BACKGROUND Vegan diet has been associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases and mortality, partly due to its effects on serum lipid profiles. Lipid profiles [high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides (TG)] have not been fully elucidated either in pre and postmenopausal vegans or in ovo-lacto vegetarians. This study aimed...

Alternative food movements in this country (veganism, local eating, organic, etc.) have often had to frame their demands around the idea that food is both medicine and life, often ignoring the migrant bodies picking these crops. “A Taste of Brown” filters this issue from the perspective of nationalism and capitalist development. It thinks with the experiences of primarily Mexican farm workers i...

Transl Androl Urol 2014;3(3):313 www.amepc.org/tau With recent increases in obesity throughout the United States and other industrialized nations, fad diets continue to gain in popularity. Although little formal research has been undertaken regarding the health impact of these fads, each has its own questionable health benefits as well as potential health risks, including lithogenic effects (1)...

Unsurprisingly, the circumstances and challenges brought about by COVID-19 pandemic have generated strong reactions. Among more notable, Canadian musician animal activist Bryan Adams made headlines when he went on a tirade social media denouncing ‘fucking bat eating, wet market selling, virus making greedy bastards’ advocating for veganism. This article uses this incident as prism through which...

• Social contagion has potential to positively influence the climate emergency. Plant-based diets may reduce carbon foodprint by half in Montreal. The can be minimised within 3 years of a tipping point Nudging should implemented urban sustainability plans foodprint. Socio-ecological is defined measure peer-to-peer spread environmental stewardship . In order meet 2015 Paris Agreement for 1.5 °C ...

Long life expectancy of populations in the developing world together with some cultural and social issues has driven need to pay special attention health physical appearance. Cosmeceuticals are gaining interest cosmetic industry as their uses fulfills a double purpose: requirements (clean, perfume, protect, change appearance external parts body or keeping them good condition) particular bioacti...

Abstract Though meat-consumption is known to be a key factor in environmental damage, veganism and vegetarianism are still perceived left-wing-phenomena, ironically not penetrating those who hold ideologies of conservation. Logical contradictions historical counter-examples cast doubt on substantive connection between political orientation meat-eating. Instead, common psychological factors may ...

Concern with the ethical, environmental and health consequences of livestock industry is pushing growth a sector animal-free alternatives. Advancing research allowing these products to increasingly deliver experiences on par beyond they originally sought emulate, but widespread consumer adoption has not yet been realised. This surveyed 5,054 individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, UK USA, exam...

Diarrhea is a disease that still health problem worldwide; one of the causes Shigella flexneri. Non-dairy probiotic functional foods and beverages are gaining popularity, with researchers seeking to assuage consumer concerns regarding lactose intolerance veganism. Coffee has anti-inflammatory antibacterial properties. This study aims determine effect mixture Lampung Robusta coffee extract Lacto...