Eating less meat is good for your health and the environment. Now a new study suggests genes may play a role in people's ability to stick to a strict vegetarian diet. Lots of people who experiment ...

People are motivated to try a vegetarian diet for different reasons – from ethical and religious, to potential health and environmental benefits. But many people have a hard time sticking with it. In ...

These results add to existing research pointing to a role for genetics in dietary choices. However, the researchers note that more research is needed into potential differences between lipid synthesis ...

For many of us, some of the most precious childhood memories we have are the moments shared with our first pets. (And some of the saddest memories are probably when they passed away.) While looking at ...

In a country where meat has been a mainstay for more than a century, about 5 percent of Americans step outside the box with the choice of being vegetarian or vegan. In a 2002 poll by Time magazine, 32 ...

A professor of the “politics and philosophy of food,” named Chad Levin, advocates for vegetarianism in a distinctly political advocacy paper in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Ironically, given ...

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Vegans and vegetarians could have a new Public Enemy No. 1. A cardiologist for the UK’s National Health Service claims vegetarianism is partially to blame for the premature death of his mother. Dr.

Lots of people who experiment with a vegetarian diet don't end up sticking with it, and a new study may help explain why. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, when it comes to what we eat, we are influenced ...