August 30th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
How to NOT debate vegetarianism with friends, family and others
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
First of all, let me thank you for your website! I’m a vegetarian college student (veg for almost 4 years now) and I want to thank you for this enormous resource. I’ve learned how to cook quinoa, how to prepare shopping lists, what to buy at [...]
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July 12th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Dear Savvy Vegetarian,
My 8 year old daughter became a vegetarian two months ago. My husband and I who are not vegetarian are trying our best to support her choice.
She is also an avid dancer training two to three hours a day. This is HER choice, we are NOT pushing this on her. (I have 4 [...]
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May 16th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Message for Savvy Vegetarian:
I’m really bothered by the fact that you keep telling people to go to Anne Collins’ website. I had to search for quite a few minutes to find her credentials and, to my surprise, she is not a Registered Dietitian.
I believe only a Registered Dietitian specialized in vegetarian diets should give advice [...]
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May 14th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Dear Savvy Vegetarian:
About 7 days ago, I begin a plant based diet, eating organic vegetables when they are available. I have always had constipation problems and I was hoping this diet would resolve that.
Are there some vegetables that I should eat more of? So far my diet consists of oatmeal, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, onions, asparagus, [...]
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May 12th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Hello, I have a set of six month old twins that are just beginning their transition to solid foods.
They have been on soy milk formula and breast milk to date and I would like to raise them on a vegetarian diet.
Do you have any advice, articles, recipes, or good web sites I [...]
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May 10th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Dear Judith, I discovered your website quite a while ago, and have recently stumbled across it again. I love the recipes, and this advice blog is great. I’ve been vegetarian at least twice before, and always fell back into the meat eating pattern. I now have cut meat out of my lifestyle [...]
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April 18th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Hello. After a lot of back and forth, I have finally settled in to my vegetarian lifestyle. I am having trouble finding things to eat, however. I fine myself constantly eating the same meals, and it gets a little bland and boring after a while.
Recently I went to a restaurant and tried [...]
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April 14th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Part 1 – Cut the cheese
A while back we received a letter from a reader who was asking about vegetarian weight loss. She had experienced weight gain on her new veggie diet instead of the usual weight loss. Why do some vegetarians experience weight gain instead of healthy weight loss on a vegetarian diet?
Eating less [...]
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April 8th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Message for Savvy Vegetarian:
Hello, I discovered this website researching about veganism, since I have recently decided to go vegan; formerly being an ovo-lacto-vegetarian for about a year, when I was 16. I’m now 17.
I have a huge problem, and wanted to ask for advice: When I told my mother of my meaning to not eat meat, [...]
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April 1st, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Convert any dessert recipe into a sugar free recipe, with stevia: natural sweetener and sugar substitute!
Diabetics and hypoglycemics are always looking for sugar free desserts. And sometimes it’s hard to find diabetic dessert recipes, especially vegetarian, vegan or gluten free.
But more and more people, especially vegetarians, are becoming conscious of the unhealthy effects of processed [...]
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