Times Insider: A Vegetarian Reporter Explores a Hunting Dilemma
During my week with a group of conservationist elk hunters, I put aside my personal dietary restrictions in order to better understand their perspective. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: IAN URBINA Tags: Hunting and Trapping Poaching (Wildlife) Elk Firearms Condors Vegetarianism Nature Conservancy Humane Society of the United States Oregon Source Type: news

Times Insider: I Am a Vegetarian and I Spent a Week With Elk Hunters
Though I try to avoid letting my personal dietary restrictions impinge on my job, some assignments prove more challenging than others. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: IAN URBINA Tags: Hunting and Trapping Poaching (Wildlife) Elk Firearms Condors Vegetarianism Nature Conservancy Humane Society of the United States Oregon Source Type: news

Times Insider: How Can People Who Hunt Animals Say They Want to Protect Them?
A reporter (a vegetarian) spent a week with elk hunters and learned about the ethics of hunting for meat. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: IAN URBINA Tags: Hunting and Trapping Poaching (Wildlife) Elk Firearms Condors Vegetarianism Nature Conservancy Humane Society of the United States Oregon Source Type: news

'Bleeding' plant-based burger hits growing UK vegan market
It sold out in the US, and now the delayed launch of a "bleeding" vegan burger is causing huge excitement among UK vegetarians and vegans. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eat your vegetables (and fish): Another reason why they may promote heart health
(American Physiological Society) Elevated levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) -- a compound linked with the consumption of fish, seafood and a primarily vegetarian diet -- may reduce hypertension-related heart disease symptoms. New research in rats finds that low-dose treatment with TMAO reduced heart thickening (cardiac fibrosis) and markers of heart failure in an animal model of hypertension. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Guardian view on vegans: a dietary challenge | Editorial
A huge reduction in meat-eating is called for. No wonder carnivores are feeling defensiveVeganism, once widely seen as an alternative, if not an extreme, lifestyle, is now in the mainstream. Exactly how many people in the UK have eliminated animal products including dairy and honey from their diets is uncertain. One recent survey suggested there could be as many as3.5 million vegans in the UK. The Vegan Society offers the much lower figure of 600,000 vegans, which still represents a fourfold increase in four years. But either way, and combined with a big increase in vegetarians and occasional meat-eaters (otherwise known a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Meat The meat industry Food Farming Environment Veganism Life and style Vegan food and drink Vegetarianism Vegetarian food and drink Waitrose Retail industry John Lewis Business Climate change Science Source Type: news

Ever wondered what's in your faeces? Gastroenterologist reveals all
Vegetarians have a higher water content in their stools, according to Dr Vincent Ho, a clinical academic gastroenterologist at Western Sydney University. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Making Mayo's Recipes: Whole-wheat orzo with roasted vegetables
This would be a great dish for the weekend. Make sure you chop the vegetables about the size of cooked orzo. And to make this dish vegetarian, substitute no-salt-added vegetable stock for the chicken stock. Each week, one of the more than 100 video recipes from the?Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program?is?featured on the Mayo Clinic [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 1, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Pork gelatine in vaccines 'puts many off using them', vegetarians say
Gelatine is added as a stabiliser to prevent vaccines degrading in transportation. In the UK, the worst offenders are the nasal flu vaccine Fluenz Tetra, the shingles jab Zostavax and the MMR. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Plant-Based Diet to Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Is It All or Nothing? Plant-Based Diet to Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Is It All or Nothing?
Vegan or vegetarian diets are difficult to sell to Western populations. Dr Trudy Voortman says that it doesn ' t have to be all or nothing--adding plant-based foods will lower type 2 diabetes risk.Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Commentary Source Type: news

Medical News Today: Low-carb foods for vegetarians and vegans
Low-carb diet plans often involve a lot of meat. However, there are plenty of low-carb options for vegetarian and vegan people. Learn more here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news

Meat-free burgers contain more salt than real burgers, survey shows
Meat-free burgers contain high levels of salt -- exceeding recommended limits, finds a new survey into the salt content of vegetarian and vegan alternatives to meat. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Vegetarian meat substitutes 'exceeding salt limits'
One brand of meat-free "bacon" is saltier than Atlantic seawater, according to Action on Salt's report. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Vitamin B12 deficiency: The five best cheeses to boost your B12 levels
VITAMIN B12 deficiency can be caused by a diet lacking in the vitamin. Meat is a good source of B12, but if you are a vegetarian, you can also get your recommended dose through cheese and other non-meat foods. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

When Your Child Believes Meat Is Murder
Advice about health and dinner-table diplomacy for parents of vegetarian kids. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JULIE HALPERT Tags: Diet and Nutrition Vegetarianism Cooking and Cookbooks Iron (Nutrient) Children and Childhood Parenting Families and Family Life Source Type: news