Category: Vegetarian Diet

A study published in the Journal of Nutrition may help settle the debate, at least when it comes to losing body fat. Researchers asked 90 overweight and obese subjects to consume a whey protein...

What is organically grown food? Is it really better for people and planet? Some of us have been struck by how much better organic produce tastes and makes us feel. Not only are organic...

In recent years, a tremendous interest in Ayurveda has emerged. Ayurveda, which means “science of life” in Sanskrit, is the traditional medical system of India. It incorporates more than 5,000 years of collective health...

Although humans are indeed capable of digesting meat, health statistics clearly favor a diet of plant foods. Just because we can eat meat, should we? According to paleontologists, the earliest humans came from e3quatorial...

Harvard University’s Frederick Stare, PhD, who died in 2002 but was arguably the world’s foremost B12 authority, said there’s only one source of B12 – the beneficial microorganisms that synthesize B12 themselves. These grow...

Vegetarians and vegans have a significantly lower incidence of osteoporosis than meat eaters even though they generally consume less bone-supporting calcium. Those who eat meat-centered diets need to consume more calcium than those who...

The argument that one needs to eat animal foods to receive sufficient protein is perhaps the biggest nutritional myth. It is not true that vegetarians have a harder time meeting their protein needs. Highly...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 70 percent of all disease is diet-related. Epidemiologically, a well-balanced vegetarian diet has been shown to statistically increase longevity and reduce the overall incidence...

Many large population studies have found that vegetarians and vegans live longer than meat eaters: According to a Loma Linda University study, vegetarians live about seven years longer and vegans about fifteen years longer...