By admin on September 3, 2009
Do you need a lot of meat in your diet to get enough protein? Vegetarians and vegans have known for decades that the answer is no. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of protein for an adult male is 56 grams. This is equal to the protein in 2 cups of skim milk, 3/4 cup of [...]
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By admin on August 26, 2009
Thanks to modern medicine and ultra-biased media outlets, there is a lot of fog surrounding the issue of protein. People simply do not know what protein is or what it does. What everyone *does* seem to know is that we all need a lot of protein and this only comes from eating vast quantities of [...]
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By admin on August 23, 2009
Vitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient, but humans cannot depend on the absorption of bacterially-produced B-12 from the gut. Thus, our B-12 must come from food.1 The B-12 synthesized by bacteria is mainly concentrated in the bodies of predatory organisms, so meat, milk, eggs, fish, and shellfish all contain B-12. 2 Comparatvely, the B-12 in [...]
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By admin on August 20, 2009
For all those vegans (and non-vegans) out there who are hesitant to supplement with fish oil there’s an even better solution for you. It’s called spirulina and it is one of the most incredible foods our planet has to offer. Spirulina is a blue-green algae. Spirulina usually grows in waters of lakes naturally alkaline localized [...]
Posted in vegan nutrition | Tagged B12, Blue-green Algae, Cancer, Fish Oil, GLA, Iron, Omega 3, Protein, Spirulina, Vitamins, Yuri
By admin on August 14, 2009
When you want to become a vegetarian the most important question you may ask yourself or your health care specialist is “How about proteins? How am I gonna get enough proteins? I’ve heard that a vegetarian diet doesn’t include enough proteins. Is that true?”. I know proteins are considered the number one ingredient in our [...]
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