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HOW LONG RESPONDENTSHAD BEEN VEGETARIANOR VEGAN IN 20063 Less Than a Year in 20062 (67%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 20099 1-2 Years in 20067 (78%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200914 3-5 Years in 200613 (93%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200917 6-10 Years in 200616 (94%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200924 11-15 Years in 200624 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200915 16-19 Years in 200615 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200918 20-25 Years in 200617 (94%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200910 26-29 Years in 20069 (90%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 200940 30 or More Years in 200638 (95%) Still vegetarian (or vegan)in 2009MAIN REASON RESPONDENTGAVE FOR BEING VEGETARIANOR VEGAN IN 2006 AND IF STILLVEGETARIAN IN 2009HEALTH32 Vegetarian or vegan in 200629 (91%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009ETHICS48 Vegetarian or vegan in 200645 (94%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009ANIMAL RIGHTS72 Vegetarian or vegan in 200666 (92%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009WEIGHT LOSS3 Vegetarian or vegan in 20063 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009THE ENVIRONMENT15 Vegetarian or vegan in 200615 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009MY RELIGION1 Vegetarian or vegan in 20061 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009MY SPIRITUAL BELIEFS17 Vegetarian or vegan in 200615 (88%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009SAVING MONEY1 Vegetarian or vegan in 20061 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009WORLD HUNGER5 Vegetarian or vegan in 20065 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009TASTE7 Vegetarian or vegan in 20066 (86%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 2009OTHER7 Vegetarian or vegan in 20067 (100%) Still vegetarian (or vegan) in 200912 Vol. 29, Issue Four 2010 VEGETARIAN JOURNAL
Nutrition Now’s Calcium Soft Chews Assorted FruitVariety Is Free of All Animal ProductsBy Jeanne Yacoubou, MS, VRG Research DirectorRECENTLY, A READER ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THEsources of calcium and vitamin D in NutritionNow’s Calcium Soft Chews listed in a VRG articleon vitamin D (Vegetarian Journal, Issue 2, 2009). Thecompany had provided her with some information, andshe wanted VRG to confirm that it was true.We spoke to Holly, a customer service representativeat Nutrition Now, and Kirshing, a process controlanalyst. Holly told us that the Calcium Soft Chews containedcalcium carbonate derived from mineral deposits.The vitamin D 2 in this product is yeast-derived.Calcium Soft Chews come in two flavors: assortedfruit and chocolate. The company’s own ‘vegetarianapproved’ label is only on the assorted fruit variety.The chocolate flavor Calcium Soft Chews do not carrythis label because “the product contains dairy,” Kirshingsaid. Nutrition Now does not use a ‘vegan approved’label, but the Assorted Fruit Calcium Soft Chews appearto be free of all animal products.Nutrition Now manufactures a children’s versionof Calcium Soft Chews, known as Rhino CalciumSoft Chews and also available in assorted fruit andchocolate flavors. The company’s ‘vegetarian approved’label appears only on the assorted fruit variety. Thechocolate flavor contains dairy but is otherwise freeof other animal products.Readers may note that some Nutrition Now vitaminproducts contain gelatin. Those that do—and only thosethat do—are sprayed with coconut oil and beeswax toprevent sticking. Nutrition Now makes similar productsfor both children and adults with pectin (insteadof gelatin) and without beeswax spray. These productpackages also carry the ‘vegetarian approved’ label.Readers should be aware that some Nutrition Nowproducts contain vitamin D 3 from lanolin found insheep’s wool. The vitamin D 3 is listed as such. Tricalciumphosphate may be used as the calcium source insome products. This is a mineral form of calcium, too.See for more information.NOTES FROM THE VRG SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTVRG IN THE NEWSVegetarian Resource Group Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, was interviewed about top ways to addvariety to a vegan diet for Today’s Diet and Nutrition magazine and about consuming soy during pregnancy forFit Pregnancy magazine. She also spoke to Woman’s World magazine about veggie burgers. In addition, Reed wasa guest on the Backstage Gourmet radio show.VRG OUTREACHEarlier this year, Vegetarian Resource Group Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, submitted a proposalto present a paper titled “Do Vegetarians and Vegans Stay Vegetarian? The Vegetarian Resource Group 2006-2009 Survey” for the 2010 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in Boston. Her proposal was accepted,and she presented the results of VRG’s longitudinal study during a poster session on Tuesday, November 9. Someof the results have been reported in this issue of Vegetarian Journal (pages 10-12).Reed authored a chapter about vegetarian children in the American Dietetic Association’s recently publishedPediatric Nutrition Care Manual. She also worked the VRG table at the Alternative Health Fair at HampshireCollege in Amherst, Massachusetts, for the second year in a row.VEGETARIAN JOURNAL Vol. 29, Issue Four 2010 13
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