#Vegetarian-and-vegan

Nina Guilbeault.  The Good Eater: A Vegan’s Search for the Future of Food.  Bloomsbury, 2024. I did a back-cover blurb for this book: The Good Eater is a vegan sociologist’s remarkably open-minded exploration of the historical, ethical, health, environmental, and social justice implications of

A press release from Stanford University announced: Twin research indicates that a vegan diet improves cardiovascular health. A Stanford Medicine-led trial of identical twins comparing vegan and omnivore diets found that a vegan diet improves overall cardiovascular health. In a study with 22

Daily Harvest is a company that makes vegan meals, mostly organic, and freezes them for home delivery. By mid-June, it had received 470 complaints from customers who ate a new product, French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, but developed severe liver and gall bladder problems.  On June 23,  Daily Harvest

My Twitter feed over the Labor Day weekend was full of messages like this one: It took me a while to figure out what they were talking about, but eventually I was sent a link to a story in Vice about people who became ill on vegan diets. The article quotes me: “Most healthy people should be

Wandering around in the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, I saw a local park with a just-starting composting program. Down the street from the official residence of the Prime Minister (that would be Benjamin Netanyahu), is the headquarters of the International Jewish Vegetarian Society. I’m