Local vegetarians have limited options

While it remains a challenge to stick to a diet light on meats and processed foods, locals say there are businesses that accommodate vegetarian or vegan meal choices.

Diets That Let You Eat Out

Even on a diet, you can enjoy a meal out. Here are 7 restaurant-friendly diets.

Ron Pickarski: Vegetarian Cuisine and Culinary Education

With today's chefs generally having little or no formal education in vegetarian cuisine, the mainstream food service industry is struggling to cost effectively address vegetarian cuisine on their menus with perceived value and protein innovation.

Neal Rubin: Where's the beef? Not on Prince Fielder's plate

I can't be the only one thinking this: Prince Fielder is the biggest bloomin' vegetarian I've ever seen. Officially, at 5 feet 11 inches, the Detroit Tigers' new first baseman weighs 285 pounds. To the naked eye, that seems perhaps a trifle low.

Food creatives expand restricted diets' horizons

Faced with their own allergies or serious health concerns, a growing number of Oregon chefs, restaurant owners, bakers and brewers have decided to open businesses offering food they can eat.

Three meter high banana heap stars in PETA’s pro-vegan campaign

As part of its campaign to promote veganism, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) set up a three-meter-high heap of bananas at the Manila Bay Boardwalk Wednesday morning.

Vegan diet may help diabetic patients

Nutritionist Susan Levin has challenged Southern cooking diva Paula Deen to change her diet to improve her health. Last week Deen confirmed rumors that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Levin and other nutritionists and doctors at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine want Deen to join their 21-day Vegan Kickstart program.

Fiber-rich vegetarian diet leads to better gut microflora profile: Study

“This effect may have been amplified by germs that grow because of the large amount of fibers. These pH ranges do not support bacteria such as E. coli and Enterobacteriacea in their growth as they prefer pH ranges greater than 6.5.”

Find The Best Diet Plan for Weight Loss

For those who have gotten a late start on their New Year’s resolution to get back in shape and lose weight, FindTheBest’s diet plans comparison can help.Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 By the time the end of January rolls around, many Americans who have resolved to lose weight this year, have given up on their resolutions all-together. But FindTheBest’s Diet Plans comparison makes it ...

Vegan dining a delicious way to kickstart 2012

A new year, a new you. Turning over a new leaf. Wipe the slate clean. We’re bombarded with inspiring adages — and a treadmill-riddled onslaught of commercials — this time of year. Frankly, it’s depressing. Is there such a thing as new beginnings? Successful dieting? Of course. But, during an already desolate seasonal stretch, self-deprivation feels extra-dreadful. At the same time, there’s ...