VfL Blog

Moving away from animal-derived ingredients in medicines

By Moussa Haddad, VfL's Head of Research & Policy Braving the leaking roof of Portcullis House, we made our way to Parliament yesterday for the latest All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism (VegAPPG) event. It speaks to the importance of medicines – what they...

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Eating with the seasons

Nowadays we have become used to using supermarkets and finding foods all year round. You can get salads at any time and even buy strawberries at Christmas. With current consumerism and supermarkets wanting to meet our food tastes and demands, we often forget that food has seasons. However, by eatin...

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Osteoporosis – some of VfL’s best recipes to promote bone health

June is Osteoporosis Awareness Month; being vegan or vegetarian you may wonder if osteoporosis can affect you. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that develops when bone mineral density and bone mass decreases, also when the structure and strength of bone changes. This can lead to a decrease in bone st...

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