Vegan Leaflet

Life Replace animals to help yourself!

The World Health Organisation classifies red meat and processed meat as “carcinogenic”. Vegans can experience many health benefits which come along with the lifestyle, such as a lower risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, strokes, Alzheimer’s and obesity.

More and more athletes are turning to the power of plants instead of animal products to improve their performance. Naturally rich in vitamins, high in fibre, and low in saturated fats, plant-based foods can provide all the nutrition we need in all stages of life.

Choosing vegan means helping yourself! h

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Start Now! Substituting meat and other animal products with better options is fun and it tastes great! You can still cook and eat dishes that you know and love, while at the same time trying out new recipes and variations.

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Change your life and the lives of others...

Choos e Vegan!

More and more people like you are choosing to leave animals off their plates. In Britain alone, over the past 10 years there has been a 360% increase in veganism! It has been called the fastest growing social justice movement in history... and you can easily be part of it!

4 reasons why choosing vegan is the right thing to do…

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Compassion

Most people consider using animals to be normal and acceptable, often using tradition, habit or convenience to justify it.

Similar arguments have historically been used to defend practices and behaviours which are now seen as immoral.

By choosing vegan, we are choosing compassion. Each year vegans save many animals from a lifetime of suffering.

Agriculture economists have found that when people eat less meat, producers raise and kill fewer animals.

Now in Britain, vegans can enjoy a variety of delicious and nutritious food with a clear conscience!

DID YOU KNOW...

Did you know dairy cows are forcibly impregnated (they are pregnant for nine months – just like us!), so the babies can be taken from their mothers... So that we can drink the mother’s milk?

Did you know around half of hens in Britain spend every minute packed in filthy cages with up to 80 others? The cages are so small, hens can barely turn around or spread their wings.

Did you know around TEN MILLION highly intelligent pigs are brutally killed in the UK each year?

And over 95% of them lived on factory farms?

Choosing vegan means helping other animals.

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Sustainability

14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by animal farming. Up to ten times more land and water is needed to support a typical human diet of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy than a plant-based diet. Vegans therefore have a much smaller carbon footprint.

Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate, with 1-2 acres of rainforest cleared every second.

The World Bank states that animal

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agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction and around 80% of deforestation globally! Species extinction extends beyond the forests, as overfishing has placed marine life under extreme threat. If we continue at this rate, experts estimate that we could see fishless oceans as soon as 2048.

Choosing vegan means helping the Earth.

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Earth’s population is expected to exceed 9 BILLION by 2050.

Fairer and more sustainable methods of feeding everyone is needed, and it is needed fast! Currently, 40% of the world’s grain harvest goes to feed farmed animals, instead of the 800 million people going hungry every day. Around 3.5 billion humans could live off the food currently fed to farmed animals. Vegans reduce food waste by getting everything they need directly from plants!

Choosing vegan means helping the poor.