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A plant-based diet could be helpful if you want to lose weight, avoid diabetes, or reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s.New study argues that all doctors should be aware of the benefits of plant-based diets for these six health conditionsAccording to a recent commentary in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, all doctors should be aware of the advantages of a plant-based diet for six different health conditions, including <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…

Hypen automated kitchen solutions.Courtesy: HyphenChipotle said Thursday it's investing in two companies that have the potential to accelerate its growth — one that automates kitchen operations and another that makes plant-based versions of chicken and steak with mushrooms.The Newport Beach, California-based company said Cultivate Next, its $50 million venture fund, will invest in Hyphen and Meati Foods.Hyphen uses robotics to automate portioning out bowls and plates without the need for staff, Chipotle said in a release.…

The study found that a healthy plant-based diet could reduce breast cancer risk by 14%.Research shows that diet quality is important in the prevention of breast cancerThere is evidence that the foods we eat can affect how likely we are to develop cancer, but it’s not always clear which foods or dietary habits are most effective in lowering cancer risk. The quality or general healthiness of a person’s food may be crucial, according to the findings of a recent study.A healthy plant-based diet was found to be associated with…

The researchers’ experiments revealed that meat replacement peptides were less water-soluble than chicken peptides and were not as well absorbed by human cells.Plant-based meat supplies less protein to human cells than chicken meatThe push for plant-based meat has already gained a lot of support. However, it’s not understood how much of the protein makes it into human cells, despite the fact that protein-rich plants like soybeans are often used as components.Researchers report that proteins in a model plant-based…

Plastics are tough and versatile materials, which is great when they’re in use but not so good when they end up in the environment. Scientists at EPFL have now developed a new PET-like plastic material derived from waste plant matter that can be chemically recycled or degrade into harmless sugars in the environment.The new material gets its plastic-comparable strength from lignin, a biopolymer that makes up the hard wall of plant cells. In previous work, the EPFL team developed a method for cooking non-edible plant…

Plastic wraps and containers may be great at preserving food, but they generate huge amounts of waste that can end up in the environment. Researchers at Harvard and Rutgers have developed a new plant-based, antimicrobial coating that can be sprayed onto food to keep it fresh, and is easily washed off before consumption.The new coating consists of biopolymer fibers, which are laced with naturally occurring antimicrobial agents including thyme oil, citric acid and nisin. This helps the material fight off microbes like E.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Edible insects and plant-based alternatives to meat will be discussed with children as part of new research. The project, led by academics at Cardiff…

In this photo illustration Oatly oat milk is shown on May 20, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesWall Street appears to be souring on plant-based substitutes.Shares of Beyond Meat and Oatly have shed more than half their value this year. The stocks are both high-profile and relative recent entrants to public markets, prone to big jumps and sharp declines in value, volatility that's only been exacerbated by broader market swings and pressure from short sellers.Beyond Meat trades 87% below its all-time…

The world's first plant-based Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Canadian biotechnology company Medicago is found to be 70% effective against symptomatic patients caused by five variants of coronavirus. The vaccine, named Covifenz, contains coronavirus-like particles (CoVLP) produced in plants which are combined with an adjuvant (ASO3) that helps vaccines work better. The vaccine efficacy was 78.8 and 74% against moderate-to-severe disease and among those who were seronegative…