Smarter Nutrition Resources (01)

Vegan Diet Basics
This site has everything you’d like to know about vegetarian eating from The Vegetarian Journal. Topics include introduction to vegetarian eating, a position paper from the American Diabetic Association about vegetarian eating, easy vegan menus, calcium in the vegan diet, choosing a dietician, feeding vegan kids, healthy fast food for kids, iron in the vegetarian diet, getting protein in your vegan diet and vegan nutrition during pregnancy and childhood. The importance of Vitamin B12 is also noted, as is a senior’s guide to vegan eating.

Can Calcium Prevent Colon Cancer, or at Least Cut the Risk?
A 2003 American Cancer Society study says that calcium may lower the risk of colon cancer slightly for both men and women, while vitamin D might help cut risk in men. The article explains that the effects were best in those who took supplements, rather than those who ate calcium-rich foods. But the study says it is still too early to change calcium and Vitamin D recommendations for reducing the risk of colon cancer. Read on to learn more about this significant finding.

What’s Really Best for Your Bones? A Lesson in Calcium from the Harvard School of Public Health
Is milk your only option for making sure that you get enough calcium in your diet? Not so, according to two schools of thought. The pro-milk side believes that three glasses of milk a day will prevent osteoporosis, which leads to more than 1.5 million fractures and 300,000 broken hips. The other side believes that consuming a lot of milk and dairy products will have little effect on the rate. This article doesn’t take any particular side, but explains what is currently known about the use of calcium in the body. It covers what calcium is, where calcium comes from and what osteoporosis is.

Rectal and Colorectal Cancer: Nutrition as a Defense
This website discusses what the colon does, and how it removes water and minerals from waste food materials. It discusses keeping a journal to monitor your colon if you have colon cancer, or colorectal cancer, and also discusses weight loss caused by chemotherapy. It also discusses foods to eat that won’t upset your stomach, such as eating the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, tapioca. Other topics include: talking to your doctor about supplements, experiencing gas, foods that affect your colon, and more.