Veganism
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There's no shortage of debate over whether vegan meals should find their way into doggy bowls. Regardless, there's a growing interest in sustainable, vegan options for pooches, and a new study dishes up some surprising health and nutrition results.
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The health benefits of a meat-based versus a plant-based diet are often hotly debated. A new study adds another checkmark to the plant-based column though, as it loops in the environmental impacts of choosing paleo or keto diets over veganism.
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While many people love the taste of smoked salmon, not everyone is comfortable with wild fish being netted, nor with captive fish being farmed. Such folks may be in luck, as a new smoked salmon substitute is in the works – and it's made of algae.
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I'm sorry, motorcyclists. I know you've already had a bad day. Valentino Rossi has announced his retirement, and now I'm about to tell you about a set of vegan motorcycle leathers. Insult upon injury. I promise I'll try to make it fun.
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A study is offering insights into the nutritional, cardiovascular and growth differences between vegan, vegetarian and meat-eating children. It found vegans have healthier cardiovascular profiles but are shorter and display bone mineral deficiencies.
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Sustainable clothing brand Pangaia has launched puffer jackets that uses dried flowers instead of traditional or synthetic downs. The Flwrdwn material is a vegan, fully biodegradable filling made from natural wildflowers and an aerogel biopolymer.
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A large and comprehensive meta-analysis led by scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is offering the most convincing evidence to date that a plant-based diet can significantly lower a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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A new study has tried to shed some light on key questions surrounding lab-grown meat, like whether the average person would eat cow-less beef, how vegetarians and vegans feel about it, and even if people would eat lab-grown horse, dog or cat meat.
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SuperMeat is an Israeli start-up that wants to promote a paradigm shift in meat consumption — mass manufactured chicken meat without harming animals. Under the scientific guidance of biomedical engineer Yaakov Nahmias, the company is currently fundraising to get it done.
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ScienceMany people say they can’t go vegan because of their addiction to dairy. But that excuse could soon be past its sell-by date if a team of biohackers in California succeeds in scaling up production of a cheese that contains no animal by-products.
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The German Vegetarian Society and Sante have developed a B12-enriched toothpaste that provides the recommended daily dose of the important vitamin.
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A plant-based protein food called Beyond Meat that promises to look, feel, taste and act like chicken meat has hit US stores.
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