Vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth when carefully planned with appropriate supplementation, finds a major ...

Children on plant-based diets may need to take supplements or eat fortified foods to get enough key nutrients, researchers ...

The vegan diet is twice as nice as experts previously thought. They share not only a genetic background, but identical twins also share the same upbringing and environment, making them ideal study ...

The largest dietary study comparing children’s diets shows that eating a vegetarian and vegan diet can work well for growing ...

A new Netflix documentary is exploring the benefits of a plant-based diet just in time for New Year’s resolutions. The series, called “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment,” follows four sets of ...

The findings suggest that swapping animal products for low-fat plant staples may be a surprisingly effective weight-loss strategy.

Studies have shown that a plant-based diet may be better for preventing diabetes than a low carb diet. A 30-year study ...

Healthy twins who ate a vegan diet for eight weeks had lower “bad” low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, better blood sugar levels, and greater weight loss than siblings who ate a diet of meat ...

Researchers randomly assigned 22 pairs of healthy adult identical twins (34 women, mean age 39 years, mean body mass index 25.9) to a healthy vegan or omnivore diet (1 twin per pair) for 8 weeks. For ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twins assigned to a vegan diet had significant decreases in LDL that were seen as early as 4 weeks. According to ...

A study done by a team at the University of Southern California has found that consumers are less likely to pick up food labeled "vegan" and more likely to go for something labeled "healthy and ...

A study comparing adult twins found that following a vegan diet for eight weeks reduced biomarkers of biological aging. Researchers used a method called DNA methylation to measure aging biomarkers in ...