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The Vegan View

This column features a question of the month about vegan living that you, a VegFamily reader, are invited to submit your reply for us to publish in the upcoming issue.

This month's question:

I recently became a vegan for ethical and health reasons. My question is about fossil jewelry, like fossil corral and fossil ivory from wooly mammoths and prehistoric walruses. These animals died of natural causes, many years ago. Is it unethical to keep and wear such jewelry? I mean, some folks keep the family ashes on the mantle out of reverent remembrance for them.




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My mother was a vegan for many years but died of colon cancer in 2005. The cancer upset her world for she felt that veganism was the only way to go. I myself follow somewhat modestly the blood type diet - I am type B-positive and my mother was B-negative. I see that vegetarianism has its place according to blood type. AB's and especially A bloods. I have told A bloods that vegetarianism is what they are set up to be and many times these people are some type of vegetarian or semi-vegetarian. According to North American Pharmical, A blood types are the only ones who can go full time vegan. This is 40% of America's population. If an A blood is eating alot of meat and dairy I tell them that they are not set up for these things. Usually they have problems associated with excessive animal protein and fat. When I eat the foods that line up with my system I feel good. Many times when I eat the things I avoid I do not feel the same. I beleive that this ABO factor was not seperate as it is now but back before the flood of Noah all people had the complete ABO blood factor and that contributed to those hundreds of years they lived. This made them more of a moving target to defend them against disease and other health conditions.

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Previous questions:

Blood Type Diets
The appendix.
What about ethical honey?
B12 supplementation required is evidence against veganism
Vegan in a village.
Keeping warm without wool.
Vegans and religion.
Animal byproducts for medical purposes
Vegan diet too restrictive for someone with allergies
A vegan diet causes brains to shrink?
Blood Type O Too Weak to be Vegan
Beeswax
Dairy and Cattle Farming
Breastfeeding
Where's the proof vegan is best?
Is being vegan possible for everyone?
Vegans and Pets
Vegan Flatulence
Past Meat-Eating Cultures
Vegans and Honey
Animal testing
Down coat and leather shoes

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