January 28th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Benefits of a healthy vegan diet to prevent and control Type 2 Diabetes Chicago Vegan Examiner Marla Rose interviews Eric Sharer, RD about the benefits of a healthy vegan diet to prevent and control Type 2 Diabetes. During the Vegan in Chicago Examiner interview, Marla Rose and Eric Sharer referred to Paula Deen’s coming-out-of-the-diabetic-closet as […]
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January 27th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Food Cravings During Pregnancy: Let the Pregnant Vegetarian Eat Pumpkin Cake Some of you may have read my previous comments on cake, and suspected that it was only the beginning. You were right of course. I am now all about food. I have strong thoughts about foods I’d like to eat, so strong I can […]
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January 21st, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Helpful Tips from Readers on Veggie Camp Cooking I had a terrific response to my vegetarian camp cooking post (forget it and live on sandwiches). Some of the responders felt my pain, but most comments revealed my ignorance and lack of creativity on the subject. Some hinted that I might need an attitude adjustment. Carrie […]
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January 18th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Baby … slurping my blood sugar like a little vampire I have a confession to make. Some of you are going to hate me for this. At least a little. I have not puked once since I got pregnant. I don’t feel queasy in the mornings, and lately I don’t feel queasy at all. In […]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Would I buy vegan cheese if it weren’t an oxymoron? One of the hardest things for me to give up when I went vegan was Parmesan cheese. I was used to eating it on just about everything. Eventually, long after the parmesan addiction had lost its grip, I found a substitute, made with ground walnuts, […]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Adventures with serious vegetarian camp cooking I’m not a veteran camper and far from an expert on campsite cookery. I’ve been camping maybe 10 times in my 65 years, for a total of about 3 months. However, most of my camping involved vegetarian cooking. So naturally I feel qualified to talk about it. My camping […]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Things They Don’t Warn You About Before You Get Pregnant There are things they don’t warn you about before you get pregnant, probably for the good of the species. I thought pregnancy would have a couple of upsides. Besides, of course, a tiny precious baby at the end. I figured it would be the one […]
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January 6th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
How to keep weight up on veg diet, eat healthy too I recently started changing my diet. I am juicing fruits and veggies and cutting out meat. I feel GREAT! I am very excited about my new, far healthier diet. The only problem is that I am losing weight. While this is generally considered a […]
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January 6th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Youngest Savvy Vegetarian Shocked to Be Pregnant Pt 1 of a vegetarian pregnancy series written by Zoë Keeland, pregnant vegetarian, and youngest daughter of Savvy Vegetarian. Zoë has a positive pregnancy test and starts to realize what it means to have a vegetarian diet during pregnancy. Zoë has agreed to write hormonally driven pregnancy posts […]
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