Is Himalayan Salt Better Than Table Salt?
When we crave certain foods, along with fats, textures, and familiarity, we often crave salt. As far back as 6050BC, salt has been an important and integral part of the world’s history and was once...
View ArticleHow the Dairy Industry Fooled Us into Believing We Need Milk
“You need to drink milk to have strong bones”, says just about every person on the planet—but do we ever question where this information came from..? Despite what the dairy industry would like us to...
View ArticleAvoiding Vitamin B12 Deficiency is an Issue for Everyone
While many plant-based resources advocate that individuals can easily absorb adequate amounts of vitamin B12 from a well-balanced diet that includes fortified food products like plant milks and...
View ArticleVegetarian Diet Could Kill You: More Headline Lies
The sensationalism from the media, especially around one of the hottest debate topics of our time—animal protein vs. plant-based diets—never fails to disappoint. It could have even been construed as...
View ArticleThe “Complementary Protein” Myth
There are a lot of misconceptions and myths when it comes to plant-based diets, and one that never seems to die down is “complementary protein” myth, where it’s said that vegetarians and vegans can...
View ArticleStudy: Vegan World Would be Healthier, Cooler, and Richer
A landmark study from the University of Oxford has declared that by consuming plant-based foods, instead of animal-based food products, the world could prevent 8.1 million deaths per year and...
View Article96 Studies: Vegan Diets Reduce Heart Disease & Cancer Risk
A systematic review of 86 cross-sectional and 10 cohort prospective studies have shown that vegetarian and vegan diets reduce heart disease and cancer risks, while improving health and protecting...
View ArticleHelp Crowdfund What the Health Documentary
From the makers of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret comes the next feature length documentary What the Health. Kip Andersen investigates and uncovers the impacts of the highly processed industrial...
View ArticleWhat Happens When You Eat Animal Protein?
The vast majority of people chomp down burgers and steaks because for decades governments and health organisations have informed the general public that animal protein (meat and dairy) is required...
View ArticleNo One Cares That Processed Meat Causes Cancer
The report that the meat industry has been bracing for from the World Health Organisation has landed. WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has announced that there is enough...
View ArticleWorld Health Chiefs to Declare Bacon Causes Cancer
The United Nations public health arm, the World Health Organisation, is reportedly planning to declare next Monday that the consumption of processed meats cause cancer in humans. Fresh red meat is also...
View ArticleWhat Causes Diabetes: How Exercise & Avoiding Meat Helps
Type 2 diabetes was originally known as ‘adult onset diabetes’ and was once only associated with adults who typically were overweight or obese. Two decades ago, the medical profession was forced to...
View ArticleObama Administration Ignores Expert Dietary Guidelines Advice
The results are in. The Obama Administration has buckled under pressure from meat-loving Republicans and backed down from allowing the inclusion of the DGAC’s environmentally sustainable diets...
View ArticleSpecialist Doctor Who is Not Concerned About a Vegan Diet
Doctor Garth Davis’ fully referenced rebuttal logically and rationally annihilates a recently published article on Mind Body Green by a nutritionist who has concerns over those eating a vegan diet. As...
View ArticleDemand for Meat Alternatives and Soy Products is Growing
Australia is seeing an economic boom in meat alternatives and soy products as more people move to plant-based diets. These meat alternative plant-based foods are also known as vegan meats or meat...
View ArticleDairy Industry Study Informs Us That Butter is Unhealthy
A recent study by the University of Copenhagen, funded by the Danish Dairy Research Foundation, has found that dairy butter is bad for us. The study noted that dairy butter is known to have a...
View ArticleMeat or Vege: Which Food Waste has Largest Environmental Impact?
Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year—approximately 1.3 billion tons—gets lost or wasted, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Australia...
View ArticleHow the Decline of Bees Will Create More Disease
Table of Contents ▼▲ Food WasteThe Food Waste StudyWhat Can We Do to Reduce Food Waste? Of the 100 crop species that provide 90% of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees. By its very...
View Article2015 Dietary Guidelines to Include Sustainable Diets?
About half of American adults—117 million people—have one or more preventable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and diet-related cancers. Plant based diets...
View ArticleHow Animal Fat Can Cause Type 2 Diabetes
Studies show animal fat in meat and dairy can cause insulin resistance and the progression of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is ranked in the top 10 leading causes of death in Australia, while it is the...
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