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Miracle supplements are nothing new. Every few years, it seems some new vitamin is crowned the king of optimum living. (Remember vitamin E? How about the recent clamoring for Omega fatty acids?)
The latest must-have vitamin isn’t anything crazy fancy. It’s the humble (but essential) vitamin D. Touted as everything from a cure [...]

While I’ll admit to not being so very nutrition minded with my vegetarianism in the past, in the last few years, I’ve grown more conscious of what I am putting into my body. Sure, I’ve always been big on vitamins, but lately I’ve been working on balancing other areas of my health.
Remember when we talked [...]

Let me just admit one thing off the top: I love cheese.
What I don’t love about cheese is the way it gums up my digestive system and does funky things to my skin. (I also don’t love the way the animals are treated. Sad.) For these reasons, I try to stay away from the [...]

Most health-conscious vegetarians don’t have to worry about common veggie bogeymen such as protein or calcium – these nutrients are easily found in diet staples. (Did you know 100 grams of cooked pasta has 7 grams of protein per serving?) But there are a few vitamins those with animal-free diets should consciously seek out in [...]

If you’re a vegetarian, you’ve no doubt been confronted by well-meaning loved ones with this question:

How do you get all your nutrition if you don’t eat meat?

The fallacy of meat’s omnipotence is somewhat overstated. A balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, and grains will not only give you the goodness you require, but will also do [...]