1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JmdnRThmMH"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/the-health-of-vegans/">THE HEALTH OF VEGANS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/the-health-of-vegans/embed/#?secret=JmdnRThmMH" width="600" height="338" title="“THE HEALTH OF VEGANS” — HappyCow" data-secret="JmdnRThmMH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/plamiladmini.png574332A trip back to the 1990s & earlier. Remembering pioneering vegans. With links to great ‘sources’ for folk who like to go deeper! Firstly – a circa 1993 vegan leaflet by Kathleen Jannaway Note – the black text is all Kathleen’s – the original leaflet was only text – the images we have selected / added. “THE HEALTH OF VEGANS” When, in 1944, a small group of vegetarians became aware of the animal suffering inseparable from the dairy industry and decided to cut all animal products from their diet, their fellow vegetarians did not approve! They feared that deterioration in health would follow and bring disrepute on the whole vegetarian movement. Their fears proved groundless. A properly constituted vegan diet is now recognised, by all who have studied its effects, as not only adequate but in some ways superior to those with animal products. It is obvious that it must be superior to those involving products from cruelly abused factory farmed animals that are improperly fed and highly medicated to suppress disease symptoms. Founded in 1996, the Vegan-Organic Network, VON, is a UK registered charity with an international network of supporters. “If I’ve done anything in my life I am really proud about, it is the number of […]