UVegan https://uvegan.org/ UVegan is an educational reference on veganism: the ethics, the health evidence, the environmental data, and the practical food side, with every claim linked to the peer-reviewed research behind it. en-us The Animals Nobody Counts: Fishing and Aquaculture https://uvegan.org/ethics/fish-count/ https://uvegan.org/ethics/fish-count/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Wild fishing kills 1 to 2 trillion fish a year, measured in tonnes rather than lives. What the evidence says about fish sentience, bycatch, and fish farming. Heart Disease, Longevity, and Plant-Based Diets https://uvegan.org/health/heart-disease-and-longevity/ https://uvegan.org/health/heart-disease-and-longevity/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT What large cohort studies (EPIC-Oxford, Adventist Health Study 2) show about plant-based diets, heart disease, stroke, and how long people live. What "Humane" Labels Actually Guarantee https://uvegan.org/ethics/humane-label-myth/ https://uvegan.org/ethics/humane-label-myth/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT What "free-range," "cage-free," and "humanely raised" legally mean in the US, what they deliver in practice, and how to read a carton honestly. The Arguments for Eating Animals, Examined https://uvegan.org/ethics/logical-fallacies-eating-animals/ https://uvegan.org/ethics/logical-fallacies-eating-animals/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT "Plants feel pain too." "Lions do it." "It's natural." Ten common defenses of eating animals, each named as a logical fallacy and examined calmly. Where Vegans Get Protein: A Complete Answer https://uvegan.org/health/plant-protein-guide/ https://uvegan.org/health/plant-protein-guide/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT How much protein you actually need, the best plant sources per dollar and per calorie, and why "complete protein" is not the worry you were told it is. Plant-Based Diets and Cancer Risk: What the Evidence Shows https://uvegan.org/health/plant-based-and-cancer-risk/ https://uvegan.org/health/plant-based-and-cancer-risk/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT The WHO classified processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen. What that classification means, what it doesn't, and the difference between hazard and risk. The Water Footprint of Food, Compared to AI https://uvegan.org/environment/water-footprint-food-vs-ai/ https://uvegan.org/environment/water-footprint-food-vs-ai/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT A beef burger embeds roughly 1,800 litres of water; an AI chat session uses about half a litre. The sourced comparison, with every estimate hedged and named. Why Animal Farming Needs So Much Land https://uvegan.org/environment/land-use-calorie-inefficiency/ https://uvegan.org/environment/land-use-calorie-inefficiency/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Livestock uses about 83% of farmland to supply 18% of calories. The math of feeding crops to animals, deforestation, and what the land could do instead. Vegan Documentaries, Organized by What You Care About https://uvegan.org/resources/documentaries-by-topic/ https://uvegan.org/resources/documentaries-by-topic/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT The documentaries worth your time on ethics, health, and the environment, each with an honest note on where to watch critically. How to Read a Nutrition Study Without Getting Fooled https://uvegan.org/science/how-to-read-nutrition-studies/ https://uvegan.org/science/how-to-read-nutrition-studies/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Relative versus absolute risk, hazard versus risk, confounding, cohort versus RCT: the working vocabulary you need to read nutrition headlines critically.