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by Taylor Wolfram, MS, RDN, LDN A recent study compared three plant-based burgers available in the European Union (Beyond Burger, Incredible Burger, and Planty-of-Burger) to 85% beef burgers....

We’ve updated our article on White Blood Cells in Vegans. We added a cross-sectional study that found that vegans had significantly lower white blood cell counts than nonvegetarians,...

We just added this info to Vitamin B12 in Plant Foods: While tempeh is usually made by fermenting soybeans, it can also be made using a different species...

by Jack Norris, RD In 2019, EPIC-Oxford released a report finding a lower rate of ischemic heart disease among vegetarians (HR 0.78, CI 0.70-0.87), but a higher rate...

by Jack Norris, RD Entire article is Bone Fractures among U.K. Vegans: Implications and Recommendations. In Part 6 below: Resistance Training Conclusion Resistance Training It’s likely that the...

by Jack Norris, RD Entire article is Bone Fractures among U.K. Vegans: Implications and Recommendations. [Correction (February 21, 2021): A reader pointed out that in the iodine section,...

by Jack Norris, RD Entire article is Bone Fractures among U.K. Vegans: Implications and Recommendations. In Part 4 below: Vitamin D Calcium Protein Vitamin D One of the...

by Jack Norris, RD Entire article is Bone Fractures among U.K. Vegans: Implications and Recommendations. In Part 3 below: Zinc Zinc is both a component of bone and...

by Jack Norris, RD After sending out Friday’s post, I realized that there’s a counterpoint to a lack of whole foods not playing a role in the higher...

by Jack Norris, RD In November of 2020, a report from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, Oxford (EPIC-Oxford) found vegans to have a higher rate...