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    VEGAN FAST FOOD: ARE PLANT-BASED ALTERNATIVES GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

    Feb 16, 2022 3 minutes
    by DR STUART FARRIMOND

    SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES

    Vegan fast food | Are we having less sex? | Postnatal depression in dads

    “Picking the vegan option over beef when ordering a burger could shrink your meal’s cost to the climate and the environment by up to 96 per cent”

    Social media influencers, food producers and fast food brands alike are clambering on top of one another to promote their latest plant-based offerings – the new, much cooler way to say vegan or vegetarian. These businesses haven’t suddenly developed a conscience, there’s money to be

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