Vanity vs. Information Blogs

Continuing my research in blogs this week I had to find an informative blog and a vanity blog. Veganism has become a passion of mine, so again I used this subject as the nature of the blogs I would find.
For my informative blog I found an interesting piece on beandiet.blogspot.com from a vegan nutritionist. The author Bronwyn Scheigert discussed a recent study about osteoporosis. Apparently calcium deficiency does not cause osteoporosis, unlike what has been commonly believed. A study was done on post menopausal nuns who were both vegan and non vegan. Although the vegan women consumed a very small amount of calcium daily, the meat eating women who had much higher levels of calcium and protein had a more likely chance to develop osteoporosis. There was also no difference between the bone density of the two. The author concluded that minimizing the intake of meat and replacing it with plant protein is better for your bones. I found this fascinating considering it disproves most peoples common beliefs about calcium.
My second blog was pretty much a biography of a vegan man and his lifestyle. This was on thenaughtyvegan.com. It discussed the history of Jeff Rogers vegan lifestyle , his health, and how he made a difference in the vegan world. He promotes veganism and has created many food ideas and creations to make the lifestyle more appealing. This man wants people to experience the extraordinary health benefits of living this lifestyle.
It seems that blogging absolutely supports both types of journalism for many reasons. Their easy to read, easy to find, and they come from a more personal perspective. Although the informative blog looked like it could have very easily been in a nutrition magazine, it also offered the option of comments and input from readers which print media does not.The vanity blog seemed like something unlikely to b in any kind of print journalism. This strongly suppots my thesis with a 5.