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The Benefits of Eating Less Meat
Reducing meat consumption can have numerous benefits on human health, the environment, and animals. Find out how to take charge of your diet today.
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How to Become Vegan: A Simple Guide
Veganism has grown exponentially in the last several years. Today, it is a mighty campaigning and ethical force. Want to get involved?
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The Downsides of Drinking Milk: Understand the Risks
There are several health issues to consider when consuming milk. Milk contains large amounts of fat, causes acne, and can trigger allergic reactions.
Diet•8 min read
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Does Veganism Really Make People Sick?
Many people believe it is impossible to lead a healthy life while only eating plants. We spoke with an award-winning dietician to set the record straight.
Diet•7 min read
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What’s the Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian?
While vegans omit all animal products from their diets, vegetarians still consume honey, milk, eggs, and other animal products.
Diet•9 min read
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Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet: How to Start Eating Cleaner
Choosing to eat a whole-food, plant-based diet is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your personal health, the environment, and animal welfare.
Diet•8 min read
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The Problems With Meat Consumption: Here’s What You Need to Know
There are more problems with meat consumption than you might think. Choosing to eat meat places your own health, the public’s health, and the environment at risk.
Diet•10 min read
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Is Going Vegan Healthy? 6 Benefits of Going Vegan in 2021
While it isn’t necessary to go vegan in order to be healthy, vegan diets can certainly help. Find out the benefits of cutting animal products out of your diet.
Diet•11 min read
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32 Vegan Meat Substitutes That We’re Excited About
The popularity of vegan meat substitutes in supermarkets in the United States and around the world is growing. Check out a few of our favorites.
Diet•14 min read
Reported
During the Pandemic, Indians Reduced Their Meat Intake More Than Most
According to a new study, more than 75% of Indians said they reduced their meat consumption during lockdown. Brazil, China, and the U.S. reported significantly fewer people eating less meat.
Diet•6 min read
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30 Common Misconceptions About Veganism Debunked
There's a lot of misinformation and poorly researched content available online claiming to debunk the common misconceptions about veganism. But what’s the real story?
Diet•10 min read
Perspective
Why Do We Eat Animals?
While there are plenty of reasons not to eat animals, positive arguments for eating animals are, it seems, hard to come by. Is it taste, convenience, or ignorance that compels…
Diet•18 min read
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The Complicated Ethics of Eating Fish
The ethics of eating fish are lost on most consumers because they rarely stop to think about what—or who—they are eating.
Diet•9 min read
Perspective
The Role of Plant-Based Food in the Prison System
Food justice issues, like access to fresh, affordable ingredients, disproportionately affect communities of color. In jails, sheriffs and wardens reinforce this oppression by restricting inmates' diets and serving poor quality…
Diet•6 min read
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Plant-Based Meat: A Brighter Future for Food?
Plant-based meat is growing in popularity around the world. Could it reshape the future of food, helping both the climate and animals alike?
Diet•7 min read
Reported
Deal for Trump: Go Vegan for January and Veterans Get $1m
In a bid to make American healthy again, a group is offering to donate one million dollars to veterans if President Trump goes vegan for one month.
Diet•3 min read
Reported
Have You Tried Plant-Based Meat Yet?
Plant-based meat and the fantastic array of proudly “fake” and animal-free meat alternatives are changing the look and the value of protein as we know it.
Diet•1 min read
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Go Vegan: A Practical Vegan Guide for Beginners
Going vegan has never been easier. As grocery stores and restaurants add new vegan options and more information becomes available online, going vegan is the logical answer to anyone looking…
Diet•16 min read
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How Many Vegans Are There Really in the U.S.?
It's a controversial question. So we put together a comprehensive timeline tracking 24 surveys of vegans over the past 25 years.
Diet•8 min read
Perspective
Eating Meat Is Still the Norm. We Have to Change That.
Research shows that the best way to have a lasting effect on consumer behavior is to attack the point of normalcy. What does that mean? Well, for more than 300…
Diet•8 min read
Reported
Welcome to the Vegan Capital of the World
A new from Chef’s Pencil has crowned a new vegan capital of the world using Google search data.
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Review
Book Review: How To Go Vegan by Kate Schuler
As we near the end of Veganuary, the annual challenge for non-vegans to go vegan for the month (and hopefully carry it into the rest of the new year), let’s…
Diet•5 min read
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Fast Food’s Not-So-Secret Vegan (and Vegetarian) Menus
Making the most out of a not-so-good thing can feel, well, kinda good, like ordering off of the secret vegan and vegetarian menu at your local fast food joint. It’s…
Diet•5 min read
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The Western Diet: Processed Foods and Meats Are Killing Us
Over the years, the Western Diet has created numerous dangers for people who follow it. Unfortunately, many of those people don’t realize they’re harming their body or are unwilling to…
Diet•13 min read
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Vegan Weight Loss: Why Veganism Goes Beyond Just Your Diet
Healthy weight loss involves a well-balanced diet, plenty of exercise, and a true understanding of how your actions impact your health. That goes for vegans, too.
Diet•11 min read
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Vegan Health: What You Need to Know About the Vegan Diet
Vegan health is an important topic for everyone, even if you’re not quite vegan yet. The more you learn about your food choices as well as other things that impact…
Diet•13 min read
Review
Book Review: Protest Kitchen by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina
Do you have the tools you need to fight? Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time (Conari Press 2018) by Carol…
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Book Review: Vegan Reset: The 28-Day Plan to Kickstart Your Healthy Lifestyle by Kim-Julie Hansen
Incremental change is the key to success for new vegans, especially those susceptible to their old ways. With enough practice, incremental change leads to incremental success.
Diet•5 min read
Perspective
Thanksgiving Is for Vegans, Too
Thanksgiving presents an opportunity for vegans to share their passion for food with friends and family. Vegans are turkey lovers in their own way, but they might have reservations about…
Diet•5 min read
Reported
The World Needs More Vegan Chefs. Here’s Where to Look.
Vegan chefs are in high demand at the moment, so high that restaurants in London don't know where to look. That's largely because a third of UK consumers are reducing…
Diet•5 min read
Explainer
The Flexitarian Phenomenon
Animals are suffering. The climate is on the brink. People are dying from preventable diseases, and it all starts with what we eat.
Diet•6 min read
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Is Vegetarianism Healthy?
Throughout history, there have been doubts about the health benefits of vegetarianism. In the 1980s, The American Diabetic Association was concerned about the health merits of an all-vegetable diet. Now,…
Diet•1 min read
Review
Read This Book: Genius Foods
Push Doctor/Flickr This one’s for the health nuts. In Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Harper Wave 2018), Max Lugavere approaches each…
Diet•1 min read
Analysis
Vegans Are 15% Less Likely to Get Cancer
New research found that being vegetarian or vegan significantly lowers the risk of heart disease (by 25%) and cancer. It does not, however, come with a magically long life. One…
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What Does It Mean to Be Vegetarian or Vegan?
Many different forms of vegetarianism exists but at its core it is defined as a choice to not eat or otherwise exploit (in clothing, entertainment, etc.) chickens, cows, fish, or…
Diet•1 min read
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