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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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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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Christians, Catholics in Gaza and the West Bank Face Killings and Persecution

Julien Torres July 28, 2025

Christian holy sites in both Gaza and the West Bank have faced their felt the brunt of Israeli bombing…

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