A free “veggie challenge” is under way to encourage locals trying to quit meat. Picture: SuppliedA free “veggie challenge” is under way to encourage locals trying to quit meat.
Eating plant-based foods is part of a worldwide movement in which people are choosing to eat less meat for environmental, health and ethical reasons. All you have to do is sign up for a month-long challenge to eat no – or less – animal products, This might include meat, eggs and dairy, depending on the challenge.
The company’s Veganuary, the challenge to go vegan in January, resulted in more than 19 000 locals signing up this year. Will said the health benefits associated with eating plant-based foods included a reduced risk of chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and the environmental benefits were huge.
When asked about his view on environmentalists’ perspective that it is healthier to eat unprocessed plant-based diets or foods than imitation meat products, Will said: “From an environmental perspective, the processed plant-based options have a significantly lower total environmental footprint. From a health point of view, whole food plant-based options are usually the best – so unprocessed, plant-based food are healthier than the processed options.
This is not true - the vast majority of our meat is pasture fed on hilly ground unsuitable for crops drink water from rainfall use no pesticides and eat parts of the maize crop inedible by people the average rural SA family can easily manage a herd use the milk and meat produced
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