This Vegan Week | 12.3.17 — this vegan life

If you stop to think about it, the fact cow’s milk sales are in decline is not the news. The real news is that for so many years so many people consumed so much of it without pausing for thought. Baby cow growth fluid which sends a calf from teeny on her way up to 1500lbs, drunk by humans! Millions of cows, treated like shit, for humans!

When I read this article about free range cow’s milk, the bit that struck me was the startling fact that 20% of cattle never even see the sky.

Cow’s milk sales are in decline. Free range milk is certainly a step in the right direction for people who will not give up their daily dose, but are comforted by the thought that the cow’s milk they purchased came from cows who had lived 180 days of the year outside. Lucky cows.

The ultimate answer, as I hope is illustrated wonderfully in Amstell’s utopia, is that we phase out animal products in their entirety, for they are not necessary for our health and, as has been proven time and again, their production is a massive strain on the environment. Do you want to drink cow’s milk now, or leave a happy planet for your grandchildren later? Never less than on point with my references, I quote Our Graham from hit ’90s game show Blind Date… the choice is yours!

We’ve been almond milk drinkers in our household for years, but we’ve recently switched to oat milk, on account of discovering Oatly. If you haven’t tried it yet, do! It’s fricking delicious. The Barista edition froths wonderfully for coffee and unlike some nut milks, never curdles weirdly in tea.

3. | Plant Based Weight Loss

I like to loudly bang the drum of one of the most selfish reasons I love being vegan. Have I mentioned I lost half a stone? Only 50 times a day!

I’ve spent my entire adult life thinking I’m half a stone bigger than I’d like to be, wrestling one rule after another in my failed attempts to shift it and look more like all the slimmer women I gaze at on Instagram. I went vegan because Dairy is Scary turned me off meat for good, never did I ever consider it might turn out to be the simplest way to lose weight – what a bonus!
Here’s an interesting article about said vegan weight loss.

4. | Palm Oil – Not Cool. Not At All Cool.