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Vegan Nutrition: The Importance of Supplementing Vitamin B12

Posted January 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM by James Flesher

Section: His Health, Physical Health, His Nutrition, Supplements, Vegetarian / Vegan

Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause many serious problems in the human body such as anema, peripheral neuropathy and even memory loss. Unlike getting enough protein or calcium, maintaining healthy blood levels of vitamin B12 is impossible for vegans in a modern…

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Vegan nutrition: “A” is for avocado

Posted October 4, 2007 at 10:50 AM by James Flesher

Section: His Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Vegetarian / Vegan

Last week we began our tour of vegan nutrition with Vitamin A, but before we move on to the B vitamins, let us take a brief detour to examine the avocado. In fact, the avocado ties directly into vitamin A, and provides…

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Vegan Nutrition 101: Vitamin A

Posted September 7, 2007 at 03:00 PM by James Flesher

Section: His Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Vegetarian / Vegan

Like all vitamins, vitamin A is a non-caloric molecule without which our bodies could not function properly. Like it’s fellow fat soluble vitamins D, E and K, vitamin A is absorbed with fats and oils in the intestine, and is stored…

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