Are carrying blades for protection others are being exploited by gangs. I used to have knives in my backpack. Id use it to threaten people. Give me what youve got. Take it off of them. A former gang member who carried a knife and a women whow as stabbed for the first time aged 12 will tell us their stories. She credits after school clubs for her love of football, but the captain of englands lionesses Steph Houghton warns that period poverty is stopping young girls from taking part in such activities. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Many of you have been getting in touch about our story on beyonces diet plan. Deb on twitter potentially very dangerous to impressionable, young girls and boys who may have or be at risk of an eating disorder. This diet is not healthy for anyone. Daz on twitter shes never been overweight in her life. How can she give out a diet plan . Cynical me. Shell make millions from it. Gail on facebook the way to control weight is to eat healthily, consume less calories and move more. Look at it as a lifestyle change instead of a diet. Anyone can do it. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. First Rebecca Jones has the news. Police say an officer who was attacked with a machete in east london is seriously injured but will recover. The policeman was stabbed several times after he tried to stop a van in leyton at around midnight. A man in his 50s has been arrested. Knife possession offences involving women in england have risen by three quarters over the past five years. According to figures obtained by the bbc, between 2014 and 2018, Police Forces in england recorded more than 5800 cases where women or girls were charged or suspicion of carrying a knife. The youngest girl was aged just seven years old. A diet endorsed a diet endorsed by beyonce could be dangerous, the British Association for nutrition and lifestyle medicine has told this programme. Subscribers to the 22 day plan pay 11 dollars to access plant based dishes, but it has been warned it could lead to nutritional deficiencies. It was said the singer was mindful of the importance of proper nutrition and exercise. Flooding has caused problems for commuters across the central belt of scotland. Access roads were also flooded around edinburgh airport. The deluge resulted in five trains being stuck for several hours in west lothian. People need to eat less red meat are more plant based food to help combat global warming, scientists are expected to save today. A meeting in geneva to discuss the results of a major report which is published this morning will say that current levels of meat and dairy consumption are damaging the planet. Inspectors are warning that young offender institutions in england and wales are failing to prepare juveniles for life after their release. A joint report by the prisons and probation is watchdog has found many children are being left without suitable accommodation or support services. The Youth Custody Service said it was working with others to improve support. A new National ArtificialIntelligence Laboratory is to be created by nhs england. Artificial intelligence involves algorithms which learns from huge amounts of data to spot patterns. The health secretary, matt hancock says ai can improve the treatment of diseases from cancer to heart disease. Senior figures in northern irelands dairy industry have warned that up to 45,000 dairy cows could be cold. That is if there is an od or brexit. They say the cost to export milk at almost double, forcing farmers to cut the size of their herds but the head of death for us as a coal is not something that the government anticipates if there is a no deal. 0ver anticipates if there is a no deal. Over the past three years lavender fields in the uk have been getting a new type of visitor. People from around the world have been flocking to fields like this one in the hope of taking the perfect picture for instagram. The growers of these lavender fields used to make most of their profit from lavender products, but now many of them are making more money from ticket sales. Thats the news for now. Back to matthew. I love lavender, and so do the bees. We will start with the diet endorsed by beyonce. A diet endorsed by beyonce could be dangerous, the British Association for nutrition and lifestyle medicine has told this programme. Its the professional body for registered nutritionists and its looked into the 22 day plan which cost 14 dollars or 11 pounds 50 to subscribe to. It says it lacks nutritional guidelines and it sells a dream rather than educating people on how to eat well. The us pop icon recently posted about the diet on her youtube channel. She told viewers how the plan helped her to prepare for her 2018 coachella post baby comeback. Her videos been watched 1. 7million times. The original plant based diet was created by beyonces trainer marco borges. He said the singer continues to be mindful of the importance of proper nutrition and exercise as part of a healthy and happy lifestyle. good morning. Its 5am and this is day one of rehearsals for coachella. Every womans nightmare. This is my weight. 175. A long way to go. Lets get it. Were going to go 100 plant based from now through to coachella. Im back on the stage after giving birth to twins. I was a woman that felt like my body was not mine. We know the power of vegetables. We know the power of plants. We know the power of foods that are unprocessed and as close to nature as possible. That is a snippet from the video on youtube. Subscribing to the beyonce diet means that you get a list of recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snack options to choose from. You can filter them down depending on your skills in the kitchen and how long you have to cook. Recipes include nachos with cashew cheese, chia puddings and this tofu sandwich which includes half a block of extra firm tofu, 60 grams of hummus and half a celery stalk. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen tried out a days worth of recipes. So my first breakfast is an overnight chia seed pudding with three tablespoons of chia seeds. 0ne tablespoon of maple syrup. A quarter of a litre of cashew milk, 75 grams of blueberries and 80 grams of frozen mango. This is going in the fridge overnight and it will be ready in the morning. Its day one. This is my first recipe, the chia seed pudding. Its a slightly different colour to the website, but it has 11. 5 grams of protein. So we will give it a whirl. So this is todays lunch. Its a deconstructed pesto sandwich with some hummus, some sunflower seeds, some spinach, cucumber, basil and a side of carrots. My snack for today is 30 grams of mixed unsalted nuts. My main meal of the day is nachos with cashew nut cheese which im going to make later, and these are the quantities of ingredients needed for the dish. So heres the final product. Nachos with cashew cheese. And im going to give it a go. Well, thats what it looks like to ta ke well, thats what it looks like to take part in this diet, just for one day, she only did it for one day. Lets speak now to daniel 0shaughnessy a nutritionist from bant the British Association for nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Mandy rose moore is here. She created a petition discussed in the Scottish Parliament to stop influencers and celebrities endorsing diets on social media. Then nicole whittle, an influencer who runs a vegan beauty and food social media account. And carmen a green, a beyonce fan from philadelphia, who has tried different meal plans on 22 Day Nutrition over the past four years. Thank you very much to everybody. Carmen, lets start with you, what are they like to follow, these 22 day plans . Initially, it felt like it wasnt a challenge, and being a meat eater transitioning to the plant based it was an adjustment but over the last four years its something ive adopted as a lifestyle and, but i have found and experience the benefits of the various plans being offered. And now they offer the online planner and there are three additional books with a lot of resources i can utilise. Do you lose energy, do you find . There utilise. Do you lose energy, do you find . There is utilise. Do you lose energy, do you find . There is one part in the video from beyonce where she says, im so hungry, and the calories consumed seems to be quite low. |j hungry, and the calories consumed seems to be quite low. I think that beyonces situation was an anomaly, something most of us would never experience as she was preparing for the performance of a lifetime. I long for meat, initially, but then as my body began to detox and hungry is not a sentiment or symptom i would describe. I ate what i wanted, andi would describe. I ate what i wanted, and i did experience weight loss and lower load pressure and my vitals we re lower load pressure and my vitals were fine and i did this in conjunction with a doctor and i have a vegan trainer as well. Nicole, you also campaign to push the vegan lifestyle and all that, and you support the celebrities and other influences trying to push the diets we see in front of us. I want to try the tofu sandwich so somebody bring a hoover because i problem wont be able to do it without spilling. I cant do this with you all watching. Is there anything wrong with what beyonce is doing . I think she is introducing a plant based diet to a really wide audience and lifestyles are always heavily influenced by celebrities and i think its incredible she is showing people how to eat plant based because i have been vegan for nearly 12 years and it really shocks me how many people tell me that they cannot imagine what i would eat for dinner and things like that. They cannot get their head around how someone can just eat vegetables or fruit and grains asa just eat vegetables or fruit and grains as a meal and i think its really great that beyonce is teaching people how to create a meal around plants. This is really dry. Its around plants. This is really dry. Its been sitting out for too long. I have a mouthful of sandwich. Does anybody want a carrot . Daniel, 0k, you have done the scientific look at this. Sorry, trying to give you a carrot. Is it a dangerous plan that is being put out there specifically by beyonce . The thing is she has millions of followers, some obsolete people will do whatever she says. The problem with the actual programme is there is no nutritional guidelines, nothing telling the person how to do it. Why is that a problem . For the person who is completely clueless about nutrition and want to eat, the problem with this diet is that it is wrong. What is wrong . The nutritional macros dont add up. The fat content, the protein content, i put them in my owfi protein content, i put them in my own calculator and so this sandwich is meant to have 36 grams of protein, when its only got 24. So its misleading and therefore potentially maybe lower calorie than it says it is. Im still trying to get rid of that sandwich. Mandy, its actually quite tasty. Get rid of that sandwich. Mandy, its actually quite tasty. |j get rid of that sandwich. Mandy, its actually quite tasty. I will ta ke its actually quite tasty. I will take it off your hands. Its a sore right. It tastes all right. Where does the problem lie as far as you are concerned . I campaign a lot for celebrities are influencers to be more mindful about what they promote, particularly around quick diets and fad diets and i think the experts are right. She is selling a dream, so the promotional video does not quite add up to the website, someone not quite add up to the website, someone the website, like daniel was saying, a list of recipes but no real guidance, so some of the language used in the video tape we saw there is really damaging, and stepping on the scales as a womans worst nightmare, and when she has so many millions of impressionable young women looking at her every move, i think thats really damaging. I was really struck by the fa ct, damaging. I was really struck by the fact, carmen, you said we are not like beyonce, she is an anomaly as you called her. You are a fan of her. We are not preparing for a world tour, so i had personally had twins. Exactly. I suppose world tour, so i had personally had twins. Exactly. Isuppose whatl wonder is, whether or not the fact that she is out there and saying to people that this might be a really good way of you eating and living your lives when she is in a very, very specific situation, is that not a bit dangerous . I dont think its dangerous at all and people are getting hung up on a sound bite. And thatis getting hung up on a sound bite. And that is dangerous. I think what she is doing is doing what she thinks is socially responsible. She is providing people and giving people access to a plant based lifestyle that they would not necessarily otherwise have access to the information and she is promoting the idea of it being socially acceptable to be vegan or leave a plant based lifestyle and in certain communities, especially communities of colour, thats not necessarily a cool thing, its a social faux pas not to eat meats in a lot of situations, so i dont think its dangerous at all and i dont think we should get hung up on rhetoric and we should definitely take things in context and not manipulate her words. That is interesting because beyonce does appeal to a group of people, a particular section of the population that would not think about this and the un is saying today that plant based diets will help save the planet and help us be more healthy. Im all for education about plant based more healthy. Im all for education about plant based diets improving your life but this is hardly an accessible way to live your life. She has an access to a personal trainerand there is she has an access to a personal trainer and there is a team behind her unlike trainer and there is a team behind herunlike carmen trainer and there is a team behind her unlike carmen was saying, shes preparing for Something Like the performance of a lifetime and thats not something any of us have to get shape for. As i said before, there is no guidance on how to follow this diet. A plant based diet can be healthy, but its not done well, or its done without any education, you could be lacking in a protein intake, iron, vitamin b12, or really important for us, so going into this blind i would say it could be dangerous. Nicole, the charge is that the influencers dont understand as much as the experts and therefore might give the wrong advice. That is very fair but a lot of diets, notjust the vegan diet, is dangerous if you are not balanced nutritionally. But for the everyday person who doesnt have access to a nutritionist its a great way of introducing a lot more fruit and vegeta bles introducing a lot more fruit and vegetables into your diet, and i know a lot of people who struggle to eat five a day and my boyfriend, since he has been dating me, he was like, how did i not eat fruit and vegetables, and now every day, so easy. Which is great, but is the wider point here that there are two worlds, the expo world and the social media world the expert world. You are getting some people who take their advice from a well intentioned pop star rather than the nutritionist. There is such a disconnect between the influencers and the experts. Theres not enough communication between the two. They are selling one thing, and they know another and there is a disconnect. She did partner with marco. Its not just beyonce saying that she ate this and it was fine and she is sharing a diet which made her feel incredible and brought her to a physical and mental peak. It was incredible and she could not have given that performance being deprived and she had to be there. There is nothing wrong with a post baby body. Thats the other thing thatis baby body. Thats the other thing that is being deeply promoted. This is in the first time she has come under scrutiny, remember the maple syrup diet . That was completely unhealthy, drinking maple syrup for days on end. I tried the Apple Cider Vinegar one when i was 16, and i thought ill do that, and look like beyonce. She should be encouraging education rather than the word diet and fitting into addressable weight loss. Encouraging healthy eating, good quality protein, whether its plant based or not and fruit and vegetables. Nicole, in the world of influencers, is there any movement to engage properly with experts and that the advice given out is accurate. I agree there should be more regulation and i think it is every individuals responsibility to look at who they are following on instagram and see who is giving them diet advice and you should be taking meal plans for people who are not qualified, but taking inspiration from people, i know instagram has been huge in sharing the vegan diet because people who didnt know how to create plant based food can look at something and say they can make that and that has encouraged healthier eating but as far as the whole meal plan, that requires a lot more expertise. Nicole, daniel, mandy, and carmen who got up early for us in the states, goodbye, thank you very much indeed and take a carrot with you if you like. Marco borges who came up with the diet told us beyonce used a combination of a whole food plant based diet and daily exercise as part of her discipline and hard work in order to reach her personal goals in preparation for her coachella performance. We applaud her and are humbled by her courage to share herjourney with others. We also tried numerous times to contact beyonce and her team but no one responded to our requests for a comment. Some of you have been getting in touch on social media with your comments. Maisie on twitter says she would not recommend a plant based diet isa would not recommend a plant based diet is a way of losing weight, but planned properly and by eating a wide variety of foods, of egan plant based diet is very healthy, she says, a vegan plant based diet. We are being encouraged to reduce meat and dairy intake by Climate Change scientist, and it is important to plan this properly. Jill got in contact via e mail and say she follows a plant based diet and did this carefully for six weeks and did this carefully for six weeks and then realise she had become anaemic and nearly passed out at work. So there are bubbly potential problems with it and i guess the advice would to beat you understand be to understand what the experts are saying. Still to come. The number of females caught carrying knives in england is rising. We hear from a woman who has carried weapons and another who has been a victim of knife crime. A youtuber, brooke houts, faces a backlash after a video has emerged of her seeming to act cruelly to her pet doberman the metropolitan police says that an officer who was repeatedly stabbed overnight in east london is seriously injured, but will make a recovery. A mans been arrested in connection with the attack, which happened around midnight in leyton. Lets speak now to andy moore who is in east london for us. A