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How Vegans Answer Brilliantly The Challenging Questions Of Meat Eaters

Posted on January 2, 2017 By 20 Comments on How Vegans Answer Brilliantly The Challenging Questions Of Meat Eaters

Many people start the new year with the so-called New Year’s resolutions. In fact, they want to change something about their way of living they seem to be unsatisfied with. Among these New Year’s resolutions, you might also encounter the term “Vegannuary” meaning that people want to try out the vegan lifestyle at least for a month. Very interestingly, many of those people who became vegan for only a month were so thrilled by this lifestyle that they went vegan for a lifetime ever since. However, particularly those people but also vegans in general use to face time and again very challenging questions by meat eaters or omnivores. The following article should give you an excellent idea of how to answer those provoking questions in the best and most convincing way. 

It is January, and many of you vegetarians and perhaps some meat eaters too, will take the leap and try to go vegan, giving up all animal products for a month. Perhaps you’ll do it for health reasons, or in an attempt to shift a few of those Christmas pounds, or following a New Year’s resolution to try to live more consciously. Either way, as a vegan I can tell you from experience that you’ll need to be prepared for the barrage of stupid things people will probably say to you every time you sit down for a peaceful lunch and try to dig into your falafel wrap.

“Doesn’t a vegan diet make you unhealthy and weak?”

No, I am very healthy, thank you very much. I ran a marathon a few months ago. Vegans typically have lower cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, lower body mass indexes, a lower risk of death from heart disease, and lower overall cancer rates than meat eaters. The Mayo Clinic in the US recently reported that a plant-based diet could add four years to your life.

In fact, leading athletes, including weightlifters, sprinters, ultra-marathon runners and boxers, are vegan. Venus and Serena Williams adopted a plant-based diet in 2012. Since then, Serena has won the US Open three times. Scott Jurek, widely regarded as the greatest ultra-runner of all time, eats vegan. The only US male weightlifter to qualify for last summer’s Olympic Games, Kendrick Farris is – guess what – a vegan.

“But where do you get your protein?”

The same places that cows, gorillas and elephants get theirs – and have you seen the size of an elephant? I am fine. Go worry about something serious like, say, global warming.

Which brings me neatly to the next stupid question…

“It’s a shame you don’t care about humans as much as you care about animals.”

Veganism is kind to humans because animal agriculture is the most destructive industry on the planet. The meat industry emits more greenhouse gases than all transportation in the world combined. A vegan diet will cut your carbon footprint by 50 per cent. The livestock industry also diverts grain from the mouths of the planet’s one billion starving people. Of those countries experiencing famine, 82 per cent use vast proportions of their grain to feed cows and pigs that will be eaten in Britain and other first-world countries. But hey, seeing as you raised the issue, let’s have a look at all the Nobel Peace Prizes you’ve won for your human rights work.

“It’s normal to eat meat, we’ve always done it.”

Meat-eating has indeed been going on a long time. So have lots of other crimes against humanity. Does their longevity legitimise them?

Read the full article at: independent.co.uk!

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Comments (20) on “How Vegans Answer Brilliantly The Challenging Questions Of Meat Eaters”

  1. Kathy-Jo O 'Grady says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:00 pm

    Myca Bateman-Charters thought this might interest you

    Reply
  2. Myca Bateman-Charters says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:08 pm

    It sure does :). Thank you….

    Reply
  3. Trish Ann says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    Great article!

    Reply
  4. Ema Hoyle says:
    January 2, 2017 at 11:47 pm

    Marion Ott

    Reply
  5. Linda Wilkin says:
    January 3, 2017 at 1:06 am

    Nash Rightmer

    Reply
  6. Anastasia Beaverhausen says:
    January 3, 2017 at 1:26 am

    Wait, we’re supposed to feel uncomfortable…? I must be doing it wrong =P

    Reply
  7. Felicity Gardiner says:
    January 3, 2017 at 1:51 am

    Now I just need to memorise it all

    Reply
  8. Pam McQuistian says:
    January 3, 2017 at 2:19 am

    Been there…

    Reply
  9. Sonya Berraho says:
    January 3, 2017 at 9:36 am

    Oh, I got a stupid question the other day, that if we all stopped esating meat, there would be a surplus of animals on earth so we must eat meat to keep the balance…LOL…How ignorant!!!

    Reply
  10. Paula Böttcher says:
    January 3, 2017 at 10:36 am

    Luca Schlütter bin für jede weitere Diskussion gewappnet haha

    Reply
  11. Luca Schlütter says:
    January 3, 2017 at 10:50 am

    Ich habe nie gesagt dass ein Veganer Lebensstil schlecht ist, ich hab nur gesagt dass der Mensch nicht so weit entwickelt wäre, hätte er nie angefangen Fleisch zu essen bzw. zu kochen 😀

    Reply
  12. Luca Schlütter says:
    January 3, 2017 at 10:51 am

    Ich habe nie gesagt dass ein Veganer Lebensstil schlecht ist, ich hab nur gesagt dass der Mensch nicht so weit entwickelt wäre, hätte er nie angefangen Fleisch zu essen bzw. zu kochen 😀

    Reply
  13. Luca Schlütter says:
    January 3, 2017 at 10:51 am

    Ich habe nie gesagt dass ein Veganer Lebensstil schlecht ist, ich hab nur gesagt dass der Mensch nicht so weit entwickelt wäre, hätte er nie angefangen Fleisch zu essen bzw. zu kochen 😀

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  14. Paula Böttcher says:
    January 3, 2017 at 10:55 am

    Hdl

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  15. Susan Myers says:
    January 3, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    I don’t know. The article just seemed kind of snarky to me. I think whether the question is snarky or not, it’s better to give a kind response. Thank the person for their concern. Tell them they have asked a very good question. Then say something like, “You know what? It took me months/years of study and research to come to the conclusion I came to. It would be impossible to make you understand, let alone convince you in just a brief conversation. You’d really have to read what I’ve read and see what I’ve seen to understand why I’ve made the choice I’ve made. I’d be happy to suggest a few videos that might help you to begin to understand if you’d like. Then if you want to talk about it more we’d have more of a common frame of reference for an informed discussion. I really appreciate your interest. Would you like me to text the names of a few videos/books?” Then the ball is in their court, and you avoid having to talk to a wall. And if they’re sincere, they’ll ask for the info.

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  16. Dolores Muffett Cordisco says:
    January 6, 2017 at 3:34 am

    Tylar Lynn Yochum

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  17. Ula Brown says:
    January 6, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    Annabelle Tracey Jada Brown this is bloody awesome!!

    Reply
  18. Tra At says:
    January 8, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    Dania Sydney Carolina Héctor Rodolfo Chris Evelyn

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  19. Evelyn Ramsburgh says:
    January 8, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    Muy util jaja

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  20. Jodi de Havilland says:
    January 15, 2017 at 7:59 am

    Sheena McNeely

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