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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Rosie Peters-McDonald

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: The rise of beef days why even meat lovers are cutting back - Caught on Camera

Roast beef on a board
A rare treat … followers want to counteract the overconsumption of meat without giving it up. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

“I love beef,” says Vlad Luca, 25. But unlike most other self-proclaimed steak lovers, Vlad eats it only four times a year, on designated “beef days”.

The “beef days” phenomenon has been popularised by the brothers John and Hank Green, known collectively as vlogbrothers on YouTube. John, 48, is better known for his YA fiction, including The Fault in Our Stars, while Hank, 45, is a self-described science communicator and entrepreneur.

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