Saturday, September 18, 10.30am-4pm
Brighton Dome (foyer and bar area), Church St, Brighton, BN1 1UG

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Programme of talks and cookery demos

Entry to Show, talks and cookery demos is free.

TALKS

11.30am-12.15pm: Saving the World With Your Knife and Fork

Justin Kerswell, Campaigns Manager, Viva!

Almost every one of the world’s exploding environmental catastrophes has its roots on the dinner plate! Justin explores how grazing for meat and dairy animals and growing vast areas of soya and other animal feed are inexorably destroying planet Earth. And he offers the solution: change your diet – change the world!    

12.30pm-1.20pm: Mood Food

Juliet Gellatley, Founder and Director, Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation and Nutritional Therapist

Why what you eat affects your mood, view of yourself and the world. Why going vegan helps you beat stress and the blues! After this talk, go to the cookery demo at 2.50pm and see how to cook to beat the blues!

1.30pm-2.15pm: Why You Don’t Need Dairy

Juliet Gellatley, Founder and Director, Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation and Nutritional Therapist

A compelling and popular talk asking is it natural to consume milk after weaning? Indeed, is it safe to consume cow’s milk at all? Juliet looks at many health issues and new research showing why dairy is linked to cancers; how natural growth hormones in milk affect us and what are the dangers of milk protein and saturated fats? She exposes the links with heart disease, diabetes and obesity. 

Also, she examines the pervasive calcium myth. Do we – and especially our children – need milk for calcium? If not, where should we obtain it and how do we ensure our kids have strong bones?

2.30pm-3.15pm: Wheat-eaters or Meat-eaters?

Juliet Gellatley (BSc Zoology and Dip Nutrition), Founder and Director, Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

Juliet will be tackling the myths that we are ‘meant’ to eat meat and dairy, after all that’s the way we’re designed, isn’t it? She will explore what really is a healthy diet with a fun quiz – find out how near or far you are from the perfect diet! Free nutrition guide given in this talk!

COOKERY DEMOS

11.30am-12.10pm: Lite Delites

Lesley Jeavons, vegan Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness instructor for Brighton.

Party bites – high in flavour, low in fat.

It’s not necessarily our meals which make us gain weight, but the nibbles we eat between them. Here are some delightfully lite bites which you can eat between meals.

• Chestnut Bombs (alternative to sausage rolls)
• Tiny Tofu Tarts (mini filo tofu quiche)
• Dinky Desserts

12.40pm-1.25pm: Eating for energy! - Savoury

Heather Mills, owner of Redwood Wholefoods and VBites vegan restaurant in Hove and Patron of Viva! and VVF

Heather gives simple and tasty ideas to add zest and energy to your life! Innovative, imaginative and healthy foods.

• Omega Seed and Nut Burger,
• Seaweed Multi Mega Wrap
• Acai, Hemp and Maca protein smoothie
• Plethora of Energy balls

1.40pm-2.25pm: Eating for energy! - Sweet

Heather Mills, owner of Redwood Wholefoods and VBites vegan restaurant in Hove and Patron of Viva! and VVF

• Acai, Hemp and Maca protein smoothie
• Plethora of Energy balls

2.50pm-3.50pm:  Mood Food!

Helen Rossiter, Editor Viva!Life & Cookery Writer, Viva! and

Jane Easton, Viva! &VVF Food & Cookery Coordinator

Did you know that veggies are less likely to get depressed, according to a recent scientific study?* (See Juliet’s talk at 12.30pm.) Helen and Jane’s sexy (and easy) recipes will get you all loved-up!

• Edamame & baby broad bean salad on a bed of quinoa with omega 3 salad dressing
• Baby pancakes with dark chocolate sauce, banana & strawberries
• Fresh fruit salad with almond crème (do it like the cashew crème recipe but replace the nuts)
• Puy lentil & rice salad with shredded spinach, parsley & toasted sesame seeds – and a walnut oil vinaigrette
• Avocado, tomato & garlic sauce with wholemeal pasta
• Smoky stuffed cabbage leaves (smoked tofu, smoked paprika, onion & garlic) with miso tahini sauce

*Beezhold et al;; 2010. Vegetarian diets are associated with healthy mood states: a cross-sectional study in Seventh Day Adventist Adults. Nutrition Journal. 9 [1] 26.

4pm End of the Show