VEGANS- help me please!

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  • Dawnhasajeep
    Dawnhasajeep Posts: 180 Member
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    LOVE my Happy Herbibore cook books by Lindsay Nixion.

    http://happyherbivore.com/

    Forks over knives was a great movie along with these books featured in the movie The china study, How to prevent and reveres heart disease and Engine 2

    I still take a daily vitamin, and B12 (can only get it from meat) every now and then as well as Extra Vitamin D only because I showed low in D and don't get enough living in Maine in the winter.
  • kiraleilani
    kiraleilani Posts: 124 Member
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    Thank you, THANK YOU everyone! This info is so great!!!

    We LOVE nutritional yeast around here, so I'm happy I have my B vitamins covered :) Great to know about the calcium! I have a house full of kale lovers.

    I can't wait to look at all these links and try new recipes!
  • abrahamsitososa
    abrahamsitososa Posts: 716 Member
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    Actually if you read the post he mentions algae specifically. Here's another source saying the same

    "Foods such as sea vegetables
    and spirulina may contain vitamin B-12 analogs; neither these
    nor fermented soy products can be counted on as reliable
    sources of active vitamin B-12 (29,88)."
    http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/2003_ADA_position_paper.pdf

    B12 is one of those things you don't want to mess around with. It's best to just take a B12 supplement rather than pay for it later.

    So what makes your source correct and my sources incorrect? If you trust the government and the medical along with the pharmaceutical industry well... to each their own. I don't.

    I have training in nutrition as an alternative medical provider. (Totally not the medical establishment.) B-12 does not come from algae. It just doesn't. Nutritional yeast, yes. Algae no. If you don't include a mainstream b-12 source regularly, you will get sick eventually, but it might take years. Some people don't develop a deficiency for ten years!

    http://www.theveganrd.com/2010/11/recommended-supplements-for-vegans.html

    I haven't done much research on how b12 from Spirulina is absorbed by the body or not. But wheatgrass also contains significantasignificant amounts of B12 if you don't trust the great superfood spirulina.
  • KBGirts
    KBGirts Posts: 882 Member
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    What if you just tried to find a better source for eggs and dairy. I buy pasture raised eggs from the farmers market. They come from people's back yards. Just an idea.
  • miasapearl
    miasapearl Posts: 38 Member
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    I use to be vegan for three years during high school/college years so I have a lot of cookbooks and know how to cook for the family since I took over the cooking for the family when I was in junior high school. I received a lot of grief from my family about that.

    "The Joy of Vegan Baking" is a really good book for the sweets that your family might miss. There are also lots of vegan cookbooks out there that you might want to check out from your local library first before purchasing.

    I love using seitan to replace meat. They're not too hard to make at home but are available in grocery stores. For eating you out can go to ethnic restaurants. There are a lot of vegetarian/vegan options in Indian food, Chinese food, etc.



    other online sites:
    http://vegweb.com/
    http://fatfreevegan.com/

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