I’ve posted before about the some of the common diet mistakes and pitfalls that vegetarians face. Eating a vegetarian diet doesn’t necessarily equate to eating a healthy diet and we all need to be mindful of how we’re feeding our bodies. This week on HuffingtonPost.com’s Healthy Living page, Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.and manager of [...]
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New Study – Vegetarians Have a Lower Risk for Ischemic Heart Disease
We all know that eating a vegetarian diet is better for our overall health and in particular our heart and arterial health. But FoodConsumer.com just published an article about a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which says that vegetarians have a much lower risk of ischemic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease [...]
Vegetarians 30% Less Likely to Have Heart Disease
This is probably not very shocking news to most vegetarians, but a new study released this week shows that vegetarians are over 30% less likely to have heart disease. It’s been all over the Washington Post, the news channels and several medical sites and I got an article about it in my inbox from Bloomberg.com [...]
Is Organic Going Too Industrial for Organic Vegetarians?
It’s no surprise to anyone who’s read this blog regularly that I strongly support organic foods, especially locally-grown organics. Aside from the fears about pesticides, herbicides and genetic modification, I hate what big industry has done to the families who are still trying to hang onto small family farms. I realize that not all vegetarians [...]
What Vegetarians Need to Know About Two Dangerous New GMOs
If you haven’t already gone organic or at least mostly organic, you might want to make it a goal for the new year after reading a new article from OrganicGardening.com. It’s important news for anyone interested in their health, but may be especially relevant for vegetarians. I’ve been steadily moving toward an all-organic diet, although [...]
A Tick Bite Can Actually Make You Allergic To Meat
There are plenty of excellent reasons to become a vegetarian. Being forced to because of a tick bite isn’t one of my top choices. As Mother Network News reports in their post, “Can a Tick Bite Make You Vegetarian?“, recent medical studies have shown that even a single bite from the Lone Star tick can [...]
Why Vegetarians Live Longer and No One is Telling Us
I post quite a bit on the health benefits of eating a vegetarian diet, especially when there’s new research available that can help lead people to adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. But to be perfectly honest, hopefully without sounding too dramatic, I don’t think I’ve ever posted about any information that’s as compelling or as important [...]
Seaweed as a Vegetarian Protein Source?
I love Asian food in all forms, particularly Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai foods. My favorite Asian food of all is sushi, which I think is an extremely versatile food for vegetarians. While there are hundreds of “official” types of sushi, you can really make sushi out of just about anything. What I didn’t know, though, [...]
If You’re Still Storing and Heating Food in Plastic, Please Read!
There’s been quite a bit in the news lately about BPA and other dangerous chemicals and toxins that can be released from plastic containers and food packaging, especially when they’re heated. There’s an excellent article on Environmental Health News that explains how these chemicals are carcinogenic. In a nutshell, some of them interfere with the [...]
5 Herbs That Help Fight the Flu
I so love fall, as I’ve been sating for a couple of weeks now. The crisp air, the turning of the leaves and all of those great comfort foods are just a few of the things that I love about autumn. One thing I don’t like, though, is anticipating flu season. We were fortunate last [...]
