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One of the best decisions I ever made. It wasn't any one reason that convinced me but several. Like a braid. Not an easy decision nor without consequences, but

One of the best decisions I ever made. It wasn't any one reason that convinced me but several. Like a braid. Not an easy decision nor without consequences, but hard to imagine life before or that it could be any other way. For me, it's part of the life examined. If you're curious at all, try it out. Don't worry about purity or get stuck in binary thinking. Just listen to your intuition.

remarkEon 3y ago
>Just listen to your intuition. My intuition tells me that humans evolved as omnivores, and eating a vegan diet causes health problems because of nutrient deficiency. Unless you heavily supplement, which sort of defeats the purpose of "reducing your carbon footprint by not eating meat".
- ihatepython 3y ago
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- NovaDudely 3y ago
  While we are omnivores, I think the role people place on meat is greatly over stated. We where primarily plant eaters with the occasional meat as it was available. Yes there always exceptions to this rule, especially in fishing societies. Even as little as 100 years ago you can see just how little meat was in most peoples diets, it was there but not very often. As for the nutrients, the big one is the B vitamins which is funnily enough a result of us cleaning the food system too much! Most vegetables used to still have a bit of soil left on them and that was were the B vitamins come from, now everything is so clean we have stripped away that. My solution is Nooch and a bit more Vegemite than usual. ;) have no issues so far.
  - 8note 3y ago
    It varies by location -- eg. the Inuit weren't eating much plants most of the time
- AnonC 3y ago
  Animals in the animal agriculture space are fed supplements (commonly B12, and some others too). In many places they may also be fed antibiotics to boost growth. So the carbon footprint of supplements is higher there because of efficiency and losses in the chain.

remarkEon 3y ago

>Just listen to your intuition. My intuition tells me that humans evolved as omnivores, and eating a vegan diet causes health problems because of nutrient deficiency. Unless you heavily supplement, which sort of defeats the purpose of "reducing your carbon footprint by not eating meat".

ihatepython 3y ago
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NovaDudely 3y ago
While we are omnivores, I think the role people place on meat is greatly over stated. We where primarily plant eaters with the occasional meat as it was available. Yes there always exceptions to this rule, especially in fishing societies. Even as little as 100 years ago you can see just how little meat was in most peoples diets, it was there but not very often. As for the nutrients, the big one is the B vitamins which is funnily enough a result of us cleaning the food system too much! Most vegetables used to still have a bit of soil left on them and that was were the B vitamins come from, now everything is so clean we have stripped away that. My solution is Nooch and a bit more Vegemite than usual. ;) have no issues so far.
- 8note 3y ago
  It varies by location -- eg. the Inuit weren't eating much plants most of the time
AnonC 3y ago
Animals in the animal agriculture space are fed supplements (commonly B12, and some others too). In many places they may also be fed antibiotics to boost growth. So the carbon footprint of supplements is higher there because of efficiency and losses in the chain.