Well, if you don’t eat much meat to begin with, then it won’t be very difficult at all to give it up entirely for one full month, which is the amount of time it normally takes to wean one’s self from any physical addiction. And remember, while you are weaning yourself of this unhealthy habit, […]
Actually, this rationalization rests on a complete falsehood; a myth of mere convenience as hollow as it is delusional. Research is now consistently showing that fish most certainly do feel pain when they are hooked, and that they most certainly do suffer immensely when pulled out of the water to suffocate to death on dry […]
Ummmmm … NO — you really don’t. It is actually completely unnecessary to eat any fish (or any other sentient form of sea life) to obtain more than enough Omega-3 fatty acids in one’s diet. Current status of this Myth: Deleted Justification it provides for eating animals: NONE
As it turns out, I am more sympathetic to this particular argument than most others, if for no other reason than I myself was an “ethical vegetarian” (an oxymoron, of course, as I ultimately came to understand) for over nine years before finally going vegan. I too was unaware of the sordid Truths that the […]
It is true that if a dairy cow is not relieved of her milk, her udders can become painfully distended. Of course, this almost never happens in nature because cows, like all other mammals – including humans, only lactate while nursing their young after having given birth to them. In essence, then, the only reason […]
In a bizarre twist of irony, not only do milk products not provide a form of calcium that is easily digested by humans, they do contain animal-based proteins that raise the acidity levels of the human body, thereby forcing our bodies to actually take calcium away from our bones and remove it from our system […]
This excuse is actually almost dear to me, as it was the very last excuse I used before finally going vegan. My addiction to dairy (primarily the casein in cheese) was so strong that I actually convinced myself for a few weeks that dairy goats were treated humanely; that dairy goats were not forcibly impregnated […]
You might be interested to know that your powerful cheese-cravings are not a reason for you to continue eating cheese, they are actually a clear sign that you need to STOP eating it … Yes, it is true that most cheese-lovers do feel a bit “edgy” (or literally itchy, or even experience headaches) if they […]
I actually used to believe this myth as well, so I pass no judgment on those of you who still believe it. Unfortunately, this sentiment is based in a series of flagrant lies and insidious deceptions propagated by the egg industry … Please consider the following facts: *I’ve helped raise chickens for a number of […]
This myth is admittedly a tough one for most folks to discard, and indeed honey was one of the last animal-based foods I stopped eating before finally going vegan. After all, I thought at the time, we humans aren’t slaughtering bees to eat them; we are only eating their excess honey — honey that they […]
Actually, due to the immense gravity of the harms directly linked to the confinement & the slaughter of farmed animals, each and every non-vegan does quite a large amount of harm indeed … Please consider the following facts: *For every pound of meat you consume, you are indirectly responsible for the production of over 20 […]
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