For 14 years until just last month, GlaxoSmithKline sold a denture cream called Super Poligrip that contained high levels of zinc. The zinc helped with adhesion and was probably safe so long as people used moderate amounts of cream. Indeed,...

IVU recently reported on the launch of a Meatless Monday campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a metropolis of approximately 20 million people. Marly Winckler, president of the Vegetarian Society of Brazil and IVU Regional Coordinator for Latin America, provided some additional...

The meat industry needs land and water for their cattle herds to meet the ever-growing appetite of the US fast food consumer. But there's a problem. Tens of thousands of wild mustangs and other horses -- these "living symbols of...

IVU met Ataur Rahman Miton at the Asia for Animals Conference 2010 in Singapore. He is the founder of the Vegetarian Society of Bangladesh. Miton's main work is as Country Director for Hunger Free World What does Hunger Free World...

The Microsoft website states: 'Our Mission: . . .to help people throughout the world realize their full potential'. A staff member in India put us in touch with Mark Aggar, the leader of a group within the company which is taking that...

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner and reality TV star, Chef Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Bio:  Jamie Oliver has been drawn...

Editor's Note: Pity they had to subject a bunch of rats to show what Neal Barnard and other researches have already proven in a human situation: that certain unhealthy foods are addictive, the best way to deal with them is...

Healthful cooking doesn't have to be expensive cooking. In this week's Recipes for Health series, Martha Rose Shulman provides five nutritious meals that won't break the bank. To create these inexpensive meals, Ms. Shulman relies on pantry staples like pasta...

PERTH: Indian-born billionaire Pankaj Oswal and his wife Radhika have told workers building their $70 million mansion in the Australian city of Perth that they should not consume meat on the site, stirring a controversy with a construction union hitting...

Why is eating healthy so hard? by Ernesto Pineda, 18 A lot of times when I come home from school, Jack in the Box, McDonald's or Taco Bell is on the table. When I see the food, especially the hamburgers,...

We hear it on the news like a drumbeat: Millions of kids eat out too much, lack access to fruits and vegetables, and it seems no one's teaching them how to make healthy choices. Childhood obesity and juvenile diabetes are...

The healthcare overhaul for the first time shines light -- and money -- onto what healthcare should really be about, prevention. Excerpt: But scattered throughout the law are also a number of provisions that focus on prevention of illnesses and...

For most of his life Joe McCain subsisted on pepperoni and sausage pizza, steak bomb subs, and anything "fried, fried, or fried.'' In other words, says the Somerville police detective with a shaved head, snowy beard, and tattoos cascading up...

Schools have banned cupcakes, issued obesity report cards and cleared space in cafeterias for salad bars. Just last month, Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity promised to get young people moving more and revamp school lunch, and beverage makers...

Sacrament meeting is definitely NOT the best place to come out of the closet. But by the time I made the announcement, I no longer had any misgivings about my identity or how I was going to live my life....

In both English and Spanish, browse over 3,000 vegan recipes from the International Vegetarian Union....

TONY JONES, PRESENTER: The saying goes you are what you eat, but do you really know what you're eating?Descriptions such as "Free Range", "Organic", "Environmental", and "Farm Fresh" are used to attract consumer's eyes and allay concerns about animal welfare.But...

It's not Hey Jude, but it is Paul McCartney. And you gotta like the sentiments.   == Scroll Down for Video ==    ...

What if one simple action had the power to change our lives and the lives of many others in deep and profound ways... I'm convinced that our food choices have that kind of power. I believe that all creatures share...

Tobey Maguire, a vegetarian for 14 years and recent vegan convert, helped launch an initiative called the Teaching Garden at Kelso Elementary school in Inglewood, CA on March 22. The program aims to educate children on the importance of ecologically...