Remember the classic food pyramid you learned about in school? Where did it come from? Who invented it? And was the information correct? The origin of nutrition guidelines can be traced back to Wilbur Olin Atwater, an agricultural chemist who founded and directed the Office of … [Read more...]
Why You Should Add Nutritional Yeast Into Your Diet
I remember the first time I pulled up a vegetarian recipe and it called for nutritional yeast? What? The last thing nutritional yeast conjures up is an image of a nutritional, yummy food you happily want to insert into your recipes. And when we went shopping for it, it … [Read more...]
What Vegetarians Need To Know About B12
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is the largest and most complex vitamin currently known to man. Even with a slight vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to anemia, fatigue, mania and depression, with long term deficiencies causing permanent damage to the brain and the central nervous … [Read more...]
The Veggie Starting Kit – Ways To Bring Vegetarianism Into Your Lifestyle
“The Gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies: they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.” ~ Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-347BC So you started out the year wanting to become a vegetarian. Then a friend invites you to lunch and you head off to a local … [Read more...]