A website advertising for a new "cannibal" restaurant in Germany which appealed for humans to donate body parts for cooking has been exposed as a vegetarian hoax. The website for Flime called for diners to "donate any part of their...

THOSE who argue that humans need meat in their diets should listen to 105-year-old Blanche Mannix, whose life-long vegetarianism certainly hasn't done her any harm. [the photo is from Blanche's 103rd birthday in 2008] Blanche, originally from Moose Jaw, Canada...

Rates of oesophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, scientists said on Saturday. As the...

Use of weight-loss surgery has increased 10-fold in hospitals in England since 2000 and those who have gastric bands fitted can reduce their risk of early death and cut health service costs, scientists said on Friday. In a study published...

British model Laura Bailey has revealed she chooses to stick to a healthy diet in order to give her plenty of energy to pursue her passion for running.She revealed: "I try to choose foods that make me as healthy and...

'IVU Online News' consists of words and pictures. Nice, but a bit of spicing up with music wouldn't hurt. That why we were very happy to receive the following from a reader in Canada. Please click on the url and...

Excerpt: he National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) decided on Tuesday to recommend that vaccinations against swine flu with the Pandemix vaccine should be suspended until it is established whether or not the vaccine is the cause of the...

Mr Indra Gunawan of Gramedia, Indonesia's leading chain of bookstores, will be a keynote speaker at the IVU World Veg Congress, 1-6 Oct in Jakarta, Indonesia: www.wvc2010.org. The event promises to be huge with both in terms of Indonesian attendance...

Hollie, has just qualified for next month's British National Bodybuilding Federation championships in Glasgow ... .... As well as a gruelling training regime, Hollie - whose son Sebastian is five and daughter Aurora is three - also sticks to a strict...

Hurray!!! Vegan Festival is coming up.Adelaide's GREENEST Community EventCBD Adelaide, Whitmore Square (see photo)Sunday 14 November 2010, 10am - 5pmOn the day:* live music including an international band (whose name cannot be revealed as we would get too many people!)*...

In our July 2010 issue, we shared news about a group of plant fuelled mountaineers who were off to climb seven peaks, one on each of the seven continents. In this issue, we share news of another group of plant...

On 24 July, a press release informed us about the launch of the Animal Party Switzerland and its priority of introducing the question of animal welfare into politics, economics and society. Here, from our friends at EVANA, is an interview...

The Catalan parliament dealt the death blow to bullfighting in the region on Wednesday, outlawing the centuries-old spectacle for the first time in mainland Spain. The result of 68 in favour, 55 against the ban was expected, since Catalonia's parliament...

More than a thousand participants and visitors from throughout the U.S. and eight other countries attended the Animal Rights 2010 National Conference, held on July 15-19th near Washington, DC. 90 speakers from 60 groups presented in 100 sessions, including plenaries,...

An excerpt from The Century of Self ==SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO== In 2002, Adam Curtis and the BBC released a four-part series called "The Century of the Self." The series tracks how American elites have aggressively used the modern behavioral...

IVU-ISWAVeg Congress (IVU-India, South West Asia Vegetarian Congress) Practicing Ahimsa: The Core of Our Values Bangalore, India.  Oct.30-Nov.2, 2010 2 days of Lectures, Workshops & Music and 2 days of excursion Website: www.vegansociety.in/ivu-iswaveg_congress Be there! Lets show the way ahead!...

Questions for a Keynoter at IVU World Veg Congress - October 2010  - Jakarta/Bali, Indonesia: Prof. Dr. Kusharisupeni will be a keynote speaker at this October's IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Jakarta: www.wvc2010.org She heads the Nutrition Department at the...

A campaigner wearing a dress made of spinach has paraded through Nairobi urging Kenyans to give up meat.Dubbed "the Lettuce Lady", Michelle Odhiambo from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, admitted her campaign was provocative on two fronts.Firstly because...

Cherie Soria, www.RawFoodChef.com, well-known raw foods teacher, is the founder and director of Living Light Culinary Arts Institute and author of such publications as The Raw Revolution Diet, with Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. She will be presenting at the...

Presidents of two royal colleges of medicine urge government to restrict advertising and sponsorship by makers of unhealthy foods and introduce diet health warnings Leading doctors today weigh in on the debate over the government's role in promoting public health...