Mashing the Myths of Meat: Myth #09 … “But I just can’t live without my meat/cheese” Seriously?!?! You do know that you will actually live a lot better & a lot longer (& a LOT more compassionately) without it, right?
Actually … there aren’t. Please consider the following facts: *Are you concerned with world hunger? Well, while 20 million people will die of malnutrition this year worldwide, 5 TIMES that number (that’s 100 million people) could be adequately fed if Americans alone reduced their meat & dairy consumption by only 10%. It takes 16 pounds […]
[ummm … seriously?!?!] First of all, plants have no central nervous systems, no limbic systems and no brains. Yes, there is new research showing that plants can sense entrants into their immediate environment and REACT to the same, and yet this is NOT evidence for self-awareness, this is NOT evidence for the ability to experience […]
Veganism is extreme? … hmmmm … I’ll tell you what I find extreme: What is extreme is pretending to embrace peace & tout justice & teach kindness & rally for freedom while simultaneously making violence, slavery, torture & murder a normal part of your everyday life … THAT is what is truly “extreme” by any […]
Excellent! … Because if that truly is the case, then you won’t miss meat when you give it up for good — literally for Good. After all, every single steak or burger you refuse to eat saves enough fresh water for you and your entire family to shower every day for months, saves enough grain […]
Without getting worked up about this one, let’s just step back and take a neutral, unbiased look at the basic definitions of the words involved here. HUMANE has been generally found to mean “characterized by tenderness and compassion, especially for those who are suffering or in distress”. SLAUGHTER is recognized to mean “to kill another […]
Actually, this rationalization rests on a complete falsehood; a myth of mere convenience as hollow as it is delusional. Fish DO feel pain; fish DO form bonds with others that can only be called “friendship”; fish DO have what can only be appropriately termed “individual personalities”; fish DO have a sense of self-awareness; fish DO […]
Well, 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, although one unbeknownst to me at the time) for over nine years before going vegan last year. I too was not aware of […]
I realize this is an extremely popular myth, and yet a myth it remains. In fact, animal proteins — in red meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products; you name it — tend to leach calcium AWAY from human bones and encourages it to pass OUT of the body through one’s urine. Plant proteins, on the […]
I actually used to believe this myth as well, so I get where you are coming from. Unfortunately, this sentiment is based in a series of lies and deceptions propagated by the egg industry. Consider the following facts: *I’ve helped raise chickens for a number of years myself, so I know firsthand how intelligent and […]
Actually, nothing could be further from the Truth … Grains and legumes served as the staple crops of human civilizations around the world since the domestication of agriculture around 10,000 B.C. Up until very recently, animal products such as meat, cheese, milk and eggs were rarely eaten by the majority of people; they were actually […]
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