Kokova Magazine

Warning - Adopting a plant based lifestyle can seriously improve your health and wellbeing.

For years we have been told about the importance of eating more fruit and veg, (even your Nan was brought up to eat her greens), and in recent years more and more evidence has surfaced about the detrimental effects to health that a diet rich in animal products can create.

Now the government are telling us not only to get our 5 a day, but limit our meat consumption to no more than 70 gms a day (not a lot, basically).

With obesity and related diseases markedly on the rise, suddenly adopting a plant based diet low in saturated fats, sugars, preservatives and pesticides doesn't seem a bad idea after all.

But getting to grips with changing habits of a lifetime isn't so easy, especially when surrounded by a busy lifestyle and probably less money than in previous years.

So it helps to get a firm resolve to sort out your own health and diet first, and what better way than to listen first hand to the inspirational story of Living Miracle Pat Reeves, who has survived both life threatening cancers and major surgery to make not only a full recovery but also become a power lifting world champion at the same time!

Pat's secret is a diet rich in raw living plant foods and she is presenting the keynote speech on Saturday March 17th at VegfestUK Brighton, one of Europe's biggest veggie events, to be held at The Hove Centre on March 17th and 18th.

Admission is free to the public and as well as a series of informative talks including Gina Shaw's excellent 'Taking back Control of Your Health' - there's also plenty of cookery demos for kids and adults alike.

Watch hemp smoothie demos with Tim from Yaoh (learn all about the wonders of hemp nutrition whilst sampling some exceedingly fine smoothies).

Learn about raw food preperation with classes from up and coming Bristol based Chef Shane Jordan, who makes exquisite food with cooking, thereby preserving its full nutritional status.

And speaking of Bristol, Jane from Viva! (Europe's biggest veggie pressure group, based in Bristol) will be demonstrating a mouth-watering selection of awesome vegan dishes and recipes.

And with a genuinely huge selection of food to choose from - all of it 100% vegan - including top brands like Fry's, Nakd, Redwood, GoodLife, Vegusto, Plamil, Kinetic and many many more - as well as 8 specialist caterers with food from around the globe, alongside many more small food producers with an untold selection of goodies on offer, there has never been a better opportunity for even the most hardened carnivore to more than pleasantly surprised by the amount of very tasty and genuinely healthy options there are to choose from.

And as for those already committed to a plant based lifestyle - they are in for a complete treat as everything at the event is guaranteed 100% plant based.

With a licensed bar and lots of performance and live music there never a dull moment at VegfestUK Brighton and with admission free alongside loads of free samples and tasters and some great shopping opportunities with some superb offers including many Buy One get One Free's (check out Nakd bars and Yaoh

And watch out for VegfestUk Bristol on May 25th 26th and 27th - the world's biggest veggie event!
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