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When diners were asked why they don’t order plant-based meat dishes, it turns out they have many different reasons.
Vegan foods are considered by most consumers to have no ingredients of animal origin, but they may actually contain milk proteins.
You might be surprised how salty or fatty some plant-based foods are. Not so healthy now, are they?
A sustainable food system starts with a fairer corporate structure. It won’t simply come from a shift in consumer habits during Veganuary’s push for people to eat a more plant-based diet. Here’s why.
As the plant-based campaign celebrates its tenth anniversary, researchers are analysing how Veganuary could be having a substantial impact on British diets.
Making just a few small changes in our daily lives can help improve our health and help us live more aligned with how we evolved.
The horse race is likely to be disrupted by activists from the Extinction Rebellion offshoot.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
From low histamine to anti-inflammatory diets, people on social media have been touting a variety of eating patterns to help manage long COVID.
No, you’re not imagining it. Some people really do experience bloating or gut upset when they eat a lot of salad.
Most vegan cheeses have little nutritional value.
Plant-based diets may lack a number of important nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and iodine.
Meat has been a marker of class and gender divides, sparked scientific revolutions and has been at the centre of wars.
In three different experiments, plant-based meal sales rose when there were more menu options.
Why is plant-based eating important? There are health, environmental and financial benefits of plant-based diets. Here are some great ways to start eating more plant-based foods.
Plentiful meat substitutes might be making plant-based diets more popular.
Eating less meat was also linked with a lower risk of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer.
Sugar gets a bad rap, but exactly which sugar is meant? Nutrient-dense sweet ripe fruits are a far cry from refined table sugar – and their differences can have big health implications.
As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics, people often ask me what I eat. Here are four plant-based foods I have on my weekly grocery list.
Top contributors
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
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Associate Professor Sustainable Food Systems, Director of Rural Research Centre, Dalhousie University
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Associate lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire
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Research Associate, Centre for Culinary Innovation, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University
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Professor of Soils and Global Change, University of Aberdeen
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Senior research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Associate Professor, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of East Anglia
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Director & Founder of Eat Sustainably, Research Fellow at University of Western Australia Medical School, Curtin University
