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A health diet for life
A varied wholefood vegan diet will provide all the nutrients required for a healthy body during pregnancy, for breastfeeding and from birth onwards. In fact there is no known...read more
All you need to know about vitamin b12 in vegetarian and vegan diets
The association of vitamin B12 with animal foods such as fish, meat, poultry, eggs, milk and dairy products has helped create the myth that this vitamin can only be obtained from these foods and that aBreastfeeding by vegetarian mothers
You can breast-feed healthily on a vegetarian diet. You can even breast-feed on a vegan diet - after all, cows don't drink milk. If you are breast-feeding, try to keep to a similar diet to that which you had ...read more
Calcium & vegetarians
Adequate calcium and vitamin D intakes are important to ensure optimal bone status. Coeliac disease is a risk factor for osteoporosis. Milk and milk products are prime sources of calcium in ...read more
Chinese dietary therapy?
In the West we tend to categorize food according to calorific content, mineral and vitamin content. The Chinese medical system categorises food according to the effect that it has on our bodies. For example, ...read more
Dairy foods and heart disease
A challenge to the dairy industry It is widely accepted that saturated fats raise cholesterol and increase risk of heart disease. Official dietary guidelines across the worl...read more
Dietary vitamins for vegetarians and vegans
Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 deficiency may not typically be expected in coeliacs as absorption is co-factor dependent and occurs in the often unaffected terminal ileum, however B12 levels are statistically lower...read more
Egg substitutes
Why Not Free Range? This is something we're often asked. A lot of people don't realise that the production of free range eggs still involves animal cruelty. For a start, half of all chicks a...read more
Essential fatty acids
The main components of all fats are the fatty acids which might be saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Fats containing a high pro...read more
Healthy choices on a vegan diet
Decades of experience, culminating in more than a million vegans today, have shown that appropriate vegan diets support good health at all stages of life and reduce the risk of heart ...read more
Healthy choices on raw vegan diets
A raw food vegan diet may be defined in various ways, but usually entails at least 80% by weight being raw plants. Many people report feeling healthier and more energ...read more
Iron and iron defiency
Plant foods contain only non-haem iron, which is less available than haem iron from animal sources, additionally plant foods contain a variety of substances known to reduce iron availab...read more
Key points for feeding vegan children
Infants need plenty of energy. Home-prepared cereals should be made as a thick porridge and not as a thin gruel. Add a little vegetable oil to the cooked grains to increase their calorie content, an...read more
Non dairy milks
The last carton of cow's milk has just gone into the bin. That packet of cheese and creamy yoghurt is completely finished. You're steadfastly refusing to buy anymore dairy products. So, what ...read more
Nutritients in the vegan diet
The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety. A healthy and varied vegan diet includes fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Protein It is ver...read more
Vegans and weight loss/gain
A varied vegan diet provides all the nutrients needed for good health. A vegan diet based on whole foods, with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, plus cereals, pulses, nuts and seeds, will...read more
Vegans: one step further
What is a vegan? Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or poultry. Vegans, in addition to being vegetarian, do not use other animal products and by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey,...read more
Vegetarians and eggs...
In June 1999, it was announced that battery cages would be banned throughout the EU. Although the ban will not take effect until 2012, the phase-out process will begin in 2003. The intensive overcrowding and ...read more
Vegetarians and vegans need protein too !
Vegetarians Plant protein can meet requirements when a variety of plant foods is consumed and energy needs are met. In more restrictive diets, where variety and energy intake is limited, greater atten...read more
Why public health strategy should promote plant oils in preference to fish oils
People are encouraged to believe that a healthy diet is one which includes fish. The reason being that some fish contain the types of ‘good’ fat that our bodies n...read more
Will I get enough protein if I don't eat any meat?
The answer is Yes. Vegetarians get their protein comes from four main sources. Nuts and seeds e.g. almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds. Beans and lentils e.g. haricot beans (the t...read more
Wine production - pitfalls for vegetarians
Another Glass of Wine Please! Wine accounts for over 9% of the total alcohol consumption in Ireland, with over 7 litres consumed per head each year (1997 figures). In the industry this is valued at lR220m. A...read more
