The bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis can lead to small and not-so-small fractures. To protect your bones, you do need calcium in your diet, but you also need to keep calcium in your bones once you get it. You can get calcium into your bones, from eating greens, beans, or fortified foods. You can exercise, so calcium has somewhere to go.…

by Charles Ely I’ve found that the key to keeping myself motivated on a plant-based diet is accessibility, accessibility, accessibility. I also buy so little in the way of ready-made foods, because I’m always feeling ambitious and optimistic when I go grocery shopping. It’s all for love, at the end of the day: love for myself, for my family, for…

With the traditional Western diet, the average American consumes about double the protein her or his body needs. Additionally, the main sources of protein consumed tend to be animals products, which are also high in fat and saturated fat. Most individuals are surprised to learn that protein needs are actually much less than what they have been consuming. The Recommended…

Goal: 60 stores by 2020 Launched in February 2011, the German chain, Veganz, focuses on the growing vegan market. Vegans are people who not only avoid meat, but also any other animal-based product. Germany has 7 million vegetarians, among them some 900,000 vegans. The chain has more than 4,500 products on offer, coming from 270 suppliers in 30 different countries.…

by Jill Radsken, Boston Globe Madeline Heising’s debut cookbook is called “FIVE” for the modest number of ingredients required in all of her recipes, but a visit to the recent Northeastern University grad’s apartment reveals a significantly more impressive number: one. That’s the length in feet of the counter space in her studio apartment kitchen — and ground zero for…

by Dr. Richard Oppenlander – Update on 60 Minutes’ Leslie Stahl Reporton Water! Dr. Oppenlander has written the following article in response to a deluge of requests for him to provide an answer to the recent 60 Minutes airing of Leslie Stahl’s “Water” about the crises in California. In this article you will quickly see that Dr. Oppenlander provides the…

For two decades, Monsanto has randomly inserted the genes of one species into a non-related species, or genetically “interfered” with the instructions of an organism’s RNA—using viruses, antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria as vectors, markers and promoters—to create gene-spliced seeds and crops. All the while, Monsanto and its industry-paid scientists have claimed that GMO crops and foods, and the chemicals that…

She Healed Breast Cancer with Nutrition in 1982, then Won the Iron Man! Chris Wark’s first interview of 2015 is with the incomparable Dr. Ruth Heidrich. She’s the winner of more than 900 trophies, 6 Ironman Triathlons, 8 Senior Olympics Gold Medals, and 67 marathons including Boston, New York, Moscow and The Great Wall of China. She is a World…

by Kristen SeifertStaff Contributor, Neon Tommy Baked chicken breast with broccoli and roasted potatoes, and a spinach salad with walnuts and feta—it was quite a solid meal, and one that was far more symbolic than a cursory glance might indicate. This was my metaphorical Last Supper, and I tasted it slowly and deliberately with a mixture of bittersweet nostalgia and…

by Matt FrazierVegan Marathoner and Author ofthe No Meat Athlete It takes only one word, really: this lifestyle, to me, is a practice. I use the word in the way it’s commonly employed in the context of meditation, yoga, philosophy, or even religion — where “practice” means an activity done for its own sake, something that is not at first…

Fool Any Cookie Connoisseur with TheseHealthy [Vegan] Baking Tricks It’s so much simpler than you can imagine! Look how easy it is to make fabulous vegan cookies with simple vegan replacements for milk, yogurt, chocolate, eggs and butter. Bake it vegan, make it delicious, and although no one will know, the animals and the planet will thank you. Make vegan…