Starting Sunday, October 26 @ 11:59 PM, until Sunday, November 02 11:59 PM  your challenge is to ...

Be Vegan for 1 Week

To show support for the Word Compassion and Vegan Day coming up on November 1, we are challenging participants to be vegan for a week.

Did you know these facts?

Vegetarian foods are a major source of nutrition for most people in the world.

Vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and some forms of cancer.

Vegetarian diets cane be simple and easy to prepare.

Contrary to popular belief, vegetarians can and do have strong bones. Some of the best sources of calcium include beans, green leafy vegetables, tofu and fortified non-dairy milks.



Suggested Reading:
Why Go Vegetarian or Vegan? - Learn More.

42 Health Benefits of Going Vegan Read More.
This challenge was closed on 11/2/2014

10  members have accepted this challenge.
5  members have completed this challenge.

Congratulations to these participants for completing the challenge.   Jagruti V Shah   Manu R Shah   Naresh K Chadha   Pravin Dagli   Rajesh Mehta

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:

1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

2. At the end of the week, you can declare if you have completed the challenge. You can only mark a challenge as completed from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.