Health

B12 deficiency damages nerves through demyelination. Caught early, most damage reverses with treatment. Caught late, some damage becomes permanent — here's where the line is, and how to stay on the right side of it.

Plant-based diets are associated with modestly lower risk for several cancers — most consistently colorectal — through fibre, lower processed and red meat intake, lower IGF-1, and reduced heme iron and N-nitroso exposure.

Plant-based diets are associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk through converging mechanisms — LDL reduction, blood pressure, and endothelial function — but diet quality matters as much as the label.

How fibre-rich plant diets reshape gut bacteria, feed short-chain fatty acid producers, and lower TMAO — with honest caveats about responders and non-responders.

What the peer-reviewed evidence actually shows about plant-based and vegan diets across cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, longevity, weight, and the gut — plus an honest accounting of the nutrient risks.

What large cohorts, Blue Zones work, and mechanistic studies actually say about plant-based eating and how long — and how well — people live.

A dietary pattern built around whole plant foods — the practical foundation of vegan eating, with robust evidence for health and longevity.

Plant-based dietary patterns are associated with substantially lower incidence of type 2 diabetes and can improve glycemic control in people who already have it.

A well-planned vegan diet can support a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, provided a small set of nutrients — B12, iodine, DHA, iron, choline, vitamin D, calcium, zinc, and folate — are deliberately covered.