LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Vegan Diet Plans)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Spectrum - A recent study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine on vegan diets and diabetes, published in Diabetes Care, showed that study participants on a vegan diet had dramatic improvements in four major health areas, including blood sugar

Thwart Alzheimer's with B12
Health 24 - Anyone eating a totally vegetarian or vegan diet, therefore, may become deficient in B12. Additionally, vitamin B12 requires the so-called intrinsic factor which is found in the digestive tract, plus adequate levels of stomach acid and pepsin

Federal prison for 3 animal rights extremists
Morris County Daily Record - Each requested a vegan diet in prison. The entity they were involved with, Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty, received five years probation and must share in the restitution as well. All were involved in the group Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty, which

The nervous system: Other B-vitamins
Health 24 - A vitamin B12 deficiency in breastfeeding mothers (e.g. those eating a strict vegan diet) can expose infants to brain atrophy, myoclonic seizure disorder, microencephaly and cortical blindness, which may be irreversible in some cases. Patients with

New study supports major change in diet treatment for diabetes (press
NewsTarget - A low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet and may be more effective than single-agent therapy with oral diabetes drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Diabetes Care, a journal published by

L-carnitine and slimming
Health 24 - It stands to reason that anyone who eats a strict vegetarian or vegan diet, which excludes all milk, dairy products, meat, fish and eggs, also runs the risk of developing a Carnitine deficiency. It may, therefore, be a good idea for strict