Umbra Fisk of GristTV offers her top tips for composting. From huge outdoor containers, to small countertop boxes, this video will no doubt inspire you, as much as it did us, to get in touch with your greener side. Just...

FDA likely to delay ruling on BPA Agency may say it needs more time to analyze hundreds of new studies Despite months of additional study and a self-imposed timetable, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration likely will not release its...

High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published on the British Medical Journal website. The link between high salt intake and high blood pressure is well established, and it...

Editor's Note: This is the Introduction to John Robbins' new book, THE NEW GOOD LIFE: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less. CLICK HERE TO ORDER BOOK We have now entered an entirely new phase in our nation's...

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Rich is a man of many hats. A husband, a father of 4, an entertainment attorney, filmmaker, writer as well as a passionate endurance athlete who recently placed 11th at the 2008 Ultraman World Championships. Considered by many to be...

Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, university students with a body mass index (BMI) over 30 will have to take a physical education class...

Whole Foods Market, the largest U.S. natural-goods grocer, plans to sweeten store discounts to employees who lose weight and measurably improve their health. Workers will receive discounts of 20 percent, rising to 30 percent, based on blood pressure, cholesterol...

The New Hampshire State Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a 10-year-old Christian girl who was ordered to attend public school. A lower court had ruled that the girl could no longer be home-schooled by her mother....

Biotech whiz Pat Brown makes the global-warming case against animal farming.   Patrick O. Brown, a Stanford University biochemist, has changed science twice by giving stuff away. In the early 1990s Brown invented the DNA microarray, a tool that measures...

He's a Heisman Trophy winner, a former NFL rushing champion, a world-traveler, part-time college student and occasional massage therapist. And now you can add ``restaurant owner'' to Ricky Williams' résumé. The Dolphins running back is among the owners of PROOF,...

Ingredients 2 cups vegetable broth 3 cloves minced garlic 1/2 - 1 cup diced mushroom (leave some sliced) 1/2 diced onion 4 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 3/4 teaspoon thyme...

Vegetarians are the Rodney Dangerfields of the food-consuming world. They truly get no respect, despite the fact they're living out a moral or health-related choice not to eat meat or, in many cases, not to consume any animal-related products. That...

Gnocchi in Pumpkin Sauce 4 cups whole wheat gnocchi 1 1/2 cups pureed pumpkin 1 1/2 cups almond milk 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt Basil Cream: 1/4 cup raw cashews, presoaked in water for 12 hours 1/4 cup...

Smoked Mushroom Roulade 4 very large portobello mushrooms 8 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 2 cups red wine Olive oil for brushing Pinch of salt Toothpicks Filling: 2 cups of cubed whole wheat French bread 1/4 of...

(CNN) -- Going vegetarian on Thanksgiving doesn't mean forcing tofu into faux poultry or shaping legumes into meat-like blobs. Forget Tofurkey. Why bother, some vegetarians say, with the pretense? "That scares me," said Melissa Melcombe, a 25-year-old vegetarian. "If you...

Featuring Sagan, Dawkins, Kaku, Jastrow "Our Place in the Cosmos", the third video from the Symphony of Science, was crafted using samples from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Richard Dawkins' Genius of Charles Darwin series, Dawkins' TED Talk, Stephen Hawking's Universe series,...

A great fall soup with a kick. Perfect for the holidays... and healthy! Butternut Squash Lemongrass Bisque- 1 med. butternut squash 2 onion chopped 1/4 cup olive oil 8 cups water 1 Tbsp. salt 1 12 inch lemon grass stalk...

India's Environment Minister suggests the world adopt vegetarianism if it is to tackle the greenhouse emission problem, writes Matt Wade in Delhi. AS THE international community struggles to come up with a climate change deal, India's Environment Minister, Jairam...

This holiday, consider giving DVDs and books that will save lives. VegSource offers educational materials you just can't get anywhere else....