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Paula Deen, Diabetes and You

By now you’ve probably heard the news: Paula Deen has Type II Diabetes. She’s had it for years, all while she’s been hawking her brand of fat and calorie laden nightmarish food. Okay, that’s not fair. Lots of people love … Continue reading

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Health at any size?

With tomorrow as the start of Vegan MoFo, I have one last health topic for you! The next 30 days are all about the food. I just read an article about a study which concludes (among other things) that parents … Continue reading

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How can medical professionals help vegan families?

Big news today- the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the convictions of Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas in conjunction with their son’s death. Their son, Crown Shakur, was 6 weeks old, and had been fed a diet of apple juice and … Continue reading

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A little more on Vitamin D

I was going through the VeganMoFo folder on Google Reader, and came across a post from a fellow vegan who mentioned having his or her vitamin D level tested and being advised by their doc to take 5000 IU vitamin … Continue reading

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Vitamin D, finally….

I was very bad in going back to have my blood drawn to have my vitamin D level checked. I was supposed to go back in mid-December, but didn’t go until last week. The good news is, my levels are … Continue reading

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Not more on Vitamin D…

Last update for a while, I promise. Getting liquid vitamin D2 for high dose therapy is not easy. Most pharmacies do not stock vitamin D liquid as a matter of course, so you’ll have to have them order it (or … Continue reading

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Vitamin D update

It took a bit to get all of my Vitamin D lab work back (it seems to not be something labs deal with frequently), but it seems that indeed, the way to treat is with large doses of Vitamin D- … Continue reading

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Gimme a D!

Okay, I know that this is supposed to be the Vegan Month of Food, but I wanted to take one of these days to talk about vitamins. There are two in particular that vegans may be at a little more … Continue reading

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For something different…

First of all, I have been taking pictures of food, but not as often as I used to. I’m thinking about doing VeganMoFo, so I guess I’m kind of saving up for that. We’ll see! I’m in my last year … Continue reading

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Addendum

Just to add to my earlier post about B-12 yesterday- I mentioned two forms of B-12 supplements, oral and injectable.  There are two additional forms: sublingual and intranasal.  Sublingual medications are absorbed into the blood stream by placing them under … Continue reading

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