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Vegan Diet Impacts Recidivism

Most cynics would say, “Prisoners don’t deserve good food. They committed a crime; just keep feeding them slop because we don’t want our tax dollars going to feed those criminals!” Unless one is familiar with a prison 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California, one would agree prisoners don’t deserve nutritional food, which is a

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Pirates and Prisoners: Scurvy, Beriberi, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons

It was centuries ago when sailors at sea had to worry about great dangers, spending many months and years on the ocean.  The hazards of adverse weather, and rudimentary ship-building technologies.  No access to medicine or doctors, and poor hygiene.  Pirates! For the most part, though, the biggest barrier to the sailor’s health was diet. 

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