The vegan diet is twice as nice as experts previously thought. They share not only a genetic background, but identical twins also share the same upbringing and environment, making them ideal study ...

Children on plant-based diets may need to take supplements or eat fortified foods to get enough key nutrients, researchers ...

Vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth when carefully planned with appropriate supplementation, finds a major ...

A new Netflix documentary is exploring the benefits of a plant-based diet just in time for New Year’s resolutions. The series, called “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment,” follows four sets of ...

Healthy twins who ate a vegan diet for eight weeks had lower “bad” low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, better blood sugar levels, and greater weight loss than siblings who ate a diet of meat ...

The largest dietary study comparing children’s diets shows that eating a vegetarian and vegan diet can work well for growing children, provided families stay on top of critical nutrients. Learn more ...

Studies have shown that a plant-based diet may be better for preventing diabetes than a low carb diet. A 30-year study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twins assigned to a vegan diet had significant decreases in LDL that were seen as early as 4 weeks. According to ...

Researchers randomly assigned 22 pairs of healthy adult identical twins (34 women, mean age 39 years, mean body mass index 25.9) to a healthy vegan or omnivore diet (1 twin per pair) for 8 weeks. For ...

A study comparing adult twins found that following a vegan diet for eight weeks reduced biomarkers of biological aging. Researchers used a method called DNA methylation to measure aging biomarkers in ...

A study done by a team at the University of Southern California has found that consumers are less likely to pick up food labeled "vegan" and more likely to go for something labeled "healthy and ...

Nearly half of U.S. adults say starting a new diet is one of their New Year's resolutions, according to a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey. More than 80% of ...