This is not something I had any awareness of. So are Vegan bodies quite hostile to Low Carb?
SACN is the governing body that defines the UK Eatwell national diet, and who are also involved in the upcoming obesity control diet. The NHS is bound to following their edicts, and so any diet that is not Eatwell compatible is dismissed as Fad and unfit, and lacking in something unspecified that poses a health risk to the general populace. Low Carb and Keto fall into that category, as does eating red meat and animal dairy products.
Vegan on the other hand is where Eatwell started, with a nod in those days to the animal farmers. The latest version of Eatwell is almost fully vegetarian/ pescatarian and other animal products are no longer listed. the categories are whole grain, vegetable, and protein. Fat is under vegetables, and milk is now fortified plant-based milk,
SACN has recently approved Leghaeme as a direct one-for-one replacement for animal heme, even though it has a very different vitamin content. It doe not replace B12 and where it is added it is classed as a flavour enhancer, not nutrition. SACN is currently exploring a vegan source for D3 and K2, and when they announce a winner, then Eatwell can go fully vegan. Susan Jebb was a leader in this activity. She is at Oxford Martin, is a member of PHE Member of NICE, SACN Oxford Martin is closely associated with vegan research. Professor Tim Benton, was chair of SACN, and is also involved with Oxford Martin, and is a declared vegan.
This committee has great power to decide what the nation eats. Their Eatwell plan has been moving away from animal products for many years now, and there is no reason why it should stop when it's on a roll. We are already seeing moves to remove meat and dairy from the shops, and so we must expect a meat tax to be imposed. The UK Environment Plan for the CCC road map to 2030 shows an 80% reduction in animal sources in the UK by 2030. It was supposed to reduce meat consumption by some 15-20% a year starting in 2018, but it is missing the target so far. This roadmap was approved by the Boris government and parliament soon after he took up office. It is now embedded in the three acts of parliament he enacted in the first month of his reign. (Climate Change Bill, Agriculture Bill are the two I remember, but there was another one associated with Brexit that set the tariffs for all meat and dairy imports at 46% in the event of No Deal)
