Why the world just keeps on getting fatter…
Obesity is now the most important nutritional disease in the Western world. And in even the poorest countries it is increasing at an alarming rate. For the first time in…
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Dr. Justine Butler
Justine joined Viva! in 2005 after graduating from Bristol University with a PhD in molecular biology. After working as a campaigner, then researcher and writer, she is now Viva!’s head of research and her work focuses on animals, the environment and health. Justine’s scientific training helps her research and write both in-depth scientific reports, such as White Lies and the Meat Report, as well as easy-to-read factsheets and myth-busting articles for consumer magazines and updates on the latest research. Justine also recently wrote the Vegan for the Planet guide for Viva!’s Vegan Now campaign.
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Obesity is now the most important nutritional disease in the Western world. And in even the poorest countries it is increasing at an alarming rate. For the first time in…
Don’t buy the old chestnut that a world-class athlete can’t get enough protein from a vegetarian diet! Carl Lewis is all the proof you need, the greatest track-and-field athlete ever…
People who have lactose intolerance can’t digest lactose, the sugar in milk, and therefore have to avoid dairy products. As milk and dairy products consumption has been suggested to play...
Soya foods may confer many health benefits, but remain controversial. Here we review the latest research and set the record straight. PHYTOESTROGENS Many of the beneficial (and supposed harmful) effects…
Everywhere you look these days fish oils are being promoted – celebrity scientists recommend them to children, TV adverts imply brain-boosting benefits, food producers slip them into all manner of foods!…
Number crunching Breast cancer is the UK’s most common cancer affecting women. Every year, over 44,000 women are diagnosed with it and 12,000 die from it. A staggering one in…
When I was in my early twenties I had a very slim friend who seemed to survive on just coffee and cigarettes. Oh yes, and her daily pint of cow’s…
Never mind the text books, what does rheumatoid arthritis really feel like? I found out through the Healing Well arthritis forum: “I feel like I’ve been run over by a…
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