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Tag: vegan diet
Eating Vegan: Getting Enough Vitamin D
Is it possible to get adequate vitamin D on a vegan diet?
Meat Fraud: What’s really in the meat you eat?
Whether you choose poultry, beef, or fish, it’s likely you’re getting a lot more than you bargained for! Plumped up chicken, injected shrimp, mislabeled fish and so much more happen in the world of meat fraud.
German Nutrition Society Slams Vegan Diets
A paper from the German Nutrition Society opposing vegan diets is getting a lot of coverage. Let’s have some real talk about how to be a healthy vegan.
The Case for Healthy High Fat Foods
After years of vilifying healthy fats, new research shows that foods naturally high in fat are a great part of our diet! Time to ditch low-fat foods
Oxford Vegan Diet Study: Going Vegan Could Save 8 Million Lives, $1 Trillion
An Oxford vegan diet study has found that 8 million human deaths and $1 trillion in healthcare costs each year could be saved if more people ate vegan.
A Plant-Based Diet Helps Prevent These 7 Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases, like cancer and heart disease, are all too common in the US. There’s good evidence that changing how we eat could prevent chronic disease.
7 Questions NOT to Ask the Vegan at Your Thanksgiving Table
Once again the holidays have crept up. For most of us, it’s a special time—that perfect combination of stress and, well, pass the box of wine. Between traveling, family drama (there’s always drama, right?), and getting all the food onto the table, it’s enough to make us question what being thankful really means. Then of course, there’s the token vegan sitting at the table while everyone else discusses how juicy and tender the breast meat is.
The Debate About Drug-Free Meats: Are we Asking the Right Questions?
The drug free meats debate misses the point. To feed the world, we need to eat more plants.
It’s Official: Bacon and Sausage Cause Cancer (and are as Dangerous as Cigarettes)
News broke today that the World Health Organization is going to make the bold statement that bacon and sausage cause cancer.
Vegan Goes Glam: The Growth of Veganism from Hippie to Glamorous
Proponents of a plant-based diet want to replace the spartan, dowdy vegan stereotypes of old with something sexier.
Los Angeles Gets Ready for Second Vegan Oktoberfest
Los Angeles is home to the Vegan Beer and Food Festival, a Vegan Street Fair, and as counterintuitive as it may seem, the popular Vegan Oktoberfest, which runs next weekend, October 3-4. Now in its second year, Vegan Oktoberfest has vegans and non-vegans alike counting the days until the festival’s doors open.
A Vegan Chef Won this Omnivore Chili Cookoff
Vegan Chef Mama T won a cookoff against omnivore chefs. Find out the secret ingredient she credits with her win!