Boycotting horrific animal slaughter practices: Not buying meat, fish, or eggs means you are not supporting an industry of horrific animal slaughter.
- ✔ FACT Number of animals slaughtered in the UK: 1,700 per minute, 102,000 per hour, 2.5 million a day, more than a billion per year (PETA Vegan Free Starter Kit).
Boycotting horrific animal slavery practices: Not buying eggs, butter, or milk means you don't support an industry that justifies animal slavery.
- ✔ FACT A vegan saves more than 100 animals per year (PETA Vegan Free Starter Kit).
Being vegan is the best thing that you can do to save the planet!
- ✔ FACT According to the United Nations, going vegan is one of the most important ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower pollution, stop deforestation and conserve resources. (PETA Free Vegan Starter Kit).
- ✔ FACT 18 vegans could get by on the same amount of resources demanded by just 1 meat-eater.
- ✔ FACT Feeding massive amounts of grain and water to animals, then killing them and processing, transporting, and storing their flesh isn’t environmentally friendly.
- ✔ FACT Entire forests (which absorb greenhouse gases) are cut down in order to supply pastureland and grow crops for animals on farms. This point is also reinforced in the last episode of The Green Planet, by David Attenborough.
Going vegan helps alleviate hunger
- ✔ FACT Approximately 925 million people worldwide don't have enough to eat - yet the world's cattle alone consume enough food to meet the caloric needs of 8.7 billion people. According to a 2010 United Nations report more than half of the world's crops are used to feed farmed animals, not humans. (PETA Free Vegan Starter Kit).
Avoid bowel cancer
Eating veggies makes it more likely for your body to take in Omega-3s
- 'A plant-based diet may be the most effective at getting enough omega-3s. [...] the fats they do contain are the “perfect amount” to allow ALA to convert to EPA and DHA. ALA, EPA & DHA are the 3 omegas in question.
Healthy Diet
As a cliche, vegan or vegetarian diets are considered healthier than other diets. Some unusually fit and healthy aged folk have credited their long life to regular exercise and a vegetarian/ vegan diet. You may also be more conscious of incorporating foods with beneficial properties.
No ickiness!
No veins, skin, poo, eyes, hair, etc in your food. Most meat-replacement products are vegetable protein so you can fully enjoy your food without inspecting it every second. The reality that you're eating a corpse with a lot of the same features as us is extremely unappetising.
Tastes great!
Vegan dishes and meat-replacement options can be very tasty. There have been many meat-replacement foods that were yummier than real meat, like the Beyond Meat Burger. It's still the yummiest patty I've ever eaten in my life. Even just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
Convenient & easier to do now
Veganism is becoming more mainstream, which makes being vegan so much easier. There are more brands to choose from in shops (Tesco supposedly offers the most vegan choices) and most cafes/ restaurants have vegan options. There are even vegan cafes and restaurants.
Potentially cheaper
A vegan diet can be cheaper than a non-vegan diet as meat and other items can be pricier. Since there are more brands to choose from, you can buy the cheapest options if you want to.
Happy conscience!!!
You're saving innocent animals from pain and suffering, saving the planet, and looking after your body.
- Frequently cited PETA Free Vegan Starter Kit
- Watch Kurzgesagt explain more. It's all illustration and talking, not real images or footage. Kurzgesagt is known for making fun, accessible, and sourced material on detailed or intense topics. Enjoy!
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