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    Newcastle upon tyne - vegan event

    saturday 26th may
    vegetarian & vegan social night
    free food & nibbles & wine
    all welcome

    with Vegne.co.uk - local veggie vegan group
    & alternative soles .com

    further info
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    Re: Crafty ways to end ignorance

    I found a neat way of turnin g veggie into vegans.

    I sent the "get vegan" leaflet from the vegan soc to some veggie friends but I sent them anon.

    so far out of 7 I have sent 4 have now turned...
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    Re: Will you switch to bio fuel?

    if your doing it right it wont wreck the engine
    the £40 unit is suitable for most cars to make sure its ok.

    If the farmers switched to producing the veg oil rather than farming animals we would...
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    Re: Rin your car the vegan way

    of course I pay the tax

    you self cert each month - just register and say how much you use
    cheapest is 43p a litre at the mo from somerfield
    then send a cheque each month to those nice ppl at C&E...
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    Rin your car the vegan way

    Ive been playing about with running my car on veg oil
    Ive got very good results on veg oil but not wanting to pay for a conversion kit as they are quite expensive.
    the link below shows how you can...
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    Poll: Re: More / less energy on a vegan diet?

    a friend of mine who recently went vegan found the energy boost great but didnt keep up with eating the right stuff and complained of feeling tired too with
    same sort of things.
    when he got back to...
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    Poll: Re: More / less energy on a vegan diet?

    when I intially went veggie my energy levels went up like crazy.

    I had been feeling very ill before - although I was mostly veggie but I had been told I had liver damage by the Dr.
    I was told it...
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    Re: Vegan Alcohol

    Hi

    I have 4 seperate friends who are vegan who have told me this, and I have seen it on other forums that it is nolonger vegan.
    I agree german beers usually are vegan but isnt becks now brewed in...
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    Re: Vegan Alcohol

    bud has sulphites as a preserative - as does most "dead" beers
    it can be quite nasty although its not labeled on the bottle - but its definately there.

    Im not sure about becks - as I have been...
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    Re: Nutritional yeast

    Im no expert on this
    but as far as I know nutritional yeast does not contain MSG

    hopefully the firms that make it are not adding this rubbish into the product

    G
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    Re: Nutritional yeast

    Ive only learnt of the dangers of MSG recently and as I have chest problems if I dont look after myself MSG must be avoided.
    Those with asthma must avoid msg as it paralisies the chest as well as...
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    Re: Nutritional yeast

    Ive just discovered this stuff

    my health expert tells me its one of the best suources of B12 around.
    it also avoids the problems with yeast taking over your stomach and knocking out the good...
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    Re: Drinking when out?

    westons bottled ciders are vegan
    and budweiser is vegan but they sponsor bull fights I have been told.
    also bud has alot of crap in it - its great for setting off alergy attacks for all sorts of...
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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    why protest against thomas cook?

    Id love to know

    ta

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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    Bob Trollpes
    I have heard that they are trying to persuade their suppliers (s&n)
    to get in some veggie beers since they relaunched as a veggie food pub.

    The only other place I know that sell...
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    Re: First baby in Britain designed cancer-free

    ok - cancer can be more common amongst certain blood lines
    but its a natural reaction in many cases due to our diet and environment

    as an example - a poor diet, drugs etc can increase the risk of...
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    Re: What can your politician be doing?

    if it makes money the gov is behind it - never mind how ethical it is

    we really need some good mps in the uk, but alot of the green ppl I have spoken too seem to ignore animal welfare totally

    G
  18. Re: Survey: How often vegans eat out--to be sent to the Virginia Beach Health Departm

    Default Survey: How often vegans eat out--to be sent to the Virginia Beach Health Department
    How often do you eat out?

    Are you vegan?

    If yes, please answer the following:
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    1....
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    Re: Video parody of Countryside Alliance benefit gig

    well to do my bit
    every artist who performs there will have their music copied and given away free to anyone who wants a copy - to save people buying it

    Ill have a look at their fan sites and...
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    Re: Can vegan diet fuel an athlete?

    of course it can

    In fact dr Joe Esposito is famous for taking knacked olympic athletes and get them back to full health through a vegan diet.
    http://www.alternativesouls.com/hh/diet.html

    there...
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    Re: Pizza Express

    there is an expression in Newcastle
    Shy bairns get nowt!

    the staff in PE are so friendly - US style
    so just ask em
    as the do garlicy things with no butter too
    olive oil & garlic was something...
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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    Last time I went - they were really friendly - just like a puppy - jumping all over you to please you

    In any restaurant I always tell them I have a special order
    no meat - no dairy - no fish - no...
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    Re: What can your politician be doing?

    every time I email my MP Steven Byers he takes months to reply and gives me some bull s excuse or just asks some silly questions

    I didnt vote today as they are all the same
    could do witha green...
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    Re: Pizza Express

    hi

    they will do special orders for vegans
    removing the offending stuff

    ive had a few veggie pizza without cheese and its great
    very tasty

    just becareful as they think fish is veggie in...
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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    forgot to mention

    its the 25th May

    G
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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    Free Veggie Food Tasting


    FREE tasting event at Bob Trollopes veggie pub on quayside. Seriously
    >are there only 5 people interested?? It's a really good opportunity to
    >forge links with one...
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    Re: VIVAs veggie roadshows 2006

    I went to the newcastle one
    very busy all day

    lets hope we have another one here this year


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    Re: Newcastle Vegans...

    I do live in Newcastle but gave up pubs quite some time ago - the smoke give me chest attacks
    But weather spoons in non smoking and they do a range of vegan ciders from westons.

    As far as I know...
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    Re: Which companies to boycott and why?

    BUAV - becareful as not all of their products are vegan!

    I was shocked to learn this so I emaild them and they told me that - to be able to provide a full range they had quite a few products that...
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    Re: Addiction to meat?

    following on to the last post - Dr Joe also talks about the 4 foods that are addicitve - in his download - live to 100

    very intersting as he talks about the statisics of the ppl who get to be 100...
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    Re: Addiction to meat?

    I think your spot on with the cheese -

    with the meat - my health guru - Dr Joe Esposito (who turned me veggie and many others) explains the meat addiction thing in a radio show that can be...
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    Re: Addiction to meat?

    according to quite a few nutritionist - meat and especailly dairy can be very addictive.

    with milk n cheese the body creates a chemical reaction rather like morphine (if I have that right) which...
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    Re: Which companies to boycott and why?

    No as it will save you a fortune.

    you have 2 options
    buy a kit for around £400 which means you have 2 tanks
    the main tank is for any veg oil the second for normal diesel.

    simply start engine...
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    Asda - non veggie 'veggie' goods

    asda (uk) have goods labeled
    suitable for veggies but they contain caramine = crushed beetles

    despite many groups complaining they promised to stop this but no changes have been made.


    also...
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    Re: Which companies to boycott and why?

    well to do my bit Im getting my car converted to run on veg oil

    it stops me chucking lots of money at the nasty oil firms and cuts the tax the UK gov rip us off for - and helps the planet

    Gibby
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    Re: What can your politician be doing?

    http://www.alternativesouls.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=223

    labour for animal testing
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    Vegan Road Fuel

    Hi all

    Ive been looking into using veg oil in my diesel car.

    even just using 5% saves us money and makes a big difference to the planet and keeps money out of the govs pocket.

    if you have a...
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    Vegan Booze

    Im not the usual pub type person - as the smoke makes me sick

    but I had to oblige this weekend due to the biz I run.

    Luckily I had got the new animal free shopper and noticed some changes in...
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    Re: UK: Local contacts / groups / guides

    Stu

    there is lots of support in Newcastle
    although I only found it a few months back

    North East

    VegNE
    Mike Casselden
    tel: 0191 285 99 80, email: Mike@casselden.unisonfree.net
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    Re: Dispatches

    re mental illness

    many good nutritionsist have been talking about this for a long time & now n then I see press articles backing this up.

    The only official - as in health authority studies...
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