European Vegetarian Union

Health benefits of a vegetarian diet

'consuming more fruits and vegetables, merits further study as a safe and low-cost approach to improving skeletal health in older men and women'

Neutralizing Acidosis And Bone Loss Among Mature Adults

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41534

 

Bacon, Hot Dogs Tied to Leukemia Risk

Children who regularly eat cured meats like bacon and hot dogs may have a heightened risk of leukemia, while vegetables and soy products may help protect against cancer, a new study suggests.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41080

 

Low-fat, vegetarian diet slows PSA doubling time

A diet low in saturated fat, high in vegetable protein and low in animal protein, including dairy products, is associated with a "substantial" increase in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time and an increase in quality of life, according to results of a pilot study.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41111

 

A better world - it's a delicate balance

A Delicate Balance documents the latest discoveries of some of the most prominent experts on nutrition in the world.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41205

 

PETA: Vegetarians make better lovers

"Vegetarians make better lovers" was the message on display Thursday morning at the San Jacinto Plaza during a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) make out display.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41630

 

 

 

Vegetarian Athletes

Vegetarian ex-basketeers

… Since falling out of the PBA scene, Jun Limpot said he has lost 45 lb, dropping from 230 to 185 lb. Jun assured us he wasn’t sick or anything, though.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41198

 

Joanna Steven uncovers where some top vegetarian athletes get their protein

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41423

 

 

 

 

Young vegetarians

MTV Gets Veganized With New Compassion Over Killing Ads!!

MTV viewers are about to get a serious dose of VEG action delivered straight to their living rooms!

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41912

 

USA: More young people and adults are giving up meat and fish to become vegetarians

Avera Medical Minute: Vegetarianism

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41511

 

Why you should become a vegetarian

More teenagers than ever before are becoming vegetarian

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41373

 

USA: Just how many kids are vegetarian? A recent CDC survey won’t tell you

Contrary to what dozens of media stories have suggested recently, there isn’t much news about childhood vegetarianism based on the Centers for Disease Control study on the foods American children are consuming. Countless articles have appeared on the topic, nearly all of them alleging that the CDC found that one in 200 American children, or 367,000 kids, are vegetarian.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41451

 

 

 

Eating vegetarian

Is it ethical to buy fake meat products?

Lucy Siegle sets out the case for 'mock meat'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41061

 

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The Post Punk Kitchen: It's a vegan riot

In an era in which so many are going vegan, vegetarian, turning to organic produce and locally grown food, what could be more useful than an online kitchen to provide you with fun, healthy, rockin' recipes that are all vegan?

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41479

 

Animal Welfare:

USA: A Video about Farm Sanctuary

'Most people dont think about the way farm animals are raised'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41608

 

Around 50 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows, sheep and ducks are killed year for year, world wide

Information: Future Food - Meat without livestock

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41253

 

Dutch support petition for Universal Declaration for Animal Welfare

Dutch Agriculture Minister Gerda Verburg was due to sign a petition Monday calling on the United Nations to accept a Universal Declaration for Animal Welfare.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41178

 

 

 

Meat production destroys the environment

80% of Amazon Deforestation Stems from Cattle Ranching

Greenpeace Brazil has released a report at the World Social Forum in Belém showing that up to 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is due to an increase in raising cattle

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41145

 

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Brazil: Amazon Cattle Footprint, Mato Grosso: State of Destruction

Greenpeace maps show that cattle ranching is the primary driver of deforestation in the Amazon state of Mato Grosso

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41144

 

'One kilogram of meat equals 10 square kilometers of forest plus 15 million liters of water'

Cool vibes, muddy results at social Brazil forum

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41142

 

The EU parliament calls meat a climate threat

Information Jens Holm,MEP

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41662

 

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EU: Climate resolution targets livestock production

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41661

 

Vegetarianism: One step forward to saving the world's deteriorating environment

Religion and health are no longer the main reasons why people start to opt for meat-free dishes.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41694

 

Agency says Germans should eat less meat

Germany’s Federal Environmental Agency is encouraging consumers in the bratwurst-loving country to cut back on meat products to benefit the climate, daily Berliner Zeitung reported on Thursday.
"We should think more about our high meat consumption," agency head Andreas Troge told the paper.........

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41096

 

Eating less meat could cut climate costs

Cutting back on beefburgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion off the cost of fighting climate change. That's the dramatic conclusion of a study that totted up the economic costs of modern meat-heavy diets.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41521

 

 

 

Multimedia

Life Through the Eyes of a Chicken in a Battery Cage

It is difficult to truly comprehend the intense, daily suffering of animals in factory farms

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41325

 

Will Tuttle, Ph.D.: The World Peace Diet -- Eating For Spiritual Health And Social Harmony

Published by Lantern Books, New York, NY/Trade paperback, 336 pages, $20.00

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=41402

 

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