• Meat intake increases risk of death if you smoke, drink, are sedentary or have obesity. Maybe it’s not the meat?

    Health Headlines Commentary for August 4, 2016 Source: Meat-eaters may have a higher risk of death, but plants are the answer Reference: Swapping animal protein for plant protein ‘may improve health’ Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

  • Effect of vegetarian diets on all-cause mortality seems to help men more than women and confounding factors remain

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 4, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Vegetarians May Live Longer Reference: Orlich M, et al “Vegetarian dietary patterns and mortality in Adventist Health Study 2” JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6473. Baron R “Should we all be vegetarians?” JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6972.

  • Helping vegetarian teens thrive

    Increasing numbers of adolescents, especially girls, are adopting vegetarian diets. Their reasons for choosing a vegetarian diet vary from animal welfare, health benefits and food safety to environmental and sociopolitical concerns. Surveys suggest that approximately 8% of adolescents in the United Kingdom and 6% of older elementary and high-school students in the midwestern United States…