Lucy Danziger is the former Editor-in-Chief of SELF magazine, and past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. She has written several books but now that she is a plant-based eater, is healthier and happier than when she authored books about diet and happiness. Danziger is currently the Editorial Director and Chief Content Officer of The Beet.
Lucy Danziger
The 13 Best Foods to Boost Your Metabolism. Take That, Coronavirus!!
There is an interesting if little-reported fact about the Coronavirus, and it is this: Children are largely immune. They may test positive for the bug, but very few are actually getting sick from it. In fact, they may lack all symptoms, so will never know that they were infected...
5 Best Ways to Avoid the Coronavirus. None of Them Involves Wearing a Mask
Masks don't work against the coronavirus unless someone is standing nearby and coughing right on you. This is because the virus is not considered "aerosol" but needs to travel in droplets, which fall to the ground quickly. So unless you are standing or sitting close enough to someone that …
Plant-Based Diet Reversed Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes, New Study Finds
An "advanced" plant-based diet has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes in 84 percent of patients, according to a new study just published by a researcher who worked with patients in Slovakia. The diet, called the “Natural Food Interaction” or NFI …
Want to Date a Vegan? Here are the Best Plant-Based Apps, Sites and Meetups
In your list of all the things you want in a partner, or heck, just a date, they need to be polite, fun, attractive and able to carry their own weight (as in split the bill). But it would also be nice to find someone who is eating the same way you are: Vegan, plant-based or mostly plant-forward...
Top 10 Vegan Pizza Places for Any Day!
Sunday was National Pizza Day. You don't need to tell us twice. But for that matter, isn't everyday Pizza Day? Of course, going plant-based has meant that ordering your favorite slice got a little more complicated. Option A: Hold the cheese...
An Ed Sheeran Lookalike Hands out 7,000 “Chicken” Nuggets for Fans
What do you do to get attention for your new mock "chicken" nuggets, especially if you want the people trying them not to be able to tell the difference between the plant-based version and the real thing? You hire an Ed Sheeran lookalike to promote the brand by handing out 7,0…
Have You Heard the One About Soy and “Man Boobs?” Well, It’s a Myth.
There's this persistent story going around that refuses to be put to rest, that eating faux meat made from soy, drinking soy milk or too much tofu will lead to man boobs. The latest version has it that too many Impossible Burgers will cause men to grow breasts...
The Quickest Way to Lose Weight: Intermittent Fasting. Here’s How to Do It Right By a Dr. …
What if I told you that there's a red carpet trick that the stars use to get those sleek camera-ready bodies in time for the Oscars and that it's safe, healthy, effective, and free—and you can use too. That's the claim of a new book by a diabetes specialist who has studied the b…
Meat Industry Uses Super Bowl Ad to Scare You Away From Meat Alternatives
During the Super Bowl, you watched J Lo and Shakira shake their booties, the Chiefs make a comeback in the last 8 minutes to rush to a historic win and an ad that fed you a bunch of scare tactics about what is really in all that alternative meat we've been eating and loving...
Starbuck CEO Agrees Adding More Plant-Based Milks Will Help Cut Carbon Footprint
Starbucks is not ditching dairy, as some of the confusing recent headlines might have you believe. In fact, the coffee giant is not even agreeing to get rid of the surcharge on plant-based milk. What is happening, though is that the CEO has announced a plan to modernize production and food delivery …
The Bacon Patch Cures Our Need to Actually Eat the Stuff. Just Scratch and Sniff
Does the smell of bacon make you think of home? Mom's cooking? Childhood mornings playing in the snow while someone inside prepares a hearty breakfast to fuel up for skiing? All of the above? Okay, that's just me. But I gave it up when I went plant-based and there were some moments when th…
The Rise of “Reducetarians” Is Led by Women, Non-Whites, and Democrats
A new survey from Gallup released today shows that nearly one-quarter of the population (23 percent) is eating less meat, or say they have cut back on meat in the past 12 months. About 72 percent of Americans have been eating the same amount of meat in the past year and only 5 percent say they'…