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Nutrient Deficiency in Vegan Diets: Myths and Facts
Since eating animal based foods is considered to be the ordained ‘normal’ diet by a majority of people, a number of myths about vegan and plant based diets have gained currency. Proponents of animal based diets tend to caution against cutting out animal based foods from the diet for a variety of reasons. While some…
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Top 10 Animals Used for Experiments
Whenever human beings want to test something – medications, cosmetics, chemicals and even psychological premises, they turn to animals. Animals are put in unnatural situations, poisoned, dissected, poked, pricked, injected, euthanized and subjected to untold horrors – they may be bred for this purpose or may be trapped. Typically products and medications are tested on…
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Top 10 Vegan Bodybuilders
In recent times, more and more athletes and even body builders are turning to a more ethical way of life, choosing to eschew animal based foods and products. This may often be against popular perception that being vegan is not only difficult for a body builder but also counterproductive. And in fact there can be…
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Vegetarian Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Many people with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) who follow a plant based diet can find that a vegetarian diet can be difficult to stick to. This is because a vegetarian diet is typically a fiber rich diet that contains a lot of indigestible material. This indigestible portion of the diet can irritate the bowel causing…
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10 Most Endangered Animals in the World
It is thought that 99.9% of all species that existed in the past are now extinct. So extinction of species is a natural process. But in recent times, the high rates of extinction have been alarming. This is because human activities have started to cause extinction in more recent times. The impact that human activities…
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Most Common Animals Abused and Killed for Their Skins
Human vanity is a terrible thing – in its name, countless animals are captured, tortured, abused, mutilated, shaved, skinned and killed. There are so many animals that are made to suffer just so that humans can adorn themselves in their skins – as shoes, coats, for bags, wallets, furniture, clothing and various other items. Even…