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I'm aware about the methionine but thanks. I know that some foods have "some" methionine and cystine but not in amounts that would be 100% at the end of the day, unless I was a raw foodist. I'm going...

I would like to agree with you there. Instant nutrient deficiencies seem ridiculous. It would be as if I got a cold after a week of being vegan and my grandmother blamed my diet! However, if my...

p.s. My eczema has returned :( I am cutting out wheat but it is hard.

Hi Josh,

Here is my update. Since my last post and until last Saturday I avoided grains and nuts and focused on legumes and vegetables. Reasons being, nuts (which contain arginine) were giving me...

I'm the same way with food, and sometimes the thought of taking a supplement makes me nauseous, so I skip it. I figure that I am storing up minerals and fat soluble vitamins, not so sure about the...

Josh,

I have been working on the muscle but it can be hard as I have a suspected connective tissue disorder.
The problem with nuts And seeds is that they contain high levels of...

Hi Josh,
It's not so much that the belly fat's stubbornness is bothersome, it's that I get Painfully thin everywhere else so that eventually I stop dieting.
My main "nut" intake since letting go of...

Hi again,

I tend to use seeds as a catch-all phrase for grains, legume, nuts and "seeds". That said, I have replaced my grains with all of these things and also root vegetables. I think now the...

Hi Josh,

I had been considering reducing my grains for a long time and now have done so, thanks. I feel much healthier and I feel better about my food choices. It is harder to make unhealthy...

I like to get complete proteins in my meals, I know the standard idea is that you are cool so long as you get them in 24hrs, but I like to make sure I don't eat bread all day. Hehe.
Speaking of...

I think that deal with that is when they first figured out that fat causes heart disease etc they thought, "Well, what can we use to replace the fat calories? Let's use starch, its high in fiber and...

Thank you for the note. I suppose that I should have mentioned that I have sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds mixed in with my flax. Also there is this:
"Because the body rapidly...

I just bought a coffee grinder an hour ago. Soon I will be ingesting 10x the amount that I require with confidence :-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan#Vegan_nutrition

DHA
One nutrient that is sometimes overlooked when analyzing the vegan diet is docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). For non-vegetarians, good sources...