Infographic Facts-Health:‘Approximately 30% of the UK population have high blood pressure.’‘The results showed that vegans had a 60% lower chance of developing diabetes than non-vegans.’

Animals:‘Over 900 million chickens were slaughtered in the UK during 2013’‘Between 2 to 6 million lambs die each year at birth or a few days old.’Over 12 million sheep are slaughtered in the UK each year. Most lambs are slaughtered within the first year of their lives, between four to six months of age.’‘Across Europe 75% of fish ‘stocks’ are rated as being over-exploited’

Environment:‘If you eat meat, your greenhouse gas emissions can be twice that of those eating only vegan food.’‘Livestock and their byproducts actually account for 51 percent of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.’‘30% of the earths entire surface is used to graze and rear animals.’‘33% of global arable land is used to grow crops to feed animals.’‘1lb beef = 200 sq m of rainforest destroyed.’

Nutrition:‘Some iron-rich foods are other dark green leafy veg, dark chocolate, sweet potatoes, peas, tofu, dried fruit – raisins, dates, figs, prunes and apricots, molasses, beans, artichokes, pumpkin and pumpkin seeds.’‘50% of the general adult population have insufficient levels of vitamin D, and that 16% have severe deficiency during winter and spring.’

Protein sources:

Lentil Flour

Per 100g 28g

Pumpkin Seeds

Per 100g 24g

Peanut Butter

Per 100g 23g

Tahini Per 100g 22gAlmonds Per 100g 21gPistachios Per 100g 21gFlax Seeds Per 100g 18gCashews Per 100g 18gOats Per 100g 17gSoy Beans Per 100g 17gChia Seeds Per 100g 16gTofu Per 100g 15gHazelnut Per 100g 15gWalnut Per 100g 15gWhole Wheat Bread

Per 100g 11g

Lentils Per 100g 9gChickpeas Per 100g 9gRed Beans Per 100g 9gPecans Per 100g 9gLima Beans

Per 100g 8g

Macadamia Nuts

Per 100g 8g

Peas Per 100g 5gQuinoa Per 100g 4gSpinach Per 100g 3gPotato Per 100g 2g

Fact fileVegan Friendly Restaurants:

Yo! Sushi Zizzi Loving Hut Handmade Burger Co. Carluccio’s Wetherspoon La Tasca Leon Pret-A-Manger

Prezzo ShakeAway Toby Cavery Las Iguanas Loungers ChiMiChanga Pizza Express Ask Italian Bagel Nash

Caffe Nero Chiquito Frankie & Benny’s Giraffe Subway Wagamama Beefeater Costa Nandos The Slug and Lettuce Starbucks

Strada Yates’s Burger King Café Rouge Dominos Pizza KFC McDonalds Millie’s cookies Pizza Hut T.G.I Fridays West Cornwall Pasty

Wetherspoons Vegan menu: Zizzi Vegan menu:

Las Iguanas Vegan menu:

Handmade Burger Co. Vegan menu:

The lounges Vegan menu:

Chiquito Vegan menu:

PIZZA:Zizzi offer a ‘vegan classic margherita which can have a variety of toppings added to it for 80p

ranging from green chillies, fire roasted peppers and butternut squash and many more.PASTA:Zizzi also offer “vegan spaghetti pomdoro which can also have additions at 80p each. Bella Italia also offer 2 pasta dishes, Pomodoro and their new Lenticchie pasta dishBURGERS:Handmade burger Co. offers 4 vegan burgers such as Cajun Vegetable and

Bean, Thai Vegetable and Veg-Mex.

MEXICAN:Las Igunas offers vegan tacos containing coconut squash, pink

Bella Italia Vegan menu:

pickled onion, crispy onion and chilli. They also offer Vegan fajitas and veggie chilli (suitable for vegans)NACHOS:Wetherspoons offer nachos without the cheese and sour cream to suit vegan customers.