Comments on: The Joy of Being Vegetarian; by Louise Infante

By: Otha Valorie

Otha Valorie — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:37:28 +0000

Thanks so much for this. This might sound a little strange, but I spent the first couple of years of my teenage lifein Naples, then travelled all over the world. Now I'm living in New Zealand, with my Chinese wife, and son we had whilst living inJapan! Truly international, eh? Anyway, I've been trying to rediscover the smells and tastes of my youth with some authentic Italian recipe like these, best I've found so far! Thanks again, I'll see if I can add the feed to my google reader tonight, though my son usually does that for me!

By: Photo Recovery Software

Photo Recovery Software — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:50:12 +0000

A vegetarian diet provides a variety of proven health benefits. Vegetarians have significantly reduced rates of obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes, diet-related cancers, diverticular disease, constipation and gall stones.

By: Jannie Backlund

Jannie Backlund — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:14:06 +0000

Thanks. I am always looking for ways to better grow or better prepare the food from my garden.

By: Delora Mizenko

Delora Mizenko — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:17:59 +0000

Thank you very much for the fantastic article; this is the kind of stuff that keeps me motivated through the day. I’ve been searching around for your articles when I heard about them from a colleague and was thrilled after I was able to find it after searching for some time. Being a blogger myself, I’m glad to see others taking initiative and adding to the community. I wanted to show my appreciation for these posts as it is very encouraging, and many bloggers do not get the acknowledgment they deserve. I’m and will tell my friends.

By: Clinical Nutritionist

Clinical Nutritionist — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:25:11 +0000

Awesome Louise, great input!
A vegetarian diet is a noble way of honoring animal life and at the same time can be a health promoting and protective way of life. I do want to mention that there may be conditions or situations in which an individual cannot convert the plant based omega 3′s to EPA and DHA, so some folks may still benefit from a purified form of preformed EPA/DHA. These conditions can decrease conversion to EPA/DHA:
Intake of saturated and trans fats
Age
Cigarette smoking
Alcohol consumption
Chronic stress (hypercortisolemia)
Hyperinsulinemia (metabolic syndrome)
Magnesium deficiency