Prince Harry and a vegan diet.

Can I just ask about the better for the planet thing. Ecowatch raises a couple of questions about this.

One is the increase in the need for manufactured chemical fertilisers if the farm animal population declines. I must admit, as a country girl, I have wondered how the soil will be kept in good heart.

Another is the impact on poorer countries whose staple diet is mostly one crop, such as quinoa, which is now being exported to the wealthy, health conscious West. We all belong to the planet. How would a switch to a vegan diet be managed if we all did it?

Lastly, just my own observation of the effects of a mainly vegan diet. It would reduce emissions from animals but it sure would increase them from human beings! Given that there are billions of us would there be a reduction in emissions? Has anyone done the Maths?

Just curious about the practicalities, not the ethics. Everyone is entitled to their belief.

And Charles put quite a lot of effort in supporting the eating of mutton

Perhaps Harry will be missing Duchy Organic British beef rump steak before too long

I would have put Harry down as a steak and chips man myself, washed down with a good ale.

goodness yes

Mind you, give it time

merlot ?

I suppose Harry has got off lightly if it's only his diet.

Remember the cricketer Shane Warne after Elizabeth Hurley decided he needed a make-over?

Sunseeker. Meghan's preferences were made available by the lady herself.

If anyone is shifting to a more plant-based diet, it does not mean they have become a vegan.
IMO in general men don't in general think as much about how healthy their diet is, as women do. I expect lots of folk think more about eating better once they are cooking for a family, so maybe MAYBE married men eat more healthily than single men

UK meat and dairy production has been championed by the royal family for a very long time. Prince Charles, in particular has done a lot support organic farming and rural industries.

Harry is a senior royal and will no doubt be called upon to deputise for his father as they all go up a gear due to the Queen's age. Will he refuse to open an agricultural show for example?

Veganism is good for the planet - "Eating a vegan diet could be the “single biggest way” to reduce your environmental impact on earth, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Oxford found that cutting meat and dairy products from your diet could reduce an individual's carbon footprint by up to 73 per cent.
Meanwhile, if everyone stopped eating these foods, they found that global farmland use could be reduced by 75 per cent, an area equivalent to the size of the US, China, Australia and the EU combined.
Not only would this result in a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions, it would also free up wild land lost to agriculture, one of the primary causes for mass wildlife extinction.
The findings reveal that meat and dairy production is responsible for 60 per cent of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, while the products themselves providing just 18 per cent of calories and 37 per cent of protein levels around the world"

I don't see any 'slagging off' on this thread and I also can't see any harm in discussing something that's been reported in the public domain.

I'm not concerned, just curious.

And we know this to be true how? Personally I have zero interest in other peoples eating habits

Why is it good for the planet?

good for her good for him. and more and more are flexitarians now for the good of animal welfare and the planet let alone their health.

I doubt that either of them are following a vegan lifestyle. It would be almost impossible with their duties abroad. I’m sure that Harry does what he wants and if he slimmed down for his wedding, it was his choice. Why do so many make assumptions about this couple with no proof?

I think the same Jennifer q

My feeling is that as far as Harry is concerned, Meghan can do no wrong. The word 'besotted' comes to mind.

Therefore he would probably go along with whatever crazy eating regime she came up with.

Has anyone thought maybe Harry has some say in what he eats? Rather than slagging off Meghan he may want to give vegan foods a try, or just cut down on meat and dairy, who knows? Veganism can be perfectly healthy, you don't need supplements as many of the non dairy equivalents (e.g. almond milk) are fortified the same as dairy products are. Each to their own. I can't believe people can get concerned about this.

Vegan diets tend to lead to lack of iron (anaemia) and lack of B 12 (pernicious anaemia) so it does need to be carefully thought through. These nutrient are particularly important to babies (no iron in milk so the transition to solids must provide) and children for normal growth.

Wonder if they are giving up the handmade leather shoes and bags etc.also be nice to hear them saying they are still on the diet and as they have their own chefs no problems or the cost as has been mentioned everyone s own choice

If it is true and she has imposed her views on eating on Harry then it is possibly a means of control so perhaps she feels she has little control over her new life in the royal family and is trying to exercise some control. Meghan’s legs are looking very thin, as if they would easily break, the very high shoes don’t help. Kate is also much thinner than she used to be but she does look healthier and seems to do a lot of sport.

The charity VFL was set up to help older vegetarians and vegans and if you look at their website a lot of the myths about veganism are dispelled. Apart from ensuring you have a good supply of B12 - which you can do by sprinkling yeast flakes on food in the same way you might cheese - it is very easy to get good nutrition from eating vegan, and many sports people are changing to it. A vegan diet is kinder to animals and kinder to the planet.
Of course no one should force their preferences on their partner or family but now that vegan cookery has become so creative and has so many choices in many cases family members at least reduce meat to take advantage of this.
Sadly, because veganism has become so fashionable there are people like Meghan who espouse it with one breath and then go home and roast a chicken. Nothing wrong with meat reduction, they should just be honest.

Stella1949.Agree.Unless they had a health problem and been advised by a professional to have a special diet I would never subject my partner to my eating preferences and on what they should or should not eat. I feel Meghan has an eating issue herself. Looking at how 'skinny' she now appears, and at past photographs of her life when never appearing as thin.as she does now. then I am inclined to feel sorry for Harry after all the years he has been looking for 'lurve' to be subjected to this food 'control' his wife appears to be subjecting him to.

Vegans. Tch!