Vegan RD|Diabetes Prevention & Healthy Vegan Diet

Eric Sharer

Chicago Vegan Examiner Marla Rose interviewed Eric Sharer RD on the benefits of a healthy vegan diet to prevent and control Type 2 Diabetes During the interview, Marla Rose and Eric Sharer referred to Paula Deen’s coming-out-of-the-diabetic-closet as a spokesperson for pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and their $500-a-month diabetes drug, Victoza. Excerts from Marla Rose’s [...]

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The Pregnant Vegetarian #4: Food Addict

Pumpkin Cake

Some of you may have read my previous comments on cake, and suspected that it was only the beginning. You were right of course. I am now all about food. I have strong thoughts about foods I’d like to eat, so strong I can almost taste them. Interestingly, aside from cake daydreams, they are not [...]

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Vegetarian Cooking While Camping: How to Do It Right

Glamping Table

Good response to my post on veggie camp cookery (forget it & live on sandwiches) – many great ideas on how to do veg camp cooking right Some of the responders felt my pain, but most comments revealed my ignorance and lack of creativity on the subject. Some hinted that I might need an attitude [...]

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The Pregnant Vegetarian #3: Blood Sugar Vampire

Pregnant Zoe Keeland

I have a confession to make. Some of you are going to hate me for this. At least a little. I have not puked once since I got pregnant. I don’t feel queasy in the mornings, and lately I don’t feel queasy at all. In fact, the worst I have felt since getting pregnant is [...]

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Dr. McDougall on Steve Jobs Cancer and Vegan Diet

Steve Jobs

Dr. John McDougall has written an article to set the record straight about Steve Job’s pancreatic cancer in relation to his long time vegan diet. In this long and informative article, Dr. McDougall uses cancer statistics and research to show that Steve Jobs most likely would have had pancreatic cancer since he was in his [...]

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Have a Stress Free Vegetarian or Vegan Thanksgiving

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Major Source of Vegetarian|Vegan Stress: Thanksgiving Dinners with Non-Veg Family I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is next week! It sneaks up on me like that every year! But it’s OK. Thanksgiving is not such a big deal – anymore. Back in my turkey days, I used to stress over Thanksgiving dinner: Get the bird cooked [...]

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The Economic Advantages of a Vegetarian Diet

Plateful of Money

Eat Better and Improve Your Health For Less Money, by Katherine Manning Families are trimming their budgets, and two areas of spending that create a drain on finances are food and health care. The two fields seem unrelated, but could not be more connected. One easy way to eat better, improve health and lower the [...]

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7 Yr Old Sugar Addict Reluctant to Go Vegan with Dad

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Dad goes vegan for weight loss, tries to get son to give up sugar & eat his cooking Message for Savvy Vegetarian: First of all, thanks for creating the Savvy Vegetarian web site! A little story about myself: I have struggled with weight issues most of my adult life. Recently I decided (educated myself) that [...]

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Crockpot Cooking Problems: Overcooking, Food Spoilage

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Leaving crockpots on warm for many hours overcooks food, increases risk of food spoilage Message for Savvy Vegetarian: Hi, I just purchased a programmable Crock-Pot and am looking for vegetarian slowcooker recipes which I see your website has. Thank you! I hope you can answer my question. It looks like slow-cooking vegetables does not take [...]

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Teen Pescetarian Worries: Protein, Animal Welfare

Pescatarian

15 year old pescatarian, vegetarian-wannabe, parents worry about protein, he worries about protein, animal welfare, and being short Message for Savvy Vegetarian Hi, i am a 15 year old pescetarian. I originally wanted to become a vegetarian after doing an animal cruelty project in my school. But when I told my parents, they were against [...]

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