Health
The physiology of a vegan
A body-part by body-part breakdown of the differences between carnivores, omnivores and herbivores. If you think humans are well-suited to eating meat, think again!
A body-part by body-part breakdown of the differences between carnivores, omnivores and herbivores. If you think humans are well-suited to eating meat, think again!
One of the most pervasive myths surrounding veganism is the belief that humans are naturally meant to eat meat – that we are evolutionarily adapted to eat and thrive on dead flesh. The evidence presented in these pages knocks this myth firmly on its head.
Never before has there been such an incredible range of vegan food options available, in such a wide variety of shops. We’ve compiled a list of the best.
One of the most common questions for vegan bakers is what do you use instead of eggs. There are surprisingly many great alternatives.
Around 700 million people around the world go hungry every year, and it’s estimated that a staggering three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet; yet we throw a huge amount of food away.
One in nine people in the world today are undernourished, yet we feed around a third of our global crop production to animals. If we cut out the middleman and ate the crops ourselves, instead of feeding them to animals, we could feed an additional four billion people.
Most people assume that industry and transport are the main causes of air pollution, but agriculture is actually the single biggest cause of air pollution in Europe.
