Plan ahead, eat sandwiches, cook in motels, avoid restaurants, carry emergency rations We manage to eat well and economically on the road, without compromising our veg diets TOO much. And I’ve learned to keep it simple, which is harder than it sounds. The last time I travelled across country by car, I dragged along a […]
When I try to go vegetarian - except for fish & eggs - I gain weight. I eat quinoa, but generally find I must leave beans and rice alone. I’m 68, in good shape, and very active outdoors, hiking, snow shoeing and camping. How can I control my weight and still be mostly vegetarian? Thank […]
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Every step toward a plant based diet is positive, deserves respect and support Message for Savvy Vegetarian: “I was so excited to find your site and have recommended it to tons of folks and posted it on Facebook walls for my clients. I was horrified to see eggs and dairy products in some of your […]
French Vegan parents’ negligence, dietary deficiences, cause baby’s death. Savvy Vegetarian sad & mad, comments on tragedy: French vegan couple get five-year sentence for causing baby’s death Apr 2, 2011, 10:06 GMT Paris - A French court has sentenced a vegan couple to five years in prison after finding them guilty of causing the death of their baby […]
Tags: baby death, dietary imbalance, French vegan couple, negligence, vegan, vegan baby, vegan diet, vitamin deficiencies
Savvy Vegetarian Saturday Rant: Martha Stewart, Biz Stone, Kathy Freston, Farm Sanctuary, Vegan Diet Martha Stewart has jumped on the vegan celebrity bandwagon with Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres, President Clinton and many others. Savvy Veg just watched Martha’s Vegan Show where she made Seitan Bourgignon and Parsley Leaf Salad with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and energy bars […]
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Nov 7, 2010: The Great Bello Iris Handbag Giveaway Contest is over, but we all had fun gushing over our favorite vegan handbags. 47 entries were tossed into a paper bag for a random drawing - no mine though, boo-hoo! The Winner is Kristina Simmonds! “I love Marc Jacobs! His bags are amazing so its great to have a […]
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What is type 1 diabetes, excerpt from Jessica Apple’s interview with Adrian Kiger about improving her health & stabilizing blood sugar levels with a vegan diabetic diet plan Article writer Jessica Apple is the diabetes correspondent for The Faster Times. In 2009 she and her husband, both type 1 diabetics, founded A Sweet Life, where […]
Tags: blood sugar levels, diabetes, diabetic, diabetic diet plan, type 1 diabetes, vegan, vegan diet, Veganism, what is type 1 diabetes
Teen vegetarian needs good nutrition guide and parental help with vegetarian diet Hi, I’m 14 and I just turned vegetarian 3 months ago. I started feeling better and did not have the headaches I usually do. Anyway, when I asked my parents if I could be vegetarian they were all like, yeah go for it. […]
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As vegetarians we can influence others to go vegetarian, without making a big effort to convert them, through the hundredth monkey effect, powerful because it’s viral I’ve been a vegetarian since 1973. My partner has been increasingly more of a “flexitarian,” I like to think because of me. Without realizing it, she’s been cooking a […]
Tags: collective consciousness, flexitarian, go veg, go vegetarian, hundredth monkey effect, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarian diet
Teen vegan problem with meat eating family & ancient relatives who never heard of vegan diet and think that she is anorexic and superior I am having a huge problem with my meat eating family. Most of my relatives are extremely old (70+ years old) and have never heard of this. They put strange ideas […]
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