Rise of the Vegan: vegan athletes, fitness and plant-based nutrition

UK Parliament Could Save £216,000 a Year by Switching to Plant Proteins, Report Finds

The UK Parliament could save an estimated £216,000 a year on ingredients by replacing 30% of the meat, fish and shellfish it buys with beans...read more

Plant-Based Foods Are Taxed More Than Meat and Milk in 12 EU Countries

Shoppers who reach for oat milk or a plant-based burger in 12 of the European Union's 27 countries are paying a tax penalty at the checkout, according t...read more

Tofu, Tempeh and Seitan Sales Jump Almost 30% in Germany and the Netherlands

Europeans are falling in love with tofu. GFI Europe's latest data shows that sales volumes of tofu, tempeh and seitan grew by almost 30% in both Ge...read more

Buenos Aires Passes 'Compassion Law' Making Animal Protection Lessons Compulsory in Schools

Children in Buenos Aires are going to learn in school that animals feel. The Buenos Aires City Legislature has approved the "Ley Com...read more

Dairy Giant Danone's 42,000-Person Survey Finds Health and Easy Digestion Drive Plant-Based Milk Choices

Danone, one of the biggest dairy companies in the world, has published a survey of 42,000 adults in 14 countries, and i...read more

A Vegan Christmas Has Never Been Easier: Asda Unveils Its 2026 Festive Range

UK supermarket Asda has revealed its vegan Christmas lineup for 2026, and its centerpiece is a jeweled wreath of roasted butternut squash, sweet po...read more

Over a Third of Veganuary 2026 Participants Still Fully Vegan Six Months Later, Survey Finds

More than a third of the people who tried vegan for Veganuary 2026 are still fully vegan six months later, according to the charity's latest fol...read more

Daring Launches Plant Steak Bites, Its First Beef Alternative, at Publix

Daring Foods, best known for its plant-based chicken, has launched Plant Steak Bites, the first plant-based beef product in the company's history. They...read more

Plant-Based Business Keeps Growing: Good Protein Raises C$128M as LIVEKINDLY Buys Greenforce

Plant-based business is having a very busy week. A Montreal protein shake brand has raised C$128 million (about US$91 million), one...read more

Campaigners March in Taipei to Put Plant-Based Diets in Taiwan's Net-Zero Plan

Campaigners led by the Sustainable Healthy Diets Research Institute marched in Taipei on Saturday, November 7, urging Taiwan's government to add ...read more

Queen's Brian May Says the Idea of Eating a Cow or a Sheep Is "Repugnant"

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has opened up about why he gave up beef, lamb and bacon decades ago, telling the Good Food Podcast that the idea of eating...read more

Oreo Unveils Four New Vegan Varieties, Including Espresso Creme Thins

Great news for cookie lovers: Oreo has rolled out four new vegan varieties, VegNews reports, just in time for the holidays. The lineup is Salted Caramel...read more

A Vegan Thanksgiving Has Never Been Easier: The New Roasts and Desserts for 2026

Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26 this year, and we're so happy to report that putting a fully vegan feast on the table has never bee...read more

Dutch Dairy Farm That Switched to Soy Yogurt Wins First-Ever Plant Based Leadership Award

A family dairy farm in the Netherlands that said goodbye to its cows and now makes yogurt from soybeans has won the very first Plant Based...read more

Denmark Moves to Ban Fast-Growing Chicken Breeds and Pushes for EU-Wide Rules

Denmark is moving to ban the fast-growing "turbo chickens" bred for its chicken production. Christian Rabjerg Madsen, the country's Minister for...read more

Runners Last Longer on the Treadmill After Three Weeks of Plant-Based Eating

Seven recreational runners in Brazil swapped their usual meat-inclusive diet for three weeks of plant-based meal kits, and at the end of it they l...read more

Study in CDC Journal Links Plant-Forward Eating to 28% Lower Odds of Diabetes

A new study of 33,532 American adults, published on November 5 in the CDC's journal Preventing Chronic Disease, links plant-forward eating to a lo...read more

Washington, D.C. and Denver Voters Approve America's First Ballot-Box Foie Gras Bans

Great news for ducks and geese! On Tuesday, November 3, voters in Washington, D. C. and Denver approved bans on the sale of foie gras from fo...read more

Endometriosis - can a Plant-Based Diet Help?

Endometriosis affects around 190 million women of reproductive age worldwide, roughly one in ten. It can take between four and 12 years to get a diagnosis, and there is no known cu...read more

7 Scientifically Beneficial Reasons To Be Vegan

Still on the fence about going vegan? You don't have to take our word for it. Researchers at Stanford, Oxford and Harvard have spent years testing what happens when people sw...read more

Juuso Simpanen Wins Four 100-Mile and 100 km Trail Races Including Nice by UTMB

Finnish vegan trail runner Juuso Simpanen has won four 100-mile and 100km races this season, including victory at the Nice Côte d'Azur by UTMB ...read more

COP31 Climate Summit Sets 60% Meat-Free Menu Target and Adds Plant-Based Cafés

World leaders arriving in Antalya, Türkiye for the COP31 climate summit, which runs from November 9 to 20, will find a menu that is mostly meat-free, after the COP31 Presid...read more

Hamilton Takes His First Ferrari Podium in China and First Ferrari Grand Prix Pole in Mexico

Vegan Lewis Hamilton has taken his first Grand Prix pole position for Ferrari, beating George Russell by just 0. 009 seconds in qualifyin...read more

Ryan Stills Wins His Sixth Powerlifting World Title

Vegan powerlifter Ryan Stills has won his sixth world title, taking the 120kg Masters 2 class at the IPF World Masters Championships with a 797. 5kg total. Stills won by 3...read more

Low-Fat Vegan Diet Cut Liver Fat by a Third in People With Type 2 Diabetes

A low-fat vegan diet cut liver fat by a third in people with type 2 diabetes, without any calorie counting, according to a 16-week clinical trial pu...read more

Djokovic Wins a Record Seventh China Open for His 102nd Title

Plant-based Novak Djokovic has won a record seventh China Open, taking his 102nd career title after Alex de Minaur retired injured in the final in Beijing on Tue...read more

Angeline Berva Beats a Two-Time World's Strongest Woman at the Summit of Strength

French vegan strongwoman Angeline Berva has won the Global Strongwoman Summit of Strength in Rotherham, beating two-time under-82kg World's St...read more

American College of Cardiology Backs Diets Centered on Minimally Processed Plant Foods

The American College of Cardiology has backed diets centered on minimally processed plant foods to cut heart disease risk, in a new scien...read more

Joe Camilleri Completes All Six World Marathon Majors at 76

Vegan runner Joe Camilleri has completed all six Abbott World Marathon Majors at the age of 76, crossing the finish line of the Berlin Marathon today in 4 hours, 5...read more

Torre Washington Becomes the First Known Natural Vegan to Compete at Mr. Olympia, at 52

Torre Washington has made bodybuilding history in Las Vegas, becoming the first known natural vegan to compete at Mr. Olympia. He stepp...read more

UK Shoppers Swap Meat for Beans as Tempeh Sales Soar 71%

British shoppers are filling their baskets with beans. Sales of beans, pulses, tofu and tempeh rose 7. 3% by unit and 10. 1% by value in the first half of 2026 compar...read more

One Month on a Vegan Diet Slowed Markers of Biological Aging in Randomised Trial

Just four weeks of vegan eating slowed two key markers of biological aging compared with a meat-rich diet, according to a randomised trial pu...read more

Heart Attack Survivors Eating a Healthy Plant-Based Diet Had 26% Lower Risk of Death

People who eat a healthy plant-based diet after a heart attack have a 26% lower risk of death over the following years, according to a Harv...read more

Jorinde van Klinken Wins European Discus Gold, a First for the Netherlands

Jorinde van Klinken has become the first Dutch athlete ever to win a European discus title, taking gold at the European Athletics Championships in Bi...read more

Low-Fat Vegan Diet Cut the Calorie Density of Food by Nearly a Third, Helping Weight Loss

A low-fat vegan diet cuts the number of calories packed into each bite of food by about 30%, letting people eat just as much and still...read more

Singapore Approves Lab-Grown Beef Steak in Only the Second Cultivated Beef Approval Ever

Singapore has approved the sale of a cultivated beef steak, with the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) giving the green light to Aleph Farms' Cultivated Thin-Cut Steak. It is only the seco...read more

Diet Change Is the Biggest Lever to Stop Food Breaching Planetary Limits on Land and Wildlife

Changing what we eat is the single biggest thing the food system can do to stop breaching the planet's limits on land use and wildli...read more

Harvey Lewis Sets a Badwater 135 Age-Group Course Record

Vegan ultrarunner Harvey Lewis has set a new men's 50-59 course record at the Badwater 135, finishing the 135-mile race from Death Valley in 25 hours, 55 minutes and ...read more

Djokovic Reaches the Wimbledon Semi-Finals at 39

Plant-based Novak Djokovic is into the Wimbledon semi-finals at the age of 39 after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(10) 3-6 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(10-4) on Tuesday night. The match...read more

Whole Plant Foods Linked to 11% Lower Risk of Weight Gain

Getting more of your calories from whole and minimally processed plant foods is linked to an 11% lower risk of putting on weight, according to a UK Biobank study publ...read more

Eating More Fruit and Vegetables Linked to 20% Lower Dementia Risk

People who eat the most fruit and vegetables have a 20% lower risk of dementia, according to a meta-analysis of 222,108 people published in the American Jour...read more

Vegan Lewis Hamilton Wins His First Grand Prix for Ferrari at 41

Vegan Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton has won his first Grand Prix for Ferrari, taking the chequered flag at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix today (Sunda...read more

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Djokovic Reaches the Wimbledon Semi-Finals at 39

Study of 92,849 People Links Plant-Based Eating to 12% Lower Dementia Risk

Burger King Opens Its First Meat-Free Restaurant for a Five-Day Trial in Cologne

Study in CDC Journal Links Plant-Forward Eating to 28% Lower Odds of Diabetes

Djokovic Wins a Record Seventh China Open for His 102nd Title

Joe DeMarco, 61, Sets a Guinness World Record for Toes-to-Bar

Healthy Plant-Based Diet Linked to 24% Lower Risk of Self-Reported Cognitive Decline in Harvard Study of 159,347 People

Dutch Dairy Farm That Switched to Soy Yogurt Wins First-Ever Plant Based Leadership Award

Venus Williams, 45, Makes History as Oldest WTA Singles Winner in Over Two Decades

Peas, Beans and Soy Beat Meat and Dairy on Health, Environment and Cost, Oxford Study Finds

Planetary Health Diet Linked to 35% Lower Risk of Death and 25% Lower Emissions in US Adults

Vegan McPlant Goes Nationwide in Every McDonald's Across the UK and Ireland

Stanford-Led Trial Finds Going Plant-Based Does Not Hurt Runners' or Lifters' Performance

Burger King's Leicester Square Flagship Goes 100% Vegan for a Month