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| Vegetarian | Why are dairy products, honey, bad? | May 03 2007 23:49 (UTC) |
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| http://www.goveg.com/veganism.asp Check out the website. The website gives a lot of information on why many people choose to become vegan. Issues dealing with human health, the environment, animal rights, and animal welfare are all there. Listen to the audio recording of Vegetarianism in a Nutshell to hear directly from the one who talks about all those issues. He even has a FAQ section at the end that talks about his view point on God and creating animals. God may or may not have (I don't believe in him) created animals for us to consume... but does it mean that we can treat those animals any way we wish? I can't really understand why a "loving" God would allow such cruel treatment to his creations, I guess he's just discriminant when it comes to species. I also don't understand why a "loving" God would allow the animals he created for us to become our food to feel both physical and emotional pain. Does he have a fetish for animal cruelty? Is it ok for me to eat any pets that you have? or just the ones that come from farms and where I can't see the slaughter? Edited May 06 2007 06:21 by united2gether Reason: made link clickable |
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| Vegetarian | B-12 | May 03 2007 23:34 (UTC) |
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| I got the information from The New Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina, MS, RD & Brenda Davis, RD. It's a very good guide to a healthy vegetarian diet. It has complete nutrition information for all age groups. | |||
| Vegetarian | B-12 | May 03 2007 06:53 (UTC) |
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Greetings musicislife5685, you can get Vitamin B12 from several sources. If you don't mind, let me tell you a bit about the sources of Vitamin B12 in the first place. The ACTUAL sources of vitamin B12 are some very helpful microorganisms that are capable of building the intricate vitamin b12 molecule. We humans cannot make the vitamin in our bodies, NOR can animals. We rely on BACTERIA and several other microorganisms for our entire supply. Anyways... Vitamin B12 can be found in breakfast cereals (look for the Vitamin B12 % on the nutrition label), nutritional yeast, soymilk or other nondairy milk that is fortified (look for the Vitamin B12 % on the nutrition label), fortified veggie meats, and vitamin supplements. Unfortunately, no plant food contains significant amounts of true vitamin B12 (cobalamin). None of the following should be relied on as B12 sources: fermented food (such as miso, tempeh, tamari, sauerkraut), sea vegetables, spirulina, algae, raw plant foods, and unfortified plant foods. Sea vegetables, spirulina, and other types of algae may contain vitamin B12 analogs. These analogs are similiar to true vitamin B12, but aren't exactly the same. Analogs can occupy the same locations on cell surfaces that are used by true vitamin B12 and crowd out B12 molecules from their rightful receptor sites. In this process, the analogs can prevent the true vitamin from performing its necessary functions. Labels of fortified foods show tem to contain B12; however, it can be very confusing to figure out how much of your day'[s ideal supply is in a serving because the amount set as 100% some years ago (and used ever since as the basis for food labels) is not the same as 100% of the day's recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for an adult today. Whereas the RDA for adults is now 2.4 mcg of vitamin B12, the DV or Daily Value, standard used for U.S. laels and based on an earlier recommended intake, is 6 mcg. Thus a serving that contains 1.2 mcg, or half of our recommended intake (RDA) for the day, is labeled as providing 20% of the DV for vitamin B12. Amount of Vitamin B12 you need: 1. From fortified foods: At least 2.4 mcg daily when spread among two or more doses throughout the day. 2. From supplements: At least 10 mcg a day when taken daily; at least 2,000 mcg when taken once a week. |
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