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Raising a Vegan Baby: There’s a Right Way And a Wrong Way

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There’s a right way and a wrong way to raise a baby on vegan food. Those who get it wrong, parents say, give the responsible ones a bad name. A Pennsylvania mother claiming to be vegan was charged this month with child endangerment for feeding her baby nothing but small amounts of nuts and berries. In Italy, after a number of vegan babies required hospitalization for malnourishment, a lawmaker this summer proposed a bill that would make it a crime to feed children under 16 a vegan diet. Those cases…

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Social media videos give the final push to vegan lifestyle

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Internet videos on the cruel way in which animals are bred for eventual slaughter pushed Sahil Bhambri towards veganism in 2014. Brought up in a family of vegetarians, the shift towards a vegan lifestyle wasn’t drastic. He also convinced his parents and younger brother to adopt a cruelty-free lifestyle and consciously give up animal products, starting with dairy . Like 26-year-old Bhambri, many of those who have adopted a vegan lifestyle attribute their change to such social media videos. Nikhil Bedi, a 20-year old Delhi University students, recalled, “My dog…

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Parents Who Insist on Vegan Diet for Children May Risk Jail in Italy

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If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan diet for their children will risk up to four years in jail. Savino, from the conservative Forza Italia party, has put forward a law that would hold parents legally responsible for feeding their children on “a diet devoid of elements essential for healthy and balanced growth”, according to its text. “I have nothing against vegans or veganism as long as it is a free choice by adults,” she told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday, days…

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Pass vegan to reduce kind 2 diabetes risk

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“This observe highlights that even mild dietary adjustments within the direction of a healthy plant-primarily based food plan can play a great position within the prevention of kind 2 diabetes,” said lead author Ambika Satija. “Those findings provide similarly proof to guide contemporary nutritional suggestions for continual disorder prevention.” The researchers accompanied extra than 200,000 male and lady fitness experts across the U.S. For more than two decades who had regularly stuffed out questionnaires on their weight loss plan, way of life, scientific records, and new disorder diagnoses as part…

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Are You Vegan? Are You Eating Right?

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Vegans need to guard against neurologic disorders, anemia, reduced bone strength and other health concerns as their diet may lack vital nutrient intake, a new study has warned. The US study points out that some vegans rely heavily on processed foods and may not eat a sufficient variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The findings showed that a whole food, plant-based diet is commendable and a well-planned vegan diet can be adequate to achieve proper nutrition, but requires some education. Researchers recommend that healthcare providers monitor vegan patients for…

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Are You Vegan? Are You Eating Right?

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Vegans need to guard against neurologic disorders, anemia, reduced bone strength and other health concerns as their diet may lack vital nutrient intake, a new study has warned. The US study points out that some vegans rely heavily on processed foods and may not eat a sufficient variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The findings showed that a whole food, plant-based diet is commendable and a well-planned vegan diet can be adequate to achieve proper nutrition, but requires some education. Researchers recommend that healthcare providers monitor vegan patients for…

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