Vegan diet & bones
Here we have another issue that seems to plague vegans. Low vitamin D. I personally think calcium is easy to get enough of, but vitamin D can be more tricky. As a clinical nutritionist I often recommend vitamin D supplementation here in the UK. Most

Can vegan/vegeterian diets hinder fighters such as Jon Fitch?
I don't follow MMA, but apparently there's been a bit of debate about this guy going vegan - it's interesting to see what people are saying about vegan dietary choices. It seems times are changing as many people are actually accepting that diets without

Yet ANOTHER film about the health benefits of the vegan diet!
Along with Forks over knives & Planeat comes yet another film, this one called Chow Down here's the trailer. Most of these seem to be based on Campbell & Esselstyn style of vegan eating, so will probably contain similar diets, it would be nice to see som

Angelina Jolie near death from vegan diet, malnutrition
This annoys me. You are rich, you can afford the best nutritional advice & you can end up like this. It's relatively simple to go vegan & be healthy, just about every major nutrition has found it easily possible to do. Malnutrition for someone

The all potato diet
Here's a study that could be said to justify the lower protein eater amongst us. This is an old study (around 90 years ago) & is unlikely to ever be repeated due to ethics & similar issues. Basically 2 people were put on a diet where the only protein

Lack of chicken doesn't scare off vegan competitor
Just a small article I found about a women's first contest as a vegan figure competitor. As a constructive critique she needs more muscle mass, figure competitors needs shoulder caps etc for a decent showing. She's also got slightly too much fat for

Mike Mahler - getting big & strong on a vegan diet
Here's an interesting post about diet (& a bit about training too) from Mike Mahler (a vegan probably best known as a kettlebelll guy - I'm just about to watch The boys are back in town DVD set over the next few days - well it's 7 & a half hours

Stillman diet
Wow! Just when you think Atkins was a bad method. I just stumbled across the Stillman's diet (or 'no veggies' or added fat diet). Yep, You eat only meat, dairy & eggs. No added veggies or fruits & no added oil - Now that's madness! So,

vegan diets, diabetes & metabolic syndrome
I just read 2 studies done this year comparing vegans, veggies & meat eaters. It turns out that in the case of Adventists vegans have less chance of getting diabetes & metabolic syndrome than either of the other groups. As Adventists tend to live simila

Fueling the vegetarian (vegan) athlete [new study[
I'm going to have to dig up the full version of this study as it could well be useful I would think, but here's the (rather small) abstract. If anyone can get hold of it I'd be

Mike Tyson losing weight through bradleys Vegan Diet
Through twitter he messaged Tim Bradley: RT @MikeTyson: It's almost been nine months with this vegan stuff. It brings some great energy. Im thinking of doing the same.

Beastie boy got over cancer & claims that diet aided the recovery
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Credits Vegan Diet With Helping Beat Cancer. Obviously I'm not saying I agree that cancer can be beaten by dietary change, the evidence for such a statement isn't out there, but I thought it was just nice to see he's getting better

Jim Morris still training at 72
This is an older clip, but still worth a lot if you've not seen it. Jim Morris looks at 72 pretty amazing. It's a shame he hasn't published more about his diet & training as getting to 72 & looking that good should be all of our goals!

Survey reveals that vegan stereotypes are false
Here's an article I read that's quite interesting: Blows away a few stereotypes for you- Not really too much to say as it says it all really -I'll put the link below here's the report they got it

First vegan to do the Tour de France
US rider David Zabriskie will be entering. He says he's hit the best form of his life due to the new diet. Let's hope he does really