Nutrition

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Nutrition News

Veg For Life Health Newsletter

Diet: The Only Real Hope for Arthritis

New Study Finds Vegetables, Sunshine Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Doctor’s Statement in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reveals Dark Side of Low-Carb Diets

Type-2 Diabetes – the Expected Adaptation to Overnutrition

Widespread Infection with Leukemia Virus from Meat and Milk

The Worst Low-Carb Restaurant Entrées

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Information Resources

Download the USDA Nutrient Database

Downloadable Articles

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• The Cancer Project: Food Choices for Health

• The Cancer Project: Nutrition and Prostate Health

• The Cancer Project: The Roles of Exercise and Stress Management

• Foods for Cancer Prevention

• La Comida Vegetariana Poderosa para la Salud

• A Natural Approach to Menopause

• The New Approach to Prostate Problems

• Permanent Weight Control

• Research on the Major Killers of Americans

• The Risk of Hormone Replacement Therapy

• What's Wrong with Dairy Products?

• Women and Cancer Opportunities for Prevention

• Dr. Greger’s Recommendations for Optimum Vegetarian Nutrition

• Essential Fatty Acids

• Plant-Based Sources for Key Nutrients

• Fish and Shellfish: Contamination Problems Preclude Inclusion in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

• Analysis of Health Problems Associated with High-Protein, High-Fat, Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets Reported via an Online Registry

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Obesity Watch: Overweight America

• Relationship between obesity-associated diabetes and heart disease

• Weight Watchers Fail to Shed Weight

• US anti-obesity program only half hearted

• Download the Permanent Weight Control Guide

• Download the Vegetarian Starter Kit

 

 

 

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Recipes

FEATURED RECIPE

Easy Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna

1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 tsp. chopped garlic
2 tbsp. water
2 26-oz jars of spaghetti sauce (or your favorite pasta sauce)
9 lasagna noodles (regular lasagna noodles, uncooked)
Soy Parmesan (optional)
Sliced black olives (optional)

Filling:
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 lb tofu (firm, reduced-fat recommended--not silken!)
1 tsp. salt (optional)
2 tbsp. nutritional yeast (adds a cheesy taste)
1 1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. rosemary, crushed
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Sauté the mushrooms and garlic over medium heat in the 2 tbsp. water until tender; cover between stirring to keep them from drying out. Remove from heat and add the spaghetti sauce.

Place the tofu and thawed spinach in the food processor and process briefly. Add the remaining filling ingredients to the processor and blend until smooth. (You may do this without a food processor by using a potato masher on the tofu.)

Spread half of the sauce in the bottom of a 9x12-inch pan. Place a layer of noodles over the sauce, using three dry noodles and leaving a little space in between them. Spread half of the tofu mixture on the noodles (I drop it by spoonfuls and then spread it). Cover with another layer of 3 noodles and then spread the remaining tofu mixture over them. Top with a final layer of noodles, and pour the remaining sauce over this. Cover the dish tightly with foil, and bake for 30 minutes. Then, remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with soy Parmesan and sliced black olives if you want. The lasagna will cut better if you allow it to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

Featured Recipes are submitted by Vegetarian Society of El Paso members. If you have a favorite vegan recipe you would like to feature here, please email it to us.

Recipe links

The Vegetarian Kitchen

International Vegetarian Union

VegWeb

All Vegetarian Recipes

The Vegetarian Society (UK)

Additional Vegetarian Resources

Vegsource.com

Dr. McDougall's Health and Medical Center

Physician's Committee for Responible Medicine (PCRM)

 

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