Vegetarianism encompasses the practice of following plant-based diets (fruits, vegetables, etc.), with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs, and with the exclusion of meat (red meat, poultry, and seafood).
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Are heart disease and cancer risk inversely proportional to calories eaten from unrefined plants?
Unrefined Plant Food Consumption vs. The Killer Diseases
I insist that our low consumption of unrefined plant foods is largely responsible for our dismal mortality statistics. Most of us perish ...
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Is mycoprotein (Quorn) safe for human consumption?
There have been severe arguments over the safety of mycoprotein:
Quorn is considered a healthy food in UK and Europe
Some parties in the US have cried havoc
It's quite discussed in Canada
Quorn ...
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Do long-time vegetarians lose the ability to digest meat?
"In people who have been long-term vegetarians, studies have found that they actually lose the ability to digest meat". Is this true, at a biological level? (As opposed to any possible psychological ...
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Is being a vegan more environmentally friendly than otherwise?
On their website, PETA claimed the following:
A recent United Nations report concluded that a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change. And the ...
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Is there a connection between sleep patterns and meat-eating?
There are a number of different and sometimes contradictory claims that changing your diet (especially with regard to avoid meat) can have an affect on your sleeping pattern.
Here are a few related ...
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Is a vegetarian (vegan) diet more healthy?
According to Wikipedia,
Vegetarians tend to have lower body mass index, lower levels of cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and less incidence of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, renal ...
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Can we grow enough crops to feed all people on Earth?
Vegetarianism is heavily promoted. But let's say all people on Earth stop eating animal products. Can we grow enough crops so all people on the Earth are provided with enough healthy, nutritious food? ...
