Two communication scholars explain how what Americans eat became shorthand for who they are.
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Iodised salt has begun to fall out of fashion in recent years.
Sometimes it benefits businesses and governments to play up the ‘duped consumer’ narrative.
Disgust is a primal emotion – and it could be the key to eating less meat.
Babe is a film with real heart, based on a richly drawn children’s book which advocates for brains over brawn, respectful communication and common decency.
Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human evolution.
Amid the rise of vegetarianism in late 19th-century London, George Gissing used meat-free characters to probe themes of poverty, morality and social contradiction.
This year was the hottest on record. There are three ways people can reduce their individual carbon emissions this holiday season.
The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius, who was known for his simple lifestyle.
When diners were asked why they don’t order plant-based meat dishes, it turns out they have many different reasons.
Labels highlighting the health and pandemic risks of meat were also effective.
We studied 55,000 people’s diets and linked them to data on environmental impacts of food.
As omnivores, humans can choose to not consume any animal products. But what happens when we feed a vegan diet to our carnivore companions?
Eggs are hard to beat, but there are plenty of other options.
You might start by asking your child what’s in and what’s out according to their new diet – and why they decided to go vegetarian in the first place.
A new study from Brazil has found a link between vegetarianism and depression.
Vegetarian and vegan diets are the best for the planet. But most omnivores simply won’t switch to them. It’s realistic to promote the Mediterranean diet instead.
Plant-based diets may lack a number of important nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and iodine.
And what Adventists can teach us about living greener, longer lives.
Psychologists have described a ‘meat paradox’ in the minds of meat-eating animal lovers.
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