“Thanks EFFA, I'll look forward to the event. It's good to know we have a compassionate group of people like you in Devon.”

“Will it effect his sex drive - asked Monika Lewinski”

“I thought this article was interesting.
Looking considerably thinner than during his days as a McDonald's hamburger-eating President, Bill Clinton, said he went on an essentially plant-based diet. I live on beans, legumes, vegetables, fruits... I drink a protein supplement every morning, no dairy, I drink almond milk mixed in with fruit, and a protein powder."
"It changed my whole metabolism," Clinton says. "And I lost 24 pounds. And I got back to basically what I weighed in high school."

I did it because after I had this stent put in, I realized that even though it happens quite often that after bypass surgery you lose the veins because they're thinner and weaker than arteries, the truth is that it clogged up, which means that the cholesterol was still causing buildup in my vein that was part of my bypass.
I didn't want it to happen again. So I did all this research and it says that 82% of the people since 1986 who have gone on a plant-based, no dairy, no meat of any kind diet,82% of the people who have done that have begun to heal themselves. Their arterial blockage cleans up, the calcium deposit around their heart breaks up.

Bill Clinton has apparently made a courageous decision to pursue a plant-based diet and thereby save his own life. Notably, such a move would have been impossible during his presidency due to a strong political backlash from the dairy and meat industries who continue to push their disease-promoting foods on the population.
There are simply too many vested interests in disease and pharmaceuticals to make such a move politically viable.”

“A vegan diet sounds like the BBC and the Welfare state, and again, no one seems to question them.”

“HOW A REFORMED VEGAN GORGES ON ALL THE FOODS HIS GRANNY ENJOYED... AND HAS NEVER FELT BETTER!
By John Nicholson - Article from today's Daily Mail
As the kitchen filled with the smell of caramelised meat, my mouth watered in anticipation of the coming feast: a thick cut of tender steak, fried in butter and olive oil.
This was not a regular treat. In fact, for the previous 26 years I'd been a vegan, eschewing not just meat but all animal products.
According to government advice, I was doing everything right — and yet my health had never been worse. My weight had crept up over the years, until in 2008 I was 14½ stone — which is a lot of blubber for someone who is 5ft 10in — and was classified as clinically obese. I waddled around, sweating and short of breath, battling extremely high cholesterol and suffering from chronic indigestion. I was always tired and needed to take naps every afternoon. I had constant headaches and swallowed paracetamol and sucked Rennies like they were sweets.
Worst of all, I had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which left me feeling as if I had lead weights in my gut. My belly was bloated and distended after every meal. I was, to use a technical term, knackered.But that was about to change. In 2010, I decided to give up my supposedly healthy lifestyle and embrace good old-fashioned meat.
Twenty-four hours after eating meat again, all my IBS symptoms had gone. As the weeks and months passed, every aspect of my health improved dramatically. I became leaner, shedding body fat and becoming stronger and fitter. My headaches went away, never to return. Even my libido increased.It felt like being young again, like coming back to life.
But though I felt energised, I was also furious Furious with myself for sticking to the 'healthy' eating advice, which was actually far from a sensible diet. But also furious with the so-called experts who have been peddling this low-fat, high-carbohydrate claptrap for so long that no one thinks to question it.”

“Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, but what about my carbon footprint. I don't like the sound of 'red food colouring' either, all those e-numbers.”

“Seeing as you didn't have the wherewithal to Google "Vegan cakes" Dan, I've only gone and done it for you. Thank me later.


Chocolate Cake
Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup vegan margarine (softened)
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 ½ cups soy milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup cocoa powder

Butter-cream Icing

1 cup vegan margarine (softened)
3 cups sifted icing sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1-2 tablespoons soy milk
Red food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 9" round cake pans.

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder together and set aside.

Cream the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the applesauce and vanilla and mix well. Slowly mix in the flour, alternating with the soy milk. Continue to mix until well combined.

Pour an equal amount of batter into the 2 cake pans. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes and then gently invert them onto wire cooling racks.

To make the icing, beat margarine for about 30 seconds. Continue beating, adding the icing sugar ½ cup at a time. Beat on low speed till smooth. Add the vanilla and soy milk and beat again.

Ice when the cakes are completely cool”

“I can't wait to find out how a 'vegan buddy' makes cakes without eggs, it's such a burning question.”