November 30th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
For vegetarian weight loss Savvy Vegetarian recommends daily exercise, a plant based diet and a couple weeks of calories count for a start. Question For Savvy Vegetarian: Hi! I’m 60 and have been totally veg for about 8 months. I eat a plant-based, whole grain, no oil diet. I don’t eat any soy products except [...]
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November 29th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
Vegetarian child having behavior issues could be a number of reasons: Is he getting enough calories? Does he have food sensitivities, indigestion, constipation? Message for Savvy Vegetarian: Hi, I just stumbled on your website and wonder if you might have any advice for me. My 7 year old went vegetarian (lacto-ovo) 2 months ago. The [...]
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November 28th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
After switching from a plant-based diet to a junk food diet, mice with human intestinal bacteria became grossly obese. Dr. Mirkin recommends a plant-based diet. Dr. Gabe Mirkin talks about a study showing that a junk food diet high in fat and sugar alters gut bacteria, causing obesity in mice. That same intestinal bacteria tends to create [...]
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November 11th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
Excerpt from article published 11.11.09 by Huffington Post …I wonder if more of the difficulty doesn’t come from the ways that we talk and think about change. When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not. It’s a strange formulation, and it’s distracting. [...]
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November 9th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
Dear Savvy Vegetarian, I just purchased a crock pot and would like more info on how to prepare beans before adding them to crock pot recipes. Ideally, I was looking at a chili recipe and wondering if there was a way to add dry beans with extra water (proportions?) with all the other ingredients to [...]
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November 4th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
Study Suggests A Vegan Diet Can Improve Diabetes Management From The IVU Newsletter: Paul Appleby of Oxford Vegetarians (IVU) sent in the following research report: Journal American Dietetic Association. 2008 Oct;108(10):1636-45: A recent study by David Jenkins and colleagues at the University of Toronto shows that a vegan diet compares favourably with a conventional diabetes [...]
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