In a recent post, I explained how four of the biggest health problems facings Americans—heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer—can be prevented, and in the case of some diseases, even reversed, by exercising and eating healthy animal-friendly foods. In this post, I want to focus on type 2 diabetes, a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that has …
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When asked what one food he would ban if he could, PETA's chief medical adviser, Dr. Neal Barnard, responded with three: hot dogs, bacon, and ham. We'll let him tell you why!
In an interview with Forbes magazine, the bestselling author and president …
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Here's yet another reason to observe Meatless Mondays … and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thurs—well, you get the idea. A new Harvard School of Public Health study shows that eating processed meats and red meat can increase one's risk of type 2 diabetes—a potentially deadly condition that can cause blindness; …
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Ever since I first went vegetarian, I've heard comments like, "Eating animals is natural. Humans are omnivores, and we've eaten meat for thousands of years." I usually respond by talking about the suffering of animals and explaining that just because something is supposedly "natural" doesn't mean it's right. After …
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