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  1. Thread: Junk food

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    Getting off junk food help - hypoglycemia

    I suffer from anxiety and depression and I 100% know that if I eat whole foods and avoid junk, caffeine, alcohol, etc. then my symptoms miraculously go away and I'm rediculously happy. Problem is...
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    Re: Early puberty in kids

    My friend figures this has been going on since she was 6-6.5. They however are just now noticing (it was hidden prior). She's handling it really well with her dd, explained that it sometimes...
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    Re: Early puberty in kids

    Thanks for the link. Very interesting for sure.
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    Re: Early puberty in kids

    Boy did you just touch a memory for me. I developed big boobs early too (12 not 7 though) and was TALL for my age (why oh why didn't my parents assure me that this was a good thing I don't know but...
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    Re: Early puberty in kids

    It's not my intention to offend anyone. She's a very sweet girl not an alien or anything digusting. Developing early doesn't run in her family so I can see why my friend would want to rule out...
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    Re: Early puberty in kids

    Well sure that will be the first thing but the odds are against this being the problem.
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    Re: Freebirthing

    I'm done having kids but with my 3rd and last I labored easily at home and was doing great managing the pain using methods I read in the Bradley books. I walked around, I let my body relax during a...
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    Early puberty in kids

    My best friend called me this morning all freaked out because her just turned SEVEN year old is showings signs of early puberty in the form of body hair. I've read stories linking plastics,...
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    Poll: Re: Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

    This is why I stick to no more than 2 servings of soy per day (usually a lot less). Sure it's convenient when you are new to veganism but I prefer to stick to trusted foods like rice, beans, fruit,...
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    Re: Bees are dying off at an alarming rate

    On that site they give things that we can do to protect bees. One was to plant a flower garden specifically for bees. Another was yes to take up bee keeping as a hobby.
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    Re: The One Hundred Press-Ups Challenge

    100 pushups? Are you kidding me? I just started taking Taekwondo classes and we MUST do pushups as part of the training.

    I can't even do ONE real one and struggle to do 20 lame ones on my...
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    Re: Tips on nutrients for vegan children?

    I picked up a book at the library called How To Raise A Vegan Child In A NonVegan World and they addressed this issue and had kid friendly recipes. Reading it gave me confort knowing I was already...
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    How would you write a vegan cookbook?

    I was all set to order a couple of vegan cookbooks off amazon but changed my mind. Why because they don't meet my requirements. Seems those books use too many high priced meat/egg replacements or...
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    Re: st. john's wort

    I agree money problems are what are causing my flare ups recently thats for sure. Whats helping with that is to realize that only so much of this is within my control and secondly my new taekwondo...
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    Re: st. john's wort

    Read the book Depression Free Naturally (just ignore the diet--they do say it's ok to eat animal products it's focused more for people who live on junk and soda's) they have quizzes in it to...
  16. Thread: Meal plans

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    Re: whats you're normal eating plan?

    I wish I could go all organic but it's not in my budget. I just do the best I can but I've got 5 people to feed so it gets kinda crazy.
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    Re: Omni-friendly recipes?

    I cook with tvp (soy) a lot (it looks like ground beef if you get the brown stuff) to make casseroles, spaghetti sauce, taco's, meat loaf, etc. as I wean my family off meat. :) I know not all of it...
  18. Thread: Meal plans

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    Re: whats you're normal eating plan?

    I also think you are missing on balance as well as eating too little.

    A typical day for me would be:

    Breakfast: Fruit

    Lunch: Rice, veggies, beans (LOTS!!)

    Dinner: Rice or pasta,...
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    Re: Anyone exercise at home?

    I have a gym membership mainly because it has a nursery (hard to work out with 3 kids) and a pool plus we get it as a perk from dh's work. But I do like to work out at home too. I have some dvd's...
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    Its funny I'm 42 but I was raised pretty much vegetarian but it was because we were broke not because of anything else. We did eat meat but not very much mostly on holidays. My parents had a huge...
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    I just noticed it says you are 21. Do you realize how ahead of the game you are? I sooooo wish I knew this stuff when I was 21. I've changed my menus so many times as I learned about nutrition...
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    I'm the exact same way. Sometimes having cookbooks to browse thru is inspiring. But money is tight so I'm trying to put it off for now. KWIM?
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    Let me know what you think of these when you get them. A few low reviews on amazon scared me. My biggest issue is price of ingredients. So far after reading the reviews I think I can do fine just...
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    Some are recipes I found that sounded good. Some are meal plans. Some are frugal sites talking about being vegan and some are just blogs that I stumbled onto that had recipes. I figure all these will...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    EXACTLY!! It was all in the marketing. It got me (and some people in my moms group) to read it. Very very clever.

    But it's a great book and well researched. I'm a cynic at heart so some of...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    In the post script to the Skinny Bitch and I mean literally on the very last page that almost no one reads they openly say they could care less if you lose weight (but that you probably will if you...
  27. Thread: Palm Oil

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    Re: Palm Oil in Vegan food products

    This. I'm new and I'm learning everyday.
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    What you will find is when you start cooking from scratch is that it's impossible to go back to buying things already made (too many preservatives, additives, etc.) I make baked items for the...
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    Re: Vegan Pizza Bases?

    I have a recipe for a vegan pizza crust and if I can learn how to make it anyone can. LOL!! I didn't cook for YEARS until I had kids and stayed at home. Dh did the cooking.

    BTW: My first few...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    I actually heard about the book Skinny Bitch from my local moms group. There are quite a few of us trying to make changes. It isn't easy and sometimes we've failed but we are trying.

    I find that...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    I'm a cook so it's fun trying new recipes. I'm also a health nut so this appeals to me as well. And yes I know a lot of the morningstar stuff isn't vegan but a few things are. On my coop website...
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    Re: Lost weight need help!

    I was like you back in high school. I'm 5'8" and struggled to keep weight on and I wasn't even a vegan then. What I did was add some high calorie foods to my day. I suggest for you nuts. They are...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    I was shocked that they didn't notice that they weren't hot dogs totally shocked. But I have to say they looked and smelled pretty real (I didn't try them).

    On the library I had to go to the...
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    Re: Vegan Pizza Bases?

    Do you mean sauces or the crust? Sauces you can make yourself from canned tomatoe's, olive oil and some spices.
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    Re: If you could only have one cookbook

    Personally I'm having good luck with internet sites (I don't own a vegan cookbook either). One even lets you meal plan AND prepares your shopping list. Isn't that cool?
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    Oh don't get me wrong if money weren't an issue I'd have 10 vegan cookbooks by now. LOL!! And yes this would be one of them (although my library has it so I'll just check it out first). I buy the...
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    Re: Skinny Bitch in the Kitch

    I read the skinny bitch book and could tell by their eating plan that it would include fake meals so I didn't bother with the cookbook. While I'm anxious to win my family over I don't want to get...
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    Bees are dying off at an alarming rate

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bees/index.html

    I just watched this on tv and had no clue how important bees are to our world. Without them we have no fruits and vegetables (yes I was naive). ...
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    Re: Food combining?

    I had just heard that it's best to eat fruit alone and wait at least 30 minutes before eating something else. Something about letting it process so it doesn't rot in your stomach by dumping more...
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    Re: weight-loss foods that are cheap and filling

    I just got thru reading the book Skinny Bitch (which got me to go vegan btw). I'm following their plan and not only have I lost a few pounds in a 2 weeks but I also lost 2 inches off my belly too. ...
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