Comments on: why being vegan can be bad for you

By: Genova

Genova — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:25:42 +0000

i just dont care about vegans that act like “i know everything you filthy nazi meat eater” become a vegan has to be a PERSONAL CHOICE not something that they try to force on other people or even their childrens like this folks http://sandyspider.hubpages.com/hub/Vegan-Diet-for-Babies-Good-or-Bad

By: JasOn

JasOn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:04:47 +0000

And furthermore I could really care less if you eat people…just that most of what is wrong with society is ignorance… Educate yourself about every avenue..
PETA shouldn’t be getting scientists to find a substitute. When is PETA going to just be another political machine waiting to line it’s pockets?
I say do whatever you do but do it smart and with consideration INDIVIDUALLY!!!

By: JasOn

JasOn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:57:26 +0000

Choosing to be vegan should have nothing to do with social situations or status. That is just plain ridiculous. I can can and do eat very vegan but I look at it as more whole food diet…but at any given time in any situation I will eat meat. I prefer fish or livestock that as lightly processed or treated in a way that is as close to traditional farming.
Biggest problem I have with vegans is they’re use of tons of highly processed foods that are not particularly good for the environment and bad socially as some of the people processing these foods are practically slaves.
I focus on nuts and whole proteins not tofu.
Vegans who use margarine and gmo tofu are just full of it and more them likely just ignorant… Funny thing they are the first people to talk smack.
I eat meat and believe I eat less processed food then any vegan I have known.
But in the end it should nothing to do with thanksgiving getting ruined… Which is a bs holiday anyway

By: justin

justin — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:10:09 +0000

Mother in law is now a vegan. She constantly is belittling her daughter about not being vegan. Pressure Pressure isolation distance enjoy seeing your grandchildren less. I think many people find veganism as a form of food religion. I am better then you and more righteous.
On the other hand I would think anti slaughterhouse vegans would be pro hunting since the animal is in its natural element and tend to be healthier.

By: KFran

KFran — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:11:59 +0000

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.35c2caa5efa0e183b7b38a2d0e2b7f40.71&show_article=1

the above article is one example of vegan problems. In order to be a healthy vegan you must supplement because you are unable to get everything your body needs. Anyway, I can understand wanting to be healthy, and even not wanting to eat animal products, but quite frankly, we need some of it.

By: Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is bliss — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:49:05 +0000

I think it is outstanding that “vegans” think their way of eating is better for the enivronment..it’s a lie. Although we should be looking to our farmers to raise healthy animals that go to slaughter, we don’t and that is a shame. Veganism is WORSE for the environment..all of the agriculture is far more harmful than the anything we can do. There is no nutritional value left in the soil that we grow our vegetables in, we are eating vegetables that have 60% less nutrtional value than our parents and grandparents.

The other remark that it is a healthier diet is also a lie..vegans that want to find information that support their lifestyle is easy, but when did it become okay to eliminate whole groups of food?? Vegans are lacking in Vitamins..vitamin A, D, K and coQ10 to name the few. You can not replace these with vegetables..they are only found in meat. So to be a vegan is ignorant to say the least..it is limiting yourself to a lifestyle and to nutrition that your body and mind need. Why is there so much depression in the world today, especially in North America?? It is from limiting ourselves to certain foods..low fat diets are a huge cause of this..hence veganism..no fat and no dairy..our brains are 80% fat and if we starve our bodies and brains of fat and healthy nurtients we suffer in more ways than we could ever understand..that’s why we shouldn’t limit ourselves to being a vegetarian or vegan!!

By: Julian Real

Julian Real — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:24:13 +0000

Oops! Never mind, I just saw now that it is mentioned already, so please delete this and the earlier commment by me!

By: Julian Real

Julian Real — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:22:55 +0000

I think all English-reading and Swedish-reading vegans would benefit from reading this book, which is out in at least those two languages:

The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability, by Lierre Keith who was vegan for twenty years; she surely didn’t give up on it too soon.

http://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Myth-Food-Justice-Sustainability/dp/1604860804

By: The Vegan Dietitian: Ex-Vegans, Happiness and Vitamin B12

The Vegan Dietitian: Ex-Vegans, Happiness and Vitamin B12 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:16:42 +0000

[...] is just not worth it. Ex-vegan Pamela Wilson writes on her blog: “I found the vegan lifestyle, with its emphasis on [...]

By: ozob

ozob — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:17:05 +0000

we tend to think of footprint as a descriptionless quantity — the “amount of land” that we take up. it’s useful, but by no means a complete measure of the damage we do or the space we take up.

is 10lbs of nitrogen concentration (industrial ag) worse than .005 lbs of mercury concentration (industrial mining/technology)? i’d personally rather have a surplus of concentrated nitrogen vs a surplus of concentrated mercury.

the single biggest thing those of us in modern industrial culture can do to limit our footprint is to reject modern technology and the massive, incredibly toxic and destructive footprint it implies: no tvs, no computers, maybe a single cell phone for several people, etc. this includes all modern industrial agriculture, not just the atrocious animal stuff.

i don’t see iPhone vegans complaining about technology, though. in fact, EVERY vegan i’ve ever known has fit into the privileged trendy, tech-saavy stereotype, armed with the latest trendy technologies. and a self-righteous attitude, to boot. i’m sure not all vegans are like this, but i have yet to personally know any exceptions to this experience.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/kenya/100118/congo-conflict-minerals-mining