Everybody knows somebody who went vegan to lose weight and ended up gaining 20 pounds from a steady diet of potato chips and granola bars. You dont have to wreck your ...

Samay Raina's joked about losing friends after switching to a vegan diet. Can plant-based eating support weight loss?

Comedian and creator of India's Got Latent Samay Raina’s light-hearted comment about losing friends after going vegan has sparked a debate. Does going vegan really help one lose weight? Read on.

New research finds that reducing processed animal foods leads to greater weight loss than focusing on food processing levels. A plant-based diet can help, but does ultra-processing matter as much as ...

Participants lost more weight on a low-fat vegan diet than on the Mediterranean diet, largely due to eliminating animal foods and reducing oils and nuts. Increased intake of plant foods, even ...

Share on Pinterest A new study explains why low-fat vegan diets may be better for weight loss than Mediterranean ones. Image credit: Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images. Dietary acid load has to do with ...

A new study asked three questions about muscle protein synthesis in response to a nine-day diet and weight training regimen: First, does the source of protein—plant or animal-based—make any difference ...