Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Top 7 tips for raising vegan kids
- vegan baby
- vegan children
There is still a lot of misinformation around vegan diets, particularly when it comes to children. Outdated views that children need calcium from cow’s milk, and animal protein, to grow properly, persist. Because of this, the decision to raise children on a vegan diet still remains controversial to some.
10 Hidden Nasties in Your Food and Everyday Products
- Health
- Vegan
You might be surprised at some of the hidden nasties lurking in the ingredients of many products we use every day.
What every parent should know when raising vegan babies and children
- vegan baby
- vegan children
- vegan parent
- vegan pregnancy
- vegan toddler
Raising vegan children requires a little bit of meal-planning but it can give your kid the best start to a healthy life.
Sustainable food choices – myths and facts
- Sustainability
- sustainable diet
- sustainable foods
As vegans, we care where our food comes from but how do we tell what’s sustainable and what isn’t?
Red and processed meat linked to increased risk of heart disease
- Meat
- Processed meat
- Red meat
The biggest review of all large-scale studies to date finds red and processed meat increase the risk of heart disease, according to research from the University of Oxford.
Avocados and almonds – again
- Climate change
- The Environment
Picking one or two plant foods to try and suggest that a vegan diet is environmentally damaging is wrong and smacks of desperation.
More misleading headlines
- Beef
- Cows - Meat
- vegan diet
News headlines this week imply plant-based burgers are nutritionally inferior to grass-fed beef – but that not what the study found.
Cultured ‘lab’ meat – should vegans support it?
- Cultured meat
- Lab meat
- Processed meat
It may not appeal much to vegans but cultured meat has the potential to save billions of animals’ lives and have a substantially lower impact on the environment than animal agriculture.
Mock meats
- meat alternatives
- mock meats
- Soya
- vegan hot dogs
- veggie burgers
There are more mock meat varieties coming on to the market than we can keep count of so how do you choose what to buy and what to give a miss?