If you eat a healthy balanced diet, you should be getting your basic nutritional requirements fulfilled. You don't need oodles of Vit. C every day. But govt daily recommendations vary depending on region to region. http://www.ajfand.net/Issue-VIII-files/pdfs/AJFAND%20Vol%205%20No%201%20Peer%20Reviewed%20Article%20No%206.pdf Many foods like strawberries, oranges, and even potatoes (esp sweet) have vitamin C in them. Foods tend to lose nutritional effect during processing though. Try to make your own foods and steam or eat raw veggies and fruits when possible to decrease losses. Avoid commercially processed, esp. canned foods and try to make your own. Many commercial products are too high in salt and preservatives. Use whole grains, reducing white grains as much as possible, perhaps only as an occasional empty calorie "treat." I say empty calorie, because that's what processed flours are. High calories with low nutritional benefits. Use variety in your diet. Traditional one-types of foods have been associated with metabolic conditions, such as traditional beans and rice found to be associated metabolic syndrome amongst Puerto Rican older adults. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=239065 The following is a study (on mice) showing supplemental Vit c did was not shown to be effective protection against gastric Cancer, although Low Vit C in humans is associated with gastric cancer and more severe H-pylori gastritis. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=217763 High vitamin C intake is associated with lower bone loss in elderly men. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=227719 USDA research suggests taking Vit C supp (and E) are safe. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/Publications.htm?seq_no_115=181421 BUT--because I'm trying to be objective and fair, JAMA did a study on potential mortality rates related to antioxidant intakes. In Conclusion they stated: "We did not find convincing evidence that antioxidant supplements have beneficial effects on mortality. Even more, beta carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E seem to increase the risk of death. Further randomized trials are needed to establish the effects of vitamin C and selenium." http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/8/842 These are mainly 2005-2007, keep in mind. Now, according to Oprah, you can "shake, shake shake" a liquid diet and lose pounds of fat. Then she bloats up like a dead dog on the side of the road. So she goes on another fad diet. Then bloats back up. And another, and another...bloat, bloat. FADS DON'T WORK! I have worked with doctors that prescribe Vit C drips on their patients while in the ICU. It creates havoc when you have a patient that only has one good vein and most meds can not be mixed with the drip. If you do feel as if you're not getting enough from your foods and are worried about whether you should take supplements, don't use Oprah or any other Hollywood spangled person as your guide. Call your doctor. Don't allow yourself to stress out about something you're unsure about. Too much stress is bad for your health too. Too much of anything can be toxic, but inefficient amounts are unhealthy too.

Adriana Rojas:

After I saw it, I couldn't eat meat never again!

very good too bad that the same information presented in that video doesn't reach the stone-cold hearts of quite a few people such as on - http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=64569

I read that the dogs in the Autaugaville, Alabama dog fighting ring that were saved are doing well and saw somewhere a photo of a lady in the Humane Shelter giving one a kiss in the face. It was so sweet. I think 3 had to be 'euthanized.' I will find an article later on their progress.

France8:

Hi Concerned Canadian, When you sign "Everything I eat is 100% organic. I just happen to kill it myself...", it's good that you it 100% organic but it would be even better if you did it without killing any sentient being. "All sentient beings, humans or nonhuman, have one right: the basic right not to be treated as the property of others."(Gary Francione ) Humans have to stop overexploitation of non human beings. Exploitation of non human beings is at the root of the Earth devastation. I'm also a concerned "Canadian".

Exactly what are you suggesting? That we minimize our footprint to the extent that we never impact other species? I'm no biologist but I think you have to accept that our very existence impacts other species. I live very closely with nature. I live in a remote place surrounded by ocean, barrens, bogs, and the occasional forest. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I am more in tune with nature than anyone of you commenting on here. I often sleep outside, not on some cozy sunbathed campground but on these barrens and bogs and, yes, sometimes on the ocean ice too. Just about everything that I eat is killed by me. I get to look it in the eye. I make sure it doesn't suffer. I don't have my slaughtering done by some faceless, nameless proxy so that I can pick up my meat from the store shelf. You suggest I shouldn't do this. Why? At what point was it decided that in the hierarchy of moralities your's took precedence over mine? Who makes that call? It is surely not you nor any other human on the planet. I will not refrain from using a bountiful resource to provide for my family and go from eating cheap, nutritious, and humanely slaughtered wild meat to paying $4 for a green pepper just so you can appease your guilt ridden conscience. I'm sorry but I love people. I love my family and I love myself. I don't have the same loathing for myself or my species that so many others on here seem to share. If my existence has to be supported and maintained by sometimes killing other animals then I will do it without batting an eye. I'll make it as quick and humane as I can but I will do it with a clear conscience. Unlike most of you I accept that I am a part of nature, not a spectator of it. I don't get my information from the Discovery Channel, Sesame Street, or Lunatic TV, or whatever other program you might watch that helps you feel so detached from the harsh yet beautiful realities of life. Your expressions of righteous indignation make for great reading but little substance. Whether I kill a seal or a polar bear kills it makes no difference. It will still die. I'll just be much kinder. Unlike most of the other sealers out there that people on here are so willing to attack, I have a voice. I also probably don't meet the stereotype most of you have in your mind and I am not inclined to be bullied, belittled, or typecast just so you can spew this idealist crap about animal utopias. There is no such thing. You want to talk about environmental impact? The very earth you walk on was once the home of some animal that you have misplaced so that you could have that space. Spare me the criticism. You want to eliminate human impact? In order to that you have to eliminate humans. It's easy make such broad misanthropic statements when the people being affected and far away. Not so much when it's you and yours. As I'm typing this tirade I'm watching my dying father stare out the window at an ocean he is no longer well enough to navigate. His life was filled with backbreaking labour and a family that loved him and shared that labour with him. When I read some of the fanatical crap that is posted on here I think about him and the life he has led. It is wrong for anyone to suggest that men like him are sadistic barbarians. When I see them I just see simple men of modest means working so hard to provide for their families. Delude yourselves all you want. This is what they are and all the Paul Watsons/McCartneys of the world can tell all they lies they want. It won't change the truth. Of course, the road to hell is paved with good intentions so it shouldn't surprise me that most of you appear Machiavellian enough to be willing to accept the injustice done to us in an effort to achieve a goal that will only result in disaster for the seals and my family. At least you'll sleep well at night knowing you tried your best to do what was right. That's the important thing, right?

I dabbled in vegetarianism for over 15 years. My previous record was eighteen months. Then, for about nine months, I was an "at home" vegetarian; I would not have any meat at home, but I allowed myself meat in restaurants depending on where I ate & what the menu options were. Even when I was an omnivore, most of my favourite restaurants were vegetarian. Currently, I am borderline vegan: I have a weakness for Ben & Jerry's ice cream in the summer. I have tried the vegan dairy alternatives but they do not satisfy me as much. Besides that, I am otherwise vegan. I am also careful about what products I purchase & make sure they have not been tested on animals. Having said that, I usually describe myself as "vegetarian." It's easier than the lengthy explanation I just offered. I have been a vegetarian since May 2, 2008. That was the day my beloved dog, Arrow, was put down. he was 13 & 1/2 years old at the time. He had trouble walking, was partially blind and had cysts on his body. I held him in my arms as he was put down. It broke my heart. Watching him die, I made the connection. I never wanted to be responsible for another animal dying. I saw all animals as equal. The epiphany I had when Arrow died was that if I had to go out & kill what I ate, I could never do it. If I was incapable of taking the life of an animal, then I had no business eating one ever again. When I was an omnivore, I usually bought skinless, boneless chicken. When it's packaged and chopped up, it was easy to not think of it as an animal. So, I became a vegetarian to never be responsible for another animal dying. I also see it as a way of honouring Arrow's memory. Perhaps, it's also good "doggie karma." The way I see it, Arrow is more likely to make friends with cows, ducks, chickens, turkeys and other animals in "Pet Heaven" if they know his guardian doesn't eat their brothers & sisters anymore.

Susy, just add more veggies and plant foods to your diet. Eat it along with the meat and cut the meat portions over time. You may not give it up totally then but you eat less and more healthy things that Americans don't eat enough of

Hello Veggie Friends Long time no see ops: My overwork and laziness are morphing together to create a backlog of everything but today I'll try to check up on a couple of MMM. MACCA'S MEATLESS MONDAY: CHECKED INTO HIS MUSHROOM

Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another one...hope you like MACCA'S MEATLESS MONDAY: EVERYBODY'S GOING GREEN Happy Veggie Cooking

I'm guessing Lady Gaga isn't on this list

Well right here (see garden @ blog) the bees are back. Yep, for quite a few years we'd only view anywhere from zero to two bees a year BUT now they are back at about 1/2 pre-die-off population. Stay on groovin' safari, Tor Wait a sec, you can SEE one of the bees in me wee, if you enjoy avant garde feces you may dig, video "Meadow Moon." You'll also view some of our pretty flowers, rocks and thingys.

Great set of links there - thanks! Always good to get some new ideas for recipes and the like