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Vegan Chef Pushes Slow Food, not Soul Food
A young African-American chef encourages, Washington, D.C. youth to cook healthy vegetarian food.
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Food Fight
Food Not Bombs allowed to remain in Court Square Volunteer group Food Not Bombs has been dishing out free vegetarian meals to the homeless in downtown’s Court Square Park nearly every Saturday for a decade. But two weeks ago, it seemed as though the group would be homeless, too. In early April, Center City Commission (CCC) representatives told the group to move to another location. Jerome Rubin …
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The Proper Plannings For A Vegetarian Diet
Special care must be taken when planning a vegetarian diet to ensure proper amounts of nutrients are included daily. Nutrients such as protein, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamins B-12 and D can all be easily incorporated into your vegetarian lifestyle with the proper planning. Here are some guidelines to consider when you are planning your weekly shopping trip and organizing your weekly menu.
Plant proteins alone can provide enough of the essential and non-essential amino acids, as long as sources of dietary protein are varied and caloric intake is high enough to meet energy needs. Whole grains, legumes, vegetables, seeds and nuts all contain both essential and non-essential amino acids. Soy proteins, such as soy milk and tofu, have been shown to be equal to proteins of animal origin.
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Reasons for Choosing a Vegetarian Diet
Let us start with a brief background on some the reasons people have chosen a vegetarian diet in our history:
The idea of vegetarianism is not a new one, by any stretch of the imagination. Indeed man has in one way or another eaten vegetarian diets since his beginnings. Granted, the first vegetarians did so only out necessity. Meat may not have been available due to harsh winters, animal migrational patterns or even poor tribal leadership. Only foraged food would have been available under such circumstances.
As man evolved and became more able to manipulate his environment, so came the option to choose. Available facts point to the first vegetarian ideologies being practiced in Egypt around 3,200BC where some religious groups abstained from eating flesh, as they believed it produced bad karma with regards to their reincarnation.
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