Kid Friendly Healthy Diet for Food Allergies

Little Girl Eating

Mom worries tofu won’t have enough protein for toddler with food allergies. Savvy Veg has kid friendly recipe advice. Question for Savvy Vegetarian: My 20 month old daughter has food allergies – she is allergic to dairy, eggs, and all nuts. I am concerned that there are several key nutrients she may be either low [...]

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Frumpy Fat & 54, Wants To Stop Eating Meat

Fat Frumpy 54

Question for Savvy Vegetarian: I really do not know where to start. I feel tired all the time – especially in the afternoon. I am overweight and feel frumpy. At 54 I am not ready to give up but I do not want to spend the rest of my life fat and miserable. From previous [...]

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Kick the Junk Food Habit, Go Veg, Lose Weight

Fast Food

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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Busy Business Woman Needs Fast Food Quinoa Recipes

basic cooked quinoa

Message For Savvy Vegetarian: Hello, I don’t know if you know the answer to this question but I am trying to incorporate Quinoa into my diet and want to make it in some sort of portable form. For example, I wonder if anyone has had success in cooking it (with some spices perhaps), frying patties [...]

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Unhealthy Vegetarian Diet Worse Than Eating Meat

French Fries

Question for Savvy Vegetarian: Hi, please help me. I have been a veggie for about a year now, my family always nag about it but that’s not the problem. My mum has osteoporosis, fibromyalgia and arthritis. The doctor said some of them can be hereditary, and that I should eat lots of red meat as I too [...]

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