Tag: Periods

We were vegan… this is why we QUIT: As sales of plant-based foods stutter, four influencers share how not eating meat left them ill, bloated and stopped their periods

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It was one of the biggest health fads of the past decade. But has the vegan bubble finally burst?

Sales of plant-based options have fallen, pushing companies like Linda McCartney, Quorn and Tofoo into scaling back their product lines. 

In a sign the millennial-driven obsession with veganism was starting to falter, Pret A Manger closed half of its vegetarian and vegan-only stores in December, admitting many customers don’t see themselves as ‘full-time veggies’.

Nestle then joined in, pulling two of

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NHS will now include ‘women’ and ‘girls’ in guidance about periods

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NHS-backed guidance on periods will be updated to include the terms ‘women’ and ‘girls’ in a victory for campaigners.

This week MailOnline exposed how they had been omitted in favour of phrases like ‘people who bleed’ and ‘half of the population’.

The guidance was published on a website called ‘Bloody Brilliant’, which cost taxpayers £84,000 and was set up by the Welsh Government.

The branch of NHS Wales responsible for the advice confirmed to MailOnline the language will be changed

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‘Girls’ and ‘women’ omitted from NHS guidance on periods

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The NHS has been accused of trying to erase women after MailOnline revealed the terms ‘women’ and ‘girls’ had been omitted from guidance about periods.

A website funded by the Welsh Government to give advice about menstruation refers to them as ‘people who bleed’ and ‘half of the population’.

Medics and campaigners described the language as ‘infuriating’ and ‘confusing’, warning it would complicate health messaging for vulnerable girls.

Feminist author Milli Hill told MailOnline it was a ‘part of a

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