Ethical reasons aside, if you do care about the environment and climate change, then vegan diets have a much much lower negative environmental impact.
If you’re smart with it, then vegan diets tend to be a lot cheaper too! Most humans are lactose intolerant. Maybe you are too. If you are, then switching to vegan milks could mean less gases, farts and bloating. It’s quite comfortable to not have all that…
That being said, if you do switch to a vegan diet, you would quite likely need vitamin supplementation (at least I do).
Fun fact: People who eat meat from factory farming (virtually every meat eater) also rely on vitamin supplementation.
Only with extra steps: The cattle get the supplements. Cause they don’t graze on lush natural meadows anymore, they’re fed mostly corn.
You do realize that meat-eaters usually aren’t subsisting solely off of meat, right? They don’t need to rely on vitamin supplementation, that’s the whole point of a balanced diet. If they eat all the stuff that’s important on a regular enough basis, they’ll be fine even if you take the supplements away from farm animals.
Cause they don’t graze on lush natural meadows anymore, they’re fed mostly corn.
This is too localized of a point, in Canada for example the diets of farm animals are regulated to consist of much more than just corn. Admittedly I’m not sure about other countries, though I’m sure there are others similar in that regard.
Granted, I should have limited my statement to B12.
One of the main arguments against veganism is that it isn’t “natural” cause you need B12 supplements and there’s no way around that.
But farm animals usually also get B12 supplements because the bacteria that actually produces it (and then puts it in the grass) only lives in natural soil.
So only cattle who can actually graze will get it. If they are fed from industrially made feed, it needs to be supplemented.
Vitamin B12 (if you don’t eat any vegan meat and cheese substitutes since those are often fortified), vitamin D (everyone should supplement this, not just vegans) and iron if you’re pregnant.
To the non vegans willing to approach this with an open mind:
I would highly recommend you to watch this.
Ethical reasons aside, if you do care about the environment and climate change, then vegan diets have a much much lower negative environmental impact.
If you’re smart with it, then vegan diets tend to be a lot cheaper too! Most humans are lactose intolerant. Maybe you are too. If you are, then switching to vegan milks could mean less gases, farts and bloating. It’s quite comfortable to not have all that…
That being said, if you do switch to a vegan diet, you would quite likely need vitamin supplementation (at least I do).
Fun fact: People who eat meat from factory farming (virtually every meat eater) also rely on vitamin supplementation.
Only with extra steps: The cattle get the supplements. Cause they don’t graze on lush natural meadows anymore, they’re fed mostly corn.
You do realize that meat-eaters usually aren’t subsisting solely off of meat, right? They don’t need to rely on vitamin supplementation, that’s the whole point of a balanced diet. If they eat all the stuff that’s important on a regular enough basis, they’ll be fine even if you take the supplements away from farm animals.
This is too localized of a point, in Canada for example the diets of farm animals are regulated to consist of much more than just corn. Admittedly I’m not sure about other countries, though I’m sure there are others similar in that regard.
Granted, I should have limited my statement to B12.
One of the main arguments against veganism is that it isn’t “natural” cause you need B12 supplements and there’s no way around that.
But farm animals usually also get B12 supplements because the bacteria that actually produces it (and then puts it in the grass) only lives in natural soil.
So only cattle who can actually graze will get it. If they are fed from industrially made feed, it needs to be supplemented.
What vitamins do you need to supplement?
Vitamin B12 (if you don’t eat any vegan meat and cheese substitutes since those are often fortified), vitamin D (everyone should supplement this, not just vegans) and iron if you’re pregnant.