February 9th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Relationship advice for non-vegetarian man with vegetarian defender of animal rights girlfriend. She wants to raise their future children vegetarian and has no respect for any other lifestyle choices. Message: My girlfriend very recently became vegetarian again. She was vegetarian and then vegan many years ago and then slowly started eating some meat again for [...]
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February 4th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Terry Wahls is a medical doctor who has overcome multiple sclerosis through diet, alternative medical treatments, meditation and exercise, and teaches others to do the same Dr. Terry Wahls is my idea of a heroine. I admire her because she’s a conventional medical doctor who had the courage to step outside of the medical box, [...]
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February 4th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Chips: A Holiday Dessert Enjoyed by Pregnant Women Any Time This holiday dessert recipe is the very one that Zoe Keeland talks about in The Pregnant Vegetarian Episode 4: Food Addict, with the kind of passion experienced only by pregant women. The rest of us at Savvy Vegetarian haven’t been lucky [...]
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January 28th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Chicago Vegan Examiner Marla Rose interviewed Eric Sharer RD on the benefits of a healthy vegan diet to prevent and control Type 2 Diabetes During the interview, Marla Rose and Eric Sharer referred to Paula Deen’s coming-out-of-the-diabetic-closet as a spokesperson for pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and their $500-a-month diabetes drug, Victoza. Excerts from Marla Rose’s [...]
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January 27th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
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 almost taste them. Interestingly, aside from cake daydreams, they are not [...]
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January 21st, 2012 by Savvy Veg
Good response to my post on veggie camp cookery (forget it & live on sandwiches) – many great ideas on how to do veg camp cooking right 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 [...]
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January 18th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
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 fact, the worst I have felt since getting pregnant is [...]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
I’ve heard that ‘real’ cheese is addictive, and I believe it. I think it’s the casein. 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 [...]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
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 experiences have ranged from extremely primitive: [...]
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January 13th, 2012 by Savvy Veg
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 time in my life I’d finally have a decent set [...]
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