Every woman deserves to have a pregnancy that is in alignment with her personal preferences for healthy lifestyle. Having had…
Vegetarian
You don’t choose a vegan or vegetarian diet because you want to feel tired and depleted. You choose it because you know it can have a positive impact on your health, and the health of our planet. You know you can feel amazing and energized by eating a plant based diet. But still. You have the question, IS my plant-based diet meeting my nutritional needs? Maybe you have seen your Medical Doctor and had your B12 checked. Maybe you intuitively know that must be more that you can look at to assess your plant based diet. Well, there is.
Raise your hand if anyone has every responded to your vegan diet with the question “but how do you get…
Diagnosing Vitamin B12 deficiency is done by a simple blood test and the following questions can help you decide if you should have your B12 levels tested.
Vegetarians have no higher incidence of iron deficient anemia than the omnivore population, however there are some additional precautions vegetarians must take to ensure an adequate dietary intake of iron.
There are many plant-based sources of calcium – and it’s not hard to reach your daily calcium needs by eating these common (and delicious!) foods – usually just 2-4 servings a day is more than enough.
Embarking on a vegan diet can be a daunting task. Most people assume that being a vegan means eating nothing but carrot sticks, blue-green algae and apple slices. But, despite being by nature a ‘restrictive’ diet – it does not have to be a boring diet!