If you read the article, Does a Vegan Diet Lower Blood Pressure? then you know that plant-based diets are endorsed by the major health organizations for their anti-hypertensive properties. Now, … Read more
It appears that vegetarian and vegan diets lower blood pressure. In the largest meta-analysis on the subject to date, Yokoyama et al. found vegetarian and vegan diets to be associated … Read more
Believe it or not, one of the first articles I wrote was on the subject of the vegan diet and hemorrhoids (check out the article here). This article will be … Read more
One of the most common questions I get is whether or not the vegan diet helps with weight loss. Yes, vegans are characteristically thin, but is that all correlation or … Read more
Does the vegan diet prevent skin cancer? Or is skin cancer prevention simply a matter of wearing sunscreen? That’s the question I’ll be answering in this article. The short answer … Read more
So, what does the literature have to say about the vegan diet and lung cancer? When I first started researching the relationship between plant-based diets and health, I initially thought … Read more
Many people, when you tell them you’re thinking of going vegan, want to know where you’re going to get your protein. You may even get a few comments like, “Don’t … Read more
We saw in Part 1 that it’s it’s well established that calorie restriction (CR) promotes longevity. We also covered some other mechanisms pertaining to protein restriction that may also play … Read more
If you doubt the anti-aging effects of a diet composed strictly of nutrient-packed whole plant foods, then you should check out Bernando Lapallo, a lifetime raw vegan who lived to … Read more
In this article, we’re going to talk about metabolic syndrome, or syndrome x, which is a cluster of atherogenic risk factors (metabolic abnormalities increasing one’s risk of heart disease). Can … Read more
