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    Re: How to help someone gain weight/best foods

    Just thought i would add that after my little fella was born and i was breastfeeding him it took me ages to get eating properly again and i LOVE my food - i mean i really LOVE food! (I plan menus...
  2. Thread: Nice figs?

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    Re: Nice figs?

    Thanks for all the tips!! I never thought about fresh figs or doing anything other than just eating them plain!! I will definately try and find the crazy jacks ones - i can imagine they would be...
  3. Re: FOX News: Fluoride labeled poison. Tennessee to ban it first.

    Unfortunetly my mum fed me and my sister fluride tablets for years when we were kids - scares me that big time :( - who knows what time bomb it set of ticking in our bodies - cant do nothing about...
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    Re: Any other home-educating families out there?

    I totally know what your saying about isolation in schools - that was exactly my experience and much more - it was just like a living hell for me - like having to go to a torture chamber everyday for...
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    Re: Any other home-educating families out there?

    I havent been on this forum for a while i got really busy and i just seen your post...my son is nearly 2 and i really wanna home-educate, i've met up with another girl in my area who has 4 kids and...
  6. Thread: Nice figs?

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    Nice figs?

    Feel a bit silly asking this but... I am trying to get into eating figs cos i think i could do with more calcium (i used to eat them years ago but just forgot about them) anyway - i just cant seem to...
  7. Thread: Baked beans

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    Re: Baked beanz

    Heinz are definately the best (... I have to say that cos my husband works at heinz :D )
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    Re: Vegan vegetable fingers?

    I think asdas own veggie fingers are vegan - i have bought a box for my son (not that he has taken a great liking to them - sigh :rolleyes: ) I checked the ingredients but as no-one else has...
  9. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    None of us had building work experience before we went it was basic labouring stuff that we did so very easy to pick up - but rather back breaking at times, especially in the heat of the ecuadorian...
  10. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    You saw more places in ecuador than on your trip than i did in 4 mths there!! I loved the type of experience i had and it was what i wanted but it would be nice to go back and do more travelling...
  11. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    Oh yeh - i know about the resturant thing - very surreal! Whereabouts did you go in ecuador and how long did you stay? (if you dont mind me asking - I'm very nosey about anything to do with ecuador...
  12. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    Now you come to mention it we didnt really come across any of the exotic type animals- we had a really cute kitten in our first placement that adopted us and was to be found often curled up on our...
  13. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    I checked out the link to your placements and it looks brilliant!!!! - your accomadation is the lap of luxury compared to our living conditions when we were there (but that was part the fun really!!)...
  14. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    I went to that mexican resturant too!! It was really good if i remeber correctly!

    Oh and i totally agree the ecuadorians (or at least the ones we were with) are just gorgeous people, they really...
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    Re: Ecuador!

    I think (although i may be wrong) that those who could afford to serve you meat would be less likely to be offended if you explained why you dont eat it than those who wouldnt serve you meat anyway...
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    De nada mi amiga!

    Maybe i shouldnt have told you about the typhoid thing - sorry didnt mean to make you paranoid!! I was really scared of getting ill and i think this had something to do with me...
  17. Thread: Ecuador!

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    Re: Ecuador!

    Ooooooo!! I was so excited when i saw your thread - i went to equador for 4 mths voluntary work (building type projects) in 2002 - i was 26 at the time - it was the most hardest time in my life but...
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    Re: low sperm count

    Well, a couple i know had been trying to concieve for about 6 years and it was to do with the mans low sperm count, after 2 unsuccessful IVF attempts they went to an alternative practitioner and he...
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    Re: Vegan Cooking by Eva Batt

    Ah right - i think i've seen trex before - i wonder if it is a hydrogenated fat though - wouldnt be wanting to add lots of that to our diets - i will check it when i next go shopping! :)
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    Re: Vegan Cooking by Eva Batt

    Thank you so much for the info! I feel like I can use the book now!! - good to know i can just use oil instead of the white fat - which is probably the shortening stuff you found fiamma - i will...
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    Re: Vegan Cooking by Eva Batt

    I've got this book too but havent made anything out of it yet because unless i'm missing something it doesnt seem to have any serving sizes on any of the recipes and it just puts me off it cos i...
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    Re: Rash on arm - omegas?

    Never heard of red quinoa - thanks for the tip, I'll have a look out for it!!
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    Re: Rash on arm - omegas?

    You are right - it could be anything! I am just paranoid and letting my worst fears plague me as I am so happy to be vegan and bringing up my son vegan that i dont want anything to jeperdise that -...
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    Rash on arm - omegas?

    I'm not sure what to do about this but my little boy (17mths) has had like a pimply rash on both his upper arms for a good few mths now and i read recently that a rash on the upper arm could be...
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    Re: What did you eat today?

    Hmm my first post on this thread!

    Breakfast - Porridge with rice milk walnuts, raisins, ground flax seed and cinnamon. Fruit juice

    Lunch - Massive sandwich with homemade wholemeal bread -...
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    Re: Polyunsaturates bad?

    I know what you mean about the article recommending butter etc - obviously that is a no no for us lot, but i was pondering to myself - should we reject the rest of the information because a portion...
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    Re: breastfeeding vegan babies

    My son does ask to nurse but not with words yet - he points at them and goes 'uh uh' - i remember when he was much yonger really looking forward to him being able to ask when he wanted them rather...
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    Re: Any vegan parents out there?

    maxb - i have made my mum a few vegan things that she has liked - i need to do more though - she is ultra fussy so i have to think very hard about what to make and a complete meat lover :( - she just...
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    Re: breastfeeding vegan babies

    Hi veganmata, I'm a BFing vegan mum too (mines 16mths)- and darn the UK too for making it seem wrong!! :) Also I plan to let him self wean - I think thought the farleys soy formula here was vegan...
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    Re: Children: Favorite vegan foods

    Lewis is 16 mths old and at the moment he likes...

    Rice - brown or white

    Baked beans

    Lentil and veg stews that i make mashed loads or purreed so he cant see the veggies!! This is the only...
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    Re: Polyunsaturates bad?

    Oh and sorry!! Kate Bush is a singer i think - how the fat article got linked to her website i have no idea!!! :)
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    Re: Polyunsaturates bad?

    Well apparently there is some contraversy out there about whether the unsaturated fats are good for us after all - i have been reading that they go rancid almost as soon as we ingest them and they...
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    Polyunsaturates bad?

    i'm guessing this is probably old news to some of you out there but i've only just come across info like this and was wondering what you all thought of it...its freaked me out a bit...:eek:
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    Re: Any vegan parents out there?

    Thank you for sharing your experiences with your children - it is very reasuring!! We seem to have a history of fussy eaters in our family and my husband and his brother are fussy too! It must be...
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    Re: Poo on my veggies?

    Hmmm...there is no escaping the poo then...it was reasuring to know that it is treated first - should we be washing our veggies in something or will just plain old water do?
  36. Thread: Vegan Omega-3

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    Re: Vegan Omega-3

    I think i am going to give up on flax/hemp oils and stick with the seeds cos i just took a bottle of flaxseed back to holland and barret because it smelt like fish and tasted awful so i presume it...
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    Re: High-Carb, Vegan Diet Causes Major Weight Loss

    Being vegan hasnt made me lose weight, in fact, i have never had to worry about my weight but since becoming vegan i feel i have to watch it a bit more because there is just so much gorgeous new...
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    Re: Collard greens

    I know this is a really old thread but i've always thought US collard greens were our equivalent of spring greens (UK) cos they look so alike - have i been getting it wrong all this time i wonder?...
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    Poo on my veggies?

    I'm unsure about what to do about organic now after reading through some stuff on here - despite the obvious issues of using poor exploited animals poo poo to fertilise it - i also have an ewwww!!!...
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    Re: The Calcium Thread

    I make scones using blackstrap mollasses instead of sugar.

    I usually make some almond milk and then strain the almond milk through some muslin - i use the strained almonds and mix it with the...
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