Vegan Food ( Seaweed) Secret to Weight Loss

Seaweed important food for weight loss says research

BBC TV and radio and national newspapers are full of news of new research about seaweed that claims it proves seaweed helps with weight loss.

The trouble is that the extension of the research is to recommend adding seaweed to crap food so it's then OK to continue to eat crap food like biscuits, white bread and white pasta.

Clearly they need a good nutritionist to explain the science behind 'healthy diet' - oh here's one...

London Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston says "Yes seaweed offers some important nutrients (such as iodine) to our nutrient deficient diets but if you want to lose weight and be healthier you have to start eating food for your brain not food for your bum!"

Buy Seaweed and Algae

Greepeace target Nestle in CROYDON on palm oil and rainforest... on Twitpic

Greepeace target Nestle in CROYDON on palm oil and rainforest... on Twitpic



Greenpeace targetted Nestle offices all over the world today to highlight the problems of rainforest devastation in the name of Palm oil production.

more at http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/ Kit Kat

Video at Kit Kat Video



Solution - our friends at LUSH cosmetics could find no truly sustainable industrial sources of Palm Oil so they invented their own solid saturated fat alternative from a mixture of sustainable vegetable oils.

More on Lush and Palm oil / Palm Fat here - Lush Palm Oil Alternative

KitKat-astrophe

Telegraph

Metro

Events , Brighton, 20th March

The Hove Centre at Hove Town Hall

All set - The revamped Brighton Vegan Fayre now the Eco Veggie Fayre in Hove is racked up and raring to go this weekend

Numbers will be swelled by the Heather Mills media machine kicking in with a surprise announcement lined up.

The show will be fetured in The Guardian on Saturday and ITV and BBC cameras are expected.

Fun for all the family and a lot more than just buckets and trays of vegan puddings , cakes and desserts.

YouTube - Doctors Call for Health Reform

YouTube - Doctors Call for Health Reform

Over half a million Doctors and Physicians have now joined President Barack Obama's call to change the US healthcare system that is being strangled by the insurance companies.

Vegan Anti- Descrimination Law

Vegans should be protected from discrimination, says equality watchdog - Telegraph

The Telegraph Reports;
Miss Harman’s proposed Equality Bill would not change the law on religious beliefs, but the Commission is drafting the code at the same time in order to help employers interpret existing legislation.

The draft code, currently under consultation, singles out vegans, who do not eat animal products or wear leather, as meriting protection from religious discrimination.
It says: “A person who is a vegan chooses not to use or consume animal products of any kind. That person eschews the exploitation of animals for food, clothing, accessories or any other purpose and does so out of an ethical commitment to animal welfare.”The code says the current definition of “belief” also included “a lack of belief”, giving protection to atheists.


Tony says;
If anything vegans have even more conviction, dedication and focus on their philosophy than many other followers of beliefs. Vegans would suffer the same if not more emotional distress as any member of a religious group if they were punished for their beliefs. Veganism is more altruistic too there's no dangling carrot of heaven or vahalla or threat of hell if you don't adhere.

If you're Jewish and eat prawn and bacon sandwiches and work on the Sabbath you're still Jewish. If you are Catholic and wear condoms, commit adultery, eat bacon on Fridays, kill and maim people and work on a Sabbath you are still a Catholic.

You can't eat bacon sandwiches any day of the week and still be a vegan! (unless it's Redwood's cheatin bacon)


It's quite right that human rights and anti discrimination law should protect a group who are dedicated to selflessly trying to protect people, animals and the environment.

National Vegetarian Week 2010

National Vegetarian Week 2010 new website

National Vegetarian Week (NVW) is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Celebrated by the Vegetarian Society since 1992, the Week is now an established event that gets bigger and better every year.

What will you be doing for National Vegetarian Week this year?

If you can't think of anything to do or haven't got time to organise anything, come to biggest National Vegetarian Week event the Bristol Vegan Fayre renamed and revamped as the Bristol Eco Veggie Fayre

29th and 30th May 2010

Vegan Creme Eggs Easter Eggs

Animal Aid: Vegan Easter Eggs and Chocolate Bunnies Do I spoil you or what? But Do I though?

Yeayyyy! For all you fat bottoms out there who like, or used to like, Cadbury's creme eggs here is the vegan version. Yes that's right you heard me correctly, vegan Cadbury creme eggs!

Catriona my daughter very generously sent me a big box of chocolates from Animal Aid and there was a creme egg in there with the package. After a few seconds to get over the excitement I bit the top off and devoured it there and then in a full frenzied chocoholic maniacal episode.

Just to check it wasn't a dream, some viral induced halucinogenic attack, I checked the Animal Aid website and guess what ?? they have more - you can enjoy them too!

Now you know what to get me for Easter! x

PS They do Vegan Easter Bunnies too See www.animalaidshop.org.uk/easter.htm

They also have this great new video that you can send to your non veggie friends to get them to think about Meat Free Mondays.

www.animalaid.org.uk

Sainsbury Magazine- Vegan Expose

Whats inside this month - Sainsburys - Try something new today

This months UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's magazine challenges it's readers with the headline "So you think you know what a vegan looks like?"

They showcase a "super fit and stylish new breed of vegans"

Of course yours truly is there too............

Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre - March

Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre - The UK's Best Veggie Fayre's - the biggest vegan veggie eco friendly family day out in the UK

Be there or be square - come to the Vegetarian epicentre of the UK for what is promising to be even more fabtastic than last year - with catering by Heather Mills' new V Bites lunch should be a bit more reasonable than Brighton Centre's commercially suicidal effort last year. That's why it's been moved to Hove so expert ethical caterers can be brought in.

The Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre March 20th 2010 at The Hove Centre

Some of the UK’s finest veggie food producers gather together at the first ever Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre on Saturday March 20th from 11am – 6pm, with the organisers expecting thousands of people through the door to experience the delights of one of the UK’s fastest growing lifestyle choices – the veggie diet.

Some choose to be veggie on health grounds, others because they are concerned about the welfare of animals, but a growing number of people from all backgrounds are going veggie for one reason only – the food!

Veggie food has long since shed the earnest but rather dull hippy image of the 70’s, and with leading UK veggie caterers at the Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre including the likes of V Bites, Heather Mill’s flagship Hove based restaurant, alongside food producers with the likes of the award winning Fry’s and Redwood ranges available to sample free, there’s a huge choice to be had.

‘Visitors to the show will be spoilt for choice when it comes to what to eat’ says the organiser Tim Barford from Bristol based hemp firm Yaoh. ‘There’s an incredible selection of really tasty food on offer and all of it is 100% plant based. We have up to 80 stalls at the event with some amazing products on offer, including bodycare and clothes, plus loads of information – it’s a really good way to find out just how good the veggie lifestyle can be.’

With a talks room, a cookery demos area, and an entertainments arena as well as an all day licensed bar, there’s a full line up to suit all tastes and with an admission price of just £3 for adults and £1 for kids and OAP’s, Tim is expecting a full house.

‘There’s a real increase in interest in anything eco friendly and especially in Brighton and Hove, which has the biggest population of veggies anywhere on the planet’ add Tim,’ and with such an excellent variety of products, food, experts and information available, its going to be a busy day.’

It’s not all fun and games though – there are some serious issues at stake, and the keynote speech at the event looks at Global Food Security, and in particular the effect livestock farming has on developing countries. ‘We are very pleased to have Dr Stephen Walsh from the Vegan Society at the show to deliver this vital talk’ says Tim. ‘We have to remember we are all responsible for what happens next on this planet.’

www.brighton.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk
The show is organised by Yaoh and sponsored by Beanie’s Health Foods, V Bites, Chunkies and Macrobiotic Shop, and supported by Excellart, Ethical Singles, VeggieVision, Foods for Life and Flax Farm Linseed.

Contact
Tim Barford 0117 9239053 info @ yaoh.co.uk www.yaoh.co.uk

I'm not a Vegetarian but....

GOOP Newsletter

How many times have you heard this? "I'm not a vegetarian but......."

"I don't eat much meat..."/ "I'm almost vegetarian" / "I just eat fish and a little chicken"

Despite the urge you occassionally may have to shake these people you should try to remember that it is these well meaning but non commital stand on the fence vegetarian spectators that keep vegetarianism and veganism moving forward.

Without the vegetarian spectators, vegan dippers and semi - conscious consumers the fully conscious consumers and vegans who get it (get the fact that ill health and devastation of the planet are mostly down to eating the wrong way) would have a much harder time.

All those soya, rice, nut and oat milk dairy alternative products and veggie sausages wouldn't be still so abundant on the shelves were it not for all the part time healthy eaters and environmentalists trying to do their occassional bit.

Granted it is fast approaching the point where a bit is not enough to save the planet, but even a bit is better than nothing when it is millions of people.

So Thank you Gwyneth Paltrow and your Goop blog - "I'm not a vegetarian but..." is pretty lame, especially considering your husband's passion for logic and reason. I'm no longer a fan of yours since you draped yourself in fur but....... thank you for plugging Paul McCartney's meat free monday and laying down the facts for your celebrity and fashion obcessed followers.

Vegan Book Sold Out in 5 Months

Amazon.co.uk: vegan: Books

The Complete Book of Vegan Cooking by Yvonne & Tony Bishop-Weston crashes into the top 2o on Amazon's best selling Vegan Book list. "So what?" I hear you say well....... that's no mean feat for a vegan recipe cookbook that is the only hardback full colour book in the in the list and it's consequently 3 times the price of most of the other vegan books in the list too. (most of the others are £3-£5)

The first edition of The Complete Book of Vegan Cooking is already out of print in the UK so if you are not quick you may have to order the recipe book from the USA on Amazon.com . Still advertised on WH Smith at £11.04 with free postage on orders over £15 or delivered to your nearest store. Signed copies available at optimum nutritionists .com @ RRP

The recipe book is currently being reprinted and new copies available in time for National Vegetarian Week.

A sell out in just 5 months on Amazon is not bad at all - clearly the world is waking up to a vegan diet as a solution for health and environmental issues.

PLANEAT - A BAFTA worthy British Film

PLANEAT

At last a BAFTA worthy UK home grown British film that will enlighten and educate people in an entertaining way about the many reasons why avoiding meat and dairy is such a good idea for health and the environment.

It's got Chad Sarno talking about food so it immediately gets my vote.

Be great to see this win an award BAFTA or otherwise - it's one of the most important issues to put on television.

David Cameron - Year of Change

Airbrushed for change - MyDavidCameron.com

David Cameron's new poster for power is ever so slightly unbelievable. Clearly he is on the hunt for every vote but will anyone believe him? Sadly there is a new generation of voters who were barely born when the last conservative government caused riots and homeless people in their hoards on the streets.

MATT & NATa HANDBAG?

MATT & NAT | Luxury, eco-friendly, vegan handbags and accessories

A HAND - BAG? A vegan HAND BAG? A stylish, utterly exquisite looking, luxury, ethical, vegan HANDBAG?

Yep!

When he was 18 years old, Inder Bedi was challenged to forego animal products for thirty days. Upon graduating university, Inder set out to create an accessories brand that, although vegan, was first and foremost beautiful, understanding that the two could co-exist.

Now thirteen years later, he sits at the helm of one of Canada's premier accessory brands, MATT & NAT, garnering international recognition, and the originator of vegan luxury.

Samsara is his latest venture: a collection of vegan accessories with the intention to affect change both locally and globally.

For every bag sold, ONE DOLLAR is donated to a non-profit organization of your choice. That means that every bag found on any shelf across Canada represents one dollar that will be donated at the end of the season.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The Perfect Christmas Present ?

SAVE: Complete Book of Vegan Cooking

Save £6.00 on this new generation Cranks vegetarian cookbook now on Amazon for only £11.00 instead of £16.99 - a perfect Christmas present to help encourage friends to be kinder to their health and the planet

The Complete Book of Vegan Cooking: Everything You Need to Know About Going Vegan, from Choosing Ingredients to Advice on Health and Nutrition: Amazon.co.uk: Tony Bishop-Weston, Yvonne Bishop-Weston, Formerly Yvonne Bishop and Tony Weston: Books

Signed copies available here (at the full price) - Vegetarian Cookbooks Healthy Recipes

Vegan recipes are the new Nouveau Cuisine - the likelihood of a vegan dinner party guest is greater than any point in history - all your friends should have this vegan cookbook on their kitchen book shelf. A great first step for those who don't know where to start on Vegan diets.

Features great ideas for Christmas including Christmas cake recipe, stollen recipe and christmas pudding recipe

Beef Industry retaliate on Meat Free Mondays

Vegan and Vegetarian News Twonk of the week award goes to

UC Davis News & Information :: Don’t Blame Cows for Climate Change: "Mitloehner said. 'Producing less meat and milk will only mean more hunger in poor countries.'"

What? on the basis that if we stop producing so much, fuelled by massive govt subsidies , we'll have less to throw away and then companies will have less waste product to then take advantage of more grants to turn it into food that can be shipped off to Africa's starving.

Who funded this twaddle?

"Clearing the Air" is a synthesis of research by the UC Davis authors and many other institutions, including the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board. Writing the synthesis was supported by a $26,000 research grant from the Beef Checkoff Program, which funds research and other activities, including promotion and consumer education, through fees on beef producers in the U.S.

Oh I see

"The developed world's efforts should focus not on reducing meat and milk consumption," said Mitloehner, "but rather on increasing efficient meat production in developing countries, where growing populations need more nutritious food." he witters on

Or we could just cut out the middle man and grow and eat more nutritious plant based foods and exporting less McDonald's , milkshakes and essential nutrient free Dunkin Dough Nuts. That would also save electricity, water and the rain forests!

Every respectable health promotions authority in the world now recognises a formula of less saturated animal fat and more fruit and vegetables is the best route to reduce epidemics of chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Finally will someone please ask Twonk brain what he thinks his factory farmed efficient cows will eat? Yes! not factored that into your convenient Beef industry sponsored equation have you?

Top 10 Food Trends for 2010

Nation's Restaurant News




Top 10 / top 20 food trends for 2010 - The NRN are, it's safe to say, fairly conservative, (their politics have been likened to a little right of the NRA) as you'd expect for a magazine whose readership are chefs who routinely think up new ways to kill animals and make dead rotting flesh taste nice.

The cliche of Chefs' animosity to vegetarians is perpetuated by chefs such as Gordon Ramsay - the only thing he says he hates more than vegans is traffic wardens.

So a good sign indeed that the National Restaurant News, NRN , one letter away from NRA, and their survey of chefs has come out with these encouraging results in their top 20 food trends for 2010 for the ethical environmentalists amongst us.

Exciting times ahead surely , good news for Vegetarian Visitor the UK Restaurant and accommodation guide and perfect timing for The Vegetarian Society's new campaign V Healthy that features leading London Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston's 7 ways to health

(Dec. 1, 2009)

• 1. Locally grown produce
• 2. Locally sourced meats and seafood
• 3. Sustainability
• 4. Bite-size/mini desserts
• 5. Locally produced wine and beer
• 6. Nutritionally balanced children's dishes
• 7. Half-portions/smaller portion for a smaller price
• 8. Farm/estate-branded ingredients
• 9. Gluten-free/food allergy conscious
• 10. Sustainable seafood
• 11. Superfruits (e.g. acai, goji berry, mangosteen, purslane)
• 12. Organic produce
• 13. Culinary cocktails (e.g. savory, fresh ingredients)
• 14. Micro-distilled/artisan liquor
• 15. Nutrition/health
• 16. Simplicity/back to basics
• 17. Regional ethnic cuisine
• 18. Non-traditional fish (e.g. branzino, Arctic char, barramundi)
• 19. Newly fabricated cuts of meat (e.g. Denver steak, pork flat iron, Petite Tender)
• 20. Fruit/vegetable children's side items
  

Source: The National Restaurant Association's What's Hot in 2010 chef survey.

Note 11: Purslane is not a fruit but a succulent herb a bit like a cross between cactus and watercress that has huge amounts of omega 3 essential fats - Chefs obviously still have some way to go but really exciting it's on their radar.

Sir Paul tells EU: 'Less meat means less heat' - Climate Change, Environment

Meat Free 5 A Day Day Campaign: As Sir Paul McCartney jets off to theEuropean Parliament today to try to get them to see sense of reducing meat consumption to save the planet and improve health a London Businessman, Nitin Mehta MBE explain why we all need to examinine the facts on diet and consider them.

Croydon has been nominated the unhealthiest Borough in London and local support groups are struggling to find a way to stop rising the rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in Croydon.

Nitin Mehta is convinced Paul McCartney has the answer, an answer that is thousands of years old

Vegan: London made from fruit and veg

Meat Free 5 A Day Day in Croydon Campaign: London in 5 a Day : Video : Pics

London gets a makeover in this vegan artwork as London is recreated using fuit and vegetables to celebrate the launch of The Good Food Channel.

But is it art? Lets hope Life imitates art and Londoners really gets a taste for fruit and veg.