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Unless you're very careful about sourcing your food, it's now widely accepted that a vegetarian or preferably vegan diet has a lower environmental impact than one that's based around animal products.
As part of the launch of National Veggie Week, the Vegetarian Society put on a special screening in London's Leicester Square of Meat the Truth, a new film from Dutch director Nicolaas G. Pierson that aims to expose the contribution to worldwide greenhouse gas levels by the livestock industry. There's more info on the film here if you'd like to check out a screening new you.
Related: Top five veggie products to satisfy your omnivorous urges
Vegetarian and Vegan living
I've been veggie since I was seven years old, but I'm not too proud to admit that the smell of sizzling bacon still gets my juices going, and that I sometimes get mad cravings for protein. I've never caved in and gone back to the 'pleasures of the flesh', but my success is at least in part due to the abundance of meat-imitating products out there that more than make up for the lack of animal products in my diet.
So if you're considering going veggie this week but are concerned about missing out on your favourite meaty treats, here's my top five veggie product that will make the transition almost effortless.
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1. Linda McCartney Veggie Sausages
Before Linda's range appeared on the shelves, most veggie sausages were little more than mashed up veg squished into a rather anaemic looking sausage shape and sold mostly in dusty health food shops. I'm still occasionally partial to a well-made vegetable-based sausage, but if it's a greasy fry-up you want or some substantial sausages to go with your mash and veggie gravy, it's got to be Linda McCartney's every time. Made from soya protein and gently flavoured to be much like 'real' bangers, the sausages are the one items I always make sure I have in my freezer.
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Fashion & accessories
It seems as though Leona Lewis is pretty serious about following in the footsteps of Natalie Portman by launching her own vegan fashion line.
The vegetarian singing sensation, who is currently in Australia to promote her new album, is reportedly "determined" to start her own ethical range of fashion goods. And if so-called 'talks' continue, we could soon be seeing a brand new label from the star who is keen to give fellow vegans more choice when it comes to their wardrobes.
[via Catwalk Queen]
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This story really got the feminist and committed veggie sides of me in a bit of a tussle: lads' mag Maxim has just revealed its Top 10 Sexiest Veggies to rival Peta's list, proving that it's quite possible to show off plenty of flesh without actually eating any...
Featuring such beauties as American Pie's Shannon Elizabeth, Pamela Anderson and Avril Lavigne (pictured), the list was topped by Natalie Portman, a deserving winner who in addtion to shunning meat, does not wear fur, feathers or leather. She also designs a fabulous footwear line in association with Te Casan. It's enough to make the average lentil muncher feel quite inadequate...
The full list is available here for your viewing pleasure.
Vegetarian and Vegan living
Voting is now taking place for the Yaoh Vegan Environmentalist Awards! This is a great chance for those of us who don't feel the need to pillage the planet for our plates to celebrate the achievements of those who really get out there and spread the vegan word. 64 different figures in the vegan community are pitted against one another in eight different categories, and it's up to us to decide who the real heroes are...
So come on, will it be Rubber Ritchie or Long John Tofu who tops your list of vegan entertainers? What publication do you swear by for your vegan news? Do you count down the days till your annual fix of the London Vegan Festival, or are the Incredible Veggie Roadshows more your bag? Get online and get voting at the Bristol Vegan Fayre website. The winners will be announced on June 1st at the Bristol Vegan Fayre.
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This weekend, I got the chance to see Tim Burton's long-awaited Sweeny Todd movie. I was as impressed by Johnny Depp's singing and amused by Sacha Baron-Cohen's cameo as most, but it only occurred to me today that the film is having a curious impact on several of my carnivorous friends: none of them can touch red meat since seeing the film!
I have to say, this is something I approve of wholeheartedly, and hope that the abstention continues! The question is, will Sweeney Todd do for the red meat industry what Jamie Oliver did for chicken farming? Sales of organic and free range chicken are up by 50% this week following his campaign along with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I'd be interested to see if a similar 'Sweeney Todd effect' takes place in the steak counter...
Vegetarian and Vegan living
The creators of vegan diet cookbook “Skinny Bitch” are back with another paean to the weight-loss potential of an animal-free diet. “Skinny Bitch in the Kitch” picks up where its predecessor left off, teaching readers to eschew meat and dairy on the grounds that both are hard to break down, and – you guessed it – make you fat. As someone who lost a significant amount of weight by going vegan, I’m obviously rather biased, but I’m aware that it’s not the same for everyone – and it’s a bit of a reductive statement to say “going vegan makes you thin”. That’s not what this book does, thankfully.
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