Plant-Based Meat Usage Holds Steady, Understanding and Taste Fuel Hesitation

Plant-Based Meat Usage Holds Steady, Understanding and Taste Fuel Hesitation

This is only a glimpse of the data available to CivicScience clients. Discover more data. Protein intake has long been a focus of the American diet, but that doesn’t mean it all has to be meat. CivicScience data suggest vegetarianism and veganism have gained traction in the last decade, with 19% of U.S. adults currently identifying as either vegetarian or vegan, up from 11% in 2015. With this growth comes an additional rise in options for plant-…

Plant-based diet can reduce hot flashes in menopausal women, study finds

Postmenopausal women on a low-fat, plant-based diet with soy saw a 92 percent drop in severe hot flashes and lost eight pounds on average, compared to minimal changes in the meat-eating group. Unlike conventional advice, processed plant-based foods (e.g., veggie pizzas, meat substitutes) did not negate the diet’s positive effects, suggesting animal product elimination is key. Soybeans contain isoflavones, which mimic estrogen and may regulate bo…