How to Live a Healthy and Happy Vegan Lifestyle

   Barbecue season is officially upon us. And what’s more fitting for your summer picnic than a batch of vegan wings? On this episode of EATKINDLY With Me, Nathan Josias, a French plant-based chef currently residing in London, makes barbecue chickenless wings out of oyster mushrooms.

How extreme was Dr. Kempner’s rice diet compared to traditional surgical approaches? Is there a safer alternative? DOCTOR'S NOTE For more on Kempner and his rice diet, see: Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape Drugs and the Demise of the Rice Diet Can Diabetic Retinopathy Be Reversed? More on the surgical approach can be found in  Reversing Diabetes with Surgery  and  Stomach Stapling Kids . Here are some of my weight loss videos but I have tons more on the  topic page . I also have a bunch of  fasting  videos. Waist Circumference Less Than Half Your Height Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss? Nutrient-Dense Approach to Weight Management What Diet Should Physicians Recommend? How to Prevent Prediabetes in Children Are There Foods with Negative Calories? Eating More to Weigh Less Diabetes Reversal: Is It the Calories or the Food? Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help with Weight Loss? Optimizing Water Intake to Lose Weight What Is the Safes

  Do plant-based labels actually confuse consumers? The evidence suggests not. Texas has approved a bill seeking to ban ‘meat’ and ‘beef’ labels from being used on plant-based and cell-cultured food . House Bill 316 was okayed by lawmakers earlier this week to prevent brands ‘misleading’ consumers. The bill strictly defines ‘beef’ and ‘chicken’ as ‘any edible portion of a formerly live and whole cattle/ chicken carcass, not derived by synthetic or artificial means’. Similarly, it says the label ‘meat’ must not contain any lab-grown, cell-cultured, insect, or plant-based food products. The bill stirred controversy online, with a slew of social media users criticizing the meat industry’s influence. Continue...

Jane Velez-Mitchell is the host of New Day New Chef, which streams on Amazon Prime Credit: Instagram The vegan cooking show New Day New Chef, which streams on Amazon Prime, has scooped two prestigious Taste Awards – considered by many as ‘the Oscars of food’. It scooped awards for Best Series Pilot and Best Filmed Home Episodes of Film – against some ‘meat-heavy competition’. Both were chosen by viewers. The show is presented by the award-winning journalist and author Jane Velez-Mitchell. Moreover, it is produced through her non-profit organization, the JaneUnchained News Network . Episodes feature renowned vegan figures such as chefs, athletes, and actors. Continue...

Vegan chicken brand NUGGS – which has received investment from Arnie ‘s son Patrick Schwarzenegger, is launching in two major US retailers. The startup describes itself as the Tesla of chicken. Its plant-based nuggets have debuted in 800 Walmart stores across the US. Next month, they will also become available in nearly 400 Target locations. Patrick Schwarzenegger Patrick started his own investment company back in 2019. Now, he is involved with a slew of brands such as Super Coffee, Blaze Pizza, and Verb Energy. NUGGS’ plant-based product is made primarily from texturized pea protein technology enabling the brand to create a ‘tender and juicy nugget that is more advanced than an animal-based nugget’. They contain 13g of protein (about 25 percent more than animal-based) and 10g of fat (about 40 percent less than animal-based). Moreover, they’re cholesterol-free. Continue...  

  Deborah Torres of vegan fried chicken company Atlas Monroe is projecting that she’ll sell one million pounds this year with the opening of a new, multi-million-dollar manufacturing facility in San Diego, CA. Vegan fried chicken company Atlas Monroe is set to become the largest manufacturer of deep-fried vegan chicken in the world. The news comes as Atlas Monroe recently acquired its own multi-million-dollar manufacturing plant at a two-story, 10,000-square-foot warehouse in San Diego, CA, with plans to open a second location this year. With the expansion, Atlas Monroe founder Deborah Torres has maintained 100-percent ownership of the company since her appearance on reality investment show Shark Tank . In 2019, she was offered $1 million (an amount rarely offered on the show) from investor Mark Cuban and guest investor Rohan Oza for 100 percent of the company. Torres turned down that offer because she did not want to give up her brand because she believed the company would soon gener

Long considered a punchline, vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstream supermarket shelves. When Isa Chandra Moskowitz became a vegan, most of the vegan cheese she was able to find on store shelves was “really processed, really stiff, and not melty,” she says. “I just tasted melted crayons.” So, like many vegans, Moskowitz, a cookbook author and the chef-owner of the vegan restaurant Modern Love Brooklyn, learned to live without cheese. Even today, 32 years after she became a vegan, she isn’t all that interested in trying to replicate it. “We’re doing it the lazy way, like most people, probably, if they want to do homemade,” she admits of the vegan cheese on her menu. “We’re using things that are already fermented and umami and, like, acidic and nuanced,” such as miso, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice. But for every vegan like Moskowitz who doesn’t miss cheese, there are plenty who do, and for them, the last decade has been nothing short of a vegan cheese renaissan

 Is a plant-based diet sufficient to reach sodium goals? DOCTOR'S NOTE This video is part of my extended series on sodium, which includes: High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate Shaking the Salt Habit Sodium and Arterial Function: A-Salting Our Endothelium If you’re already cutting out processed foods and still not reaching your blood pressure goals, see: Wakame Seaweed Salad May Lower Blood Pressure Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension Flaxseeds for Hypertension How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure Oxygenating Blood with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables If you haven’t yet, you can subscribe to Dr. Greger's videos for free by clicking here .

    What are the healthiest foods for your heart? Which ones can support your cardiovascular system and help you lose weight? Dr. Neal Barnard joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share his insight and answer other nutrition questions!

    Meat-alternative pioneer THIS has been caught up in a scandal after a whistle-blower discovered the brand secretly using lab-grown meat. The company has up until now claimed to be entirely plant-based, using patented processes to create the award-winning meat-like taste and texture. Continue...         From the THIS website: ''So the main reason why our food is really meaty, is that we took AGES (around 1.5 years) to develop it, and it was really really really hard. We have tasted over 2,000 iterations across our 8 launch products – it’s been a long old road. In terms of texture, we take plant-based ingredients and introduce heat, pressure and water. By dialling in our recipes and our cooking techniques, we’re able to produce food with a fibrous texture – just like meat. When it comes to taste, that’s a case of breaking down exactly what it is that makes chicken or bacon smell and taste like chicken and bacon. Once you identify the constituent parts of those tastes and s

  'Roarsome provides families with a tasty and fun way to engage children at mealtimes' Quorn is launching vegan Dinosaur nuggets to help children transition to a meat-free diet. Its new ‘Roarsomes’ are a modern spin of the classic Turkey Dinosaurs that were popular in the 90s. Vegan Dinosaur nuggets. They will first launch in major UK supermarket Iceland in April, and debut in several other retailers in May – priced at £2.20 per box. According to reports, the launch has been inspired by market research that found more than 50 percent of seven- 15-year-olds eat chicken nuggets every fortnight. Continue...

    What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk? DOCTOR'S NOTE - Michael Greger, M.D.  This is the fourth in a nine-part video series on plant-based meats. If you missed the first three, see: The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthful? Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful? Stay tuned for: The Health Effects of Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products vs BCAAs in Meat What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers? Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer? Heme-Induced N-Nitroso Compounds and Fat Oxidation Is Heme the Reason Meat Is Carcinogenic? If you don’t want to wait for all nine of the videos in this series to roll out on NutritionFacts.org, you can get them right now in a digital download from my webinar a few months ago. If you haven’t yet, you can subscribe to my videos for free by clicking here .

Seitan is a popular vegan substitute for meat. It is made from wheat gluten and water and is often promoted as a high-protein, low-carb alternative to animal protein. However, there are some concerns about the possible negative effects of consuming a product made entirely of gluten. This article will review the pros and cons of eating seitan and help you decide whether it is a good fit for your diet. Seitan (pronounced “say-tan”) is a vegan meat substitute made entirely out of hydrated gluten , the main protein found in wheat. It is sometimes also called wheat gluten, wheat meat, wheat protein or just gluten. Continue