Bollywood
actor
Sunny
Leone
has
joined
forces
with
PETA
India
to
offer
Protein-Packed
Meals
in
Delhi.
As
COVID-19
has
caused
many
migrant
workers
to
face
a
loss
of
income,
food
shortages,
and
uncertainty
about
the
future,
People
for
the
Ethical
Treatment
of
Animals
(PETA)
India
has
teamed
up
with
actor
Sunny
Leone
to
feed
10,000
migrant
workers
in
Delhi
through
the
Uday
Foundation.
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"I'm
delighted
to
join
hands
with
PETA
India
again
-
this
time,
to
get
protein-packed
vegan
meals
to
thousands
in
need,"
says
Leone.
"We
are
facing
a
crisis,
but
together,
with
compassion
and
solidarity,
we
will
come
out
ahead."
The
meals
consist
of
daal
and
rice
or
khichdi
and
often
fruit.
One
cup
of
boiled
lentils
contains
17.9
grams
of
protein.
A
chicken
egg
contains
only
6
grams.
Vegan
eating
can
help
prevent
conditions
like
heart
disease,
diabetes,
and
other
ailments
that
increase
the
risk
of
death
from
COVID-19.
The
Academy
of
Nutrition
and
Dietetics,
the
largest
organisation
of
food
and
nutrition
professionals,
states,
"Vegetarians
and
vegans
are
at
reduced
risk
of
certain
health
conditions,
including
ischemic
heart
disease,
type
2
diabetes,
hypertension,
certain
types
of
cancer,
and
obesity."
The
distribution
of
vegan
meals
is
also
timely
as
the
current
pandemic
is
largely
believed
to
have
stemmed
from
a
live-animal
meat
market.
Similarly,
SARS,
bird
flu,
swine
flu,
Ebola,
HIV,
and
numerous
other
diseases
are
believed
to
have
spread
to
humans
from
animals
at
live-animal
markets,
on
factory
farms,
or
during
slaughter.
Leone
was
named
PETA
India's
Person
of
the
Year
in
2016
and
previously
starred
in
the
organisation's
campaigns
in
support
of
vegan
fashion,
vegetarian
eating,
and
dog
and
cat
adoption
and
sterilisation.
She
made
her
Bollywood
debut
in
the
2012
erotic
thriller
Jism
2
and
will
soon
be
seen
in
Shero
and
Anamika.
PETA
India
-
whose
motto
reads,
in
part,
that
"animals
are
not
ours
to
eat"
-
opposes
speciesism,
a
human-supremacist
worldview.
For
more
information,
please
visit
PETAIndia.com
or
follow
the
group
on
Twitter,
Facebook,
or
Instagram.