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Michael Klaper, M.D.: Physician and author of Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet

Why did you decide to write Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan DietVegan Diet?
As vegan nutrition more and more became the center of my medical practice in the late 1980's, I was encountering women in my medical practice who were in their early stages of pregnancy and who had many nutritional questions. Virtually all of them were receiving adverse messages from friends and family about the potential inadequacy of a vegan diet for them and their developing child, and they were seeking reassurance that a vegan diet could sustain a healthy pregnancy and nourish the developing fetus. Fortunately, since a vegan diet seems to fulfill the nutritional needs of both mother and infant in an excellent manner, I was able to point out reassuring nutritional realities and guidelines, first as a brief handout, which eventually became expanded into Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet.

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Dr. Joel Fuhrman: Childhood Diet Predicts Adult Cancer Risk

For the People. For the Planet. For the Animals.

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Profile: Scott Jurek (Ultra Marathon winner 7 years in a row)

More about "ultra vegan" Scott Jurek here:
Scott Jurek - Ultra Vegan

Go Vegan For Planet Earth

The environmental destruction caused by the livestock industry. Please consider eliminating meat and dairy products from your diet. For Planet Earth, go vegan now at www.myspace.com/veganfuture. Thanks to Moby for permission to use "Swear".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsv2XsjjFXY

A Life Connected: VEGAN

Earthlings (Terráqueos)

Interview with Reed Mangels, PhD, RD

Interviewed for vegfamily.com by Dina Aronson

What does your job as a vegan registered dietitian entail?
I mainly volunteer for The Vegetarian Resource Group as a nutrition advisor and nutrition editor for Vegetarian Journal. With VRG, I work on all sortssorts of projects. One ongoing job is responding to questions from readers and from visitors to our Web site. This week I fielded questions on high protein diets for vegetarians, diabetes during pregnancy, and iron supplements, among others. I also work with interns and students who are interested in learning more about vegetarian organizationsvegetarian organizations. I write 2-3 columns for each issue of Vegetarian Journal, in addition to book reviews and occasional articles. I also review each issue before it's published and often work with authors of nutrition-related pieces to polish their articles. I do some free-lance writing and speaking also.

Are you working on any projects right now? Please tell us about them.
I'm just finishing up the second edition of The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets with Ginny and Mark Messina. We've done a lot of work to present the newest information about vegetarianism for dietitians and other health care professionals. Simply Vegan, Debra Wasserman's and my book, is being revised and updated as are many of the nutrition sections of VRG's website.

We started our second year of homeschooling in September. Right now I'm working on units on the great depression and machines and inventions as well as coordinating a newspaper by and for homeschoolers. I'm also an assistant Brownie leader and am in the middle of making several quilts.

How long have you been vegan and why did you go vegan?
I've been vegan for the most part for about 15 years. I was already a vegetarian before becoming vegan. In college I was influenced by Frances Moore LappeFrances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small PlanetDiet for a Small Planet and saw vegetarianism as a part of the solution to world hunger. Later, becoming vegan seemed like the right thing to do - eating animal products is obviously not necessary from a nutritional standpoint, and I hate the idea of harming animals. Of course, other considerations like health benefits and a non-violent philosophy also played a part in my going vegan.

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Dr. Stefania Licari: Raw Vegan, M.D and Ultramarathon Runner

From http://www.raw-food-health.net/StefaniaLicari.html

Dr. Stefania Licari, M.D. is a shining light among the drug-happy medical community.

The Italian-born ultramarathon runner is inspiring everyone to escape mediocrity with her endeavour go4extremes, which she uses to showcase her impressive feats of endurance: A 2-week 500km run through the wastes of Morocco, and the Jungle Ultramarathon to name a few.

The 31-year-old practices a healthy low-fat raw vegan diet, and says she's never felt better.

Think you have a lot of cultural pressure to eat unhealthy food? Sefania grew up in Italy where divorcing cooked food is paramount to cultural rebellion.

The following interview was conducted in February of 2009.

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Neal Barnard, MD: The science behind food additions

Chocolate, Cheese, Meat, and Sugar: Physically Addictive

Neal Barnard MD discusses the science behind food additions. Willpower is not to blame: chocolate, cheese, meat, and sugar release opiate-like substances. Dr. Barnard also discusses how industry, aided by government, exploits these natural cravings, pushing us to eat more and more unhealthy foods. A plant-based diet is the solution to avoid many of these problems. Neal Barnard is the founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

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