Veganuary: Can going vegan for a month really change your life?

6 days, 10 hours ago

Take Part in Veganuary and You Might See Yourself Differently

Wired

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The benefits of going plant-based on health and longevity are increasingly well established and have prompted an eminent cardiologist to remark, “There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans and those who haven’t read the data.” Despite these proven advantages of a vegan diet, most people continue to eat …

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1 week, 1 day ago

To get healthier and wealthier, avoid Veganuary – and do ‘Canuary’ instead

The Independent

Tinned food fell out of favour when British families stopped eating Libby’s Fruit Cocktail with evaporated milk for pudding, and started buying the infinitely more sophisticated Viennetta. Suddenly, it was no longer cool to serve tinned corn, when you could keep a giant bag of it in the freezer – and even canned Goblin meatballs stopped counting as one of …

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2 weeks ago

Why Are My Vegan Friends Going Back to Meat?

Live Mint

-- For many, the real meaning of Christmas lies in sharing meals with family and friends. A YouGov tracker survey shows that the proportion of respondents in the UK identifying as eating fewer or no animal products — from flexitarianism to veganism — largely hasn’t changed over the past five years: As you’d expect, vegans and vegetarians skew slightly younger …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Beyond Meat Says Being Attacked Has Just Made It Stronger

Wired

In 2019, the future of vegan meat looked rosy. Beyond Meat was on the verge of going public and the media could not get enough of juicy, bleeding, plant-based burgers that would make lentil pucks a thing of the past and convince a whole generation of meat-eaters to try vegan fare. Things were so good that a few attack ads …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

A vegan cheese that actually tastes good? Thank this ancient fungus

CNN

London CNN — It’s a problem as intractable as the riddle of the Sphinx: How do you make a vegan cheese that people actually want to eat? Raffael Wohlgensinger, Formo’s co-founder and chief executive, started the company five years ago to create cheese sustainably, using less land, water and producing less planet-heating emissions than traditional dairy farming for milk-based cheeses. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Becoming a vegan doesn’t mean you’re green – and I know, I am one

The Independent

At last – something to wipe that smug look off vegans’ faces. Yes, vegans have a longer life expectancy, clearer skin, improved blood circulation and brain activity, lower risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, improved insulin resistance and – weirdest humblebrag of all – a more diverse gut biome, but we’re also simply better for the planet. In the Oxford …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Going vegan? Opt for beans and peas over veggie burgers and plant milks, study finds

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy People who want to ditch meat and dairy would be better …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Switching to this diet can help you shed kilos, save money and boost your health

Hindustan Times

Looking to shed those extra pounds and save some serious cash at the same time? Conducted by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the study involved participants following three different diets— a typical American diet, a Mediterranean diet, and a vegan diet— for 16 weeks each, separated by a four-week "washout" period. Vegan diet is healthier and more …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Vegan cheese doesn't melt like the real deal. That could soon change

NPR

Vegan cheese doesn't melt like the real deal. That could soon change toggle caption Kevin White/ATK An Israeli company called DairyX claims to have created a milk protein in a lab that could revolutionize dairy-free cheeses. Sponsor Message Dan Souza, chief content officer for America’s Test Kitchen, said there is a growing demand for better cow-free cheeses. "They’re happy giving …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vegan cheese won’t save the world — but this brand hopes you’ll buy it anyway

Salon

A woman wearing what can only be described as rags struggles to push something large, round, and yellow up a mountain. In a 2016 TED Talk introducing the world to Impossible Foods' hyper-realistic veggie burgers, company founder Pat Brown said that the global appetite for meat "is the main reason behind an ongoing wildlife holocaust." The oat milk brand Oatly …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Eight-week vegan diet linked to lower biological age: Study

India TV News

A study published in the journal BioMed Central Medicine found that following a vegan diet for eight weeks is associated with a reduction in biological age. After eight weeks, researchers noted that participants on a vegan diet exhibited a 'younger' heart, liver, as well as improved inflammatory and metabolic systems. The researchers observed that, on average, individuals following the vegan …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Study claims going vegan could make your 'biologically younger' but independent experts say don't turn off meat just yet

Daily Mail

Restricting your diet to just plant-based foods could reduce your biological age, at least that's what one study suggests. Although eating more vegetables has a plethora of benefits, forgoing meat, fish, eggs and dairy could put you at risk of nutritional deficiencies in the long-term, warns Tom Sanders professor emeritus of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London Professor Tom Sander, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Vegans beware: As study suggests going vegan makes you younger here's how to avoid the hidden health pitfalls of cutting out meat and dairy

Daily Mail

Eating a vegan diet could not only help you lose weight and eat more veggies — it could also reduce your biological age. Vegans can risk missing out on multiple essential nutrients, such as calcium, iron and vitamin B12 that are plentiful in an omnivorous diet, when you go all in on plant-based foods, the NHS warns. Vegans are limited …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bake Off’s Ruby Bhogal: ‘The dessert table at my wedding is going to be absolutely epic’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’ve had so many people offering to make a …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

What it's like to give up the label of vegan or vegetarian

ABC

Giving up a diet for social, cultural or health reasons can be challenging. "Adjusting to a new way of eating can take time, and it's going to involve adapting to new routines and new habits," she says. In the background, the person's shirt reads "Vegan" For a vegan diet to meet all your nutritional needs, you really need to understand …

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7 months ago

Vegan fake meats are linked to increase in heart deaths, study suggests: Experts say plant-based diets can boost health – but NOT if they are ultra-processed

Daily Mail

Replacing meat and dairy with plant-based swaps might not be the simple health hack you think it is. Although eating plant-based foods is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, you may want to reconsider how many vegan burgers you are tucking into as researchers say UPF foods could increase risk Now research published in Lancet Regional Health - …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why going vegan is a ‘manly’ thing to do

LA Times

Twenty-three years ago, I did what seemed unthinkable: I went vegan. It appears that many men have not embraced a vegan lifestyle partly because they find it “ unmanly.” Meat has been inexorably linked to protein, and men have been taught that animal protein will make them strong. One young man told researchers studying men’s perceptions of meat alternatives that …

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8 months ago

Martin Freeman is doing what every vegetarian dreams of – tucking in to a pork pie

The Independent

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But my reservation about them is …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Leading L.A. vegan restaurant goes un-vegan. ‘I knew the vitriol that would come my way’

LA Times

The exterior of Sage, left. She added that terms such as “humane,” “free range,” “pastured” and “regenerative” are “meaningless labels” that “ultimately still involve the violent death of an individual who did not want to die.” “I’m profoundly aware of how people use some of these practices for greenwashing,” Engelhart said. “But I’m also profoundly aware of how these practices …

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55 years ago

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Wired

Over the past three years, the plant-based meat industry has experienced a major reversal in vibes. Between 2018 and 2021, total sales of plant-based foods in the US grew from $4.8 billion to $7.4 billion, with much of that growth driven by plant-based meat in particular. An annual report from the Good Food Institute, an alternative protein nonprofit, found that …

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9 months, 1 week ago

14 best vegan cookbooks to inspire your plant-based culinary repertoire

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It doesn’t matter whether you’re completely new to vegan …

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10 months ago

I’m sick of restaurants only offering vegan menu options instead of vegetarian meals

The Independent

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

10 things you only know if you’ve been a vegan as long as I have

The Independent

For many of us, the idea of giving the overloaded system a good clean out with plant-based eating, helping the planet and perhaps even losing a few pounds sounds like a win. Being vegan isn’t simply a case of “not eating animal products”. It’s not automatically healthy Now that we know that ultra-processed foods are slowly killing us, it’s also …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Martha Stewart's 7 best vegan and vegetarian recipes

Salon

Domestic doyenne Martha Stewart, known for her vast knowledge of all things food and home — as seen in the new CNN documentary about her life — is also quite adept within another culinary realm: plant-based and vegetarian food. With options for soups, main courses and desserts that are all either plant-based or vegetarian, Martha's got you covered, no matter …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Once you try vegan pizza, you won’t go back: Aindrita Ray

Hindustan Times

Actor-couple Aindrita Ray and Diganth Manchale have long been advocates for the vegan lifestyle. “I put my foot down then and quit animal products,” shares Ray, whose Bengali heritage did make it a struggle to turn vegan. Aindrita Ray talks to us on the importance of a vegan diet, amid Veganuary 2024 The aversion towards animal cruelty began when Ray …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Vegan launches and menus for 2024: Costa, Greggs, M&S and more

The Independent

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Vegan fitness regime: 4 tips to meet your nutritional needs for Ironman training and performance

Hindustan Times

Vegan fitness regime: 4 tips to meet your nutritional needs for Ironman training and performance Want to transition to a vegan diet but skeptical about the fitness results? 1 / 5 View Photos in a new improved layout The rise of vegan fitness has led to a curiosity on how to balance your meals to get an adequate amount of …

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1 year ago

Veganuary’s official cookbook 2024 will help you go meat-free

The Independent

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1 year ago

To eat or not to eat vegan? The 8 biggest takeaways from Netflix’s “You Are What You Eat” food doc

Salon

Many nutritionists have preached about the benefits of going vegan, but how beneficial is the diet truly? “Although it’s well-known that eating less meat improves cardiovascular health, diet studies are often hampered by factors such as genetic differences, upbringing and lifestyle choices,” the study explained. They include sisters Pam and Wendy, who both grew up in South Africa and run …

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1 year ago

On a vegan quest

New Indian Express

For a year before I landed this cookbook deal, I was tremendously inspired to follow a vegan diet on a whim. I read umpteen articles and studies, and watched documentaries that convinced me that in order to feel better, think clearer, be fitter, I had to add more whole foods, grains and plants in my meals. Yet somehow, I didn’t …

1 year ago

Best vegan subscription boxes 2023

The Independent

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1 year ago

Veganism is over... and, as a vegan myself, I couldn’t be happier about it

The Independent

The collapse of VBites, the British food company that kept supermarket shoppers in “cheezly” slices and “beeph” mince for 30 years, whether they wanted it or not, is but the latest sign that the vegan bubble has not so much burst as de-natured into a weird-tasting, processed sludge. Despite the reported ongoing fashionability of meat and dairy-free diets, VBites – …

Vegan

1 year ago

Meat eaters more likely to buy plant-based foods not marketed as vegan

The Telegraph

Customers are more likely to buy plant-based foods when they are not labelled as vegan, a study has found. When a food gift basket was labelled “vegan”, 20 per cent of people chose it; however, 44 per cent of people opted for the same basket when it was marked “healthy and sustainable”. In the study, presented at the Society for …

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1 year, 1 month ago

How to survive Christmas as a vegan

The Independent

Whether you’re tucking into turkey or making a mushroom wellington this year, there’s at least one thing both meat-eaters and vegans can agree on: Christmas dinner isn’t complete without roast potatoes. in 2016 If you are anxious about surviving the festive period as a vegan, Theasby, who’s been serving a plant-based Christmas dinner for the past eight years, says “the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Australia — where the average person ate around …

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1 year, 2 months ago

We were vegan... this is why we QUIT: As sales of plant-based foods stutter, four influencers share how not eating meat left them ill, bloated and stopped their periods

Daily Mail

Feeling weak, tired and bloated with brain fog were symptoms banished by meat Influencers that once prided themselves on being vegan reveal why they quit It was one of the biggest health fads of the past decade. YouTube star Tim Shieff apologised to the vegan community for quitting in a video in June and said he was 'attacked by vegan …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Fake Meat Is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet

Wired

The day it went public in May 2019, Beyond Meat’s stock soared by 163 percent—the best one-day performance for a major American company in nearly two decades. On an earnings call on August 7, 2023, Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told investors that net revenues had decreased 31 percent year-on-year, prompting the company’s share price to slip more than 10 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The life-enhancing power of whole food, plant-based diet

Live Mint

Maybe you were taught that good children drink milk without a fuss. Susmitha Veganosaurus recalls that when she became vegan, “exactly 20 years ago, people thought it was a phase.” Now, due to awareness and availability, “even non-vegetarians try vegan food. Now an entrepreneur who coaches people on various aspects of vegan life, Susmitha says she conducts courses on dairy …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Fake meat is dying, but that shouldn’t mean the end of veganism

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Pensioner, 85, shares the simple switch that’s helped him to do 650,000 press-ups

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Warning to vegans: Diet of meat, eggs and milk is healthier than plant-based foods, review finds

Daily Mail

Vegan diets are 'less healthy' than including meat, eggs and milk in your meals, a major review has found. Meat, eggs and milk provide key nutrients such as high-quality protein, fatty acids, iron, calcium, zinc, selenium and vitamin B12, the report found To assess the benefits of risks of consuming animal products, the FAO looked at more than 500 scientific …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Everywhere has a vegan option – so why am I still hungry?

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Experience A Week Long Vegan Carnival at Aerocity

News 18

Indulging in what you like without compromising on the taste is what everybody looks for! So, with the concept of serving innovation with flavor, one8 Commune in association with Blue Tribe Food, has launched The Vegan Grub- a plant based menu bringing an alternative approach to your everyday meals. Blue Tribe Foods has been a strong voice for the use …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Here’s how to enjoy a plant-based Mardi Gras without forgoing any of the fun

Salon

When it comes to celebrating Mardi Gras, extravagance and debauchery are key. Related Journeying through New Orleans for the best vegan king cakes If you're looking to enjoy a more plant-based Mardi Gras this year, fret not! Here to help us prepare our vegan Mardi Gras menu is Salon's Nights and Weekends Editor Kelly McClure, who recently switched over to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Three delicious recipes that ‘just happen’ to be vegan

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Emani Corcran: Being Vegan Doesn't Change Your Experience Of Blackness

Huff Post

Illustration: Benjamin Currie/HuffPost; Photo: Courtesy of Emani Corcran, Getty "Changing the way you eat will not change your experience of Blackness or the connection to culture and food," Emani Corcran said. Emani Corcran is the creator behind BLK+Vegan on Instagram, Tiktok and YouTube and the author of the upcoming cookbook, “BLK + Vegan.” In this edition of Voices In Food, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Veganuary: How to eat sustainably on a plant-based diet

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Is Veganuary bad for you? A nutritionist explains why plant-based diets need proper planning

Salon

Veganuary is upon us again, with thousands of people around the world giving up animal products for the month of January. A recent study looking at the effects of a vegan diet in people with or at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, found that a plant-based diet may help to control blood glucose levels. Poorly planned vegan diets may …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Veganuary Month: Everything You Need To Know About The Growing Trend

News 18

Veganuary Month, celebrated every January, began in 2014 in the UK, intending to encourage non-vegans to try the vegan lifestyle for a month and hopefully hop on to the vegan bandwagon. “Vegans primarily consume a plant-based diet, but with companies – offering mock meat products – entering the market, one does not have to compromise on taste or quality to …

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2 years ago

Healthy, hearty vegan breakfast ideas

The Independent

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