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Supplements on a Vegan Diet - Are Vegan Diets Nutritionally Complete?

If a vegan diet was healthy, you wouldn't need any supplements.  I eat meat and I don't take supplements, so my diet must be natural for humans and healthier than yours.

Oh, carnist logic.  Does it really mean that veganism isn't healthy if vegans have to take supplements to maintain optimal functioning of bodily systems?

No, and I'll tell you why.

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Should You Worry About Your Body's pH?

Have you ever heard someone talk about alkalizing their body?  Or avoiding a food because it's too acidic?  Did you think to yourself: "Wow, that health-nut has reached a new level of crazy!"?  There was a time I would have agreed with you, that spending time worrying about your body's pH was going too far down the road to orthorexia, but after more time and research I've discovered that maintaining a balanced pH should be more than a blip on your radar if you're looking to create an environment for optimal health.  (Am I the only one who just imagined a futuristic, sleek, blinking health-radar?  I am?  Never mind, then...)  And aren't we all looking for a way to live a longer, happier, disease-free life?

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