Nutritionist Response to Ignorant MD About Veg Diet

Lori Zito

Nutritionist responds to email from a doctor to vegetarian patient – guide for those with doctors ignorant about vegetarian diet & nutrition Nutritionist Lori Zito’s article, Dear Ego of Dr. Ignorant, responds point by point to an actual email written by a doctor to his patient who has gone vegetarian. Apart from her understandable angry sarcasm [...]

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Is it Good to Go Vegetarian with an Eating Disorder?

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21 with eating disorder, wants to go vegetarian, treatment team & Savvy Vegetarian say not a good idea Question for Savvy Vegetarian:   Hi, I”m 21 and after thinking about it for a long time, I have recently decided to go vegetarian. There are a number of reasons including animal welfare, the environment and tending [...]

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10 Ways to Love Your Veggies and Eat Them Too

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Why we don’t eat vegetables, 10 ways to love your veggies & eat them too, how to cook vegetables, vegetable nutrition facts, vegetable recipes Deep down, everybody knows that vegetables are healthy, and we should eat them. But many people just don’t like veggies, or eat them much. That’s often as true for vegetarians as for [...]

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The Jazzy Vegetarian Interviews The Savvy Vegetarian

The Jazzy Vegetarian, Laura Theodore

Savvy Vegetarian was interviewed by the Jazzy Vegetarian, Laura Theodore, today on Blog Talk Radio, along with cookbook author Robin Robertson. What fun! This post is a close approximation of the transcript. 1) What is a Savvy Vegetarian? Well informed about vegetarian diet & nutrition, persistent and patient in transitioning to a vegetarian diet, balanced [...]

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Vegetarian Diet & Health Over 55: Lower Cancer Risk

Never Too Late

Plant based diet, vegetarian diets protect health, low-fat vegan diet critical for lower cancer risk, heart attack risk, reversing diabetes – Dr. Neil Bernard According to the latest research from AICR, 1 in 3 “older adults” (55 and up) don’t know about the connections between diet and disease, or think that it’s too late to [...]

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Vegetarian, Non-Veg Mom, Birthday Party Menu Planning

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Vegetarian Advice: Birthday girl has vegetarian party menu ideas, Mum says her birthday party menu plans are self-centred   Message for Savvy Vegetarian: I’m vegetarian, my 21st Birthday is in January and I’m planning a big party which my non-veg mum is very keen to have and pay for. Birthday Party Menu Planning: I would love for [...]

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Big Batch Vegetarian Cooking for Quick Easy Meals

Vegetarian Chili

Savvy Vegetarian advice for easy vegetarian meal planning: Vegetarian recipes  to make ahead in big batch vegetarian cooking, for quick meals to freeze or fridge Question for Savvy Vegetarian: I was wondering if you have vegetarian recipes you can recommend that we can make a big batch of ahead of time and freeze or store to eat [...]

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Your Vegetarian Diet Is YOUR Business!

Frustrated College Girl

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 [...]

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8 yr old goes vegetarian, Mom concerned about calories

Kid Vegetarian

It’s not easy to keep active growing lacto-ovo vegetarian children from being skinny. Parents need kid friendly recipes and children’s multivitamins 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 [...]

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Vegetarian Weight Loss & Anne Collins

Anne-Collins

Does Anne Collins need to be a Registered Dietition to provide advice on vegetarian weight loss, vegetarian nutrition and online weight loss support? 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 [...]

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