I went to the VOA sponsored presentation by Brenda Davis on Thursday. I’ll admit I went there with the feeling that I would just be hearing a lot of the same old same old information. But I was genuinely impressed and greatly enjoyed the talk.<\/p>\n
It was an amazing turn out. The lecture theater was PACKED, some people were even sitting on the stairs.<\/p>\n
I took a few notes, but mostly just took in the information. I picked up a copy of her Becoming Raw book, because I was interested to hear more about her thoughts on enzymes and the theories behind being raw. So far it’s been educational. I admired her dedication to explaining things in a fair and scientific way.<\/p>\n
Here are a few random things I found interesting:
\n– Most seaweed isn’t a good source of B12. The dehydration process converts
\ntrue b12 to analogues that can actually facilitate a deficiency because the analogue interferes with the absorption of the true B12. If you consume dehydrated seaweed you may have a false normal reading when you get your blood tested for b12 deficiency. The normal test doesn’t distinguish
\nbetween the inactive b12 analogue and true b12.
\n– Special requirements for Canadians for vitamin D are higher and range between 400IU to 1000IU daily because of how little sun we get in the wintertime.
\n– Eating a 100% plant based diet 1 day a week reduces your carbon footprint more than eating a 100% local based diet 7 days a week.<\/p>\n
After the talk, I got hungry and went to my new favourite evening hangout, Remedy. I love that there are vegan cakes (but they were entirely out by the time I got there), free wifi, and pumpkin spice soy lattes. I ordered a samosa just to try it, the chutney wasn’t really what I expected, but the samosa itself was great (and only 1.50.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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