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What non-vegetarian and/or non-vegan ingredients can be found in cosmetics?
Veganism is defined as "a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose". As vegans, it follows that we should avoid all…
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Is the growth medium used to cultivate vitamin B12-producing bacteria vegan?
Vitamin B12 or cobalamin is an essential nutrient that plays a vital role in human health. Because it is considered that active forms of B12 cannot be reliably obtained from plant foods or algae, the position of the Academy of Nutrition and…
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Is meat and bone meal still used to feed livestock?
It looks like meat and bone meal can cause mad cow disease.
I understand that feeding it to pets like dogs and cats is not such a big problem since humans (usually) don't eat pets.
But is meat and bone meal still used in any country to feed horses,…
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What happens when an animal gets spooked on the way to slaughter and refuses to continue?
Apologies if this isn't appropriate for this SE - it was the most relevant one I could find.
When animals are being led to slaughter, I imagine it must happen occasionally that one gets the sense that something is wrong—perhaps they hear or smell…
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Is there a way of telling if foods are vegan by a single nutrient or a certain combination of nutrients?
The USDA define 235 kinds of nutrients in their database. Is there a nutrient found in all animal products and no plant foods?
I read that some foods with zero cholesterol aren't always vegan.
But, are there any vegan foods that contain any…
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Is meat to blame for many lifestyle diseases?
I have been reading "how not to die" by gene stone and Michael Gregor. During the book, people were classified as either meat eaters (eat meat more than 4 times a week), or plant based eaters. meat eaters had a much higher risk of obtaining diseases…
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Can a vegetarian diet help prevent recurrence of heart attack?
If somebody has already experienced a heart attack and recovered, can adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet help to prevent a second heart attack? If yes, is one more effective than another, or is there a specific variation of vegetarian diet that has…
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How can I tell if this pizza is vegan?
Today the office in which I work provided pizza lunch for us, and the person ordering was extra thoughtful and ordered some additional special pizza for the few vegans who work in this office.
Upon inspecting the vegan pizza, it was visibly…
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How is Animal Rebellion connected to the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement?
I’ve been seeing news about the extinction rebellion (XR) movement from several countries lately, and I’ve also been seeing news about Animal Rebellion, mostly from England and Australia. Are these movements connected? Do they have the same demands?
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Are mango seeds edible?
Is it safe to blend in a mango pit for the fruit juice? Is it healthy or not? Some seeds can be mildly toxic, therefore I'm asking about the edibility of mango seeds.
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Are black truffles vegan?
Tuber melanosporum better known as black truffles or French black truffles are a type of fungi that grows on the roots of trees. Because they grow underground, they are quite difficult to find and trained dogs are often used to find them.
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How important is it to watch vitamin K2 levels?
I've read an article arguing about the importance of vitamin K2 for correct calcium management in the body.
There is danger of having low vitamin K2 in a vegan diet.
How important is it to watch levels of this vitamin and is it recommended for…
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Why isn't rennet vegetarian?
From Wikipedia:
Rennet /ˈrɛnɪt/ is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals.
Every official-ish source I've seen (dictionary.com, Webster, Vergetarian Society, Wikipedia), more or less define vegetarianism as "doesn't…
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How can I become vegetarian/vegan when I have allergies to many fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and spices?
I eat too much meat and often think about reducing it, but I seriously don't know how to replace the meat and avoid being hungry all the time.
I read that veganism can help with allergies, but my problem is that I am allergic to a lot of vegetables…
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Is iron supplementation necessary?
From what I understand animal iron and vegetable based iron are different. Heme iron is apparently more bio-available. According to what I have read humans only absorb 5% of the iron that is available in plants foods.
Are there methods to absorb…
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