Vegetarian Weight Loss & Anne Collins

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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Is vegetarian weight loss possible?

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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Junk Food, Vegetarian Diet, Weight Loss, Weight Gain

Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Ref: Kick the Junk Food Habit, Go Veg, Lose Weight
 So if the mice continued to grow fatter and fatter, even after switching back to the plant based low fat diet (aka vegan diet), is there anything we can do to flush out the bad bacteria or something so that when we switch [...]

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How Many Avocados Can You Eat & Still Lose Weight?

Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
I have asked this question of my many friends on Twitter and Facebook but no one seems to know or have the answer.
How many avocados may/can a person eat and still lose weight? I love them so very much but I have limited myself to one every 2 to 7 days. [...]

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Healthy 60 Year Old Vegetarian Wants To Lose Weight

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 non-fat Westsoy milk in coffee and cereal.
I’ve stopped being diabetic and hypertense and no longer have any thyroid problem. My cholesterol nos are great.
However, [...]

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