Today's Top Vegan Nutrition Stories

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The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Nut Butters

From peanut to pecan, these spreadable vegan foodstuffs make for a healthy addition to any meal.

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The Essential Vegan Guide to Trader Joe’s

This popular grocery chain carries everything from cashew cheese to vegan chunky chocolate chip cookies. You just need to know what to look for.

Health + Wellness

The 5 Healthiest Cooking Oils for Vegan Diets

Don’t know which oil is best for you? We’ve got you covered.

Taste Test

These 8 Vegan Halloween Recipes Are So Good They’re Spooky!

These vegan libations, side dishes, entrées, and sweets will beckon the Halloween spirits for a ghoulishly grand treat.

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Another Study Links Plant-Based Diet to Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk

The new study, published in the Journal of Urology, finds that greater consumption of plant-based foods lowers the risk of prostate cancer for men under 65.

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Ripple Foods Just Raised $60 Million to Make New Dairy-Free Products Out of Peas

Pea-milk maker Ripple Foods plans to use its $60 million funding to expand into new product categories, such as vegan cheese and dairy-free soft serve.

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First Study of Its Kind Links Vegan Meat to Better Gut Health (Plus an Icky Side Effect)

Researchers found that replacing animal meat with vegan meats such as burgers, sausages, and meatballs can increase levels of health-promoting gut bacteria.

Health + Wellness

Is Milk Bad For You? The Truth About Dairy

Does cow’s milk really do a body good, or if not, is milk bad for you? Plus, six vegan milk brands you need to try.

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The Long-Term Consequences of a Keto Diet: Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer, New Study Finds

A new study found that although a keto diet promotes quick weight loss, it also significantly increases the risk of heart disease, kidney failure, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and cancer.

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Eating One Hot Dog Shortens Healthy Life by 36 Minutes, Study Finds. Eating One Peanut-Butter and Jelly Sandwich Can Help Get It Back.

While eating hot dogs and processed meats shaves minutes off a healthy life, eating plant-based foods such as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, vegetables, and legumes is beneficial for health and the environment, study finds.

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Sugar-Free Oat Milk is Now Available at 1,000 Costco and Loblaws Stores in Canada

New brand Oat Canada—the first sugar-free barista oat milk—can be found in Loblaws across the country and select Costco locations in Ontario and Quebec.

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Can Vegan Milk Get Any Better? Danone Thinks It Can.

Danone’s next-level vegan dairy products will launch as Silk NextMilk and So Delicious Wondermilk in the US, and as Alpro Not Milk in Europe.

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These 18 Vegan Costco Products Will Have You Signing up For a Membership ASAP

From mac and cheese to vegan cinnamon rolls, this superstore is carrying more vegan options than ever before.

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This Organization Has Served 6,000 Vegan Meals to Houseless People in LA and Its Good Deeds Made Rachael Ray Cry

Amid Los Angeles’ ongoing houseless crisis, The Martha Project—which was just featured on the Rachael Ray Show—provides high-quality, homemade vegan meals to the city’s unhoused population.

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The 18 Best Vegan Foods You Can Buy At Aldi

This popular discount grocery chain is one of the best places to get delicious vegan food.

Health + Wellness

6 Tips for Losing Weight on a Vegan Diet

by Tanya Flink and Jarone Ashkenazi

Activism

35 Latinx Vegan Instagrammers to Follow ASAP

by Sarah McLaughlin

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The Largest Study of Its Kind Links Meat to 18-Percent Increase in Heart Disease Risk

The University of Oxford cohort study of 1.4 million people found that consumption of processed meat increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 18 percent.

Health + Wellness

7 Inflammation-Reducing Vegan Food Groups

These foods will have your body humming like a finely tuned machine.

Wellness

8 Nutrition Secrets This Vegan Olympian Lives By

It’s time you start making friends with (whole) carbs, counting nutrients (not calories), and—most importantly—pampering your gut bacteria.

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5 Tips for Raising Kids Vegan

Playdate? School lunch? Birthday party? Don’t stress. Here’s how to maintain your child’s vegan diet during five of the most common social situations.

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Kite Hill Launches Vegan Queso, and It’s Crossroads Chef Tal Ronnen’s Favorite

The vegan queso, made with cultured almond milk to help mimic a creamy dairy texture, is available at Whole Foods Markets and Sprouts nationwide.

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Study of Over 300,000 Women Links Meat and Dairy with 12 Percent Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Diets that include meat, butter, and processed sugar saw an increased risk of breast cancer of up to 12 percent.

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This Startup Just Made the World’s First Edible Vegan Collagen. Here’s How They Did It

Developed by biodesign startup Geltor, PrimaColl collagen is made using functional proteins and microbial fermentation instead of animal bones, skin, and cartilage.