Deciding to become a vegetarian isn't just about not eating meat; it requires a careful consideration of your whole diet to ensure that nutrients usually provided by meat or dairy products are obtained from other foods.
Human beings use large numbers of animals for the food value of their meat proteins. The effects of these proteins can undoubtedly be seen in aggression, violence, hatred and moral insensitivity: we can therefore say that meat has a negative effect..
The world has seen the first international conference on manufacturing meat. This is the process, tested so far only at laboratory scale, of growing pork, chicken, or beef through cell culture in vats instead of raising and slaughtering animals
Imagine cutting out meat, dairy, eggs, cheese, and even cream in your coffee from your daily life . . . not because you have to, but because you want to....
Whether you’re interested in transitioning to vegetarianism, veganism, or just looking for some ways to supplement your omnivorous diet with some meat-free meals, here are 10 suggestions for easing the transition.
LONDON (AFP) - Pop legend Paul McCartney turned vegetarian after going on a fishing trip, he reveals in a new celebrity campaign for an animal rights group launched on Wednesday.
While doing research for this article, we discovered that every group or company has its own guidelines for certifying a food product as vegetarian or vegan.
Who’s ready for some purling!? Knitting may not seem as exciting as football, but for some of us, it is our lifeblood. Making something out of (what seems like) nothing is what all of us crafty folks crave and for millions of men and women worldwide, ...
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s...
Our small and large intestines, like those of other primates, are four times longer than those of carnivores. Because of the long intestines, meat passes very slowly through the human digestive system; it takes about 4 days during which the disease-causin
PRNewswire - Recent news headlines have suggested that a vegan diet was in some way responsible for the death of 6-week-old Crown Shakur in Atlanta, whose parents were convicted of malice murder, felony murder and first degree cruelty to children!
There's never been a better time to be - or become - a vegetarian in veggie-friendly Toronto. But is it really any healthier? Like anything, it depends on moderation. If there’s one sure sign that vegetarianism has moved from the margins to the mainstream
Monday, 29 October 2007
Organic produce 'better for you'
Researchers looked at a variety of food, including tomatoes
Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says.
The £12m four-year project, led
