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Tag: Plant-based Diet

Scientist Exposes ‘Blue Zones’ to be Myth Based on Pension Fraud, Not Diet and Lifestyle
Nutrition

Scientist Exposes ‘Blue Zones’ to be Myth Based on Pension Fraud, Not Diet and Lifestyle

January 7, 2025

In what is likely to be seen as the health and fitness equivalent of something like the Watergate or…

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes
Nutrition

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes

September 2, 2024

One might say the ideological battle over the optimal human diet has devolved into something like a cafeteria food…

Nutrition

Vegetarians and Vegans May Not be Getting Enough Zinc – an Essential Mineral

July 27, 2020

Vegetarian and vegan diets may not have enough zinc to fully prevent the variety of negative health outcomes associated…

Nutrition

Environmental Impacts Of Nutritionally-Sound Plant-Based Diets Compared With Their Meaty Counterparts

August 8, 2019

Researchers at Bard’s college have examined and compared the environmental impacts of a nutritionally-sound plant-based diet with those of…


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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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