Amaranth

VEGAN MONTHLY

Regularly updated links to mainly original & scholarly medical, scientific and philosophical articles that support the vegan lifestyle or encourage a reduction in the use of animal-based products.

Amaranth

Editor: John Livesey PhD

Nam Et Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

March 2010

Links	Health	Ethics	Ecology
Abolitionist-Online, a voice for animal rights. All-creatures.org, a Christian vegan site. Animalconcerns.org Anti-Atkins diet Animals and Us, resources for teachers and students. Animal Rights Concerns, exploring the philosophical foundations of animal rights. Brendan Brazier, vegan professional athlete. Christchurch/Auckland Vegetarian Film Festival Christchurch Vegetarian Centre Compassionate Cooks Gentle World, a vegan intentional commmunity. GoVeg.com, a PETA site. Green Space, Christchurch vegetarian/vegan B&B. Dr John McDougall vegan physician. Loma Linda University Vegetarian Food Guide Dr Neal Barnard vegan physician. NZ Vegetarian Society Nutrition news Off The Hoof Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine Positive vegan role models and celebrities SAFE (NZ) The Soy Fan Club The Vegan Society (UK) Vegan.com Vegan Essentials Vegan Poet Vegan Starter Pack Vegan Village (UK) Vegan Voice (Australia) Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland Vegan cookbook Vegan Health Study Vegan recipes More vegan recipes Vegan Society of Aotearoa, New Zealand Vegetarians New Zealand, vegetarian restaurants, recipes, resources and romance Veggie123, free vegetarian e-book. Veggie Vision, vegan internet TV. Vegan Force, vegan networking. Vegsource.com Vegatopia, promoting ethical veganism through academic research and teaching. Verein Gegen Tierfabriken (VgT) Wrights vegan wines Worldwide vegetarian news	Soy consumption improves breast cancer survival. [details] Meat increases risk of type 2 diabetes. [details] Meat increases the risk of cancer [details], legumes [details] and fruit [details] lower it. Whey raises insulin and casein raises IGF-1 in boys. [details] Fish consumption associated with increased diabetes risk. [details] Fish does not contribute to the healthfulness of the Mediterranean diet. [details] Weight-loss diets based on plant rather than animal proteins better lower cholesterol levels. [details] [details] Milk increases height of girls. [details] Milk increases risk of acne in adolescent girls and boys. [girls] [boys] Casein raises IGF-1 and whey raises insulin levels. [details] Soy consumption reduces premenopausal breast cancer risk in Chinese women. [details] Dairy protein raises serum IGF-1 concentrations. [details] Rigorous meta-analysis shows that Mediterranean diet helps prevent heart disease. [details] Vegan diet reduces risk of type 2 diabetes. [details] Soy consumption, especially in childhhod, reduces breast cancer risk in Asian American women. [details] Cancer incidence is lower among vegetarians. [details] Mediterranean diet pattern reduces cognitive impairment. [details] Mediterranean diet pattern reduces death rates. [details] Meat increases risk of colorectal cancer. [details] Diets high in fruit and vegetables reduce risk of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). [details] Dairy protein and calcium associated with increased prostate cancer rate. [details] Red meat raises blood pressure, non-haem iron reduces it. [details] Plant-based diet reduces blood pressure. [details] Mortality increased by frequent egg eating. [details] Meat consumption raises risk of diabetes. [details] Red meat raises cancer risk. [details] Vegan diet better for weight loss. [details] Diet high in vegetables, fruit, whole grains and legumes reduces risk of heart attack. [details] Plant-based diet reduces risk of melanoma. [details] Meat contributes to colon cancer recurrence. [details] Broccoli and cauliflower reduce risk of prostate cancer. [details] Fibre reduces risk of breast cancer and meat increses it. [details] [details] Dairy consumption increases risk of Parkinson's disease. [details] Increased fish intake associated with higher risk of stroke in men. [details] Western "meat-sweet" diet raises breast cancer rates in older Chinese. [details] More evidence that meat increases breast cancer risk. [details] Meat and fat consumption associated with risk of squamous cell carcinoma. [details] Cured meats damage lungs. [details] Meat, especially processed, associated with breast cancer risk. [details] A diet rich in fruit and vegetables helps protect from asthma and allergies. [details] Meat increases risk of diabetes. [details] Vegetarian men smell sexier. [details] The BBC tries out the Chimpanzee Diet - with reductions in cholesterol, blood pressure and weight. [details] Meat increases oxidative DNA damage and cooked vegetables reduce it. [details] Red meat consumption increases risk of a type of breast cancer. [details] Bacon increases risk of bladder cancer. [details] Vegetable sources of fat and protein lower heart disease rate compared to animal sources. [details] Vegetarians have lower levels of CRP. [details] Meat consumption associated with degenerative arthritis and soft tissue disorders. [details] Eating vegetables slows cognitive decline. [details] Two studies find meat consumption increases risk of colorectal cancer. [details] and [details] More fibre lowers CRP [details] Avoiding milk lowers risk of metabolic syndrome [details] Cow's milk is insulinotropic [details] [more] and is an IGF-1 secretogogue too. [details] Vegetarian diet lowers hsCRP. [details] Vegetarian diet help lower body weight. [details] Meat consumption increases risk of arthritis. [details] Fruit and vegetables reduce risk of stroke. [details] Whole milk increases risk of rectal and ovarian cancer. [details] An apple a day really does keep the oncologist away! [details] Mediterranean-style diet reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease. [details] Moving toward a vegan diet reduces age-related weight gain. [details] Plant food reduces and meat increases blood pressure. [details] Fruit, vegetables and cereals reduce risk of melanoma. [details] Public health implications of meat production and consumption. [details] Life-long vegetarians are at no developmental disadvantage. [details] Vegetarianism reduces risk of heart disease. [details] Changing from omnivorous to vegetarian diet increases ferritin levels. [details] High vegetable and fruit intake reduces risk of pancreatic cancer. [details] Soy reduces risk of hip fracture. [details] Cereal fiber and whole-grain intake associated with slowing of coronary-artery atherosclerosis. [details] Low-fat vegan diet very effective for weight loss. [details] Soy consumption reduces risk of prostate cancer. [details] Vegetarians less likely to have insulin resistance. [details] Vegetables in childhood diet decreases adult stroke risk and fish increases it. [details] Near-vegan diet may help stop or even reverse prostate cancer. [details] High intakes of dairy foods and lactose may increase the risk of ovarian cancer. [details] Colorectal cancer risk is positively associated with high consumption of red and processed meat. [details] Non-milk drinkers may be protected against insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. [details] Mediterranean diet improves longevity. [study 1] [study 2] [study 3] High consumption of vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains most effective for lowering cholesterol in a low fat diet. [details] No evidence that milk consumption good for bones. [details] Milk consumption associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease. [details] C-reactive protein and IGF-1 lower in raw food vegans than in omnivores. [details] Milk consumption increases insulin and insulin resistance. [details] Mortality from coronary heart disease decreases 30% when vegetable protein substituted for animal. [details] Red meat is associated with development of inflammatory arthritis. [details] Legume (but not meat, fish or dairy) consumption is associated with longevity. [details] Red and processed meat consumption increases risk of colorectal cancer. Largest study yet. [details] Fruit & veggies decrease risk of stroke. [details] Milk protein stimulates insulin secretion and increases insulin resistance. [details] [details] High milk consumption increases risk of a type ovarian cancer. [details] Increased fruit and vegetable intake reduces mid-life weight gain. [details] High fruit consumption good for teenage bone health. [details] High meat consumption increases risk of type 2 diabetes in women [details] and men [details] Higher soy consumers have lower cholesterol levels. [details] Vegan wholefood diet better for weight loss and much better for cardiac disease risk factors than Atkins-type diet. [details] Meat consumption increases relapse rate of ulcerative colitis. [details] Red meat, processed meat, cholesterol, animal protein and heme iron are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. [details] Ovarian cancer risk increased by dietary cholesterol and eggs and decreased by vegetables. [details] Fresh red meat and processed meat associated with rectal cancer. [details] Soy protein better than casein for diabetics. [details] High fruit consumption reduces the risk of age-related maculopathy. [details] Green vegetables and fresh fruit protect against endometriosis but red meat increases risk. [details] Higher intakes of red and processed meats may increase stroke risk. [details] Increasing fiber, fruit and vegetable intake reduces estogen in breast cancer patients. [details] Adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet reduces the concentrations of inflammation and coagulation markers. [details] Changing to a vegetarian diet makes you more lean. [details] Cured meat consumption is correlated with risk of childhood brain tumour. [details] Soy milk is better than cow milk for improving lipid profile and lowering lipid peroxidation. [details] Red meat consumption increases mortality in those with high transferrin saturation. [details] Vegetarians are more insulin sensitive than ominvores. [details] Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk is increased by animal protein, saturated fat, eggs and dairy products, and decreased by fiber. [details] The risk of gout is increased by meat and seafood consumption. [details] Meat consumption tends to increase blood pressure and fruit & vegetables to decrease it. [details] A high fiber diet is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer. [details] Vegetarians may have lower rates of colorectal cancer. [details] Higher plasma lycopene levels are associated with a lower risk of heart disease in women. [details] Farmed salmon is high in pollutants. [details] Higher dietary fiber intake slows the progression of atherosclerosis. [details] Vegetarian diets may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and the risk of complications. [details] Meta-analysis find meat consumption associated with risk of breast cancer. [details] Meat/fish consumption in late pregancy raises cortisol in offspring, green veges lower it. [details] New evidence that Crohn's disease is caused by a bacterium frequently found in cow milk. [details] A suitably selected vegetarian diet lowers cholesterol as much as does lovastatin. [details] Higher tomato consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease. [details] Soy and isoflavone consumption appear to reduce risk of prostate cancer. [details] Animal fat is the main source of dioxin in the diet. [details] Intake of animal fat is associated with an increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer. [details] Crohn's disease is probably caught by drinking cow's milk. [details] Calcium balance remains positive when changing to a vegan diet. [details] Fruit and vegetables to prevent and treat osteoporosis? [details] Vegans have lower blood pressures than meat eaters. [details] Vegans have a higher bone formation rate than omnivores but the same resorption rate. [details] Chinese study finds that diets high in red meat and eggs increase the risk of colon cancer and diets high in fruit and vegetables lower the risk. [details] Eating less meat boosts longevity. [details] Soy protein is better for bone health than milk protein. [details] Eating fish or fish oil increases the risk of cardiac death in men with angina. [details] High milk intake does not lower hip fracture risk in post-menopausal women. [details] Vegan diet a cure for type 2 diabetes? [details] Dairy products may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease in men. [details] Soy beans are a good source of iron. [details] Vegan diet cuts heart disease risk. [details] [more] Nut consumption and dietary vitamin E both reduce risk of dementia. [details] Dietary phytoestrogens appear to have beneficial effects on obesity & diabetes. [details] Regular nut consumption reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes. [details] High red meat and low vegetable consumption increases colorectal cancer in Singaporeans. [details] Eating more than 15g/day of ham and/or sausage is associated with greater risk of hyperplastic colorectal polyps. [details] Allium vegetables may decrease risk of prostate cancer. [details] Two studies show that changing to a vegetarian diet improves blood lipids. [details] [details] Vegetarians have better glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity [details] Dietary CLA appears ineffective against breast cancer in humans. [details] Framingham study suggests that fruit and vegetables, not dairy, increase bone density in men. [details] Soy consumption during adolescence may reduce breast cancer risk later in life. [details] Low potassium intake linked to stroke. [details] Cow's milk beta-casein A1 may be a risk factor for heart disease and type 1 diabetes. [details] Two studies indicate that frequent egg consumption may increase risk of ovarian cancer. [details] [details] [more] Adding soy to the diet is more effective than adding either low fat dairy food [details] or casein [details] for reducing the risk of heart disease. A diet high in vitamin E slows cognitive decline. [details] Soy consumption probably reduces the risk of breast cancer. [details] Increased fruit and vegetable intake reduced blood pressure in a controlled trial. [details] Low iron status is no more prevalent among vegans than omnivores. [details] Diet rich in vitamin E-containing foods may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk. [details] High fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with decreased all-cause mortality. [details] Higher fibre and monounsaturated fat intake seems to reduce risk of early menarche. [details] A diet high in vitamin C and magnesium correlates with better lung function. [details] Dietary cholesterol linked to bowel cancer. [details] Among South Asian migrants in England, a high intake of vegetables, pulses and fibre halved the risk of breast cancer. [details] Vegetarian teenagers have a healthier diet than their meat-eating peers. [details] Supplementing a low protein diet with soy protein lowers blood pressure. [details] Why do populations who consume low-calcium diets have fewer fractures than do Western societies who consume high-calcium diets? [details] Meta-analysis suggests egg consumption adversely alters the cholesterol profile. [details] A very low fat, vegan diet can lessen the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. [details] High-meat, low carbohydrate diets in pregnancy result in raised blood pressure in adult offspring. [details] Flaxseed (linseed) consumption improves the lipid profile in women. [details] There is an inverse correlation between legume consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease. [details] In older women higher cholesterol and LDL levels are associated with increased likelihood of cognitive impairment. [details] Frequent consumption of tomato products is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer. [details] Eating processed meats raises diabetes risk in men. [details] Increasing fibre in the diet improved mental health. [details] A recent review concludes that for CHD prevention, animal products should be eaten only sparingly. [details] Increased fiber intake from fruit, vegetables and wholegrains correlates with reduced heart disease. [details] High consumption of animal products and low consumption of vegetable products is associated with increased breast cancer mortality. [details] Restricting intake of animal protein and salt reduces the recurrence rate of calcium oxalate stones in men with hypercalciuria. [details] Low consumption of plant foods and high consumption of red meat appear to increase the risk of lung cancer. [details] High intakes of vitamin A as retinol (from animal sources and supplements) are associated with with hip fracture in post-menopausal women whereas vitamin A as carotene (the plant form) is not. [details] Vegan diet and exercise tends to slow the increase of PSA in men with elevated PSA post- prostatectomy. [details] Even when both groups are eating healthy diets, ovo-lacto vegetarians show a better blood lipid profile than omnivores. [details] A diet high in phytoestrogen is associated with higher bone mineral density in post-menopausal women. [details] Citrus fruit pectin may be anti-carcinogenic. [details] A gluten-free vegan diet improves rheumatoid arthritis. [details] Populations consuming low-calcium diets have fewer fractures than do Western societies consuming high-calcium diets. Diets high in fruit and vegetables, not dairy products, help prevent fractures. [details] Exposure to cow's milk is a major risk factor for both diabetes and multiple sclerosis. [details] Case control study finds animal-derived nutrients associated with higher risk of stomach and esophageal cancers. Plant-derived nutrients are associated with a lower incidence. [details] [more] A case of sacroliitis is much improved by a vegan diet. [details] Physician's Health Study shows that high calcium intake from dairy products may increase risk of prostate cancer. [details] "Western" cancers may be related to consumption of animal products. [details] A vegan diet may protect against Parkinson's Disease. [details] A long-term study shows that soy-based infant formula is just as safe as cow's-milk-based formula. [details] [more] Low potassium intake (that is to say, low fruit and vegetables) is associated with increased risk of stroke. [details] Vegetarians can expect to live two years longer than meat-eaters. [details] Meta-analysis indicates that meat consumption is associated with a modest increase in colorectal cancer risk. [details] Thickening of the walls of arteries may be related to low levels of lutein. [details] Diet low in animal protein improves blood glucose in Type 2 diabetics. [details] Among elderly Chinese women vegetarians have one third the risk of heart disease. [details] Eating fruit and vegetables is good for the lungs. [details] Consuming small quantities of nuts cuts heart disease risk. [details] Those with the highest plasma vitamin C levels have half the death rate of those with the lowest levels - so eat up your fruit and vegetables (supplements not effective!). [details] Even low-fat dairy products should not be consumed since the removed fat still enters the food chain to cause heart disease. Red meat likely increases the risk of cancer. Much other epidemiologically based advice on diet and exercise. [details] Foods of animal origin are associated with a higher prevalence of asthma in Taiwanese teenagers. [details] Elderly Americans eat too much meat. [details] Low animal product consumption could be the reason Alzheimer's disease and dementia are less than half as common in Ibadan as in Indianapolis. [details] [details] Energetic promotion of the 5+ A Day message could reduce cancer incidence by a third [details] [more] [and more] High soy milk consumption appears to greatly reduce risk of prostate cancer. [details] A high ratio of animal to vegetable dietary protein is related to hip fracture in women [details] Low density lipoproteins of Taiwanese vegans and vegetarians are less oxidizable than those of omnivores [details] The Cornell China Study finds that the higher the proportion of plant-based foods in the diet, the lower the rate of coronary artery disease [details], that animal protein is not needed to promote childhood growth [details], and that a substantial change in American dietary patterns from animal based foods to plant based foods must occur for there to be a substantial change in disease incidence patterns. [details] Vegan diet-based lifestyle programme rapidly lowers plasma homocysteine levels [details] Vegan proteins may reduce risk of cancer, obesity & cardiovascular disease by promoting increased glucagon activity [details] Vegetarian children grow and mature similarly to their omnivorous counterparts [details] [details] Can a dairy-free diet cure breast cancer? [details] Is the increasing Western rate of obesity due to consumption of animal protein? [details] A low-fat vegetarian diet improves the serum lipid profile in women [details] There is consistent and strong evidence that a high risk of colo-rectal cancer is associated with a low intake of vegetables and of whole grains [details] The Oxford Vegetarian Study finds that non-meat-eaters have a 20% lower death rate overall than meat eaters (and only half the risk of an emergency appendectomy!) and, of particular interest to vegans, mortality from ischemic heart disease is positively associated with dietary cholesterol [details] Vegan men have lower levels of the hormone IGF-1, which may result in a lower risk of some cancers [details] [more]. So do women [details]. A living food vegan diet seems to benefit rheumatoid arthritis patients [details] [more] Healthy vegan diets are becoming much easier to sustain with the increasing availability of a variety of plant foods, nutritional supplements and sound information [details] An almost vegan diet reverses coronary heart disease with improvement continuing for at least 5 years [details] Eating soy lowers cholesterol [details] and reduces the risk of osteoporosis [details] Cross-cultural comparisons show that animal foods are strongly linked to coronary heart disease. [details] Consuming dairy products does not protect against bone fractures in women [details] or in men [details] Egg consumption correlates with the incidence of cancer of the colon and rectum. [details] Animal product consumption is positively associated with major diseases and all-cause mortality. [details]	Buddhism, vegetarianism, animals and the environment. [details] Vegetable Love, a history of vegetarianism by Steven Shapin. [details] Mylan Engel, Jr agues for veganism from the mere considerability premise. [details] [more] Peter Singer advocates veganism. [details] Human uniqueness is largely in the eye of the beholder. [details] The Atlantic favourably reviews Masson's The Pig Who Sang To The Moon. [details] Recent Nobel Prize winnng novelist J.M Coetzee's work is becoming more and more centred around animal rights issues. [details] A summary of recent evidence that non-human animals are more intelligent and emotional than previously believed. [details] Chimps are so closely related to humans they should be considered members of the human family. [details] Fish do feel pain. [details] Peter Singer reviews the philosophical and practical progress on animal rights and interests since 1973. [details] Vegetarianism vs. mindful meat eating. [details] Another mainstream media article urging a radical improvement in the moral status and treatment of food animals. [details] The study of animal minds is becoming respectable - with ethical consequences for how humans treat animals. [details] Christopher Hitchings finds Mathew Scully's Dominion compelling reading. Scully is Roman Catholic, conservative, a former Bush speech writer and vegetarian [details] [more] Peter Singer has advocated for many years that animals deserve moral consideration similar to that accorded humans. Links to some of his writings are collected at www.petersingerlinks.com Stephen Wise argues that animals merit legal rights such as bodily integrity and bodily liberty. [details] Sheep have remarkable memory for faces and are likely to be capable of conscious perception of them. [details] There is accumulating evidence that animals have consciousness. [details] Fish are not swimming vegetables [details] Peter Singer and Richard Posner debate the rights of animals [details]. Defences of animal experimentation entail some unpalatable consequences for humans. [details] The practice of using animals in applied medical research is highly questionable But the evaluation of basic research, will, by its nature, be somewhat different. [details] Claude Bernard's legacy in physiology has likely hindered medicine by insisting all significant advances come from experiments on non-human animals, so downplaying the significance of clinical and epidemiological studies. [details] Are there limits on how human beings can legitimately treat non-human animals? [details] Contrary to the impression given in some media, the killing of foot and mouth diseased animals in Europe is not being done out of consideration for the welfare of the animals. [details] Why has biomedical ethics been slow to consider the ethics of experimentation on nonhuman animals? [details] Are there moral differences between species? Consequently is experimenting on them justified? Hugh LaFollette and Nial Shanks think not. [details] Gary Francione argues the case for an incremental approach to implementing animal rights [details] "There is no magic line between persons and the rest of the sentient world, ... the levels of moral status are continuous, and can never reach zero while sentience remains." [details] Do animals have rights? Tom Regan answers in the affirmative. [details] Using a utilitarian approach Peter Singer finds that All animals are equal. [details]	Vegetarian diet has lower environmental cost. [details] Medical recommendations for consumption of fish and fish oil lack strong evidence and are not sustainable. [details] Consumption of animal products must be reduced to protect the environment. [details] Livestock's Long Shadow. [details] Vegan diet lowers greenhouse gas emissions. [details] Bottom-dwelling fish are becoming endangered due to bottom trawling. [details] [more] European fishing policies are driving some of the bushmeat trade in west Africa. [details] 'Last chance' for Southern Ocean. [details] Production and consumption of meat: implications for the global environment and human health. [details] Nutrition ecology: the contribution of vegetarian diets. [details] Wildlife markets and disease transmission. [details] AIDS virus likely to have arisen from eating the meat of chimps. [details] Those who advocate eating fish or marine omega-3 oil for health should consider the severe ecological consequences. Startling new data ... [details] [more] The sequence of the SARS virus [details] does nothing to dispel strong suspicions that it originated in animals intended for human consumption: vegetarianism may have prevented it from developing. [details] Human evolution was probably not driven by meat consumption: hunting was more to do with status than nutrition. [details] Fish farms are the pig farms of the seas. [details] North Sea cod face commercial extinction. [details] Genetic diversity among fish may be surprisingly sensitive to over fishing. [details] Cod will become extinct in the North Sea unless fishing prohibited. [details] Fish "massacre" in North Atlantic: further evidence that fish consumption is unsustainable. [details] [more] If you are an environmentalist, why are you not vegan? [details] Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches. [details] Twenty percent of U.S. ground meat samples contained salmonella, 84% of which were resistant to one antibiotic and 53% resistant to three or more antibiotics. [details] On present trends, agricultural land area will increase by 20% by 2050 causing major ecological change. A reduction in meat and dairy consumption could moderate this. [details] Fishing down the food chain has destroyed coastal ecosystems and is largely unstainable. [details] The ecological footprint of meat and dairy production is many times larger than that of plant food production. [details] Animal products are at the top of the food chain and as such should be taxed to aid environmental sustainability. [details] Growing a pound of corn requires only about one twentieth the amount of water required to grow the grain to produce a pound of beef. [details] Fish is not a sustainable food source for the human race. [details]

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