Plant-Based Diet Cut Hot Flashes 78%: WAVS Study Plant-Based Diet Cut Hot Flashes 78%: WAVS Study
Postmenopausal women who ate a reduced-fat, vegan diet supplemented with soy experienced far fewer hot flashes then women who did not, a small, nonblinded study showed.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
A vegan diet ‘appears prudent’ for treatment of high blood pressure, says study
High blood pressure is a common condition affecting thousands in the UK. Changes in diet are often recommended to lower high readings. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Menopause: Study finds vegan diet with serving of soybeans helps fight off hot flushes
US researchers found cutting out animal products upping their soybean intake and avoiding oily and fatty foods like avocados was just as effective as hormone replacement therapy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think
UPFs form 50% of Britons ’ calorie intake – and vegans beware, this includes many plant-based meals. Now food scientists are learning more about what makes them so damagingFor a long time it has been known that diets dominated by ultra-processed food (UPF) are more likely to lead to obesity. But recent research suggests that high UPF consumption also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia and, according to a recent American study involving 50,000 health professionals, of developing colon cancer.On a more general note, last month a study inNature Reviews Clinical Oncology found that people born after 199...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Anthony Tags: Food science Health & wellbeing Veganism Nutrition Fast food Life and style Society Source Type: news
Pret a Manger customer had fatal reaction to 'vegan' wrap
Celia Marsh had a severe dairy allergy and ate food labelled as vegan that had traces of milk in it. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Menopause Affects Cholesterol —And How to Manage It
Kelly Officer, 49, eats a vegan diet and shuns most processed foods. So, after a recent routine blood test revealed that she had high cholesterol, “I was shocked and upset,” she says, “since it never has been [high] in the past.”
Officer is not alone. As women enter menopause, cholestrol levels jump—by an average of 10-15%, or about 10 to 20 milligrams per deciliter. (A healthy adult cholesterol range is 125-200 milligrams per deciliter, according to the National Library of Medicine.)
This change often goes unnoticed amidst physical symptoms and the general busyness of those years. But, says D...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Harmon Courage Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
What to eat this month: Mushrooms are having a moment
Mushrooms are having a moment, whether it's the recent documentary "Fantastic Fungi" or their newfound trendiness as a vegan leather. September is National Mushroom Month, but because of mushrooms' fertile growing capabilities and versatility in many dishes, any month is a great one to be celebrating fungi. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mushrooms are having a moment
, whether it's the recent documentary "Fantastic Fungi" or their newfound trendiness as a vegan leather. September is National Mushroom Month, but because of mushrooms' fertile growing capabilities and versatility in many dishes, any month is a great one to be celebrating fungi. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vitamin B12: The taste that may signal a 'severe' deficiency - seen in 56% of patients
THE RISE in vegan and vegetarian dietary habits has prompted widespread discussion about vitamin B12. Without the nutrient, the body's most basic functions may falter. Low levels, studies suggest, may also affect a person's perception of taste and smell. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son
A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son has been sentenced to life in prison (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Tips to Food-Fueling Your Active Vegan Child
Title: Tips to Food-Fueling Your Active Vegan ChildCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/20/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/22/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - August 22, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Tips to Food-Fueling Your Active Vegan Child
SATURDAY, Aug. 20, 2022 -- Kids can take part in sports while on vegetarian and vegan diets, but parents and caregivers must help them select foods that will fuel them and meet their nutrition needs.
Vegan athletes can become deficient in vitamin... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Vegetarian Women Have Higher Hip Fracture Risk
A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - August 13, 2022 Category: Disability Tags: Vegetarian and Vegan Source Type: news
Strength Training Overcomes Bone Effects of Vegan Diet Strength Training Overcomes Bone Effects of Vegan Diet
Bone microarchitecture differences observed between vegans and omnivores disappear when both practice progressive resistance training.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - August 12, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Januvia's Nitrosamine Contamination; COVID & Type 1 Diabetes; Vegans Who Lift
(MedPage Today) -- Some samples of the type 2 diabetes medication sitagliptin (Januvia) were found to be contaminated with nitrosamine; to avoid a shortage, the FDA is allowing Merck to temporarily distribute sitagliptin containing Nitroso-STG... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - August 10, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
