Tag: nutrition basics
Calcium and Bone Health: What Plant-Based Eaters Need to Know
If you grew up on milk mustache ads that equated strong bones and peak athletic performance with drinking milk, you may have…
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What Is Chronic Kidney Disease and How Do You Prevent It?
With plant-based foods being so beneficial for the prevention and treatment of so many other diseases, it should come as no shock…
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The No-B.S. Guide to Plant-Based Protein
It’s the question that vegans and whole-food, plant-based eaters hear all the time: “Where do you get your protein?” Given the abundance…
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Plant-Based Diet vs. Vegan Diet: What’s the Difference?
The American diet is changing. More people than ever are questioning the wisdom of consuming large amounts of animal foods and are…
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Is Your Doctor In? How to Talk to Your Physician About Going Plant-Based
More and more physicians are recognizing the health benefits of plant-based nutrition, but they’re not all there yet. “It’s important to have…
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Build a New Foundation
Let’s face it: If getting high-quality nutrition were super simple, we would all be living healthy, happy, and fit lives. Nutrition does…
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Vitamin B12: All Your Questions Answered
Vegans are regularly advised to mind their levels of vitamin B12, but vegetarians and even meat eaters often come up short on…
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Why Every Vegan and Vegetarian Needs Vitamin B12
Eating a plant-based diet is one of the most healthful actions you can take, but it carries the very serious and potentially…
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Why You Should Have a Fruit-Filled Summer
If you’re like most Americans, you probably aren’t eating enough fruit: Americans eat a single serving of fruit per day, on average….
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