www.forksoverknives.com/is-fish-oil-just-snake-oil/This was a good article to wake up to; I've suspected it for years, even as doctors recommend I eat fish and take fish oil supplements ( Read more... )

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This is long, but a worthwhile watch; watch if you want to feel good about being a vegan. (Besides, Dr. Greger is a very funny man.)

[P.S. - Who chose the tags for this community and can they be amended?)

I have a pretty bad chronic illness at the moment that's taking me years/months to even get having manageable days. I've lost something like 40 pounds with it too so now my drs are all concerned I'm severely underweight. I started drinking the Vega protein powder shakes I've seen recommended here but they haven't really made me gain anything. Also ( Read more... )

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An article from the LA times giving a vegan and a pescetarian (they're a couple) nutrition advice.

"They try to avoid animal products. But that doesn't mean the busy couple won't run to a fast-food outlet or snack on potato chips when pressed."Some of it is interesting, some of it is frustrating. It's also pretty dumb that the guy (the ( Read more... )

Ive confused things on this. In my family, there is diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and kidney failure. So when my work offered discount lab work, I was like, YAY!

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I just had a conversation with one of my friends, in which we decided that fast food chains have a moral obligation to educate their customers on slaughterhouse practices. Especially given that they market their food to children, they should be honest about what happens to the animals, what chemicals they are fed, that there is feces in the meat, ( Read more... )

This is something I've been thinking about for a few days now, I've been wondering if smoking tobacco fits in with a vegan lifestyle? It seems like if one is vegan and smokes tobacco, it could be contradictory. I don't smoke tobacco myself, I've even tried to get into cigarettes to find out what the big deal was and I couldn't handle them, ugh. ( Read more... )