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Letter: A top tip and a vegetable warning about vegan diet (2)

Published 12 February 2020

From Howard Tarry, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK

Keeping livestock for food is a bad thing. So, I think, is long-distance transportation of the alternatives. I recall the nutritionist Magnus Pyke being asked in the 1970s whether the UK could be self-sufficient in food. His answer was yes – provided we learned to live mainly on vegetables such as swedes and beans.

Issue no. 3269 published 15 February 2020

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