{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"Jennifer C","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/groweat\/","title":"The Healthy Vegan - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LnV28V9PZb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-healthy-vegan\/\">The Healthy Vegan<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-healthy-vegan\/embed\/#?secret=LnV28V9PZb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Healthy Vegan&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"LnV28V9PZb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/healthy-vegan.jpg","thumbnail_width":599,"thumbnail_height":197,"description":"The Vegan lifestyle is arrived at via many different paths.\u00a0 Some come to it by taking a stand against factory farming, and animal cruelty, while others want to be kinder to the earth, and then there is the awareness of the health benefits of a plant based diet.\u00a0 However you end up arriving, once you get here, the days of worrying about Vitamin B-12, and how you\u2019ll get your protein, have been trumped by the advent of vegan processed foods, genetically modified foods (GM foods), and busy lifestyles that leave us putting our health on the back burner. We longed for convenience and more choices when it came to eating our meals, and those pining\u2019s have been answered\u00b8 and then some. Never before have Vegans had so many foods that cater to our needs, but unfortunately just because it says vegan on the package does not mean that it is good for us. At one time we were exempt from the trappings of the Standard American Diet (SAD), boiling our beans, rice, and stir frying our tofu, we felt strong, and healthy, but now more of us are choosing to depend on processed foods as staples, and using whole foods [&hellip;]"}