Spray Away Your Ego, Apathy, and Passive or Aggressive Behavior

Are you, or someone you know, suffering from an over-inflated ego?

Well you're in luck. Scent guru, Heidi Rettig has created sprayable aromatherapy to help eliminate ego, apathy, passiveness and aggressiveness.

Inspired by her former days working in a cubicle, Rettig created aromatherapy that anyone could take with them to make just about any day more tolerable. She calls these portable aromatherapy sessions, The Antidote for Ego.

The scent combinations sound sophisticated and refreshing. For instance, Rettig mixes lavender, sweet orange and pepper for one sweet and spicy scent.

Not only are we intrigued by the interesting aromas, but we love the fact that the sprays are created with essential oils and all of the products are 100% vegan.


The sprays are available online and are priced quite reasonably, around $20 a bottle. They might even make a great gag-gift for someone with a little extra bravato. Check out the full line of aromatherapy sprays at The Antidote for Ego's online store.

Ryan Gosling Makes Your Vegan Dreams Come True

By now you've probably seen the "Hey Girl" memes involving Ryan Gosling photos that display the perfect supportive boyfriend quotes. The trend has taken on a life of its own at this point and has targeted specific demographics such as Etsy sellers, feminists and now vegans.

Vegan Ryan Gosling will help you make a lentil curry for dinner, while stripping off his shirt to keep his cool in the kitchen. He'll help you rescue farm animals and still find the time to pick you wild flowers along the way. In short, he's the perfect vegan boyfriend. And even though Gosling isn't a vegan in real life, a girl can dream.

 

Clinton Supports Supersize Soda Ban

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New Yorkers soon may not be able to say "supersize me", at least when it comes to soda.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has proposed a city-wide soda ban. The ban would only effect large-sized sugary drinks such as soda, punch and some sports drinks.

While many are crying foul and using terms like "nanny state" to describe the bill, one prominent figure has offered his support.

Former president and current vegan Bill Clinton shared in an interview on CNN that the soda ban could be a good first move to help fight the war against type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Clinton talked about the fact that many Americans are now consuming too much sugar to be able to live healthy lives. The health-care crisis caused by consuming this extra sugar is costing tax-payers and consumers more money at the doctor and on health insurance premiums.

"We've got this explosion of diabetes in America among young people. For the first time, type 2 diabetes is showing up in 9-year-olds and among baby boomers who are retiring. It's a terrible human tragedy, and its basically too much sugar going into the body, we can't process it all."

We at Veggie Scene agree that something must be done to limit the sugar intake of the average American. Is a ban on large drinks really going to accomplish a change in behavior though? Already, many people have said that they will just purchase multiple small drinks and still consume the same amount of soda.

We think a better option would be adding a tax to sugary drinks. Take that tax and use it to help drive down the cost of healthy whole foods. Also use that income to increase the availability of healthy foods in city areas where they have no access to fresh produce. Just limiting access to bad foods is not enough to allow people to really make a change in the type of food that they consume.

While we do feel that more must be done, it is clear that sugar consumption must decrease in America. Whether the soda ban will actually accomplish this goal is yet to be seen. At least we are trying something though, and hopefully it will at least get people to think about the nutritional choices they are making.