July 21st, 2011 by Savvy Veg
57 yr old vegetarian woman lacks energy, needs advice on diet, protein, nutritional supplements, what to do with her bean & lentil collection Message for Savvy Vegetarian: I have been vegetarian, in various stages, for 35 years. I have 2 reasons for writing. 1) I have been out of work for 3 years. I have [...]
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May 4th, 2011 by Savvy Veg
Dr. Mirkin recommends testing & treatment of blood vessel disease, plant based diet & daily exercise to help prevent dementia & Alzheimers disease I have published quite a few articles from Dr. Mirkin’s newsletter, because he generously gives out so much important information about health issues which affect us all, and he does it very [...]
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February 14th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Question for Savvy Vegetarian: Love your website! I take lots of supplements and have been a non-dairy vegan for a year–was a semi-vegetarian before that (no beef or pork for decades). But I am really low in energy lately. Could my supplements actually be causing deficiencies? – A.R. Savvy Vegetarian Advice: First the disclaimer: The [...]
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April 10th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
From the 3.29.09 issue of Dr. Mirkin’s Health and Fitness Ezine: The blood levels of Vitamin D in Americans dropped significantly from 1994 to 2004 (Archives of Internal Medicine, March 2009). This is frightening because low levels of Vitamin D are associated premature death, heart attacks, strokes, and at least 17 different cancers. The authors [...]
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