Congratulations, UK! You have some great vegan magazines. For one of my birthday presents, my husband renewed my subscriptions to Cook Vegan, Vegan Food and Living, and Vegan Life. Although I love my Veg News, from the United States, and have recently started buying the new Forks Over Knives magazine, I am impressed by the British vegan magazines. Practically every page in these magazines has great recipes and fabulous photographs. (I'm very biased towards photos in magazines and cookbooks to show what the final product should look like.) These magazines from the UK are beautifully formatted, colorful, well-written and jam-packed with recipes as well as with useful information. It's like getting a new cookbook every month! I save every one!
I just got my June 2017 issue of Vegan Food and Living. It came with a separate magazine entitled Vegan Health and Nutrition. In the article "Does Meat Harm You?", by Dr. Justine Butler, I learned, "Meat contains B12, but only because factory-farmed animals are so B12 depleted that they are given supplements. Cut out the middle man, take your own!" In a following Article, " What About Vitamin B12?" by Filip Koidis, I learned that eating the bottom part of an apple (calyx) you will get a little bit of B12 (as long as you don't wash the apple too well!) Bacteria in the calyx will synthesize B12. This immediately brings back the memory of my father who ate every part of the apple, never leaving anything to throw away. (It was years later that I learned he was also getting B-17 from those apple seeds.)
The US may be catching up with the UK. Forks Over Knives produced its first issue on March 2017. It is full of mouth-watering recipes with beautiful photos. So, the US may not be too far behind. Among the magazine's contributors is my favorite nutrition expert, Dr. Michael Greger. (My husband and I had the honor of meeting Dr. Greger at a book signing in Austin.)
The world is changing, little by little. They may still make fun of vegans in movies, but research bears out the truth that vegans (that eat seeds and nuts, among other plant-based foods) do live longer, healthier lives. For a fabulous resource for research showing this: Dr. Greger's website -- nutritionfacts.org . This website is a huge compendium of research showing which foods actually improve and which foods hinder longer , healthier lives. The videos are short and sweet, and, by the way, funny and interesting. Dr. Greger does a fabulous job of bringing research to light and making it interesting and humorous. His book, How Not to Die, is a must-read for everyone who wishes to avoid premature death.
