Native Foods Vegan Cafe has reopened their Palm Springs location! Palm Springs was the first Native Foods outlet, originally opened in 1994. Now it's bigger and improved, and has lots of tasty vegan items! For more info, visit http://www.NativeFoods.com SCROLL...

Here is a short excerpt from the talk of Jeff Novick, MS RD, at the Healthy Lifestyle Expo in Los Angeles California last year.  SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO       Come to California and attend this eye-opening weekend event...

Native Foods Vegan Cafe opened yet another new outlet, this one in Santa Monica, California.They also expanded their Westwood, California, location and have a HUGE vegan restaurant there now!Watch this 90 second video to see these beautiful new vegan eateries!...

SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH VIDEO Team VegSource recently traveled to Boulder, Colorado, where we ran in the Boulder Boulder 10K race, climbed the Flatirons, and celebrated the grand opening of Native Foods Vegan Cafe! And what an opening it was!...

It's called Beyond Meat, and it's made from plant protein, mainly soy and peas. In blind tests, it deceived meat-eaters every time. It contains no saturated fat, no gluten, it's cheaper than real meat, and they can't keep it in...

This is the DVD you've been waiting for! Chef and dietitian Jeff Novick MS RD shows you how to make a variety of DELICIOUS -- and healthy -- veggie burgers. You make them from scratch using beans, rice, oatmeal and...

Anticipation of holiday gatherings begins as soon as the calendar turns to December. Keeping things simple in this age of overcrowded schedules is a must, so the idea of an easy appetizer buffet rather than a full-blown feast can be...

The first annual Food Day is October 24, 2011. Founded by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Day is commited to: Reducing diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods Supporting sustainable farms & cut subsidies to big agribusiness...

Boy it looks like you only need to eat a minimal amount of calcium each day, like in a normal plant-strong diet, to get all the calcium needed. And if you eat a high calcium diet, watch out!  According to...

Below are some of the alerts out there on a wide variety of supplements.  Our advice: if you're vegan, other than Vitamin B12, why do you need these? What are you realistically unable to get that you need to expose...

Vegetarian Dietary Patterns Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Metabolic Syndrome The Adventist Health Study 2 Nico S. Rizzo, PHD1,2, Joan Sabaté, MD, DRPH1,3, Karen Jaceldo-Siegl, DRPH1,3 and Gary E. Fraser, MD, PHD3 Corresponding author: Nico S. Rizzo, nrizzo@llu.edu....

QuarryGirl -- a fabulous vegan blogger who we on VegSource follow regularly -- has broken an important story.  The story is linked below at the end of my commentary. The bottom line of the QuarryGirl story is this: For several...

Review by Ruth Heidrich PhD One of the best gifts to give yourself or anyone else is education!  After all, most of the mistakes we all make are committed, not purposefully, but out of ignorance. This is especially scary...

Editor's note: This article mentions animal studies. We see animal studies receiving attention in the media, and we see government bodies sometimes basing nutritional policy on such work, at least in part. Because this kind of information is being discussed...

Push a cart down a supermarket aisle, and you’ll pass a kaleidoscope of color. The use of artificial dyes by foodmakers is up by half since 1990, and it’s not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by...

Radiation in the soil...into the grass...into the livestock... Duct tape the windows and cracks under doors, if you're in Japan.  So say the experts.   ==SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW VIDEO==   Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news...

You have to love a scientific commentary that starts this in-your-face: “Show us the science that use of antibiotics in animal production is causing this antibiotic resistance,” Dave Warner of the National Pork Council told the Washington Post back in...

Editor's Note: Reports of tainted food haven't stopped making headlines. Last week, the Department of Agriculture recalled chicken and pork tainted with listeria—a month after recalling E. coli-carrying ground beef. By eliminating inspectors who monitor food safety and order recalls,...

The food police may find this hard to take, but chocolate has gotten a bad rap. People say it causes acne, that you should eat carob instead, that it's junk food. But these accusations are not only undeserved and inaccurate,...

Noted British psychiatric researcher Malcolm Peet has conducted a provocative cross-cultural analysis of the relationship between diet and mental illness. His primary finding may surprise you: a strong link between high sugar consumption and the risk of both depression and...