You can get plenty of calcium from green leafy vegetables; cow?s milk isn?t the best for your body. For excellent food therapy, calcium derived from dairy products, leafy greens, some nuts, and any calcium-fortified products are much better than through supplements.? If the body assimilates more than the needed intake of calcium, it will flush [...]

When you follow a vegan lifestyle, there are many questions that you probably dread. Where do you get your protein? Why don?t you eat dairy or eggs? How do you get your calcium if you don?t drink milk? If you are well-informed on vegan nutrition you can easily answer these questions with pride. But, there [...]

As with most dietary questions, vegans are split on the issue of dairy products–not so much on the question of whether or not they are acceptable, but instead for what reasons they should not be consumed. All vegans (or at least true vegans) abstain from consuming dairy products. Some do so for nutritional reasons; others [...]