Pratyaksha Bhardwaj, a weight management expert, shares insights on vegan and vegetarian diets, their benefits, and practical ...

A vegan diet is an eating pattern consisting entirely of plant-based foods. It emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds. It also excludes all animal foods, such as meat, ...

Share on Pinterest A new study explains why low-fat vegan diets may be better for weight loss than Mediterranean ones. Image credit: Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images. Dietary acid load has to do with ...

Here’s the thing – only about 1% of Americans follow a strictly vegan diet according to a 2023 Gallup poll, but the science behind plant-based weight loss is becoming impossible to ignore. What’s ...

Compared with a Mediterranean diet, dietary acid load decreased significantly on a low-fat vegan diet and was associated with weight loss, according to a randomized cross-over trial conducted by the ...

New research finds that reducing processed animal foods leads to greater weight loss than focusing on food processing levels. A plant-based diet can help, but does ultra-processing matter as much as ...

New research published in Frontiers in Nutrition has shown that overweight adults who adopt a low-fat vegan diet are likely to lose more weight than those on a Mediterranean diet, possibly due to the ...

Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched animal products for a low-fat vegan menu saw their bodies become less acidic ...

A pescatarian diet is essentially a vegetarian diet that allows fish and seafood. Learn about its health benefits, what foods to eat, and how to ensure enough essential nutrients.

Your practice is likely seeing an uptick in discussions with patients regarding weight-loss goals. Some patients may want to begin their weight-loss efforts through diet and lifestyle modifications, ...

Dietary acid load has to do with how a person’s food patterns contribute to the acid-base balance in the body. Research is ongoing about dietary acid load and how it impacts health outcomes. A recent ...