No one will argue that preventing Vitamin D deficiency is a very good idea, but who is truly at risk, how much Vitamin D is needed and from what sources is where it gets tricky. In my own research I’ve seen recommendations from reputable medical practitioners that say fortified foods and 10-15 minutes of sunshine … [Read more…]
But here I found myself forced to defend over and over again my reasons for being vegan – the benefits to the environment, the improvement to the animal’s wellbeing, the advantage for my own health. The situation escalated to the point a friend asked me if I was going to wait until I’d had my first miscarriage before I started ‘taking care’ of myself. The support I was once given as a vegan was gone replaced by scepticism and doubt that I was putting my health in danger.