March 19th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Question for Savvy Vegetarian
Hi Savvy Vegetarian! I have just discovered your wonderful site while searching for help on cooking tofu. I am a Nebraska beef fed girl (no longer in Nebr.) who went around the table eating everyone else’s fat and chewing on the bones from their steaks when I was little. Having had high [...]
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March 16th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
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Many people go vegetarian to lower their high cholesterol. How can a vegetarian diet lower cholesterol? And does it really work?
According to The American Heart Association, high levels of cholesterol are a risk factor for coronary heart disease, the nation’s number one killer. Over 100 million Americans have cholesterol levels [...]
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March 10th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
From Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s weekly health & fitness ezine:
Doctors have known for more than 20 years that Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that causes stomach and upper intestinal ulcers, causes stomach cancer. An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that it also may be the most common cause of pernicious anemia or lack of [...]
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March 9th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
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If it’s homemade it is! Making healthy Pizza Is Easy, Fun, CHEAP + It Tastes Incredible!
How To Make Pizza: Making your own healthy pizza is so easy, fun and cheap, we really don’t know why people buy pizza. Especially for those who don’t eat dairy.
Last I heard, giant pizza chains don’t yet offer [...]
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March 5th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Does your body pass the acid test?
Maintaining a healthy pH balance in the body is one of the most important aspects of health—and also one of the most misunderstood and most ignored. Why? For one thing when you are sick would you normally go to a doctor or a nutritionist? Of course, we have been [...]
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March 4th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Cooking from scratch can be time-consuming
Tips for low-budget healthy eating on a vegetarian (or vegan) diet
I know from experience, it’s possible to have an excellent vegetarian diet on a low budget. You’ll also eat much healthier. It’s a lot more work, though - you have to think and plan more, and be a creative opportunist.
That’s [...]
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February 18th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Healthy Food Choices
A vegetarian diet usually starts with a healthy eating plan. The average North American diet is high in animal fats, trans fats, toxic chemicals, and empty calories such as white flour and sugar. Other research shows that a vegetarian diet has far less of these elements and is much higher in nutritional value.
One [...]
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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 following is not intended [...]
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February 13th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Valentine’s Day is coming up. Are you sure you want to buy your valentine chocolate? There is another option: carob.
In recent years carob has been known as a chocolate substitute, but this seductively sweet food has both the substance and the flavor to earn its own merit. The color is the same as that [...]
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February 10th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Valentine’s Day is indelibly associated with chocolate. The desire for chocolate is even stronger because of all the reporting of chocolate’s remarkable health benefits. But are we being deceived? Typical processed chocolate products have few of the health benefits that have been attributed to chocolate in the scientific research.
Why? First of all the study that [...]
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