Viva Life Magazine Issue 64

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Published by Viva! the vegan campaigning group

life Issue 64 Spring 2017
Res c u ed New life for mum

and six piglets
Brexit
what it means
for animals
How ignorant
are people? Meat and
New survey cancer
says very the shocking
truth
Viva! Polands
TV triumph
Documentary
exposes cruelty talks exclusively
to Viva!
Just how
free is
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WHO WE ARE
Viva!s
fight is a
fight for
Contents life64
life for
animals
and
ourselves. Through effective
campaigning, we take the brutal
reality of intensive farming to the
people who can effect the most
change: consumers. Our wide-
ranging campaigns promote
veganism as the best way to save
animals from suffering, protect the
environment, improve health and
help those in developing countries.
We have cleared the shelves of
so-called exotic meats; our
campaign against the factory
farming of pigs, turkeys and ducks
saw deaths dive; we are closer to a
foie-gras free Britain and meat and 8
dairy consumption are down in the Saved!!!
UK thanks to Viva! and you. Viva! is Viva!s brilliant pig rescue
a registered charity (1037486).
5 Lifelines 20 How Now 36 Meet the Maker

News round up Bright Cow People behind some
from Viva! The intricate life great products
of cows
11 Pig update 39 Media Life
Viva!Health is a section of Viva! 27 Meat and Cancer Viva! in the news
that promotes the health benefits 14 Not So Free Range Time for a health
of a vegan diet. The diseases that More from our warning 41 Book Reviews
kill many of us prematurely can egg report
mostly be prevented by consuming 29 Honey Bunkum 42 Viva! Vegan
a plant-based diet Viva!Health 16 Life Science No miracle food Festival Dates
explains why. We provide accurate Latest vegan health just cruel
information about healthy eating research 43 Restaurant
to the public, health professionals, 30 Be a Team Viva! Reviews
schools and food manufacturers. 18 Slaughterhouse Hero
We campaign on important issues
including the harmful effects of
Expos
Viva! Polands major
Easy ways to help us 45 Lifestyle
New goods and 32
dairy foods, heart health, how to TV documentary 35 Are Eggs Healthy? goodies Brrrrexit
help combat obesity, diabetes, The science she A chilly outlook
osteoporosis and breast cancer say no! 47 V-Biz News for animals
and the dangers of eating dairy,
eggs, fish and meat. 49 Thank You
How to get 23 12
Cookery Italiano Popeye!
this magazine Some great Spring recipes Exclusive
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VIVA!LIFE
MAGAZINE
Viva! Founder &
International Director
Welcom e Juliet Gellatley
Editor
Tony Wardle
This issue of Viva!life is
absolutely packed with Campaigns & Deputy Director
information! As a result of our Justin Kerswell
Cracked campaign, we have
exposed the myth of commercial Campaigns & Outreach
free-range eggs (page 14). We Claire Palmer, Siobhan Dolan,
report on an extraordinary Sam Ashman,
success from Viva! Poland where Laura-Lisa Hellwig,
a brutal abattoir was exposed in Kris Townsend, Liam Nolan
a documentary on one of the
countrys biggest TV channels Office Manager &
(page 18). We look at the Supporters Liaison
intelligence of cows (page 20), Laura Turner, Nick Hallows,
reveal the links between meat Beata Rzepecka-Wilk,
eating and cancer (page 27) and
consider what Brexit means for Viva!Health Campaigners
the animals (page 32). Veronika Powell,
But what has totally captured Dr Justine Butler
my heart this time is our rescue
of a mother pig and her six piglets (page 8). For me, it is a dream come true and simply to Merchandise, Festivals &
look at this little family burrowing into mounds of straw for the first time, watching the Events
extraordinary mothering skills of the sow and witnessing their absolute elation at being able to Katrina Gazley,
run free across green fields and root in the ground, is heart-warming beyond belief. Philip McCulloch-Downs,
But it has also saddened me to a degree I never expected. At exactly the same time as five Sophie Delarney,
million people (and counting) viewed the excitement of our pigs first-ever foray out into the Rhiannon Bloomfield
fields, I received new undercover footage of a massive pig farm. We will report on it in the next
issue but it is the worst we have ever seen in 21 years a massive production line along which Food & Cookery
thousands of pigs are channelled in conditions so horrific you can barely believe it. The Jane Easton, Maryanne Hall
juxtaposition between these poor, poor creatures and our beautiful rescued family is stark.
Yes, I am sad and angry and horrified but me and Viva!s staff are utterly determined to shame Design
this and other pig hell holes, more determined than ever to accelerate the growing trend towards Ethical Graphic Design Co
veganism and persuade ever more people to reject the barbarity that is modern farming.
We have the ability to do this but we need all the support we can get and over the next few Web
months I will be calling on you to throw your weight behind our campaigns like never before. I Rhiannon Buck, Ed Phillis,
and my staff simply have to do everything we can to end this barbaric abuse of beautiful, Ana Hassel
intelligent animals. I am unashamedly asking you to come on this journey with us in any way
you can because together we will be even more effective. Thank you. Database Manager
Jeremy Ludlow
Yours for the animals Editorial enquiries

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Alright John!
lifelines He might be a rude Scouser comedian but the
entertaining John Bishop has been vegetarian for
30 years and is a man with a heart.
He and his wife Melanie rescued five factory-
farmed turkeys last Christmas who now live as
Its good free as can be on the couples Cheshire estate

with a variety of other animals. Named
Bernard, Parsley, Sage, Onion and Thyme, you
for you! cant ask John if hed have turkey on his festive
table: Nah theyd eat all the sprouts!
Once you live with these animals its
Yet another piece of research shows that vegetarian impossible to imagine sitting down to eat them.
and vegan diets are truly healthy. It identifies plant- Its been a privilege getting to know them as
based diets as being good for just about everyone. individuals, each with their own personality.
Published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition Bernard, for instance, likes being scratched under
and Dietetics in December 2016, it says that vegan diets his chin and often falls asleep on my lap not
are particularly healthy and can reduce your risk of diabetes that different from my dogs, really.
by 62 per cent, prostate cancer by 35 per cent, of being
hospitalised with a heart attack by 33 per cent and the risk of
cancer by 18 per cent (more details page 16).
That, you would have thought, was pretty
conclusive but there is a format for news
Tune in to
agencies or papers when they publish
important research such as this they
always give meat eaters an out. In this
case it was Reuters who found a
professor of nutrition to say that he
recommended a Mediterranean diet that
included yoghurt, cheese, poultry and a
little bit of red meat. We would love to see
the research that supports his claim!
Viva! Radios Podcast is

available on the 1st of each
month for your delectation
with a superb variety of
Viva! sponsor camp out programmes.

In episode four, Juliet
Gellatley talks to Dale Vince,
There will be a host of events at this super- centre, there will be electrical hook up, hard director of Ecotricity and
cool, family-friendly Camp Out event being standings, a campsite shop and yes Britains first vegan football
held from July 7-9. Food, live music, workshops, showers! For fuller details and ticket info go club, Forest Green Rovers.
dance its all there, plus talks from some to vegancampout.co.uk. Viva! is proud to be Juliet also gets some quality
inspirational speakers who include parkour both a sponsor and partner of this great Green Room time with bassist
master Tim Shieff, German strong man Patrik vegan event. Jeremy Cunningham of The
Baboumian, the silent James Aspey, marathon Levellers to mark the 25th
runner extraordinaire Fiona Oakes and, of anniversary of their seminal
course, our own Juliet Gellatley. album, Levelling The Land.
It will be held on an 18-acre site at the Kris Townsend talks to
National Water Sports Centre, Adbolton, Brenden Fitzgerald, CEO of
Lane, Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham NG12 Planet Protein, a vegan startup
2LU. With easy access from rail, air and city company creating nutritious,
sustainable products.
Our Vegan Recipe Club finds
a marvellous green smoothie
recipe from award-winning TV
chef and food author, Mark
Reinfeld of Vegan Fusion.
Discover the sad truth about
the lives of Britains laying
hens with excerpts from Viva!s
Cracked campaign. Plus much
more, including music from the
Bristol band, Wildflowers.
viva.org.uk/vivaradio
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lifelines
Members of
Worcestershire Vegans
and Veggies, dressed in
festive attire, urging
shoppers to show
compassion at Christmas
Dairy destroying the Punjab

Horlicks is a well-known malted milk drink district. It is all part of Indias white supply is predicted to be only half of what
in the Indian city of Nabha in Punjab revolution. And like most revolutions, its is needed by 2030 and the Punjab is one of
state mostly because its made there by starting to go sour. the worst affected states.
GlaxoSmithKline. It draws in milk from The problem is a diminishing water The big mutinationals are offering all
1,500 surrounding dairy farms. Danone is supply, with India being one of the most kinds of advice on how to mitigate the
also there and buys milk from 5,000 water-challenged countries in the world, problem (other than stop drinking milk) but
farmers in the largest milk producing state from its deepest aquifers to its largest when it all fails, they will do what they
in the worlds largest milk producing rivers. And what water is available is always do up sticks and move elsewhere
country. Nestl are also at it in the Moga increasingly severely polluted. The national to wreak devastation there.
Raffle
The grass is greener winners
Our good friend and patron, Dale Vince, upon Government support. WINTER 2016-17
boss of Ecotricty, Britains greenest energy Ecotricity can supply your home or FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
company, has announced his intention to business with both gas and electricity at RESULTS
make the companys own gas from grass. competitive rates and Viva! receives 60 n 1st Prize (1500) J Jackson
In a report entitled Green Gas Mills the when you switch. Go to from Birmingham (ticket no
Opportunity for Britain, he claims that by ecotricity.co.uk/viva. 131249)
growing grass on marginal farm land, the n 2nd Prize (500) N Fishlock,
UK could meet the gas needs of 97 per cent Shaftesbury (015387)
of homes, pump 7.5 billion annually into n 3rd Prize (200) D Hall,
the economy and create a new industry Newcastle (056083)
with 150,000 jobs. At its launch, Dale said
grass gas had none of the drawbacks of The lucky winner of the
food waste or energy crops: ceramic pendant by Alex
As North Sea reserves run out, the big Symons is B Wade, London
question is where were going to get our (109925)
gas from next? The Government thinks
fracking is the answer but this report And the two runners-up who
shows there is a better option. receive prize hampers are
Ecotrictys first grass mill has been given M Annand, Hertfordshire
the go ahead but building it will depend (050181) and A Wright,
Powys (028690)
Congratulations to all the

winners and many thanks to
all who entered. Good luck
next time!
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Meat & dairy tax it!

Taxes on meat and milk would lead meat and 20 per cent on dairy. It
to huge and vital cuts in carbon also supports Viva!s contention that
emissions as well as saving half a the reason these products have been
million lives a year, says a team from protected for so long is entirely
Oxford University. Marco Springman, political: It has largely been ignored
of the Oxford Martin Programme on due to public sensitivity about their
the Future of Food, leader of the food choices. Another way of
study, goes on to say: It is clear that putting it is there are few votes in
if we dont do something about the trying to save an ailing world.
emissions from our food system, we
have no chance of limiting climate
change below 2 degrees C.
Published in the journal Nature
Climate Change, the report
recommends a tax of 40 per cent on
Robin
Gives us
the Boot
It seemed like a generous
gesture at the time when
Robin Webb, owner of
Green Vegetarian Shoes in Brighton,

offered to donate a percentage
Peacock of the sale price of his Trail boot

to Viva!s campaigns several
years ago. We had no idea then
Nottinghams first vegan pub
has opened in Mansfield Super chickens just how generous. We have just
received a further 228 from
Road. The Peacocks entirely
vegan menu is available
lunchtimes, evenings and, of
(bugs that is!) Robin, bringing the total of his
kindness to a staggering
25,000. We are almost
course, Sunday lunch. It can When marketing leaflets from your local supermarkets speechless with gratitude but
be entirely traditional come tumbling through your door, theyll offer you price not totally. Thank you Robin, you
(looking) or you could go for, cuts, special offers and BOGOFs but they wont mention are the man!
amongst others, spinach, the little bonus that most of their chickens will give you
mushroom and vegan cream 78 per cent of all fresh chickens sold in England are
cheese tart with rosemary infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. It is not the
potatoes. One of the most 0157 strain that causes vomiting and diarrhea but is
popular dishes is a vegan take believed to stay in the gut for years and render life-
on fish and chips, using tofu saving antibiotics useless.
with kelp in breadcrumbs. We have been reporting similar stories for 20 years
Check them out on but still the animal farming industry ploughs on as
facebook.com/PeacockNotts. destructive as ever as beyond criticism as the late
Queen Mother.
Brighter, better and beautiful

our new My Vegan Town logo.
When you want to know of
In your dealings with Viva!, you will increasingly see our new logo on vegan friendly shops, services,
show. If you want to sum up our philosophy then this is it. Imagine a cafes and restaurants in your
world where this was the guiding principle rather than America First, area, go to
myvegantown.org.uk
Britain for the Brits or Theyre Only Animals!
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To th e rescu e The slaughterhouse

beckoned for a
mother pig and her
six piglets but Viva!
and Dean Farm
Animal Sanctuary
came to the rescue
By Juliet Gellatley, Founder &
Director, Viva!
W
e are delighted that we can arrangements were in place.
offer this little family a life We found a farm that was
together in the beautiful Welsh closing its pig unit but still had
countryside. Although unaware of it, these a mother sow with her six
pig ambassadors will play an important babies, just three weeks old.
role in educating people about the horrors Mum was due to be
of factory farming by juxtaposing their slaughtered in a month and
Juliet with mother pig, who is so delighted with her fresh straw
new lives with our shocking footage from piglets in five months. So, that she refused to look at the camera
Britains factory farms. before the week was out,
When I was filming footage for our Face Mary, Viva!s Justin Kerswell
Off campaign, I saw so much cruelty and and I loaded a van with straw for mum continued for several minutes until she was
neglect. Coming away from those hell and a dog carrier for her babies and satisfied her babies were safe.
holes I had an overriding feeling of snaked our way northwards. I had butterflies when we reached Dean
impotence that I couldnt rescue them all. Mum seemed to know perfectly what Farm Animal Sanctuary, nestling as it does
But I was determined to find a way of was required and opened the gate herself in pretty rolling countryside, excited that
rescuing at least some pigs. to get to the van where her babies were, these pigs really had a home for life acres
I went to my friends, Mary Frankland being uncharacteristically quiet. Maybe she of fields, woodland, scrub and even their
and Janette Fry at Dean Farm Animal knew we were there to help her. own stream. It really is pig paradise!
Sanctuary near Chepstow, and asked For safety, she was separated from her We carried the babys cage into a huge
(begged!) if they would save some pigs babies by a board and it was fascinating barn and opened the door. One by one
with me. To my relief they readily agreed. listening to the distinctive calls she made to they trotted out, so cute, curious and
Within minutes we had decided to rescue a them, like a deep cough and then to hear vulnerable. We opened mums door and
mum and her piglets and within a day them answer. This touching exchange she made a bee line for her little ones.
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A family of pigs experiencing pleasures that almost all other pigs are denied
Next, she paced through the straw, elatedly poignant and painful. What the human In a few days, mum and piglets will
tossing it in the air with her snout high race does to our fellow earthlings is experience the big outdoors for the first
quality oat straw and mounds and mounds beyond despicable. time! Watch how they respond and their
of it. She snuffled and snuffled in it, an I hope this mother and her babies can adventures on Viva!s Facebook and at
entirely new experience, making contented represent the millions of other mothers and viva.org.uk/pigrescue.
snorts! And then she lay down and her little ones on factory farms. The more Find out more about our pigs and
piglets hungrily suckled, a picture of people who can witness the wonderful perhaps adopt them, helping towards their
perfect contentment. scenes in front of me, the more who will keep and Viva!s campaigns to expose pig
That night she tucked up her piglets give up meat because the only way to truly factory farming in Britain and to take this
(really, she did) so that each was rescue animals is to stop eating them. story far and wide. viva.org.uk/donate
completely covered in straw. We could not
see them only the occasional peep at us
giving away their position.
ONE WEEK LATER

The piglets, three boys and three girls, are
mad things, running around just like
kittens and puppies bonkers and joyful!
Chasing, gnawing, nuzzling, playing,
jumping with sheer delight, snuggling up to
mum and one another. I sit quietly with
them and soon enough they cant resist and
are climbing on me, biting my wellies and
one, the softest, kisses me on the lips!
When her babies find their way through
straw bales and into the turkeys night
shelter, mum goes ballistic, panicking that
she cant reach them, her bond strong, they
soon return. I stroke her and she chooses
to snuffle right by me and I reflect on what
her life might have been on a typical farm.
Her babies would be taken from her at
three weeks old, she would be forced into
a rape rack and made pregnant again;
incarcerated in a concrete cell, made to
give birth in a metal crate.
Watching this mum and her babies, and
knowing the fate of other pigs, is horribly
Six apprehensive piglets about to start the journey to their new life
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Pig rescue update

The scent of freedom
am delighted to say that our online by Viva! supporter
I
First time out. Hope Apple
Blossom looks
competition to name our new family is Mary Frankland, who at the rolling countryside
with awe
now over and the names have been was inspired by my
selected (see below). book The Silent Ark.
You may have seen recent film footage She and her partner
of me undercover in a filthy pig farm provide a safe haven
where my emotion is so raw I have to turn for farmed animals
away from the camera. I went down on my but also promote
knees and spoke to a beautiful pig I called veganism and I am
Blue, because of the colour of her eyes. I delighted that we are
could see a fierce intelligence in them but now working
also despair as she rattled at the gate of her together.
tiny cage in the rape rack to be let out. We will be releasing
I have been campaigning for animals for video after video
over 30 years and I care for every one of showing the stark
them but sometimes, one particular animal contrast between
finds his or her way beneath my protective Hopes new freedom
shield and tears at my heart. Blue was one and the heart-breaking
of these and I felt despair as I was utterly reality of what happens to the pigs on
incapable of saving her. Britains factory farms. Please help us rescue
Her impact was so great that I was her companion now a nameless solitary
determined I would allow at least one pig pig who we think is soon to be a mother.
to experience a life with her piglets where Please help us with the upkeep for our
she could see them grow and be a proper new ambassadors and please help us with
mother and I would use her story to save our exciting plans for even greater success
other pigs by persuading people to stop in changing the face of Britain. Anything
eating them. you can afford will be greatly appreciated
And here I was, only weeks later, and, if we are able to rescue her, I will
heading north to rescue a three year old keep you informed about our new girls
mum and her family from a farmer who progress. I hope youre as excited as I am.
was going out of business. On the journey Juliet
home I listened to the mother singing to
her young and I whispered to her: Youre URGENT DONATIONS NEEDED NOW. Please go to:
safe now! viva.org.uk/donate or call 0117 944 1000 (Mon-Fri, 9-6)
Please, please view it at
viva.org.uk/pigrescue because I know you
will adore it, just like the other five million
people who have already seen it.
Unknowingly, Hope Apple Blossom is one
of the most powerful tools for change
weve ever had. She has even touched the
farmer from whom we got her, who has
seen the film and now feels guilty about
selling his remaining sow into the slaughter
trade. He has given us first option on
freeing her.
Watching Hopes dance of joy was a
dream come true and it makes me
determined not to forget her companion. I
know its just one pig out of millions but a
journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single step. She will be no ordinary pig but
will join Hope in talking to millions and
millions of people through the birth of
her piglets, her tender mothering and her
ecstasy at limitless freedom. In a world of
nastiness, this has to offer well, hope!
Dean Farm Animal Sanctuary was set up
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A Viva! exclusive interview with
The sailor man with the spinach can talks to Tony Wardle
Despite being the worlds oldest vegan ambassador, who has built a special village set in Malta. I simply cant avoid the next
appeared in over 500 films and whose earnings top $150 million, question, difficult as it is why does he think it was rated a
this will not be an easy interview. Popeye is a man of few words disaster? He looks unphased:
and those he does say sound like a large tin of gravel rolling E doesnt eats his spinach e just pretends to, as if that
downhill. I ask him what he makes of such financial success and he answered everything. And then without prompting, he draws on
shakes his head: his pipe with a sound like a bottom being spanked smack, smack,
Aint stopped Bluto from botherin me and Olive! smack winks at me with his one good eye and bursts into song.
It is 88 years since he made his first public appearance in the Im Popeye the Sailor Man, Im Popeye the Sailor Man.
Thimble Theatre comic strip of 1929 by E C Segar and he has Im strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach.
hardly changed at all testament to his diet, I guess. It was Betty Im Popeye the Sailor Man.
Boop who, four years later, identified Popeyes potential and gave
him a run out in one of her films with the name that stuck
Popeye the Sailor.
Such was his charisma that of course Popeye was offered his
own series: But only if me vegan
girlfriend comes too! And so
Olive Oyl joined him and quietly,
so did his mortal enemy, Bluto Im strong to
the Bully, who sneaked into the
scripts when no one was looking. the finich,
It was around this time that
Popeye found an abandoned little cause I eats
boy on his doorstep and
immediately adopted him and
so Sweepea came into his life.
me spinach
That was an extraordinarily kind
thing to do, I say.
I does what I does, Popeye replies.
Everyone knows that Popeye gets his mighty strength from
spinach and invariably has a tin or two tucked beneath his armpit.
Has it always been that way? Again Popeye shakes his head but
this time looks embarrassed:
Whiffle hen! Used to rub mesel wit er feavers.
But then I wents vegan in 1931 and spinach dos
the trick better. Let poor old Whiffle hen go!
And boy, does it do the trick! In hundreds of
films, Popeye gets into trouble and all looks lost
until out comes the spinach, his music plays and
his muscles do the samba. His pipe stays in place
while he smiles proudly:
If I aint et any fer a while it makes me too strong an
dangerous an me muscles bounce about and do funny things.
Fame has followed Popeye his entire life. In 1937, Crystal City
proclaimed itself World Spinach Capital and erected a full-colour
statue of him. It took them a few decades to get around to it but in
2007, Alma, Arkansas, also proclaimed itself Spinach Capital of the
World and also unveiled a statue.
Fame probably hit its peak in 1980 when the late magnificent
Robin Williams played our vegan hero in a Robert Altman film
entitled simply Popeye, with Shelley Duval as Olive Oyl. They even
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Our investigators have recently been inside

several free-range egg farms. Viva!
campaigner, Claire Palmer, describes the
shocking conditions they discovered
exp o s e d
W
e have added a new description to
Viva! has coined the phrase industrial free-range for good reason
the farming lexicon industrial free-
range. The imagery of peaceful
farmyard scenes and contented animals we
all saw in picture books when growing up
and now perpetuated on egg boxes and
TV ads is a world away from reality.
Around 18 million hens are still
incarcerated in obscene cages on British
farms and because of consumers revulsion,
free-range egg production looks set to
expand dramatically in the coming years.
Because of competition between producers,
high demand and falling egg prices,
farmers are housing ever-larger flocks
yielding a greater output of eggs.
In a bid to push egg sales, free-range
farming is plugged by the industry as being
a humane alternative to cages. UK free-
range flocks have substantially taken over
from colony (caged) egg production and all
major supermarkets in Britain have made
commitments to phasing out cages. At the
time of going to press, a petition to end
cage egg sales, launched by Viva! supporter
Lucy Gavaghan, has reached almost
300,000 signatures.
The free-range myth is all too easy to
believe and so, as part of our Cracked
campaign, Viva! went all out to expose
The life of a free-range bird is anything but free
every part of the egg industry, including
free-range and organic production. Our
undercover investigators visited farms up
and down the country, many of which
operate on behalf of top egg producers who
supply tens of millions of eggs a week.
They also visited smaller farms supplying
eggs locally and those given the RSPCA
stamp of approval. We showed that lovely
labels, fancy packaging and high welfare
claims means zilch for laying hens.
Research reveals that many birds on
free-range farms never step outside. They
never feel grass under their feet or sun on
their backs and never experience rainfall.
And so we knew that the filthy sheds we
filmed were likely to be the entire world
for many thousands of dejected birds.
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Our footage revealed all the usual

problems associated with egg farming
overcrowding, feather loss and sick and
dead birds even on an award-winning
farm considered to be an ambassador for
the free-range sector. It is a farm that
regularly opens its fields to the public
although not its sheds, we suspect and
participates in a rehoming scheme for hens
who have reached the end of their
profitable life, usually after 18 months. A
clever move for a farm wanting to market
itself as a cut above the rest.
At another farm in Lincolnshire that
supplies eggs locally, our investigator said
it was one of the worst farms hed ever Feather loss was common on free-range farms we visited, often exposing red raw skin beneath
seen dispelling the idea that buying local
means high welfare. Huge, filthy sheds
housed hens in shocking condition one this monumental change. Through
with an oozing prolapse and many others undercover investigations such as this,
with feather loss that exposed red raw professional campaigning, packed out fun
skin. Walls were filthy, air heavy with dust festivals, plus endless help and support, we
and dead birds were left to rot. are making it easier for people to switch.
In December last year, Viva! exposed Because of our success, the egg industry
another, so-called high-welfare farm in is taking measures to boost sales and
Essex this time for turkeys. It is counteract information put out by Viva!.
associated with celebrity chefs Jamie The dairy industry alone spends millions
Oliver, Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson on advertising every year and is
and birds are kept in tents rather than shamelessly targeting children to try and
sheds. safeguard its future. Celebrities are
In one dingy tent, dead and decaying regularly wheeled out and shops are urged
bodies of turkeys were wedged inside to place eggs in prominent positions.
feeders preventing other birds from None of their promotional
reaching the feed. Living birds were The egg industry is taking materials ever mention the reality of
clambering over the dead, desperate life for laying hens and rarely show
to reach food. Veterinary measures to boost sales and any shots from inside the sheds
Consultant, Dr. Andrew Knight, where many (perhaps most) hens
stated: The frantic nature of counteract information put spend their entire lives. Trade
turkeys in the footage just outside
the feeders suggests that the birds
out by Viva! publication Farmers Weekly reports
on our undercover investigations
were hungry and highly motivated and offers tips on how to avoid
to reach the feed inside. Viva!s tireless work to promote vegan being exposed.
Again, feather loss was widespread with living and a more compassionate world for From our first-hand experience, Viva!
many birds exposing painful, red raw skin. animals has contributed in no small way to can say that there is no such thing as high
Conditions were so bad that Viva! reported the huge increase in veganism over recent welfare on commercial free-range farms.
it to the Government who contacted the years. It is now fast-paced and seemingly But, together, we are making extraordinary
farm. Their response was that these birds unstoppable and we are proud to be a part headway and we will win it because we
were being raised for eggs, as if that of it. As Europes largest vegan campaigning have to. Justice is on our side and the
somehow excused it. organisation, we have been a key driver in animals rely upon our success.
Viva! found dead and decaying bodies at so-called free-range, high-welfare

turkey farm in Essex
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lifeSCIENCE
Viva!Health unravels scientific research and makes it easy to understand.
Here we update you on the latest findings
By Veronika Powell MSc, Viva!Health Campaigner
Thumbs up for
vegan diets
Prestigious US academy declares veganism
good for anyone and everyone and the
environment
The US Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics has issued a glowing
position statement on vegan diets. It says: It is the position of
the Academy that appropriately planned vegetarian, including
vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may
provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of
certain diseases. These diets, they say, are appropriate for all stages
of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood,
adolescence, older adulthood and for athletes.
Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets
rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and
are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and
vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including
ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of
cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of
vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds
Thumbs
(all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian
and vegan diets that produce lower total, and low-density, lipoprotein
cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors
down for
contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources
of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements.
We wholeheartedly agree! To read more about how a vegan diet can
Atkins et al
improve your health and Dieting on animal products
wellbeing, see our Incredible
Vegan Health Report at
produces superficial results and
vivahealth.org.uk/veganhealth, damages your health
or order it on 0117 944 1000. Being overweight or obese puts you at a high risk for
type 2 diabetes because it reduces your insulin sensitivity
Melina V, Craig W and Levin S, 2016. the ability to react to the hormone insulin which is
Position of the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics: essential for energy metabolism. Weight loss usually
Vegetarian Diets. Journal of means improved insulin sensitivity a win-win situation.
the Academy of Nutrition However, a study of obese postmenopausal women at
and Dietetics. 116(12):
Washington University School of Medicine found that
using high-protein diets such as Atkins for weight loss
doesnt improve insulin sensitivity at all!
Women on high-protein diets lost weight but didnt
experience any improvements in insulin sensitivity so
their diabetes risk remained high. On the other hand,
women whose diets were lower in protein lost weight
and their insulin sensitivity significantly improved by
25-30 per cent. That not only reduces the risk of type 2
diabetes but also heart disease.
High-protein diets only ever produce short term
superficial results, whilst healthier, plant-based diets have
positive and significant long-term effects on your health.
Smith GI et al., 2016. High-Protein Intake during Weight Loss Therapy

Eliminates the Weight-Loss-Induced Improvement in Insulin Action in
Obese Postmenopausal Women. Cell Reports. 17(3): 849-861.
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Dairy Vegans
endangers and diabetes
your heart New study shows how a healthy vegan
diet can cut your risk of type 2 diabetes
in half
Animal fats, including
Many studies make a distinction between animal and
dairy, put you at risk of plant-based diets but this one also looks at healthy and
heart disease and stroke unhealthy plant-based diets and how they influence type
Dairy products contain varying amounts 2 diabetes. Healthy foods included wholegrains, fruits,
of fat but a considerable portion is always vegetables, nuts, pulses, vegetable oils, tea and coffee.
saturated fat. This study investigated the link Unhealthy foods included animal products, fruit juices,
between dairy fat intake and the incidence of sweetened beverages, refined grains (white bread,
heart disease and stroke among 220,000 people cornflakes, white pasta), potatoes, sweets and desserts.
whose diets were followed for decades. The researchers followed more than 200,000 people
When compared to sugary diets, dairy fat intake did not pose for more than 20 years, evaluating their diets and
a higher risk for heart disease and stroke but comparing one health. The results revealed that predominantly plant-
unhealthy diet to another doesnt really make much sense. So the based diets were associated with a 20 per cent reduced
authors looked at the effect of replacing dairy fat with other types of risk of type 2 diabetes. Eating a healthy plant-based diet
fat and found that polyunsaturated fats from various sources reduced was linked with an impressive 34 per cent lower risk but
the risk by 24 per cent. However, replacing it with vegetable fat diets high in unhealthy, sugary plant-based foods
which can come from many different sources including palm oil, high actually increased the risk by 16 per cent.
in saturated fat cut the risk by 10 per cent. On the other hand, People whose diets were almost entirely vegan and
replacing dairy fat with other animal fats only increased the heart based on healthy foods had the lowest risk as much as
disease and stroke risk. 50 per cent lower compared to the average diet. The
But whats truly worth highlighting replacing dairy fat with researchers suggested that healthful plant-based diets
healthy carbohydrates from wholegrains was associated with a 28 per could be reducing type 2 diabetes risk because they
cent lower risk of heart disease and stroke! contain so many beneficial nutrients fibre,
antioxidants,
Chen M et al., 2016. Dairy fat and risk of cardiovascular disease in 3 cohorts of US unsaturated fats,
adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104 (5): 1209-1217.
vitamins and
minerals and
contribute to
healthy gut
bacteria that
promote overall
health.
Find out more
about preventing
and treating type
Fish oil 2 diabetes through diet on our website

vivahealth.org.uk/diabetes or order our diabetes guide
on 0117 944 1000.
snake oil? Satija A et al., 2016. Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Incidence of
Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women: Results from Three
Prospective Cohort Studies. PLoS Medicine. 13(6):e1002039.
Scientists say theres still no clear evidence that
fish oils are healthful
It was suggested in the late 60s that fish oil consumption might
reduce your risk of heart disease and generally improve your
cardiovascular health. The author of the latest study thoroughly
investigated the issue by looking at all the available evidence and is
not convinced. He gathered together studies and trials which
examined the effect of fish oils on fat and cholesterol in the blood, plus
the long-term health outcomes, and did not find a reliable link. The
science to justify fish oil supplements simply isnt there.
The study seems to agree with the message Viva!Health has been
promoting for years its the overall diet that matters and a fish oil
capsule is not a magic bullet!
Ridker PM, 2016. Fish consumption, fish oils, and cardiovascular events: still waiting
for definitive evidence. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104(4): 951-952.
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Slaughterhouse
exposed!or reasons of safety, I cant mention I wont go into lurid detail as it is too
Viva! Polands persistence
leads to extraordinary
nationwide media
coverage. By Tony Wardle
herself through the iron railings and her
F his name but one of Viva! Polands

dedicated volunteers has helped us to
strike a vital blow for animals in the
distressing but the first thing that shocks
you in the footage is the state of animals
arriving directly from the farm. Many are
head becomes stuck. Despite her screams,
an electric goad is applied countless times
but fails to move her and so the worker
country through sheer persistence. Ill limping or walking on three legs, some strolls casually around to the other side of
call him Max. have hooves so overgrown they can barely the bars and kicks her head until it is free.
For 26 weeks Max took Mondays off take a step, others collapse the moment When all the footage was assembled, it
work and went to a slaughterhouse at they descend the ramp and cannot stand was obvious that what we had was
Witkowo, employing over 1,300 people and all are utterly confused, having no idea dynamite, particularly as there had been
and owned by the huge Agrofirma what is expected of them or where they are no public expos of slaughterhouses for
company that has 500 slaughterhouses in supposed to go. And that is the cue for 15 years.
total. Surrounded by a wall of concrete slaughterhouse workers abuse. Viva! Poland Manager, Cezary
panels, it was impossible to get inside but Their persuasion consists of beatings Wyszinsky, made contact with a producer
after circling the place, Max found several with iron bars to any part of the body but at TVN Uwaga, one of Polands biggest
small gaps between the panels and it was to particularly heads and faces, kicks, the channels, who decided to use our footage
these he returned, week after week, with his liberal use of electric shock goads on the as the basis for a 40-minute documentary
camera, spending most of the day filming. face, anus or genitals and one man wields with a door-stepping reporter and all the
Over this period, he effectively a club hammer on the head of a confused production values you would expect from
documented the working practices on the steer. It is callous, arbitrary, clearly routine top broadcast TV.
outdoors areas of this mega slaughterhouse and utterly without care or compassion. In the film, the footage is first shown
as animals were driven into the enclosed While all this is deeply distressing it is to a chef who cannot watch it but then
stunning and killing areas. I dread to think the reaction of the pigs that grabs at my goes on about cruelty triggering
what he might have filmed in there had he heart. They clearly know what lies in store biological responses that impair the
been able to gain access. and do their best not to go inside the quality of the meat. Oh dear! A professor
It is no ordinary abattoir but one fed slaughterhouse, attempting to run in the of ethics, Andrzej Elzanowski, and an
directly by 2,000 farms in a particular opposite direction. One sow tries to force independent vet, Dorota Sumaninska,
rural district of West-Pomerania and also find it difficult viewing. The
together they virtually form a meat professor is clear that the real
production city. Most Polish farms reason for the cruelty is peoples
are very small and that is evidenced gluttony for meat.
by the size of some trailers and even Slaughterhouses will continue to
pick-up trucks seen arriving at the exist so long as people gorge
unloading bays just a few animals themselves on meat.
crammed in the back. Big beef cows, He then adds that the workers on
young steers, exhausted sows and the film are exhibiting psychopathic
six-month old meat pigs as well as tendencies the very kind of people
dairy cows are all forced down the who are attracted to slaughterhouse
steel-barred walkways and into the work. The vet is clearly disturbed
main slaughter building. and says: Now you know what the
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entrance to hell looks like. The ones million viewers in a country almost
who go to hell will walk this way. So long as we continue to half the size of Britain and a further
The reporter asks a worker if he transport, slaughter and three million when it was transmitted
has a dog and the man replies that he twice more and through its spin-off
does and he is treated like one of the
eat animals such cruelty programmes. We have no idea how
family. Asked why, in that case, he will not end many viewed its website but the
had used an electric goad on a cow, programme is still up as I write,
he replies: Because the cow was tired and or not or whether its Witkowo or weeks later.
couldnt walk. Hes asked again, why? somewhere else. The reporter reassures A special live debate was organised
Because time was running out. This him that it is real. outside the slaughterhouse, watched by a
answer reveals that cruelty is as much the Asked whether this footage damages the further half million. Social media went into
responsibility of management and their reputation of Agrofirma he answers with a overdrive and the story was covered by
demands as it is individual workers. defiant no, and then adds that there is over 30 newspapers. The local public vet
A different worker dismisses the claims much more good at the plant than bad. resigned and a public prosecutor is still
of cruelty saying: Cattle are just cattle Then comes the scary bit: They are using considering what charges to bring against
this is only slapping. Sometimes you spank these examples to harm Agrofirma. This is those involved. Cezary is confident that
your woman harder than I kick those a mistake! action will be taken. And Maxs bravery
animals. He then chillingly adds that we Cezary makes a telling contribution has earned him a place on our permanent
havent seen the real cruelty that goes on. towards the end of the film, saying that so campaign team.
He refuses to say more for fear that he will long as we continue to transport, slaughter Viva! Poland works in close co-
become a black sheep at the facility. and eat animals such cruelty will not end. I operation with local groups all over the
The district vet has never received any give the last words about animals to the country to wield considerable influence
complaints of cruelty and the companys sympathetic vet, Dorota: They are similar and is now Polands pre-eminent animal
vet, Mieczystaw Sypien, who also runs a to us and have a warm heart that wants to group. And its working! We have just
private veterinary practice, is equally blind beat! Absolutely! declared Warsaw the vegan capital of
to what goes on at the plant where he This brilliant expos was watched by six Europe as the city has hit a staggering total
works. His attempts to absolve the of 40 dedicated vegan restaurants.
company of wrong doing are toe-
curling. He starts by saying that You can watch this film, with English
animals have extraordinarily subtitles, at
profound feelings often more so viva.org.uk/polishslaughter. And
than people. But thats the end of his dont forget, you can view some of
concessions. There is no brutality in the hundreds of animals Viva! Poland
using electric shocks on a screaming has rescued at our 50-acre
pig, he says. As for the club hammer: Korabiewicach sanctuary at
How do I know its a hammer I viva.org.uk/korabiewicach-animal-
dont have glasses! Asked if the sanctuary-poland. If you like the idea
practices shown are cruel or not he of adopting one them, go to
responds: I cant even tell if its real adoptafarmanimal.org.uk.
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How now clever cow

Veronika Powell MSc delves into cow behaviour and intelligence with some
fascinating results
ost of us take cows for granted. a wide field of vision of some 330. They making the dog cautiously happy as theres
M We may not always see them but

we grow up with them being
around. Perhaps its because theyre so
can see almost everything around them in
order to detect danger. However, both the
depth of vision and detail are both limited
no sign of threat, just a lot of inquisitive
sniffing on both sides!
Cows can discriminate urine from
ubiquitous that few people pay any and this, combined with the fact they cant stressed or dominant animals and naturally
attention to them or know what theyre see the red colour spectrum very well, avoid entering places that smell like danger
really like. If they were a rare species we makes them reluctant to enter shadowy or someone elses ground. They also have
would probably be bowled over for they areas and they are suspicious of small, an additional sensory organ called the
are truly remarkable. unknown things or shadows in their path. vomeronasal organ on the roof of their
Cattle are herbivores and prey animals, Perhaps as compensation they have mouth. It detects pheromones hormone-
which means they are quiet, vigilant and excellent hearing and, predictably, dislike like molecules responsible for sexual
their instincts are to hide or run interest or fear signalling. You may
away from danger. They have an have seen a bull with his head lifted,
inherent fear of unfamiliar objects, Given th e chance, calves are upper lip curled back and sucking in
situations, smells, sudden inquisitive and playful, galloping air. This is called the flehman
movements and noises because expression which directs scents
these might turn out to be life and bucking, doing sudden turns straight to the vomeronasal organ
threatening. and twists and play figh ting with allowing him to detect the first signs
Because theyre herd animals, of a cow coming into heat.
being isolated makes them scared th eir friends When cows detect fear
and anxious. There is safety in pheromones, it immediately triggers a
numbers and when together there is stress response and fear behaviour
a strong and instinctive tendency for one loud or sudden noises as these might useful in nature but on farms, where theres
cow to follow the others. As with sheep, indicate danger. Their sense of smell is no escape, it only increases their anxiety.
people often see this behaviour as quite outstanding and they use it to
somehow less intelligent when in fact its explore and assess food and new objects or Gentle giants
not dumb at all having no superior environments. If youve ever come across Free from human interference, semi-wild or
means to fight predators, blending in with young cows in a field youll know how feral cattle form small groups of about 15-
the crowd is the best survival strategy! inquisitive they are, providing youre gentle 20 animals, with a strict social hierarchy.
they just want to smell you! These are combined female and offspring
Sensational senses You may have seen videos of cows herds while males form small bachelor
With their eyes wide apart and more on the meeting a friendly dog they carefully groups. In the cow herds, daughters inherit
sides of the head than the front, cattle have approach the dog, sniffing at him loudly, their mothers social status and they
remain grooming and grazing partners for
life. Calves often form lifelong friendships
when they are only a few days old. Having
their friend around has a calming effect
and these social bonds are constantly
reinforced through mutual grooming. Once
the social structure is established, it
remains stable for years. Dominant bulls
temporarily join the cow herd when the
cows are in heat.
Between grazing, chewing the cud,
grooming and napping, theres never a dull
moment! On sunny days, cattle enjoy the
warm sunshine by exposing their faces to it
when resting. An inability to perform these
natural behaviours on farms results in
stereotypical (repetitive, purposeless),
To find out more about

cows go to our newly
relaunched website,
White Lies
whitelies.org.uk
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subdued or abnormal behaviour. nature to them in the wild. Because they moment when theyve solved a
The birth of a calf is a very private need to learn and remember safe grazing problem.
moment. After a nine month pregnancy, a places, water sources, how to avoid danger On the other hand, farmed dairy
cow will take herself off from the herd to and find shelter. calves and cows are stressed, less
deliver, leaving her calf hidden away in You wont be surprised to hear that active and show lower cognitive
long grass or undergrowth for the first researchers have found that cattle abilities and depression. This is due
week. The calf is then brought to the herd experience a wide range of emotions, to low motivation and fear rather
for an introduction ceremony and to be including displaying an excited eureka than lower intelligence.
thoroughly sniffed by the members You will rarely see cattle
and accepted. expressing happiness other than
It is painful to contemplate the Moth er cows ha ve a special bellow in sanctuaries but here they
effect that life-long dairy farming has show us what their true nature
on cows, having their new-borns for th eir calves and wh en th ey are is like as they literally jump for
removed every time they give birth. stolen from th em, th ey can bellow joy and frolic in the fields.
They have not lost their natural
instincts and, when possible, they will for days
hide their calf and try to keep it safe
at all cost. They might attack an
intruder and will jump fences or
break barriers once separated from their calf.
Given the chance, calves are inquisitive
and playful, galloping and bucking, doing
sudden turns and twists and play fighting
with their friends but play never escalates
into aggression.
Communication
Because of their need to stay safe in nature
and not draw attention to themselves,
cattle are much less expressive of pain
and injury than we are. They signal
pain with subtle signs such as an
altered posture or gait. They
really do suffer in silence. Farm
workers take this for complicity
and inflict extraordinary suffering
on these gentle giants. When cattle
vocalise their pain and use their
strength, you know they have been
pushed to the limit.
When threatened or about to
attack, cows always give warning
signals by lowering their head,
which they might swing from side
to side, flicking their tail in
irritation and bulls paw at the
ground before charging. They rarely
attack without being provoked only
when threatened, establishing
dominance or protecting their young.
Cattle use specific types of calls a
greeting, communication with their
offspring or as a threat. When a calf
wanders away from her mother, he or she
will call for her with a specific lower
frequency sound which carries further than
the higher pitch cry signalling pain.
Mother cows also have a special bellow for
their calves and when they are stolen from
them, they can bellow for days its the
only time they are truly vocal.
Learning curve
Cows learn quickly and can figure out how
to access food or pasture and remember
the best spots for grazing or people and
sounds to avoid. This, of course, is second
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s Italian
Spring Canneloni, tapenade,
mushroom risotto and
truly delicious gelato, our
kitchen wizard Chava
Eichner has turned her
thoughts and her
camera lens to things
deliciously Italian. As the weather
warms and plants emerge once more,
conjure up these classics and remind
yourself of all the delicious dishes that
lie in wait for you this year, both here
and abroad. And theres even more in
our colourful and extensive Vegan
Recipe Club at veganrecipeclub.org.uk
Tapenade
Black and Green
EACH SERVES 4-6 | PREP TIME 10 MINUTES
This olive-based paste or dip has been made since
Roman times. Olivarum conditurae continues to be a
firm favourite in the Italian kitchen and is also
associated with the cuisine of Provence in France.
Black tapenade Green tapenade

n 125g/4oz kalamata olives, pitted n 125g/4oz green olives, pitted
n red onion, roughly chopped n 50g/1oz artichokes (in oil)
n clove garlic (or more to taste) n clove garlic
n 1 tbsp capers n 1 spring onion, quartered
n 5 basil leaves n Zest of lemon
n 3 sundried tomatoes n 1 heaped tbsp chopped parsley
n 2-3 tbsp olive oil (optional) n 2-3 tbsp olive oil (optional)
1 Check there are no stones in your olives. Combine all 1 Once youve checked for stones, blend all ingredients
ingredients in a blender (you can use the chopper to the desired consistency. Season to taste.
attachment of a hand blender or the small bowl of a FROM THE
food processor). Pulse the mixture until texture is how TIP For a delicious starter, spread slices of crusty bread
you like it. For finer consistency, add 2-3 tablespoons of with vegan cream cheese and top with tapenade and a
olive oil and blend to a smooth paste. Adjust seasoning. pretty garnish. Alternatively, drizzle over pizza, stir into
humous or give extra flavour to your pomodoro sauce.
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Spinach and Almond

Ricotta Cannelloni
SERVES 4-6 | PREP TIME 35 MINUTES, COOKING TIME 50
MINUTES
A real show stopper, this recipe uses egg-free cannelloni tubes
which are widely available from supermarkets. They absorb a lot
of liquid while baking so you need to make a more watery tomato
sauce for this dish a firm family favourite for us!
n 14-16 cannelloni tubes n 1 tin (400g) chopped

tomatoes
Filling n 150ml/5fl oz water
n 2-3 tbsp olive oil n 1 tsp mixed herbs
n 2 onions, finely chopped n 1 level tsp buillon powder
n 2 cloves garlic, crushed n 1 tbsp sundried tomato paste
n 300g/10oz frozen chopped (e.g. Sacla)
spinach, fully defrosted n A generous pinch of sugar
Perfect Mushroom Risotto n 150g/5oz ground almonds
n 4 heaped tbsp nutritional n Grated vegan cheese
SERVES 4 | PREP TIME 10 MINUTES, COOKING TIME yeast flakes (e.g. smoked style)
30 MINUTES n Zest of half a lemon
Real risotto is reassuringly creamy with a slightly sloppy n 4 tbsp lemon juice OR for a quick white sauce:
consistency. The only way to achieve the perfect texture is by n 75ml/2fl oz soya milk n 250ml soya milk
stirring continuously lovingly until the rice is cooked to n Salt or vegan bouillon powder n 1 tsp bouillon powder
perfection and your kitchen is filled with mouthwateringly n Black pepper n 1 heaped tbsp nutritional
delicious smells. yeast flakes
Tomato Sauce n 1 heaped tbsp cornflour
n 2 tbsp virgin olive oil n 350g/12oz Arborio n Half of the onion/garlic mix n Salt, pepper and nutmeg
n 3 cloves garlic, finely risotto rice (see recipe text) to taste
chopped n 1 Knorr Vegetable Stock
n 1 bunch spring onions, Pot or 3 tsp vegan bouillon, 1 Start by making the filling. Use a large saucepan to saut the
chopped small eg Marigold red or purple tub onions slowly in olive oil until softened. Add crushed garlic and
n 100g/3oz oyster n 100ml/3fl oz white wine continue stirring for a couple of minutes. Transfer half this mixture
mushrooms n 2 tsp dried mixed herbs to a second saucepan for the sauce.
n 300g/1oz button n 750ml/27fl oz water 2 While onions are cooking, place defrosted spinach and squeeze
mushrooms n Black pepper out as much water as possible. Now add the spinach and all
n 15g/oz dried porcini n A generous splash of oat remaining filling ingredients to the pan with half the sauted
mushrooms cream (optional) onions. Stir well until evenly combined and heated through.
Generously season the filling with salt (and/or bouillon powder)
1 For risotto, you need to have all ingredients prepared and freshly ground black pepper. Add extra splash of milk if
beforehand. Keep stock hot in a second pan to add one ladle at needed. Filling should be soft but not runny. Set aside to cool.
a time. 3 For the tomato sauce, pour tinned tomatoes over onion-garlic
2 A good stock is essential and I use Knorr Vegetable Stock mix. Add water, bouillon powder, mixed herbs and sundried
Pots as they give a really nice flavour. To add dairy-free cream tomato paste. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes.
at the end I recommend oat or rice cream. The taste of soya or Stir in pinch of sugar and adjust seasoning. Ensure it remains a bit
coconut creams may be too noticeable. watery. Spoon half the sauce into a large ovenproof dish.
3 Soak the porcini mushrooms in hot water for 20 minutes. 4 To fill cannelloni easily use a single-use plastic icing bag. Place
4 Prepare all other ingredients. Halve button mushrooms and filling in bag and snip the front off. Fill tubes and place in single
slice spring onion finely. layer on the tomato sauce. Continue until spinach-ricotta filling is
5 Dissolve stock in 750ml of water and keep hot. used up. Pour remaining tomato sauce over.
6 Heat oil on a medium heat in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. 5 Grate vegan cheese over the cannelloni OR whip up a white
Add garlic and spring onions and saut for 3 minutes. sauce by blending all ingredients. Heat and stir continuously until
7 Add fresh mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes. Add herbs and sauce thickens. Adjust seasoning and pour over the tomato sauce.
porcini mushrooms, reserving soaking water. 6 Cover dish with foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 50
8 Pour in rice and stir for a minute, then add white wine and minutes until cooked and bubbling. Remove foil for final 10
mushroom water. minutes. Test pasta is cooked through before serving.
9 Stir continuously until the liquid has been absorbed. Pour in a
ladle of hot stock and keep stirring until it has been absorbed.
Continue adding stock and stirring until rice is cooked it will
be worth the effort!
10 The risotto is done when the grains are soft but still have
bite. It should be slightly sloppy. Season to taste. Serve
immediately with rocket leaves, chopped fresh herbs or a few
fried mushrooms.
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FROM THE
Chocolate Gelato with

Salted Caramel Sauce
SERVES 4 | PREP TIME 5 MINUTES, COOKING TIME 10
MINUTES PLUS CHILLING AND CHURNING
This gelato is a great vegan version of the Italian classic. It
takes only four ingredients to create frozen chocolate
heaven. The caramel sauce is utterly delicious and will turn
a simple scoop of ice cream into the most indulgent treat.
n 250ml/8fl oz dairy-free cream

n 100g/3oz light brown sugar
n 85g/3oz vegan dark chocolate
n 200ml/6fl oz boiling water
n 100g/3oz golden syrup
n 35g/1oz vegan margarine
n A generous pinch of salt
1 For the gelato, chop chocolate very finely. Add to

saucepan with cream and sugar. Heat gently and whisk
until sugar is dissolved and chocolate melted. Pour in
boiling water and mix with a hand blender until smooth
and creamy.
2 Set aside to cool completely, then place in fridge until
fully chilled.
3 Meanwhile, make the caramel sauce. Add all three
ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a gentle bubble.
Let simmer for about 3 minutes, then set aside. When
the sauce cools it will thicken. If too thick, add a little
boiling water, tablespoon at a time, and blend vigorously
to desired consistency.
4 Pour the chocolate base into an ice cream maker and
churn until texture is like soft serve ice cream. You can
eat it straight away or freeze it for a couple of hours.
5 If kept in freezer for longer, take it out 5-10 minutes
before serving to soften. Drizzle generously with
caramel sauce!
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26 life
Smoking kills By Dr Justine Butler, Senior Health Researcher & Writer, Viva!Health
Cigarettes carry a government health warning, given the
established links between meat and cancer, Viva!Health says so
should bacon and chicken nuggets!
I
n 2015, the World Health NOCs (in preserved meat and produced in substances may be to blame: animal fat,
Organisation (WHO) announced that the gut from meat), bind to DNA and cause animal protein, NOCs, HCAs and PAHs
processed meat does cause cancer and mutations that can lead to cancer. Cancer- and haem iron. Take your pick!
red meat probably does, too. Most of us causing HCAs and PAHs are produced by People who eat 400g or more of meat a
already know about the links between cooking meat at high temperatures, on a day can be exposed to as many NOCs as a
meat and bowel cancer but meat is linked barbecue for example. All meats contain at smoker! So meat-eaters may need the same
to many other cancers, also. least some of these so avoiding meat level of health advice as smokers, which is
Meat has been recognised as a risk completely is the only effective way of what then Shadow Secretary of State for
factor for cancer since the early 1900s. reducing your risk of cancer. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
Countries with high intakes have higher Researchers from the University of Kerry McCarthy suggested in 2015 in u
rates of bowel, breast and prostate cancer, Oxford, found that, compared to meat-
three of the most common types. Other eaters, cancer incidence is lower in fish-
studies show that people who eat the most eaters and vegetarians but lower still in
meat have a higher risk of bowel, liver, vegans; UK vegans have a 19 per cent
lung and oesophageal cancer. lower risk than meat-eaters. Similar results
So what is it in meat thats responsible? were found in the US where vegans
Well, its hard to say as there are so many have a 16 per cent lower risk and
candidates to choose from: saturated fat, vegan women have 34 per cent
animal protein, haem iron, salt, cancer- less female-specific cancers.
causing compounds called NOCs, HCAs
and PAHs... its an extensive list. Diets high BOWEL CANCER
in saturated fat, leading to obesity, increase The link between
the risk of breast, prostate and bowel meat and bowel
cancer. Animal protein increases levels of a cancer is well-
growth hormone called IGF-1, which established; its one
increases the risk of bowel and lung cancer. of the best-known
IGF-1 levels are lower among vegans. Iron diseases associated
overload can increase cancer risk by with meat. Again,
generating cancer-causing free radicals. a number of meaty
viva.org.uk 27
an interview for Viva!life magazine. The bowel cancers could be avoided if people STOMACH CANCER
research supports her; better dietary advice reduced their meat intake. Avoiding it The links between processed meat and
could save lives. Bowel cancer is the altogether would be even more effective. stomach cancer, the fifth most common
leading cause of cancer death among non- Suspected culprits include heavy metals, cancer worldwide, have been known about
smokers in affluent countries and its synthetic hormones, NOCs, HCAs and for over a decade. The WHO has reported
prevention should be a major goal for PAHs, haem iron and animal protein links between processed meat and stomach
public health. which increases IGF-1. High intakes of cancer. The WCRF agree. They also say
vegetables, fruit and soya reduce the risk of that grilled and barbecued meat, and
BREAST CANCER lung cancer. eating little or no fruit, increases the risk.
Links between diet and breast cancer have High levels of salt, nitrite, nitrate and
been suspected for a long time. NOCs in processed meats have been
Wide geographical variation and blamed along with cancer-causing
migration studies show that genes PAHs in smoked meat.
are responsible for only 5-10 per One in ten lung and
cent of breast cancers. The vast GO VEGAN!
majority are caused by diet and bowel cancers could be The meat industry has been able to
lifestyle factors. The US Nurses influence official dietary guidelines
Health Study found that daily avoided if people reduced for too long. If the government
servings of meat increased the risk arent brave enough to revise their
substantially especially in women their meat intake advice then hopefully people will
using oral contraceptives. make the change for themselves.
Girls exposed to radiation from Going into old age disease-free, fit
the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and and healthy is all any of us could
Nagasaki were more likely to get breast KIDNEY CANCER hope for. If one simple lifestyle change can
cancer later in life than those not exposed, Studies show that cancer-causing HCAs help achieve that, isnt it worth encouraging
but women over 40 who were exposed had and PAHs in cooked meat are also linked everyone to make the change today?
no such increased risk. This inspired to kidney cancer. One theory is that they
researchers to investigate the adolescent activate enzymes (proteins that accelerate Based on the Viva!Health report: Meat the
diets of women. They found that those chemical reactions in the body) making Truth how and why meat consumption
who ate a lot of meat when they were them behave differently, causing mutations is a major public health concern. A review
young had a much higher risk of in DNA that can lead to cancer. of the evidence. Available for 10 from
premenopausal breast cancer. vivashop.org.uk
Several different substances in meat may PANCREATIC CANCER
be to blame, including animal fat, HCAs Meat is linked to pancreatic cancer, the
and PAHs, haem iron and hormone fourth most common cause of cancer death
residues. worldwide. Animal fat, HCAs, PAHs and
Fruit, vegetables and fibre lower the haem iron are thought to be involved.
risk. Given that breast cancer now affects Vegans have a much lower risk of this
one in eight women in the UK, the disease than meat-eaters. The huge
consumption of meat should be regarded European-wide EPIC study found strong
as a public health concern. Dietary advice links with chicken and suggested that
given at mammography screenings would antibiotics and/or drugs called
be an effective way of helping women coccidiostats given to poultry and cattle to
lower their risk. prevent the growth of parasites may be
responsible. They also said that viruses in
PROSTATE CANCER undercooked meat may be involved. So
The high consumption of red, processed you are damned if you cook it, and
and well-done meat is linked to prostate damned if you dont!
cancer. It is suggested that an HCA called
PhiP is responsible. Fried, roast and grilled
chicken can contain particularly high
amounts chicken and PhiPs not so
finger-licking good after all!
The Prostate Cancer Lifestyle Trial
found that men recently diagnosed with
prostate cancer were able to avoid or delay
treatment for at least two years by
following a vegan diet. Despite this
evidence, public health advice on the links
between diet and prostate cancer is sparse.
LUNG CANCER
High intakes of meat and haem iron are
linked to lung cancer, one of the most
common and serious types of cancer. In
2007, the World Cancer Research Fund
(WCRF) said that red and processed meats
might be a cause. The huge NIH-AARP
Diet and Health Study from the US was in
no doubt they said meat is linked to lung
cancer and cancers of the bowel, liver and
oesophagus. They said one in ten lung and
28 life
Honey
bunkum
It can cure almost anything, from acne to worms, its claimed.
So is honey magical medicine or just a sweet-tasting myth?
By Dr Justine Butler and Tony Wardle
So which commercial animals are
subjected to unnatural feed, artificial
insemination, treatment with antibiotics,
inhumane transportation conditions and
culling. The answer is most, and that can
include the poor little honey bee.
As with all modern farming systems,
commercial honey production is all about
output and that means overriding the bees
natural lifecycle to suit the money makers.
The life of a bee has always fascinated
us, not least the numerous little mysteries
that surround it. As with all things, it
seems, as humankind has discovered a
little of what they do and why, someone
has immediately exploited it.
A queen bee is chosen by the workers
and fed special food to make her into
well, the queen bee. They are fiercely loyal
to her and their dedication is fuelled by the
pheromones she secretes and which are
passed from bee to bee. As the hive
population grows and becomes crowded,
some bees never get near her majesty and
never savour her hormones and tend to
become less dedicated.
At this point, the queen would naturally
depart the hive with a swarm of her
courtiers who often hang about nearby,
suspended from a branch or fence post,
like a big, black fizzing rugby ball, while the
scouts discover a new home. Those that
remain in the hive choose a new queen and
it all starts again.
Manipulating the magic

In commercial farms, various little schemes
are used to subvert this process of
reproduction. The entire hive might be
killed off once the honey has been
Continued on page 50
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Our Team Viva!

Heroes are those
Last month, our intrepid
Roger Roberts began
people who do training for his awesome

969-mile cycle across
something Britain. Even for a crack
cyclist thats a challenge but Roger
extraordinary for Viva! isnt that and is in serious training.
He biked an impressive 160 miles
over two days in order to be with us
at the Viva! Vegan Festival in Cardiff
on February 4.
The amazing Guy Harper recently Keep an eye out for Roger at Viva!
completed the incredible challenge of Vegan Festivals across the UK in the
saying nothing for the whole of February. lead-up to his challenge on
It was an extraordinary thing to do and really September 9.
helped us to raise awareness of the plight of
farmed animals who are unable to speak out
against their own mistreatment and suffering.
The poignant symbolism of this challenge has
inspired thousands of people and created so
much interest that it has been covered in the
international press. Guy raised 2000 thank
you so much!
These committed Viva! supporters and others like them

are our Heroes because they help us to keep fighting for
animals. And you can be one, too. Find out more about
how to organise your own challenge or how to sponsor
these and other remarkable people. Visit
viva.org.uk/team-viva or call 0117 944 1000.
Your support means everything and challenges like
these make a real difference to Viva!s work allowing
us to reach brand new audiences and inspire people to
make the change and go vegan.
You can be one of our Team Viva! Heroes too. To find out how to get
involved, go to viva.org.uk/team-viva or contact Sam on 0117 944 1000.
Wed love to hear from you.
30 life
B-r-r-r-r-exit
the forecast for animals is pretty chilly,
says Tony Wardle
T
he question keeps on coming what
will Brexit mean for animals? The
answer is largely guesswork, just as
it is for every other aspect of this massive
constitutional upheaval. However, the
writing is on the wall in letters ten feet tall
and its not very encouraging for animals.
Brexiteers are claiming that at last we
have control of our destiny and can now
protect British animals from that cruel
Johnny Foreigner. Its a combination of
naivety and cynicism!
We love a good myth and one of the
most enduring is that we have the best
animal welfare in the world. If you believe
that you will obviously expect our animals
to enter a new La La land once were
independent. But sadly, it isnt true and our
leaders have shown that they dont give a
toss about animals not least when they
propose scrapping farm animal welfare
codes in 2016.
Yes, we did ban veal crates and sow stalls
but boy oh boy what a battle it was.
Farmers and the Tory Party did everything
they could to
thwart it and
through
gerrymandering All the recent
managed to delay
the ban on sow improvements have
stalls for several
years. They now,
of course, use
come from the EU
our successes as
their own, to tell the world how theyve
improved the lot of farmed animals.
Yes, the impetus for change has always
come from campaigners, with the support
of a few politicians such as Norman Baker
and the late Tony Banks. Around the year
2,000, quality assurance schemes suddenly
started to appear to try and fool the public
that the industry was changing. The Red
Tractor variety has always been a joke and
in December 23 Farmers Weekly, the Tenant
Farmers Association admitted it, saying that
membership is no more than a licence for
farmers to sell into the supply chain.
The truth is, there are now several
European countries that have better animal
welfare than we do and all the recent
improvements have come from the EU. Its
too long a list to repeat but includes a ban
on teeth clipping and tail docking and a
sickening admission about pregnant u
viva.org.uk 31
sows. It says they are all hungry for their products. It is a shameless attempt to
entire lives because they are fed on bring back neonicotinoids and other
concentrates that lack roughage to fill damaging pesticides.
them up. It issued a Directive saying that All the claims made during the Brexit
to satisfy their hunger and need to chew, debate that we could continue to trade
all sows must be given a sufficient quantity with the EU without tariffs was hog wash.
of bulky, high-fibre food. It was never going to happen. About 44
That was 2003 and in all the farm visits per cent of all our exports go to the EU
weve done since then, weve seen not a and are free of tariffs. Some 17 per cent go
trace of these or any other improvements. to the US but do carry tariffs. Tariffs are a
The EU also called for the provision of form of protectionism, making our exports
enrichment materials for pigs to explore, more expensive to people in the importing
such as straw or hay. The only thing we country and acts as a damper on trade. We
have seen was a solitary chain hanging have just turned our tariff-free back on the reports, enforcement records and other
from the top bars of a pig battery cage and biggest trading block in the world so no information about the treatment of animals
a deflated football. In 2009, it was the EU wonder Mrs May is desperate. from its website. What does that tell us?
not the UK that declared animals as The hoopla and holler that accompanied In the US, use of bovine somatotrophin
sentient beings a vital admission but a possible trade deal with Australia, that (BST) is fairly routine in dairy cows to
again, little has changed. takes just two per cent of our exports, is increase milk production but it comes at a
The problem with Directives is that they proof of that desperation. It is to the US, of hell of a price to the animals, resulting in
are enforced (or not) at a national level so course, that all Brexiteers are looking and is severe welfare problems, dramatically
each country can find ways of ignoring what prompted Mrs Mays unseemly rush increasing the incidence of painful mastitis
them as we have done. Despite and laminitis. It follows that
this, the EU has moved forwards antibiotic use also increases.
even though at a snails pace
because with 500 million people it What are the chances Thats not all that increases as
milk levels of the naturally-
is strong enough and big enough
not to be threatened by other of Mrs May standing occurring hormone insulin-like
growth factor 1(IGF1) go up
countries nor to be forced into
making concessions for the sake
of trade deals. The same cannot
up for animals? quite substantially. It is directly
linked to cancer, including breast
cancer, although the process isnt
be said of the UK on its own. yet clear.
Remember the furore over the bee- to hold hands with Donald. Has she There are all kinds of practices in the US
destroying pesticides neonicotinoids? Our forgotten that this shy, retiring man wrote a which we shun here, including chlorine-
government fought tooth and nail to keep book called The Art of the Deal in which he washed chickens, unlabelled genetically
on using them when Europe called for a says that the best deals (for him) are always modified (GM) foods and cattle implanted
ban. But now, the British Crop Production struck when the other party is desperate. with growth hormones. Imports of this
Council is calling for a different system for Desperate? Mrs May is dashing about beef are banned by the EU but the farm-
assessing pesticides the much less like the last passenger on a sinking liner owners body, the National Farmers Union
restrictive (less safe) risk-based approach pleading for someone to let her into one or (NFU), is already repositioning itself.
as opposed to the EUs safer, hazard-based other of the crowded lifeboats. Her first On Radio 4s Today programme in
system which, they say, is restricting their trade deal was with Turkey, which February, Bob Young of the American
use of important plant protection included developing the countrys fighter Farm Bureau Federation, made it
jets. President Recep Tayyip absolutely clear that any US trade deal
Erdogan has a shameful with the UK would have to include our
human rights record but its acceptance of food derived from these
trade or bust for the UK and pratices. Martin Haworth, NFU director of
as Mrs May said: This strategy, meekly agreed that there was no
agreement underlines that scientific evidence that these foods were
Britain is open for harmful to humans (on hormones, no
business. What she missed off studies have been carried out) and clearly
the end was at any price. signalled that the NFU had no objection.
Concern for people didnt The proviso was that UK farmers should
feature in this deal so what are be allowed to do the same! No one even
the chances of her standing up mentioned the fate of the animals involved.
for animals? Back to neonicotinoid pesticides, it has
So lets consider how the US now been discovered that they disrupt bats
might affect animals here. echo location if they feed on contaminated
Farmed animals in the US have insects. The Soil Association estimates that
almost no protection and every seed planted in the US has been
several States intend to enact ag coated in one neonicotinoid or another. Its
gag laws in which exposing one reason why there are now insufficient
animal suffering on farms can bees to pollinate their crops and that
get you sent to prison. Even as transporting bee hives all over the country
I write, the US Agriculture as pollinators makes up the bulk of honey
Department has removed producers incomes (see page 29). And
animal welfare inspection were going to be part of it. Happy Brexit!
32 life
Obituary
Joan Court
a n extraordin ary
Film review
wom an driv en by lo ve
Joan, who died recently at the age
Carnage
of 97, led a remarkable life. A
hugely respected animal activist,
she was a regular participant in
Viva!s Days of Action and was the
guest of honour at our Cambridge
Roadshow back in 2012.
Swallowing the past Joan was living proof that, at

whatever age you become active for
animals, you can make a difference.
I have always been a fan of comedian Simon deliciously, subtly satirical. There is the She was nearly 60 years old when
Amstell, from Never Mind the Buzzcocks to disused slaughterhouse, with hanging chains she first became involved in animal
his early presenting days on Popworld, and a collection of ear tags, and its rights. After seeing a disturbing
where he could subtly slay an arrogant boy impossible not to make the comparison with poster detailing the horrors of
band with a charming one liner. todays genocide memorials at Auschwitz animal research, she took part in
So I was delighted to see that when he and Phnom Penh in Cambodia. her first action an anti-vivisection
stepped into the role of film director he kept The whole film is handled with a light march in Cambridge. The very next
his stand up comedians hat on. Set in a touch despite its dark underbelly and being day she formed a new group
utopian 2067, Carnage is a feature length intercut with original footage of todays campaigning for animals.
film that looks back factory farming, Joans earlier life was no less
at a time when including some remarkable. She trained as a nurse
human beings ate I have written and from Viva!. The and social worker before going to
other animals. directed a film about impact it has is work for the World Health
For young people quite remarkable Organisation in impoverished
of this future time, veganism. Im sorry. and you are carried regions of Turkey and India. It was in
the idea that their Simon Amstell through it by its India that she met Mahatma Gandhi
grandparents could comedy, satire and and was profoundly moved by his
have been complicit in an animal bloodbath understanding of the subject. Youve got to compassion. She committed herself
is unimaginable. And so Amstell takes them be able to laugh at yourself as Amstell to his ethos of change through non-
on a retrospective journey back as far as the manages to poke fun beautifully at vegans violent campaigning and direct
1940s, with the aid of Joanna Lumley, despite (or perhaps because of) being one action, working first for children and
Martin Freeman, Lorraine Kelly and Vanessa himself. then animals.
Feltz, along with archive footage of such Like so many other people, Simon Amstell Joan used her advancing age to
historic characters as Ronald McDonald, became vegan after watching the film her advantage with the media and
Captain Birds Eye and Burger King. Earthlings (director Shaun Monson) which is as one of Cambridges wonderfully
We were promised a new way of looking so full-on that many people wont watch it. infamous granarchists, she staged
at the whole topic of meat eating and He was keen to present some of the key sit-ins, hunger strikes and chained
veganism and I was not disappointed. You issues and truths in a way that was herself to railings. Even at the age
have the wonderful juxtaposition of a TV palatable to a wider audience and hes of 85 she joined a Sea Shepherd
cook gleefully stuffing her hand into a achieved it. You can watch it on BBC Iplayer. vessel as a crew member and
turkey with an Amstell commentary that is KRISTIAN T became part of the hunt for illegal
fishing vessels in the South Atlantic!
Joan was seen by the entire
movement as a champion for
animals and will be sorely missed.
However, her dedication and
inspiration live on and we are
dedicating our Birmingham Viva!
Vegan Festival to her memory.
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Eggs
Eggs are in, eggs are out! Viva!s Veronika Powell
the hard-boiled facts
shakes it all about and discovers all the facts you need
to know about eggs
Eggs have never been an essential part of DIABETES
our diet, merely an addition. Theres no People who eat an egg a day have up
official recommended intake simply to double the risk of developing diabetes
because we dont need to eat any! type 2 compared to those who eat eggs
only occasionally. The cholesterol they
HEART DISEASE contain affects blood sugar metabolism.
Eggs contain saturated fat and cholesterol
and the science is clear consumption of FOOD POISONING AND CONTAMINANTS CANCER
either increases your risk of heart disease Salmonella food poisoning is one of the Egg consumption has been strongly linked
and all major health bodies agree. most common food-borne diseases and to hormone-sensitive cancers. Eating five or
Professor Spence, director of Stroke affects millions of people globally. Eggs are more a week has been associated with a
Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research the main source. Hens on UK egg-laying worrying increase in breast, prostate and
Centre, Ontario, Canada, warns that eating farms subscribing to the British Lion Code ovarian cancers, possibly due to the
eggs can be as bad for blood vessels as are vaccinated against salmonella, which cholesterol and choline content. Cholesterol
smoking. Regular consumption of egg yolk accounts for 85 percent of eggs. It can increase levels of the sex
contributes to a build-up of arterial follows that 15 per cent come hormone testosterone and
plaques cholesterol deposits on artery from farms that dont have to oestrogens and both are
walls which pose a risk for stroke and vaccinate, including those known risk factors in
heart attack. Cholesterol by-products with fewer than 350 hens. hormone-sensitive cancers.
resulting from egg cooking further Eggs can also carry Cholesterol and choline are
increase the risk and can be toxic, causing other dangerous also components of cell
DNA damage. bacteria such as membranes and might help
Listeria and cancerous cells to grow.
Campylobacter One study showed that
Normal artery that have been men with the highest
Artery known to choline intake had a 70 per
wall regularly cause cent increased risk of lethal
serious illness. prostate cancer. Another
Laying hens revealed that 2.5 eggs per week
Normal blood flow treated with drugs increased the risk by 81 per cent.
and given feed Research also shows a strong
Narrowing of artery Plaque containing pesticides tend relationship between eggs and
Artery
cross-section to produce contaminated eggs ovarian cancer. Women who ate more
and traces are usually present even in free- than two eggs a week had an 82
range and organic eggs. per cent higher risk of ovarian
cancer compared to women
who rarely ate eggs.
Abnormal blood flow
Narrowed SEE OUR TAKE HOME MESSAGE?

artery Plaque
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GUIDE FOR Everything you need to know about eggs
how theyre produced, the chickens who lay
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MORE easily adapted to be
Eggs also contain choline an essential INFORMATION! egg-free and
nutrient but only in small amounts. Too CRACKED: delicious. A
much can be damaging and by far the Everything you wholesome vegan
richest source is eggs. One of the by- need to know diet is the best
By Veronika Powell MSc,
products of choline (TMAO) is associated about eggs. Claire Palmer MSc and Tony Wardle 1.50
1 possible for our
with the build-up of arterial plaques and Available now at health, animals
the higher the levels of TMAO, the higher vivashop.org.uk/cracked-guide or call and the
the risk of stroke and heart attack. Viva! to order it on 0117 944 1000. environment.
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Meet the maker
h ocol a
C specialte
Here at the Viva! Shop, we Coco Caravan
lovingly hand pick our
merchandise, scouring the Joyfully whipping up his raw chocolate out of bed
creations in the beautiful Cotswolds, in the
planet for animal-free Jacques Cp is a chocolate maker with morning. It
amazingness and handcrafted purpose tuned into the health and fuels his
herbivore delights! happiness that the humble cocoa bean campaign
can bring. He says: I started with to banish
chocolate to make things that make the
We are excited to showcase people happy adding dairy to chocolate inevitable
and champion the artists, didnt necessarily make anyone happy. sugar high and subsequent crash,
designers and manufacturers When I started leaving things out, I saw experienced when munching on most
behind our vegan merch and the pure joy come about. conventional chocolate. Choosing to
Both the business and its founder are sweeten his cacao with an altogether
invite you to Meet the Maker proudly vegan, deeply rooted in ethical kinder alternative (to the planet,
and buy their wares! and environmental reasoning but also people and body) in the form of raw
for the well-being of all who come to coconut nectar its organic, fair trade,
eat Coco Caravans rich delights. One low GI and aids digestion too! The Salty
bite of the Date Caramel Soft Centre Caramel Blonde Chocolate is testament
Bar is enough to feel cosmically content to Jacques expert harnessing of the
for the rest of your day. natural ingredients he loves to use; the
This infectious zest to live a balanced coconut blossom nectar is subtly
and healthy life drives Jacques to get sweet; the cashews and coconut milk
are creamy and a pinch of sea salt
brings them to life.
When Jacques isnt dancing to
We lo ve music while crafting his chocolate,
Salty Caramel Blonde he confides: I once spoke with a
Chocolate 2.99 45g chocolate maker from California
Date & Caramel Filled and she said, Cacao is a living
Chocolate Bar 4.75 75g thing, that is why we sing and
dance to it. Hes particularly
singing the praises of his favourite
product the Tamari Almond
Chocolate Bar, made from smooth
dark chocolate and crunchy
umami-tasting almonds, a flavour
he describes as just mesmerising.
We couldnt agree more!
You can purchase a special
selection of Coco Caravans raw
chocolate from vivashop.org.uk or
visit cococaravan.co.uk for their
full range of solid, soft centre and
blonde raw bars and their much-
loved caramel covered fruits
dipped in chocolate.
SHOP KIND! ALL OF THE PRODUCTS FEATURED ARE AVAILAB LE

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So Sweet Couture Chocolate

Chloe Whittock is So Sweets young chocolate
and inspired creator and one glance at that
her gold-flecked white chocolate anyone
unicorn is enough to know shes onto could enjoy,
something magical. With her cute- including
shaped, edible critters, ranging from those with
bow-tied Scottie dogs to robots in love, dairy or
Chloe is winning the hearts of die-hard gluten
chocolate lovers around the world allergies.
helped by her charm and wit, which Based in a
everyone can stomach! barn in the
After being diagnosed with dairy and natural beauty that is Pembrokeshire,
gluten allergies, starting a vegan Chloe enthuses that she is forever
business was a natural progression for inspired by the wildlife on her
Chloe, particularly when treats were doorstep, It is an idyllic lifestyle
hard to find on the supermarket and I know I am lucky to be able
shelves. She explains: I became vegan to work from home doing a job I
gradually vegetarian first and slowly, love with a product that I
as I learnt more about it, I made the absolutely believe in. Often
transition to becoming vegan. Its animals take centre stage
easier now to inform others that you in her seasonal product
are vegan as its growing at such a rate lines, no doubt down
and not seen as a fad but more of a to her two pensioner
natural lifestyle. More and more people horses that happily graze in a
are becoming curious and interested in nearby paddock and the squirrels,
learning why vegans are vegans. It was wild rabbits and an adorable
fairly easy for me as I love vegetables, pheasant couple who visit her garden.
legumes, beans and so on as well as Find a seasonal range of So Sweet
having have an absolute love and Coutures chocolate on
respect for animals, environment and vivashop.org.uk or visit
our planet. sosweetcouture.com for their full
Already a star baker having won complement of vegan milk, white We lo ve
the National Cupcake Championships in and dark chocolate bars, animal White Chocolate Unicorn with
October 2015 with a Free From novelty gifts, hot chocolate spoons Raspberry Heart 6.95 65g
cupcake Chloe was intent on sharing and their newly launched brownies, Milk Chocolate Easter Egg Gift
her talent and creating great tasting made fresh to order! Box 12.95 210g
Hot Chocolate Spoon 2.95 40g
LAB LE AT VIVASHOP.ORG.UK OR CALL 0117 944 1000 (MON-FRI, 9AM-6PM)

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WEEKLY WINNER
UPDATE
In September, Viva! launched a competition Check out all the winners of our competition
called Be A Viva! Veganista fronted by our so far and get inspiration to enter our
residential Veganista, Hannah Price, to #VIVAVEGANISTA comp!
encourage vegan-curious people in the UK to viva.org.uk/veganista/winners.
explore and experiment with vegan cooking. We will be launching a new YouTube channel
Animal lover Hannah has been a vegetarian with Hannah very soon where she will be
for over a year and was keen to find more out talking about her own vegan journey and
about vegan cooking so she has been taking reviewing all-things-vegan-friendly, from
vegan baby-steps and documenting her chocolate to soaps and handbags, so keep
journey on Viva!s website campaign page your eyes peeled on the Veganista Instagram
viva.org.uk/veganista. page for news about the launch date:
We have had some amazing entries so far @BeAVivaVeganista.
and are looking for more people interested in You dont have to be vegan to enter, so if
home cooking to come along and say hi on you have any non-vegan friends, please pass
Instagram and Twitter. To enter, all you have on the #VIVAVEGANISTA love on social media!
to do is tag your homemade vegan meals with All monthly winners are decided by our
#VIVAVEGANISTA for a chance to WIN! fantastic judges and win a 50 hamper from
We have almost had 1,000 entries on The Goodness Project courtesy of our amazing
Instagram and Twitter, so join the fun and get sponsor Ecotricity.
your aprons on, you could bag yourself a 50 The competition is running until September
vegan-friendly hamper if youre crowned one 2018 and all information, including terms and
of our monthly winners AND if youre lucky conditions can be found at
enough to be chosen as the overall viva.org.uk/veganista or to get to know our
VIVA!VEGANISTA winner in September, youll judges a little better, visit:
win a weekend cookery course with viva.org.uk/veganista/judges.
Demuths cookery school in Bath and a
three-course dinner at Acorns vegetarian
WEEKLY WINNER
kitchen How amazing is that?!
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Cracked widens
In the last issue of Viva!life you will have read about our Cracked campaign,
life
an undercover expos of the sad lives of egg-laying hens. But the story is
nowhere near over yet. The Spalding Guardian, in whose patch one of the
farms was sited, went into action in no uncertain terms, headlining the story
Surfleet egg farm was one of the worst we saw.
As so often happens with newspapers, one story begets another and the
Metro national newspaper picked up on it and ran a big feature highlighting
the hypocrisy behind industrialised
free-range egg farming, choosing to
feature two of the farms exposed in
our campaign. It went under the title
Shocking conditions on UK free-
Viva!s media blitz for range egg farm exposed on camera.
the animals It was the No.1 story trending on the
BY TONY WARDLE, EDITOR Metros website. The I newspaper
also then ran with the story.
Amazingly, we had the entire front
page of the Independent online. An
extraordinary result.
Working with Ignorance goes

ITV Wales nationwide
It took a lot of setting up but Justin Kerswell and
Claire Palmer went on location with an ITV Wales Viva! commissioned a public opinion
journalist over a considerable period of time, filming survey of just how ignorant people
at numerous egg producers to reveal the truly sorry are about animal farming but even
state of egg-laying hens. The journalist was very we were surprised by the results (see
hands on and was determined to get a telling story page 11). It would be fair to say that
out of it so shocked was he by what we showed him. public knowledge of how animals are
The programme, entitled Y Byd ar Bedwar, was treated is lamentable for example,
aired in November, 2016, across Wales. 65 per cent of people dont know a
cow has to give birth to produce milk.
A project such as this, as with
much else we do, is designed to grab
both the publics and medias attention,
which then allows us to broaden out the
debate and drive home the need for
dietary change. And in this instance,
boy, did the media go for it!
The Huffington Post (an international title), Sun, Irish Sun and London
Economic all covered it but so did over 80 regional titles all across the
UK, with almost blanket coverage of Northern Ireland. The biggest
amongst them were Exeter Express & Echo, Hartlepool Mail,
Sunderland Echo and Plymouth Herald. But that was only the initial
flush and it looks as though our survey will be returned to over and over
again in animal-related stories.
Chinese Swine
Swine, our stunning short film on antibiotic-resistant superbugs that are
emerging from pig farming, has
been shown in Beijing. Grace, our
contact in the city, said: Several
people in the audience were in
tears as it was the first time they
had seen what a pig farm is like.
They had been attracted to vegan
food for health reasons but knew
nothing about the animal cruelty.
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Animal Tales
Another short Viva! film very short indeed is the
cleverly edited Animal Tales, directed by the award
winning Brigitta Szaszfai. It shows jarring juxtapositions: a
cheeping chick becomes an egg and is smashed with a fist;
toy dairy cows are put into a blender to become a bloody
milkshake and a man plugs headphones into a pigs head to
hear terrified squeals. Designed for social media, it really is
a thought provoker. You can see it at viva.org.uk/animal-
tales. It is also on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo.
So far and no further! Fiver Frenzy

Positive stories on the impact that veganism can have on improving health The old Meat & Livestock Commission (now part
and the global environment keep on coming. Five reasons why you should of the Agriculture & Horticulture Development
stop worrying and go vegan was the title on a big story in the Independent Board) used to have premises in Three Counties
recently. But of course, there was always going to be a media backlash, and Radio catchment area. Although no longer there,
perhaps unsurprisingly it is being led by the Daily Mail, with an ill-informed, the channel still runs meat-based stories and
impressionistic rant by Sarah Vine. Viva!Health had to rattle off a quick but always comes to us for interviews, as they did
detailed reply to try and counter the wilful ignorance. over the use of tallow in the new five pound
note. Both Justin Kerswell and Tony Wardle did
long segments, both broadening out the issue
into our unthinking use and abuse of animals.
Done down by Delia BBC 5 Live also came to us on the same subject.
One thing we always try to achieve When contacted by the Daily

pre-Christmas is a media story on the Mail, the producers said that these
dreadful conditions turkeys have to turkeys were egg layers and not for
endure, in order to strip away the the Christmas market we have no
festive waffle that always surrounds idea what relevance this has.
these poor birds. This year we had the The paper prepared to run with
most telling ever or at least we the story any way sat nav co-
thought we had. They were some of ordinates checked, affidavits sworn
the worst conditions we have ever and footage legalled by solicitors.
witnessed on a turkey farm. Its And so we waited and waited. It
associated farm is energetically never appeared! However, the
promoted by celebrity chefs Jamie Saturday edition it was earmarked
Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith. for did have a big Christmas cookery
Turkeys of varying ages were in a supplement by none other than Delia
desperate state inside large tents. Smith! Thats press freedom for you!
Dead and decaying bodies were Fortunately we had a magnificent
wedged inside feeders denying living piece in the I newspaper.
birds access to food. They clambered Our complaint to Animal Health
over each other in desperation while had a similar outcome. We are
others appeared to have given up unable to comment. We are proud to
the fight. We contacted Animal have some of the best animal welfare
Health (APHA) and the Daily Mail. standards in the world (see page 31).
STOP PRESS
Our undercover expos of
waste from a hell-hole
pig farm being used in a
green energy project
makes it big in the Daily
Mail and BBC Points
West news. Full story in
the next issue of
Viva!life.
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Th e Vi va! Boo k Raw Cakes:

30 Delicious, No-Bake,
Cl u b r ec o m m e n d s Vegan, Sugar-Free &
Some deep and delicious top reads for Spring Gluten-Free Cakes
Joanna Farrow, Hardback, 64pp (inc colour
photos), 8.99
Almost too pretty to eat, Joannas raw cakes are
healthy works of edible art with all your favourite
dessert indulgences intact; creamy frostings
What a Fish Knows: The Inner (whipped up using coconut milk) or sweet fillings
(made from blended fruit and nuts) and decadent
Lives of Our Underwater Cousins toppings wafer thin curls of minted pear anyone?
Jonathan Balcombe, Paperback, 288pp, 12.99 Recipes for cupcakes, fudge, mousses, pies,
An aquatic eye-opener that encourages the extrospection and respect our squares and tarts are simple and taste divine,
fishy friends so deserve. Through Balcombes concise, passionate and although a good
sometimes humorous prose, the misunderstood nature of fish is explained blender and food
and the cruel industry built around processor are a must.
them exposed. Serve up a slice of the
The sea of complex case studies and New York gorgeous Raspberry,
personal stories are trawled through, Times Pistachio and Rose
revealing a net of amazing facts; fish Bestseller Semifreddo then sit
can form friendships, display habits back, relax and watch
and individual traits and express feelings your guests Instagram
from joy to suffering. On the heck out of it!
the subject of animal
sentience, there may still
be an ocean of research to
dive into but What a Fish
Knows is the closest well
come to seeing life through
the glare of a fishbowl. 100s more
vegan reads at
vivashop.org.uk/
books
The Superfun Times Vegan

Holiday Cookbook
Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Hardback, 440pp (inc colour photos), 23.99
The sheer colossus-ness of this celebratory collection of recipes from
Americas first vegan chef superstar is enough to last you a lifetime of
holiday fun. The eclectic mix of entertaining recipes will have you hankering
for Halftime Tempeh Meatball Sliders
during Superbowl (you can pretend!)
and pecking at Peking Portobellos in
the spirit of Chinese New Year. With
150 recipes crammed into 17 holiday-
themed chapters, you are destined to
become the host/hostess with the
most/mostess; but be sure to heed
Isas sage advice and always have
finger foods (we recommend Cashew
Cheese & Strawberry Skewers or
Salted Caramel Corn with Peanuts),
ready at the door to handle any
hangry* guests!
(*When youre so hungry youre
angry, in a loveable way, of course!)
All books reviewed in Viva!life are available to purchase from the Viva! Shop
vivashop.org.uk/books
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BA c k on t he rOad
big style!
Viva! is delighted to announce that our partnership with
the Northern Vegan Festival and Great Yorkshire Vegan Saturday, April 1, 2017 Saturday, August 12, 2017
Festival will continue into 2017, with an extraordinary 11.00-18.00 10.00-17.00
array of events across Britain. So popular are they that NORTHERN VEGAN FESTIVAL LIVERPOOL VIVA! VEGAN FESTIVAL
we have had to find bigger venues in some cities.
Saturday, April 15, 2017 Saturday, August 26, 2017
Come and visit us and sample all the delights on offer. 10.00-18.00 10.00-18.00
BIRMINGHAM VIVA! VEGAN BOLTON VEGAN FAIR
International food tastings and the FESTIVAL
best in convenience foods Saturday, September 2, 2017
Saturday, May 6, 2017 11.00-17.00
One-to-one nutritional advice 10.00-18.00 YORKSHIRE YOGA, HEALTH AND
Free recipes and detailed factsheets NOTTINGHAM VIVA! VEGAN WELLBEING SHOW
Cookery demos to wow you and FESTIVAL
great talks Saturday, October 16, 2017
Saturday-Sunday, June 3-4, 2017 11.00-18.00
A host of vegan goodies cosmetics 10.00-17.00 LONDON VIVA! VEGAN FESTIVAL
to cuddly toys; bags, books and VEGAN SUMMER FEST BRIGHTON WEMBLEY
chocolate T-shirts and more!
Saturday, June 17, 2017 October 7-8, 2017
11.00-17.00 11.00-17.00
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Restaurant
reviews
The Perch,
Oxfordshire
The Perch Inn is one of a handful of country pubs scattered
around Port Meadow, a beautiful flat of land alongside the
River Thames, between Jericho and Wolvercote, North-West
of Oxford.
In the summer, the owners claim, the garden is the envy
of the whole city and the 17th century plaster-rubble
building with its traditional thatched roof will charm even Temple of Seitan,
the most seasoned pub-goers!
I visited on a freezing January afternoon and expected
this remote place to be empty not so! There were clusters
London
of drinkers laughing around the roaring fire, children and Nestled between a halal butchers and a greasy spoon caf in
dogs running excitedly around the massive garden and the Hackney sits the worlds first vegan fried-chicken shop.
restaurant was full of diners tucking into elegant meals. It looks like any other fast-food outlet, with stainless steel
To start we had a gently spiced roasted cauliflower soup counters, deep fat fryers and plastic cutlery. Their vegan
topped with crunchy almonds plus an artistic globe chicken is made from deep-fried seitan (a meat like
artichoke and roast heritage carrot and pear salad topped substance composed of wheat gluten) and covered in a
with zingy lemon dressing and a generous sprinkle of southern-fried style batter. In true take-away style the tiny
toasted cumin and coriander seeds. shop has very little seating, with just two seats inside and a
Mains were a gorgeous plate of butternut squash, roast couple of chairs and tables outside.
red pepper and butter bean salad plus a hearty roast Despite the queue of hungry customers behind me, the
beetroot burger in a wholegrain bun with tangy carrot pickle staff happily described each item on the menu. There are
and crispy triple cooked chips. five mains: two pieces of chicken, sub roll, burger, roast rolls
For dessert we just about managed to squeeze in a or gluten-free nuggets (6 each). Sides of coleslaw or fries
homemade sorbet made with winter fruits and a comforting come in at 2 each. Other options include macncheez and
spiced plum, blackberry and almond crumble with vegan popcorn bites (5 each).
custard. Prices are around 5.95 for starters and desserts I opted for the signature two piece and fries and after a
and 12.95 for main courses. Not expensive for the lovely short wait it appeared in a polystyrene box two huge
surroundings. pieces of battered seitan. The batter to seitan ratio was spot
The Perch is a beautiful pub, a pleasant 25 minute walk on and included a great crunch. Fries were well seasoned,
along the river from Oxford train station, with friendly, perfectly crisp and served with a healthy dollop of delicious
polite service and wonderful vegan food. In some ways it is vegan mayo.
perhaps the last kind of place you might expect to find a If youre hankering for a fried-chicken alternative youll love
vegan menu but you do and hooray for that. this place. If not, give it a go anyway, its a vegan revolution!
THE PERCH INN, Binsey, Oxford, OX2 0NG. TEMPLE OF SEITAN, 10 Morning Lane, Hackney, London E9 6NA.
01865 728891 info@the-perch.co.uk facebook.com/templeofseitan
Rhiannon Buck Siobhan D
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removed to save on winter feeding. Or the
queens wings may be clipped so she cant
fly and the swarm will remain on the
outside of the hive. They are collected up
and put back inside after all, heaven
forbid there should be too few bees at the
start of the year to collect profitable
quantities of honey.
Artificial insemination may be used and
because of the constantly full hives, deadly
mite infestations are treated with truly
horrendous antibiotics even though they
have been shown to be ineffective. In the
US and to a lesser extent here bees are
subjected to long-distance transportation
as hives are moved from farm to farm to
pollinate growing crops.
Some of our supermarkets run jolly little
bee campaigns, encouraging you to plant
bee-friendly plants or build bee hotels. At
the same time, they completely ignore the
practices of the bee industry.
Producing honey is hard work; a bee
makes just a twelfth of a teaspoonful in
her lifetime. As you might suspect, it is the laboratory it isnt so effective in people. in evidence-based health care) did report
female worker bees who do the graft and Manuka honey has also given birth to a adverse effects of honey in children,
collect nectar from flowers, transfer it to honey counterfeit crime wave one in including nervousness, insomnia and
hive bees who ingest and regurgitate it three jars aint what it says on the tin! hyperactivity.
repeatedly, adding enzymes to break down There have been long-term claims that
the sugar. Bee vomit, really! Its then sealed Makes you mad unfiltered honey can somehow desensitise
into the wax honeycomb as their food Heather honey is also much lauded but it you to allergies, despite the fact theres no
supply for winter. When the honey is includes rhododendrons which contains a evidence for it. And probably never will be
removed for human consumption, its poison called grayanotoxin, it can cause as the pollen in honey is mostly heavy,
usually replaced with sugar syrup hardly intoxication dizziness, weakness, pins flower pollen that doesnt cause hay fever
a fair swap! and needles, sweating, nausea and whereas the primary culprit is lighter
The first indication that honey aint all vomiting. Severe intoxication, after just a pollen from grasses and trees that bees
its cracked up to be is the NHSs warning few spoonfuls, can even cause a heart dont visit that much.
not to give it to babies under 12 months. attack! It has attracted the title mad Theres also no evidence that honey
Botulism is the reason, which can start honey. Makes drinking meths sound works better than sugar in energy drinks.
with dizziness and end up with paralysis. positively attractive. The substantial amount of fructose it
For those who cant digest fructose This mad honey was used as a weapon contains can increase blood pressure and
fruit sugar, problems are particularly of war in 67 BC, when King Mithridates insulin resistance so really, youre better off
pronounced in people with irritable bowel army left chunks of mad honeycomb in with orange juice or just sugar and water!
syndrome (IBS). It can produce some the path of the Romans, who ate it up, Just ahead of Christmas 2010, The Royal
delectable symptoms when broken down became disorientated and were promptly Society of Chemistry issued a press release
by bacteria in the gut bloating, cramping slain. Grayanotoxin was also the poison saying that toast with honey is the ideal
and diarrhoea. used by chief antagonist Lord Blackwood way to combat a hangover. The fructose it
to feign his death in the 2009 film Sherlock contains, which also applies to golden
Manuka mania Holmes. Most cases of poisoning occur in syrup by the way, can help the body break
Oh how the trends come and go! Manuka Turkey but others have been reported down alcohol into harmless by-products.
honey is produced by bees from the worldwide as mad honey is sold online. However, it also increases blood pressure
Manuka (tea tree) in New Zealand and Some years ago, Britain, the EU and US and triglycerides (fats and sugar in the
Australia and can change your life, you banned honey imports from China, the blood). Not good! Maybe drinking less
know! Well, Marie Claire says it, so it must worlds biggest producer, when it was booze is the answer.
be true. Its also very expensive. But it does found to be contaminated with the Can honey help weight-loss? A
appear to have some antibacterial antibiotic chloramphenicol, which can comparison of honey, sucrose and a high-
properties and has been shown to kill cause life-threatening anaemia and is fructose corn syrup found all three had the
some deadly antibiotic-resistant linked to cancer. same effects, honey offers no advantage.
superbugs, but only when used on wounds.
Much of this activity is attributed to the Coughs and sneezes Conclusion
acidic and high-sugar/low-water content As for curing your coughs and sneezes, just Honey is presented as a cure-all for all
which effectively dehydrates the bacteria. a couple of small studies, both funded by manner of ailments but no single claim has
If you ate a bowl of sugar and vomited it the honey industry, say its better than been approved under European law.
up, the sugary, acidic gloop would cough medicines but the majority of Instead of searching for another animal to
undoubtedly have the same effect. studies dont agree. As nerve fibres that exploit isnt it about time we accepted
These same antimicrobial properties initiate a cough are found next to those there are no magic bullets.
have shown some effectiveness against that taste sweetness, its likely that all Read the full feature here:
the bug that causes stomach ulcers syrups can help suppress a cough. Further, vivahealth.org.uk/healthfeatures/honey-
(Helicobacter pylori) but only in the the Cochrane Reviews (the gold standard hope-or-hype
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