Are you a MORAL Vegan or a HEALTHY vegan?!


Question: Which one? And why? Please don't give me a link to some ecowhacked video potraying animal cruelty. TELL ME WHY!


Answers: Which one? And why? Please don't give me a link to some ecowhacked video potraying animal cruelty. TELL ME WHY!

Are you saying that you can't be moral AND be healthy?

I'd say I am both. I'm vegan for dozens of reasons. For instance, 80% of the plants on this planet are grown and harvested for animal consumption, so that we can raise them for slaughter. And yet they produce far less food in return - 16 pounds of grain to raise a single pound of meat, and 2500 gallons of water per pound of meat on top of it. Such wastefulness just doesn't seem right - not when you have a choice at the dinner table to partake in it or not. Obviously not everyone can (but those are the people that would benefit from more vegetarians in the planet - more food, more water, where it is needed, not where it is craved and wanted).

Besides, people like to believe that the animal cruelty videos are filmed in a foreign country, staged, old, or pure propaganda. I have personally been to a cattle farm and seen absolutely abhorrent stuff (you can email me if you want to know the nitty gritty details). My friend worked for 1 1/2 years on a pig farm in Southern Illinois, one of the largest pork suppliers in the MidWest, and he quit because he couldn't take it anymore - part of his job was bludeoning to death piglets that were born weak or deformed because they were a waste of money.

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OK I saw your additional details; when I first became vegan I was already a vegetarian; it was when I did in-depth research for a paper on nutrition, lobbyist involvement in what the government tells you to eat (Food Pyramid) and why the Nutritional Guidelines are as they are in America. The stuff I uncovered (this was for a 60-page term paper for class) reviled me. So I guess those are both moral and health reasons. I realized I couldn't go on supporting some companies or industries. The research I did was more involved than most people do (I had to dig deep to find medical articles, court documents, congressional testimonies... but it was worth it, changed my life).

I'm definitely a moral vegan.

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  • Who said they're mutually exclusive? I went vegan because of the cruelty in the egg and dairy industries, but I'm extremely healthy and appreciate the health benefits of veganism.

    moral
    for the ethical reasons
    i would say it could be of health benefit to me aswell though, i miss out on a lot of saturate, plus don't consume the puss in milk, or the bad cholesterol in egg.

    Nuts, avocados, soy, veggies, fruits, grains, spices, pulses & beans!

    natures harvest :P skys the limit

    Both. I just feel more healthy. I really don't like the way animals are slaughtered either. The meat industry is just disgusting. All those animals get injected with steriods and anitbiotics. Your ingesting all the junk. That's not healthy for either them or us. It's sad to say that parts of the food industry could give a rat's azz about our health.

    Don't know, just had to coment on the Pic., GREAT PICTURE!!!!:)

    I am a healthy MORAL vegan, because I dont want to be part of an industry where there is so much suffering, pain and cruelty.

    I became a vegan for ethical, environmental and health reasons. Roughly in that order, though all three reasons are very important to me. What it ultimately came down to was that I could no longer come up with a reason NOT to be vegan.

    health. I quit meat and dairy due to the genetic bomb threat. The story that claims the cattle are allegedly infected with a genetic bomb. Although being vegan is no guarantee of avoiding the alleged poison, my digestive system seems to operate much better.

    I became a vegan for moral reasons. I realized that, as we can survive and in fact thrive on a vegan diet, eating animal products was purely to please my tatse buds. I didn't want to gain pleasure from something else's pain, especially as this pleasure would soon be forgotton and wouldn't affect my life in any way. I didn't see why an animal should have to live a life of misery and then die just to please my tastebuds for a few seconds that I wouldn't even remember the next day.

    The Health reasons have just supported my moral beliefs. I have a very logical and rational mind and I just couldn't come up with any arguments to eat meat other than a few seconds of taste and to me, this seemed illogical.

    I became vegan for health reasons, but I remain vegan for ethical reasons.

    In a nutshell: Veganism is the healthiest and most compassionate choice for the wellbeing of humans, animals, and our planet. THAT is why I'm vegan.

    CUTE PIC! And because its healthier.

    All the vegans I know have done it for moral/ethical reasons.

    I am a vegetarian [became one for ethical reasons when I was about 12] but I eat vegan meals most of the time (like, 95%) - for health reasons.

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    Vegans... please try not to kick me in the teeth for my answer that may not make a lot of sense to you! I'm not going to bother explaining it... just that I am still doing my research.

    I was already malnourished enough being a vegetarion let alone a vegan! I had to quit because I got really sick.

    there are no healthy or moral vegans. Most vegans cheat and eat chicken when nobody is looking.

    Healthy vegan is an oxymoron
    A vegan is simply a moron

    wujoo,

    sorry bud, I still like a good t-bone, rib roast or baby back.

    Used to work in a packing plant, cleaning gut barrels on kill day.

    Worked hogs and cattle on the family farm.

    it is heritage for me to be a meat eater. After 50 yrs I don't think I will be giving that up.





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