RE: Veganism - Another Perspective - Why should I care?
Every day I see statistics, comments and news related to this topic, I am not vegan nor vegetarian but I would like to include this diet in my routine. They will wonder why I do not? I tell you that I do not apply this way of eating to my days simply because I live in a country that does not allow it. I am Venezuelan, I live in Venezuela and as you know my country is going through a very bad economic and social situation. Here nothing is economic neither fruits nor vegetables and much less seeds that without saying that you get very little variety of everything related to food. Here we can eat only what we have, or as far as pocket allows. Anyway, I just want to show you how little it is for the one who has the opportunity to have a healthier life to apply it. They knew that a huge amount of crops and water is needed to raise the animals on the farms. You need up to 13 pounds of cereal to produce 1 pound of animal flesh. Instead, it would be much more effective if all those plant foods were destined to feed all people directly.
Eating meat not only harms animals, it also harms people. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, vegans are less likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure than people who eat meat. Vegans get all the nutrients they need to be healthy without the need to eat meat of animal origin. There is a variety of savory and sweet dishes that can be prepared and even divine. If we know how to use fruits, seeds and vegetables well, we can have all the nutrients we need in our bodies.
A vegan saves 100 animals a year. I am not against the food chain but I am against animal abuse.
Excellent post👍
You are totally right with the need of more water to produce meat than crops.
However you say that Venezuela doesn't allow you to be egetarian/vegan? I see it like this, there are so many foods you can eat every day, also in Venezuela, that aren't meat. I really hope this doesn't offend you, it's just how I understood what you said. I think you have a false belief that you can't be vegetarian at least if you're from Venezuela. All it takes to be vegetarian is to not eat meat& fish. I would argue that it is that hard to find anything else to eat other than meat & fish, there are literally thousands of possibilities on food choices, even in Venezuela. But the current society has conditioned us to eat meat, dairy & eggs everyday, in enormous quantities. It has almost become the only thing we eat, meat fish eggs dairy everyday, but it musntl't be like this. I understand your concern of low food diversity, however I suspect you overanalyze the whole situation because being vegetarian is fairly easy regardless of country. You just have to eat anything but meat, to help yourself, the animals and environment.
I really hope my comment didn't offend you, my only intention was to showcase my different opinion. :)
I am not offended by your comment, on the contrary, thank you for responding. Maybe for someone who does not live in this country it is difficult to understand what I say. You will think that I am taking it as an excuse, here I do not choose if eating meat, fish, vegetables or fruits only eat what you can buy with the little salary you earn working. I'm a civil engineer and a kilo of onion is half my salary. A kilo of meat costs twice my salary. You should live this to understand it.
I live vegan, but I also understand their situation.
They look at it all right
The thing I thought of is that even if they don't have money I think meat is more expensive than all other foods.
That is also my view, especially the production and the consequences.
Wow ... Sigh ... Such a sad reality ...