2019-06-01_Healthy_Food_Guide_UK_(2)

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MELANIELEYSHON,EDITOR

PLANT-BASED WONDER

If we all ate one less meat meal a week in

the UK, we’d cut greenhouse emissions

by 8.4% a year (equivalent to taking 16

million cars off the road). This ‘mince’

tastes good and keeps saturates in check.

KNOW YOUR D LEVEL
Having seen my vitamin D plummet, then
reach optimum levels, I now check it once
a year with this easy home service linked
to Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS.
Results come with a supplement plan.

Hello

The Meatless Farm Co Mince, £3/400g,

meatlessfarm.co.uk

Vitamin D Testing Service,

£32.95, betteryou.com

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PHOTO: ALEXIS TYMON

From the editor

JUNE 2019 HEALTHY FOOD GUIDE 3