{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"THE HEALTH OF VEGANS - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kttx7ieUV4\"><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=kttx7ieUV4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;THE HEALTH OF VEGANS&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"kttx7ieUV4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/plamiladmini.png","thumbnail_width":574,"thumbnail_height":332,"description":"A trip back to the 1990s &amp; earlier. Remembering pioneering vegans. With links to great &#8216;sources&#8217; for folk who like to go deeper! Firstly &#8211; a circa 1993 vegan leaflet by Kathleen Jannaway Note &#8211; the black text is all Kathleen&#8217;s &#8211; the original leaflet was only text &#8211; the images we have selected \/ added. &#8220;THE HEALTH OF VEGANS&#8221; When, in 1944, a small group of vegetarians became aware of the animal\u00a0suffering inseparable from the dairy industry and decided to cut all animal\u00a0products from their diet, their fellow vegetarians did not approve! They feared\u00a0that deterioration in health would follow and bring disrepute on the whole\u00a0vegetarian movement. Their fears proved groundless. A properly constituted\u00a0vegan diet is now recognised, by all who have studied its effects, as not only\u00a0adequate but in some ways superior to those with animal products. It is obvious\u00a0that it must be superior to those involving products from cruelly abused factory farmed\u00a0animals 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. &#8220;If I\u2019ve done anything in my life I am really proud about, it is the number of [&hellip;]"}