Bosh! How to Live Vegan: Save the Planet and Feel Amazing by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby

This book by the guys behind Bosh! is an incredible book for both vegans and non-vegans. The book gave a variety of arguments for veganism, whilst also acknowledging agreements against becoming vegan.

'The Vegan Society's definition of veganism is living in a way that seeks to excuse, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to animals.'

I am not vegan and not planning to become vegan, but this way of living is interesting. I don't eat much meat, or dairy, but because of my allergies, I will if I'm eating out and there aren't many options. However, the main thing stopping me from becoming vegan is eggs. I eat so many eggs! I will have probably 2 or 3 eggs a day on average, as it is a great way for me to get protein into my body, but I also love scrambled eggs!

'We see veganism as something to aim for. It's an ideal, a direction to move towards.'

Firth and Theasby both talk about how becoming vegan has completely changed their life for the better, but also encourage people to take small steps to reduce animal product intake, which is something I have been doing for a couple of years.

'Our Key advice when following a plant-based or vegan diet is to eat the rainbow.'

They make it very clear that you should do what works for you, and give loads of great advice. Firth and Theasby compiled a list of things that aren't vegan in a nice and easy guide within this book which can help so many people, including me!

'All of this is aimed at you doing it your way. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.'

One thing that drew me into the book was how respectful they are of everyone, and how they don't have any judgement towards those who do eat meat. I'm not saying that most vegans do this, but this is definitely an experience I have had when around people who are.

'Our families and friends from home still eat meat and we still love them all dearly.'

They also include a number of personal anecdotes which were both hilarious but also shows how everyone can mess up a bit when first changing their diet, and that's ok.

'Animal farming uses up 83% of global agricultural land, but provides just 18% of global calories.'

However, one of my favourite bits was when they were talking about E120, a chemical used to turn things red, such as sweets and icing. E120 is one of the things I am allergic to, which is a pain as they don't have to put it on ingredients labels as it is a 'natural colouring' so I generally avoid any food that is unnaturally red, particularly sweets. However, E120 isn't vegan, so I know that I can defiantly eat all sweets which are marked as 'vegan', score!

'Many food colourings and additives are also derived from animal sources- one of the most commonly used is E120 (also known as carmine) which is a red food colouring made from crushed beetles.'

I recommend this book and was actually loads of fun to read.

'Put simply, cows create a lot of methane- basically they fart and burp a lot.'

Bye guys! Speak to you all soon.
AbiBeth xxx

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