How a vegan diet can improve heart health 💚

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Good morning and welcome to VedgyVoice #7. This week we learn about the heart health benefits of a vegan diet, 3D printed vegan meat, Chris Packham rightly speaking out against I’m a celebrity, Oat milk chocolate advent calendars and more!

What’s Happening?

How a vegan diet could improve heart health ‘significantly’ within a month: A groundbreaking study, involving identical twins, has provided further valuable evidence that adopting a vegan diet can significantly improve a person’s heart health within a month. Stanford University researchers studied 22 pairs of identical twins, all of whom ate varying quantities of meat and fish before the trial began.

‘Michelin Star quality’ 3D-printed vegan meat is now available in a major UK retailer: A vegan meat alternative, called Redefine Meat, is now available via Ocado.The Redefine Meat’s chef quality range has been described as being comparable to meats used by Michelin-star chefs such as Marco Pierre-White, Alexis Gauthier, Robin Gill, and Ron Blaauw.

Beyond Meat pepperoni is now available on Pizza Hut pizzas across the UK: Pizza Hut has been riding the vegan bandwagon for a while now. Its pizza topped with vegan ‘ch**se’ has been around since 2017 and herbivores have long been able to enjoy vegan chicken nuggets and dairy-free cheesecake. Now the chain has teamed up with Beyond Meat to bring even more vegan options to its restaurants.

Chris Packham slams I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here over ‘appalling abuse of animals’ in fiery rant: ITV show I’m A Celeb has come under fire once again for its infamous use of animals in the Bush Tucker Trials. Conservationist Chris Packham has slammed ITV’s popular TV show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. The star, who regularly uses his platform to advocate veganism, has accused producers of abusing animals during its infamous Bush Tucker Trials.

5 Reasons to head to Vegan Camp Out: To celebrate World Vegan Month, we wanted to remind you about our very special offer available to you if you join us or switch to our green vegan tariffs - you could get your hands on a ticket to Vegan Camp Out 2024.

This Scottish Shortbread Recipe Is Completely Vegan: This recipe, which comes from plant-based cookbook BReD, written by Ed and Natasha Tatton, features vegan butter in place of dairy.

Recommended Watching

Seaspiracy

Created by the same team behind Cowspiracy, this hard hitting documentary reveals the detrimental effects of the fishing sector on our marine environments. Initially focusing on the damage inflicted by humans on aquatic life, the narrative soon expands to reveal widespread corruption, critical sustainability challenges, and a disturbing trajectory towards ecological devastation. The documentary illuminates the hidden destruction caused by the world's commercial fishing operations, showcasing their profound and detrimental impact on the health of our oceans.

You can watch it on Netflix.

What’s Cooking?

I know, I’m obsessed with curry. We had this cauliflower tikka masala the other night and it was absolutely delicious. Creamy, slightly spiced masala sauce and cauliflower works so well together. Another tasty winter warmer.

Quote of the Week

Product Spotlight

Delighted to have got my hands on a H!P Oat Milk Advent Calendar. I’m probably too old for a chocolate advent calendar but I don’t care. I’m going to enjoy opening every one of these tasty little doors!

GetVedgy Ramblings

Turns out this Tiktok lark is pretty good and vegan food TikTok has become a bit of an obsession! The sheer number of accounts showcasing spectacular vegan food creations is very inspiring. It definitely makes me want to get into the kitchen more often and try my hand and whipping up some of the incredibly tasty looking dishes I’ve seen.

Signing-off

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