Milk
What to Feed your Vegetarian Baby
It goes without saying that the earliest food for any baby, including a vegan baby, is breast milk. It benefits your babys immune system, offers protection against infection, and reduces the risk of allergies. Be especially careful that you are getting enough vitamin B-12 when breastfeeding. Also, ensure your infant receives at least 30 minutes of sunlight exposure per week to stimulate the body to produce adequate amounts of vitamin D, since human milk contains very low levels.
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Got milk? Reasons Not to Grab for the Glass
Got milk? Reasons Not to Grab for the Glass
Many Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume large amounts of dairy products, but here are several strong reasons to eliminate dairy products from your diet.
Milk has long been praised as a weapon in the war against osteoporosis, but recent clinical research shows that it actually is associated with a higher fracture risk, and theres been no protective effect of dairy calcium on bone. Increasing your intake of green leafy vegetables and ... Read More »
Cow slaughterhouses
Even if you dont eat meat, you might think drinking or using milk is part of a vegetarian diet. We all have images of farmers pumping milk by hand, and it seems a natural part of life and a benign use of the cow. But we dont really think much about it at all, do we?
Do you know how a cow raised for producing milk lives its life? Like most animals used for mass consumption, a milk cow lives in ... Read More »
A Guide to Vegetarian Diet
A Guide to Vegetarian Diet
There are many reasons to becomes or stay vegetarian, however, it is a very individual and personal choice. If you are already a non-vegetarian, adopting to vegetarian diet might not be simple. A healthy vegetarian diet consists mainly of plant based foods such as vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, seeds and nuts. The vegetarian diet has less cholesterol and fat, with more fiber.
Vegetarians fall under different categories, based on the types of animal-derived foods they consume. ... Read More »