Health

Can masculine marketing convince more men to eat vegan?

Eating more plant-based meals is better for our health and better for the planet. But cultural preferences are significant barriers to reducing meat consumption—especially for men, who are underrepresented among vegans ...

Genetics

Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes

From Impossible Burger to "Meatless Mondays," going meat-free is certainly in vogue. But a person's genetic makeup plays a role in determining whether they can stick to a strict vegetarian diet, a Northwestern Medicine study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ticks are becoming a growing health risk in the UK. Here's why

Earlier this year, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed a case of tick-borne encephalitis—a potentially deadly virus carried by ticks that causes brain inflammation. A British man is also said to have contracted alpha-gal ...

Health

A tick to blame for the alpha-gal, meat allergy

You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. In a recent report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 110,000 suspected cases ...

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