefs.

The water pollution originates from run-offs of animal wastes, tannery chemicals, eroding pasture sediments, crop fertilizers and pesticides.
Plan to be Vegan in 2021?
By: Paul E. Collins
Tags: Vegetarian, Veganuary, 2021, Vegan, Veganism

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What is Veganuary?

Veganuary is a UK non-profit organization that promotes veganism by encouraging people to follow a vegan lifestyle for the month of January. It started in 2014 and has grown rapidly since then, with over 450k people taking part worldwide in 2020. Veganuary offers daily email support to participants, helping them to successfully complete a vegan month. Participants aim to only eat vegan food and also not to buy any non-vegan clothes, cosmetics, or other items during the month. The Vegan Society became an official Veganuary partner in 2020 and is partnering with them again for the 2021 campaign.

What happens when I sign up?

When you click the sign-up button on this page you will be re-directed to our partner page on Veganuary’s website. There you will be asked for some basic info (e.g. name and email address) in order to sign-up. Veganuary will then send you an email every day for the month of January, to help you successfully complete the challenge. These emails include recipe ideas, shopping tips, health, and environmental info, and lots of encouragement! You can also opt-in to receive a monthly newsletter from The Vegan Society that includes recipes, updates on our work, and useful tips on how to thrive as a vegan.
WhiteCub is India’s Pioneering DairyFree Ice Cream brand led by Ms Sonal, Director Compassionate Choices Pvt Ltd and CEO White Cub. The entire range of flavours is certified Cholesterol-Free…
Tags: Ice Cream, Dairy Products, Vegan

ABOUT US

WhiteCub is India’s Pioneering DairyFree Ice Cream brand led by Ms Sonal, Director Compassionate Choices Pvt Ltd and CEO White Cub. The entire range of flavours is certified Cholesterol-Free, TransFat-Free and Gluten-Free.

WhiteCub has also won PETA Vegan Foods Awards over two successive years. At WhiteCub, we believe in ensuring the same lusciousness as that present in icecream while keeping our offerings dairy-free. We are able to do so by replacing dairy milk with plant-based milk.

Currently, the brand has three parlours, serving over twenty flavours, in Delhi NCR. Its FMCG tubs are available in retail stores across Delhi NCR, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. Visit www.whitecub.in
I go to the beach, and catch my best to feel the wave of emotions, assess my ancient memories into the current. I ache, I desire, I say “yes” to my longing. This is how I control myself. I no longer…
By: Vegan Sudesh
Tags: Vegan Sudesh, Vegan Writer, Vegan, Vegan Story, Veganism

I go to the beach,

and catch my best to feel the wave of emotions, assess my ancient memories

into the current.

I ache, I desire,

I say “yes” to my longing.

This is how I control myself.

I no longer follow all traditions as I was taught in childhood,

but as the zigzag waves splash at times and a new intimacy is uncovered in everything,

perhaps it's that I’m finally learning

to care about my self being.

Vegan Sudesh

📱8452036912

Email: vegan@sudesh.org
Nourishment
By: Maria Del Pilar
Tags: Gluten Free, Health, Organic Food, Vegan, Digestive System

Eating or fast, how long to fast for?, Cleaning time, thinking time, meditation time. Eating non-bio food equals to stomach pains, gas, stools, colon pain. Fast equals to light, light body, and sensing own body, sensing each organ of own body. Balance, duality.

And life is going on. Sunshine.
Why Handmade Soaps Are Expensive!
By: Jill Lee
Tags: Handcraft, Soap, Mild, Vegan, Handmade Soap

Handmade soap is a far gentler on your skin due to the lack of synthetic agents in it.

Soap is made by saponification, the process of combining lye, and olive oils, and water. Saponification is a general term for the overall process of making soap but within that there are various specific processes which are utilized.

The cold process method is one where saponification takes 4–6 weeks to complete and the glycerine remains in the soap.

I am very sure we all notice and wonder why handmade soaps cost more than the average commercial soap in the market. The most obvious reason for this is , they are time intensive and handmade, (they’re not just a pretty face!). We use cold pressed oils and plant based ingredients. Commercial soap manufacturers use what we call a “Synthetic Detergent Bar.” This means that the soap is actually some form of lathering chemical (like SLS or Sodium Lauryl Sulphate) pressed together to form a bar of soap. It takes a long time to make soap by old fashioned traditional way!

Handmade soaps are categorized under soaps which are chemical free and are prepared from plant-based ingredients like natural oils & pure herbs of different flavours. Basically, they are produced by using traditional methods in small batches. These handmade soaps contain compound like glycerine which softens and moisturize the skin. Moreover, handmade soaps are organic in nature and free of harsh chemical additives such as parabens and other petrochemicals chemical products.

Invest in your skin. It is going to represent you for a very long time.

Check us out at www.soaplabels.co
It was difficult to wrestle with the realization that someone or something had to die for me to eat.
By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Vegetarian, Meat, Vegan, Veganism, Food

It was difficult to wrestle with the realization that someone or something had to die for me to eat. If not an animal, it would be a plant. This piece by Macken Murphy reminded me.

I still remember the revulsion toward factory farming I felt as a child, imagining the dark recesses of my childhood bedroom at night were cages packed so tightly with chickens, they could not move. I still watch the raw predatory passion of hyenas. They will not even wait for their prey to die but will just begin eating, covering themselves with blood. The stakes for them, life and death, are more immediate. And they accept and face what they do.
Why Handmade Soaps Are Expensive!
By: Jill Lee
Tags: Soap, Handcrafted, Mild, Vegan, Handmade Soap

Handmade soap is a far gentler on your skin due to the lack of synthetic agents in it.

Soap is made by saponification, the process of combining lye, and olive oils, and water. Saponification is a general term for the overall process of making soap but within that there are various specific processes which are utilized.

The cold process method is one where saponification takes 4–6 weeks to complete and the Glycerine remains in the soap.

I am very sure we all notice and wonder why handmade soaps cost more than the average commercial soap in the market. The most obvious reason for this is , they are time intensive and handmade, (they’re not just a pretty face!). We use cold pressed oils and plant based ingredients. Commercial soap manufacturers use what we call a “Synthetic Detergent Bar.” This means that the soap is actually some form of lathering chemical (like SLS or Sodium Lauryl Sulphate) pressed together to form a bar of soap. It takes a long time to make soap by old fashioned traditional way!

Handmade soaps are categorized under soaps which are chemical free and are prepared from plant-based ingredients like natural oils & pure herbs of different flavors. Basically, they are produced by using traditional methods in small batches. These handmade soaps contain compound like Glycerine which softens and moisturize the skin. Moreover, handmade soaps are organic in nature and free of harsh chemical additives such as parabens and other petrochemicals chemical products.

Invest in your skin. It is going to represent you for a very long time.

Check us out at www.soaplabels.co
Benefits Of A Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan — Optimal Weight loss
By: Datoru Igbikiberesima
Tags: Weightloss Foods, Weight Loss Tips, Vegetarian, Weight Loss, Vegan

People try a huge number of different diets in an effort to lose weight, one of which is a vegetarian weight loss diet plan. If you’re looking to lose weight in this way then here’s a quick guide to the various benefits and how to get started.

Improve Your Health

Studies show that vegetarians are more likely to have a healthy BMI — body mass index — and are less likely to suffer from obesity, coronary artery disease, some types of cancer, and hypertension. Why is it so healthy? Because vegetarians avoid meat (the main source of saturated fat in our diets), they often eat more polyunsaturated fat, and a lower amount of fat in total.

Although the word vegetarian is generally understood as someone who doesn’t eat meat or fish, there are other types of vegetarian that may still eat fish (pescetarian), or that may avoid all animals products including cheese and eggs (vegan).

Help The Environment

Although this isn’t directly related to your weight or health, it’s motivating to know that a vegetarian weight loss diet plan is good for the environment. Eating vegetables instead of meat, or even just reducing the meat you eat, will lower your carbon footprint! Why? Because the animals raised for meat also have to eat vegetables throughout their lives. Skip out the animals and eat the vegetables yourself and you’ll be saving a lot of resources!

How To Get Started On A Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan

You don’t have to go 100% vegetarian to benefit from a vegetarian weight loss diet plan. Simply cutting down on the amount of meat you eat can have a positive effect. For example, you may choose to eat meat three times a week and stick to a vegetarian diet the rest of the time. You can still eat similar portion sizes, but you’ll find that you lose weight more easily as a vegetarian diet generally contains fewer calories.

While on a vegetarian diet, take care to ensure your diet is balanced. The main concern is usually that vegetarians don’t get enough protein. This is unlikely to be true, as most meat eaters take in far more protein than they need — and an unhealthy form of protein at that. As long as you’re eating plenty of legumes, beans and soy products, you should have the protein you need.

Remember, a vegetarian weight loss diet plan alone will not cause the weight to fall off. You’ll have to keep track of calories and perform regular exercise if you’re really serious about getting your weight down.
Is Too Much Tofu Elevating Your COVID Risk?
By: Tara Fernandez
Tags: Health, Science, Medicine, Vegan, Covid 19

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan has found that high levels of cadmium — a heavy metal found in cigarettes, environmental pollutants, and certain foods — can spike the risk of death from respiratory viral infections, which could possibly include COVID-19.

“Our study suggests the public in general, both smokers and nonsmokers, could benefit from reduced exposure to cadmium,” commented lead author Sung Kyun Park, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences.

Cadmium exposure can, over time, threaten the integrity of our respiratory immune systems. Those with high levels of the chemical are particularly susceptible. While cigarette smoke is a potent source of cadmium intake, certain foods can be dietary sources of cadmium, including rice, cereals, and soybeans. Previous studies have found that the consumption of tofu can lead to elevated cadmium levels in nonsmokers.

“Unfortunately, the human body finds it much more difficult to excrete cadmium than other toxic metals, and its presence in many nutritious foods means it is critical to continue reducing sources of environmental pollution that contribute to its presence in the air, soil, and water,” explained senior author, Howard Hu.

The team took a deep dive into data collected as part of the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1988–1994 and 1999–2006, which held insights into the health and nutrition of the US population. In total, there were almost 16,000 participants in these studies, in which samples of blood and urine were taken to measure cadmium levels.

After adjusting for factors such as age, sex, and body mass index, the researchers found that those with the highest levels of cadmium were 15 percent more likely to die of influenza or pneumonia.

“We couldn’t directly look at cadmium body burden among COVID-19 patients in the early pandemic,” said Park. “Our motivation was to find a modifiable risk factor that can predispose people with COVID-19 infection to develop a severe complication and die of COVID-19.

“COVID-19 may not be a one-time event. Our findings suggest that the public can benefit from reduced cadmium exposure when the next pandemic occurs. This cannot be done suddenly and takes time through policy changes.”

No, you don’t need to start avoiding tofu like the plague, says Hu. “This isn’t a recommendation for a draconian change in lifestyle, since many of these foods are typical staples of a balanced, nutritious diet, and their overall contribution to cadmium burden is likely modest.”

“Rather, the suggestion is to consider some shifts in choices.”

In the meantime, the team calls for epidemiologists to take a closer look at potential sources of cadmium exposure within the general population and for environmental crusaders to continue to limit cadmium pollution.

Sources: University of Michigan, Environmental Health Perspectives.