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Are fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K, an issue on vegan blood test results?
B12, protein, iron, etc are usually the ones we all hear about. But what about fat soluble vitamins? A vegan diet is characteristically low in fat. Lipids or fats are important to absorb these vitamins.
Just going off the national dietary…
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Inflammatory and anti-inflammatory food table request
Is there a book, ebook or internet resource with a nutritional table (drawn from recent scientific studies) showing or describing inflammatory and anti-inflammatory characteristics of vegan and vegetarian foods?
Evidence publications
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What were the original aims of The Vegan Society (UK)?
The Vegan Society (UK) was founded in 1944 -- that much is easy to discover on their website. But I've heard that the goals of the Vegan Society have changed and evolved over time as different people led the organization. This information is harder…
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Where do vegan animals get their b12 if not from vegetation?
If vitamin b12 is in meat and dairy, then where do the animals get their b12 from?
According to nutritionists, eating dead animals and animal derivatives (eg milk) provides some amount of vitamin b12.
However, it's not clear to me how these animals…
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Are there any hazards involved in eating old vegetables?
If someone chooses to store raw animal meat in a refrigerator for consumption, it generally cannot be stored for very long before it becomes dangerous to eat. I'm not sure of the entire reason why, but I assume that bacteria growth is a large…
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Does eating insects save lives compared to eating plants?
I've been a vegetarian for almost 9 years and became a vegan 1.5 years ago. So I really believe in not killing animals.
What "bugged" me for several years is that animals like mice and moles die while harvesting/growing plants. So eating insects…
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Are vegetarian and vegan micronutrient needs the same as traditional diets?
Inspired from this question about macronutrients, here I propose the analogue for micronutrients: are vegetarian and vegan micronutrient needs the same as traditional diets?
Does any factor in vegan or vegetarian diets (nutrient density, fiber…
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Should I eat meat mistakenly served to me at a restaurant?
For simplicity's sake, suppose I am a veg*n for purely ethical reasons. I have no religious/health/disgust/other reasons to be veg*n.
If I order a veg*n option at a restaurant, and it is accidentally served to me with meat, should I eat it? I know…
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What should I do when receiving non-vegan gifts?
Since deciding to follow a vegan lifestyle, I've found that gift-giving occasions such as birthdays and Christmas can be challenging. This is doubly true for situations where gifts are given from strangers or even completely anonymously, such as an…
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Can a vegan ethically buy animal leather knowingly?
My persnickety grandma fancies a Steelcase office chair with 2 choices of seat material: Brisa ultrafabric or Elmosoft animal leather (see red underlines beneath). Steelcase apprised her that
Elmo uses just Scandinavian cows. All Scandinavian cows…
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Nutritionally complete vegan food produced in the nordics
As far as I know it's possible to eat a nutritionally complete and healthy vegan diet without the use of supplements, but those that do so seems to always make great use of food produced in warmer climates, such as avocado and cashew nuts.
Now I…
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Which ingredient in Cornitos Nacho Chips contains milk?
Cornitos Nacho Chips' (barbeque flavour) ingredients seem to be completely vegan, but it says just below, "Contains Soya and Milk Products".
Is it a misprint or does a ingredient contain milk?
Cornitos Website
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Is it possible to make a vegan chocolate mint cake?
I've requested a grasshopper cake or a chocolate mint cake for my birthday.
Is it possible to make such a cake vegan or even vegetarian?
If so, how?
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Why is vegan cheese rarely made using traditional methods?
Usually vegan cheese is just some saturated oil with modified starch, food colouring, aroma and a few other ingredients. However Happy Cheeze is one manufacturer that claims to stick to traditional methods. I did not have a chance to actually try…
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What is a good source of thiamine (B1), niacin (B3) and B12 for fruitarians?
This answer suggests that a diet consisting only of fruits is likely to lack sufficient thiamine (B1), niacin (B3) and B12.
What kind of diet can you follow to cover those losses? Would eating grains and nuts be enough?
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