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Can vegans get sufficient iodine from plants and iodized salt?
The trace element iodine is an essential nutrient for humans. According to some nutrition professionals, good sources of iodine are iodized salt, seafood and dairy products, while plants might be a less reliable source as their iodine content…
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Why is nutritional yeast nicknamed Nooch?
I had a Google search for this question, but I was just wondering why nutritional yeast was called "Nooch" by vegans (in the UK anyway)?
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Do commercial chicken's eggs contain B12?
If chickens are fed with only treated grain, where do they obtain vitamin B12 from? Are these eggs a good source of vitamin B12?
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Any suggestions to help someone experiencing joint pain after giving up dairy products?
My wife is a long time Vegetarian, and recently decided to move to a Vegan diet. She's been very successful so far, and feels great in general. However, over the past few weeks she has been experiencing more joint pain after her runs, and occasional…
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Which ethical arguments for veg*nism empirically work the most often?
Every veg*n has their own reasons for being veg*n and their own opinions about which arguments are most convincing. No argument is going to convince everyone. Changing your beliefs or actions is a complex, individual process.
However, if a list of…
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Is there any website that tells what vegan recipes I can cook with X and Y ingredients?
The internet is full of many recipes collections, with a variety of websites with many different features. Sometimes they let you make searches with a richness of parameters.
Let's say I open my fridge and there are a couple of ingredients I want…
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Why is the temperature limit for raw food set to 42 C / 108 F?
Some vegans choose to follow a raw food diet. I don't know much about this topic, but I've heard that food can be considered raw if it's not processed at more than 42 degrees Celsius (about 108 Fahrenheit). Why? What happens after this threshold?
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Can too much B12 be harmful?
While I know that B12 is water-soluble vitamin and (as I understand it) it should be naturally expelled from the body, is this really the case even with continuously high intakes, eg. 1000mcg/day for a couple of months? I would like to know whether…
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Is "cruelty-free" the same as "vegan"?
Simple and straightforward: does "cruelty-free" mean the same as "vegan"?
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Which are the countries where vegan diet is more popular?
Are there any statistics measuring what percentage of the population of some countries are following a vegan diet?
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Is there information about pets that vegans choose?
Is there reliable research indicating what if any types of companion animals (pets), vegans or vegetarians choose?
The three most popular companion animals are dogs, cats and rabbits (depending on who you ask, related sister site question), with…
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What vegan food should I feed to a baby?
What foods should I feed a baby when we starting out on a vegan lifestyle?
We are going through a phase where we are changing from meat to vegetarian/vegan. I've seen many babies that don't eat milk or meat and are perfectly healthy if not more so…
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Is the use of pesticides considered vegan?
While sometimes considered indispensable for crops protection, pesticides are basically weapons of mass destruction aimed at insects and other animals that eat crops. Can food produced with the aid of pesticides still be said to be vegan,…
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Is there any evidence that vegan and/or rawfood diets are beneficial to people that suffer from rheumatoid arthritis?
Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis often get worse on diets abundant in meats, especially red meats.
Can vegan and/or raw food diets have positive effects on people with this disease?
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What area is most favorable to subsistence gardening for a vegan diet?
Meeting all the dietary requirements of a vegan diet is difficult, what area or location is most favorable to substance gardening for a vegan diet?
In other words, if I am moving so I can subsistence farm without the use of electrically supported…
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