Can Your Dog or Cat Improve Your Health?
We know that adopting a healthy vegan diet can help you fight high cholesterol and obesity, but can simply living with a dog or cat have the same effect? According to several recent studies, the answer...
View ArticleDisaster and Your Animals: Plan Ahead
The recent triple crisis in Japan —a near-record earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and radioactive discharges from damaged nuclear power plants—underscores the importance of being prepared for natural...
View ArticleAn Apple a Day …
It’s true: An apple a day really can keep the doctor away. A just-released study by researchers at the University of Florida has concluded that eating an apple every day significantly reduces “bad”...
View ArticleKnowing Your Audience
Most of us who’ve been fortunate enough to have a close relationship with a cat, a dog, or another animal have learned that the better you get to know an animal, the more the perceived differences...
View ArticleGot (Soy) Milk?
? Some of us can remember being told as kids that milk is the perfect food, which is true—if you’re a baby cow. Now, more and more Americans are learning that for humans , nothing could be further from...
View ArticleAnimal Allies Need City Rankings, Too!
USA Today recently published a list produced by the Milken Institute of the best cities in which to grow older. Although health care was a key component of the study, its authors failed to take into...
View ArticleJohnny Appleseed: Pioneer, Vegetarian
Most of us have heard stories about the travels of Johnny Appleseed on foot across the Midwestern prairie, during which he’d stop to plant apple orchards or donate seeds to people in need. Did you...
View ArticleBeating Burnout
You might never have expected to hear this from PETA, but sometimes the best thing you can do for animals is to pull back and stop what you’re doing. I’m talking about burnout. Hundreds of important...
View ArticleFighting the Big Four: High Blood Pressure
Recently, we’ve been reviewing details with PETA Prime readers about four of the leading health problems afflicting Americans—high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer—and how you can...
View ArticleStatins: Not the Magic Bullet They Were Once Believed to Be
A large study of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs conducted over a period of nine years has confirmed what previous studies have found: Statins, such as Lipitor and Crestor, can lower cholesterol...
View ArticleFish-Oil Myth Busted—Again
Fed up with hearing about the supposed health benefits of eating oily fish or taking fish-oil supplements? Your ears may soon be off the hook permanently. That’s because a recent article published in...
View ArticleNew Study: Go Vegan and Help End World Hunger
For years, PETA has been saying that if everyone went vegan—and we stopped feeding so many nutritious grains to farmed animals instead of to humans—world hunger would virtually disappear. Now, an...
View ArticleOver 50? Looking for a Great Job? Think PETA!
Be honest. What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you think of PETA? If it’s scantily clad young people protesting animal abuse along a busy city thoroughfare, you’re not alone. We do a lot...
View ArticleRetiring: Your Health and Your Wealth
What happens if you retire, and the next thing you know, your medical bills start eating away at your savings like rust on an old Rambler? It’s not a pleasant question to face, but if you don’t want...
View ArticleGot (Soy) Milk?
?Some of us can remember being told as kids that milk is the perfect food, which is true—if you’re a baby cow. Now, more and more Americans are learning that for humans, nothing could be further from...
View ArticleAnimal Allies Need City Rankings, Too!
USA Today recently published a list produced by the Milken Institute of the best cities in which to grow older. Although health care was a key component of the study, its authors failed to take into...
View ArticleJohnny Appleseed: Pioneer, Vegetarian
Most of us have heard stories about the travels of Johnny Appleseed on foot across the Midwestern prairie, during which he’d stop to plant apple orchards or donate seeds to people in need. Did you know...
View ArticleBeating Burnout
You might never have expected to hear this from PETA, but sometimes the best thing you can do for animals is to pull back and stop what you’re doing. I’m talking about burnout. Hundreds of important...
View ArticleFighting the Big Four: High Blood Pressure
Recently, we’ve been reviewing details with PETA Prime readers about four of the leading health problems afflicting Americans—high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer—and how you can...
View ArticleStatins: Not the Magic Bullet They Were Once Believed to Be
A large study of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs conducted over a period of nine years has confirmed what previous studies have found: Statins, such as Lipitor and Crestor, can lower cholesterol...
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