Health Professionals Urge Government To Withdraw 'Misleading' Meat Ads

Welcome to the VedgyVoice. Here’s what we have this week:

• 🧑‍⚕️ Health Professionals Urge Government To Withdraw Meat Ads

• 🎭 Meat Industry Musical ‘Mad Cow’ Debuts At UK’s First Vegan Theater

• ☹️ Quorn Adds Egg Whites To Popular Formerly Vegan Product

• 🍦 New Products Including McDonald’s Vegan Ice Cream

• 🧠 Vegan Diet for Alzheimer's Study Shows Positive Results

• 🥬 Get Your Greens With Delicious Spinach Related Recipes

📰 What’s Happening?

Health Professionals Urge Government To Withdraw Meat Ads

• Doctors have criticised the "Let's Eat Balanced" campaign, claiming it misleads the public about the health benefits of meat and dairy while ignoring the risks associated with red and processed meat consumption.

• Health experts argue that a shift to a plant-based diet could significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers, and save the NHS billions annually.

• The campaign's sustainability claims are also challenged, with critics pointing out that promoting meat consumption contradicts public health and environmental goals.

Meat Industry Musical ‘Mad Cow’ Debuts At UK’s First Vegan Theater

• The musical "Mad Cow," satirising the meat industry, will debut at the UK's first vegan theatre, the Garlinge Theatre, in July.

• The play, created by Hero Douglas's Quaestio Productions, explores themes of sustainability, ethics, and growing up differently through the story of a teenage girl on a Welsh farm.

• The Garlinge Theatre promotes a plant-based environment, requiring all food and drink on-site to be vegan, and aims to foster discussions on ethical issues without preaching.

Quorn Adds Egg Whites To Popular Formerly Vegan Product

• Quorn has added egg whites to its Sweet Chilli Mini Fillets, which were previously vegan, leading to disappointment among vegans who can no longer consume the product.

• The change aligns with Quorn's strategy to appeal to flexitarians, despite using vegan binding agents like potato and tapioca starch in other products.

• This move follows a trend of meat-free brands incorporating animal ingredients, sparking criticism over the necessity and transparency of such changes.

🛍️ New Products

McDonald’s Trials Vegan Ice Cream in the UK LINK

Tiba Tempeh Launches “Only” Plant-Based Mince With 100% Natural Organic Ingredients LINK

📉 Did You Know?

Meat consumption in the UK has declined 14% since 2012. People in the UK consumed less meat in 2022 than at any point since records began in the 1970s.

Data source: The Guardian

🎬 Watch & Learn

Vegan Diet for Alzheimer's Study Results Are In

Dr Ornish and colleagues released the results of their trial using a whole food vegan diet and other lifestyle changes for Alzheimer's Disease.

🧑‍🍳 What’s Cooking?

🥬 This week, we’re all about getting those greens in, and what better way to do it than with the versatile and nutrient-packed spinach! Here are a few delicious and creative ways to incorporate this leafy green into your diet. Happy cooking!

Spinach Cannelloni This dish ticks so many boxes, it's comforting, super easy to make and looks impressive if you're throwing together a last minute dinner party.

Tortilla Roll-Ups with Lentils and Spinach These tasty finger foods get their Moroccan flavour from ras el hanout, a classic North African spice blend of cumin, ginger, cinnamon, and other spices that you may have tasted in chickpea stews or tagines.

Spinach Curry This spinach curry is easy, healthy, and loaded with flavour. Perfect for a weeknight dinner, this vegan curry is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Garlicky Vegan Creamed Spinach Spinach and garlic simmer until buttery and tender in a creamy, flavourful cashew-miso sauce. The result is incredibly savory, nourishing greens that are lighter than your average creamed spinach!

Green Spinach Pasta Sauce This green spinach pasta sauce is fast (8 minutes!), easy, healthy, and super delicious. It’s creamy, garlicky, and packed with nutrients.

Beet Greens and Spinach Saag with Tofu Saag is a classic Indian dish typically made with cubes of paneer cheese, but in this plant-based version we’ve swapped the dairy for nutrient-rich tofu.

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