One of the first questions concerned family and friends ask when I mention I’ve stopped eating meat is whether I’m getting enough protein. Followed quickly by, “And what about the kids?” To allay everyone’s fears—my own included—I dove into the topic to ensure that my children and I were all getting enough protein to thrive. According to the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) in use by Health Canada, healthy women need 46 grams of protein per day, men need 56 grams, children aged 1-3 require 13 grams, and children aged 4-8 need 19 grams per day. Pregnant and breastfeeding women, of cours…

Image via: Wonderlane/Flickr Weekday vegetarians ready to ramp up their meatless-ness may find inspiration in this recently released study in Environmental Health News. For five days, 25 study participants dwelled in a Buddhist temple and adopted a monk's lifestyle--including their oftentimes veggie-based diet. Prior to their temple stay participants were asked to reveal what they had eaten during the previous 48 hours (consumables included beef, pork and dairy) and give urine samples. The results... Though none of the participants had taken any antibiotics or pharmaceutical drug…

Roma, 5 giu. (Apcom-Nuova Energia) - Serve un cambiamento della dieta globale per salvare il mondo dalla fame, dalla penuria di combustibili e dalle conseguenze più gravi del riscaldamento climatico. Lo afferma un rapporto dell'Unep, il Programma ambientale dell'Onu, lanciato in occasione della Giornata mondiale dell'Ambiente di oggi, secondo il quale, con una popolazione mondiale di 9,1 miliardi di persone attesa nel 2050, la predilezione occidentale per bistecche e formaggi diventerà insostenibile. "Gli impatti dell'agricoltura dovrebbero aumentare in misura sostanziale, perchè la cr…

MILANO - Il 2010 potrebbe l’anno in cui essere vegetariani diventerà un fenomeno di massa. Dopo le scoperte di abusi negli allevamenti intensivi, dopo le continue denunce per la salmonella e altre malattie che rischia chi mangia animali male allevati. Dopo svariati choc culturali e infiniti esempi diffusi, qualcuno lo prevede davvero, almeno in America, Certo, dipende dalle masse. Fuori dal primo mondo, rinunciare a mangiare carne quando ce n’è pare difficile. In molte zone del primissimo mondo, specie i ghetti urbani; dove esistono solo supermercati poco sani e fast food e la carne è un modo …

The number of top-end vegetarian restaurants in the UK has more than doubled since 2007, according to the Vegetarian Guides. Restaurants of all styles in the vegetarian category listed in the guide have increased from 270 to 450 in 12 years. Vegetarian venues have opened in Bath, Nottingham, Manchester, Woodbridge in Suffolk, Ambleside in the Lake District and several towns in West Yorkshire. Italian vegetarian restaurant Amico Bio and a second Saf diner have also opened in London in recent weeks. A new chain of vegetarian restaurants, Otarian, will open a number of outlets in …