Do you ever eat plant-based sausages or burgers? Perhaps you have chosen to reduce or eliminate meat from your diet, or perhaps you simply prefer the flavour! But are these plant-based substitutes any ...

Eating plant-based ultraprocessed foods raise the risk of heart disease and early death, but there’s an easy fix, a new study found.

Researchers credit phytonutrients — compounds found on plant surfaces that protect against bacteria, viruses and fungi — for giving plant-based foods their health-boosting abilities ...

For this study, researchers focused on plant-based ultra-processed foods due to the lack of comprehensive research on how these products affect health outcomes, particularly cardiovascular disease.

Our guts are home to trillions of microbes that influence our health. A new study finds the key to a healthy microbiome is the variety of plant-based food in your diet, even if you eat meat.

TOPLINE: A higher intake of lignans (found in plant-based foods such as seeds, whole grains, some fruits and vegetables, and coffee, tea, and cocoa) is linked to a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes ...