As omnivores, humans can choose to not consume any animal products. But what happens when we feed a vegan diet to our carnivore companions?
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Eggs are hard to beat, but there are plenty of other options.
You might start by asking your child what’s in and what’s out according to their new diet – and why they decided to go vegetarian in the first place.
A new study from Brazil has found a link between vegetarianism and depression.
Vegetarian and vegan diets are the best for the planet. But most omnivores simply won’t switch to them. It’s realistic to promote the Mediterranean diet instead.
Plant-based diets may lack a number of important nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and iodine.
And what Adventists can teach us about living greener, longer lives.
Psychologists have described a ‘meat paradox’ in the minds of meat-eating animal lovers.
Taking lessons from the past could help enrich our diets for little cost
Menus that are three-quarters vegetarian help meat eaters choose more climate-friendly options, a tactic that restaurants could use to help fight climate change.
A new study puts numbers to the health and environmental benefits – or impacts – of individual foods and shows how small changes can make a significant difference.
A new paper suggests that plant- and fish-based diets lessen the chance of developing severe symptoms – but hold off from becoming vegetarian or pescatarian for now.
Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren’t all bad, which is why they’re undergoing an image makeover.
Plant-based diets can be healthy but ingredients matter. Heavily processed meat substitutes can be high in saturated fats and sodium.
The Singapore Food Agency has approved US food company Eat Just’s cultured ‘chicken bites’ for sale.
A well-planned plant-based diet can support good health at every age.
Jane Goodall is a pioneering primatologist who redefined what it means to be human. She spoke to Clive Phillips, a professor of animal welfare.
The end of factory farming will lay the foundation for a rural resurgence and the development of more just and sustainable communities for people and animals alike.
The smallpox vaccination used calf lymph, which was unacceptable to vegetarians and anti-vivisectionists who were growing in number from the mid 19th century.
Research shows a wider impact than you might think, including on mental health and pain.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Lecturer in Social Psychology, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in Criminology, The Open University
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Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia
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Senior research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Bath
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Medical Doctor and Clinical Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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PhD Candidate, Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
