Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You know what holds me back from vegan eating? All of my vegan friends eat so much heavily processed and fake food! And so much soy which has complications if you don't want extra estrogen in your body.
I think my household has a pretty healthy and varied diet based around our CSA veggies, organic whole meats (not lunchmeat, sausage, etc.), vegetarian dinners roughly 2-3 nights a week, and making many things from scratch (like all desserts, homemade bread, grind our own meat if we have burgers, fresh pasta, make our own stock for soups, etc.). To me that seems like a good compromise.
I use vegan recipes here and there, but not if they include fake "cheese", fake "meat", and the like.
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I mean, you don’t have to though, right? My non vegan friends eat a ahi& ton of processed foods - lunch meats and sausage and all kinds of crap. Grinding your own meat doesn’t make it magically healthy. It’s still bad for you. Who cares what it ate or whatever. It’s meat.
You're all over the place, OP. First, it's for the environment. Then, it's about killing the animal. Then, meat is bad for you (untrue). Make up your mind what you're going to evangelize.
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I love how some of these types like to say that meat is bad for you, as if it’s just common knowledge. Our species evolved over millennia eating meat. If it was bad for us, we wouldn’t have gotten to this point.
Anonymous wrote:I just wanted to say, while it’s a small, but personal step, I think going vegan made me feel like I was doing what I could about the environment. It’s not everything, but it’s a huge statement of values. Honestly, I want to tell people, as someone who was a skeptic at first, I really love living this way. I don’t miss anything I used to eat all that much and I feel so healthy. If you’re curious about it, ask me anything. I swear I will be honest.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t want to bring anyone down, but there’s still a huge environmental toll with “sustainably raised meat.” They still kill the animal. Beans, if cooked properly, don’t make you have more gas than anything else.
The point is, it’s one thing people can do to make a difference. But like anything else, it takes a commitment to change. You have to enjoy cooking, but I already do.
I wanted to be a voice to say to people, if you’re curious, it’s worth it. You will get pushback from people who still want to eat meat and dairy, but I don’t think that should stop you. If anything, it makes me realize it touches a nerve.
I fully agree with the sentiment, but it’s also somewhat angering to me that individuals feel such personal responsibility for climate change when researchers have found that just 100 companies have been responsible for 71% of global emissions since 1988. It’s still helpful to recycle and eat more sustainably, of course, but individuals are statistically blameless for greenhouse emissions compared to these giant corporations.
I’m vegan for the animals, but I don’t want to let these guys off the hook when it comes to cries for individual responsibility over corporate greed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Going vegan won't make you live forever - it will only seem like it.
Ha! LOL
A vegan friend tried to tell me being vegan was awesome because she never overeats anymore. All I could say is, I know what you mean...
But seriously, you can do a lot of good for the planet and for reducing harmful livestock practices by eating less meat and seeking out sources with better practices. If full-blown veganism works for you, that's great. For me, I get 80% of the benefit with 20% of the work by just cutting way back.
Anonymous wrote:Vegans lost me with “No honey”.