Critical Analysis Of The Vegucated Documentary

The essay of Gary Steiner, “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable,” advises that a vegan lifestyle is an ethical lifestyle. He is a strict vegan which means no meat, cheese, eggs, or anything that contains animal products and byproducts. Steiner seems to be an animal rights advocator, and his essay pushes his beliefs with the hope that his opinions will gain the attention of people in American. The written responses to Gary Steiner's article, “Ethical Choices in what We Eat” argues and agrees with his pro-vegan argument. Many conflicts in the use of animal products in our lives, but the tone of his essay can sometimes undermine the reader affecting his cause to help eliminate animal slaughter.

Vegetarianism has important philosophical grounds related to murdering animals and the fact that all life on earth should be respected and protected. Unlike extreme ideas about animal rights that go as far as forbid people to ride mules for their benefit, advocates of vegetarianism proceed from one simple principle - that killing is wrong and animals have the same right to live. In theory, such a position means that a person is striving to live in harmony with the outer world, a feature that in itself can promote healthier lifestyle. However, there more matter-of-fact arguments in favor of vegetarianism, and these arguments hinge on the nutritional benefits of a veggie diet.

a vegetarian for the past four years. Her personal nutrition habits and values can be attributed to her favorable stance towards plant-based diets. The essay’s context is set in the middle of the rising veganism fads popularized by celebrities and mainstream media. As a student, Breslaw’s main audience are her fellow peers, professors and those concerned with lessening their carbon

To improve their articles support, the writers for Vegan Outreach should rely mainly on logos to back up their claim that animal consumption is morally wrong and that they should switch to a less cruel alternatives to source food. Although the authors do originally provide evidence throughout the text, their argument is poorly constructed. For example, in one case Vegan Outreach used a statistic without indicating from where they attained the statistic “...[b]y avoiding the meat of chickens, turkeys, and pigs, you can prevent the suffering of more than two thousand of these animals during your lifetime!” (11). The initial issue with Vegan Outreach’s document is that it fails to reference their work, the second issue is that it does little to reference the sample statistics of other animals, which makes their application of logos unreliable. In addition, this example statistic is not their

The rats fed more protein had more cancer growth, which proved to Dr. Campbell that people need to eat less protein. The documentary also gives the success stories of many people. Men and women who have diabetes meet with these doctors, follow their diet for just a few months and no longer are diabetic. The narrator and director of the movie, Fulkerson, had high cholesterol levels and other health problems, so he started a whole-foods, plant-based diet. At the end of the film, Fulkerson had much safer levels of cholesterol and was far healthier. The entire documentary is closed with a shot of every main character eating salad together, celebrating their health. It also seems that they are celebrating a convincing documentary. Fulkerson, and the other crew members, successfully argue that Americans should adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet. They do so using the rhetorical devices, especially logos and pathos.

They all make excellent and important arguments, but which one do we follow to have an optimal health. When watching the movie, they continue to say stop eating dairy products and meat products, but, where should we get our source of protein after eliminating meat products. Though, many can try to be vegetarians, it will be a difficult process to do especially since meat products have become part of our daily life. This becomes a challenge after watching the documentary, as what are my options that can help improve my health. Though, I would mostly continue to consume meat and dairy products in limited intakes to ensure to not overconsume any of my nutrients. Regardless, I should be careful of what I consumed to ensure to not increase my risk of attaining any

Though the mass production and distribution of food is already bad the company’s do not stop there they label erroneous advertisements on the packaging of food. The labels that read “all natural” or “farm grown are completely misleading and false advertisement. Apart from these issues, the documentary also highlights the harmful effects of modifying the animals’ diet both on everyone’s health and the environment. They go on about the story of Barbara Kowalcyk. She talks about her activism concerning food safety and how the death of her 2-year old son from E-coli encouraged her to stand up against the US Congress to pass a legislation for stricter and more effective USDA food regulations. That part of the documentary gave me an insight of the

Veganism has grown into a widespread trend in the last 70 years; in fact, in the United States approximately 3% of the population reports that they do not eat meat and about a third of this group declare themselves as vegan (Singer and Mason 187). Factory farming is an intensive method of farming that results in inexpensive meat products at the expense of one’s health, the environment, and animals (“Factory Farms”) . Moreover, this form of farming has led to the slow destruction of the planet, the mistreatment of animals, and the increase of various health diseases. Veganism is increasing due to the exposure of the secondary effects caused by industrialized

This is how the modern American diet, regardless of age, is portrayed in the entire film. This diet will, of course, promote weight gain through excessive calories. This diet will promote diabetes through insulin resistance, and the high cholesterol from a large amount of animal fat will promote heart disease. The goal of the movie is to support a vegan, whole foods diet. My problem with the film is that it only discusses diet in terms of extremes. The patients represented in the film all had terrible habits and practiced no moderation in terms of food intake, eating high amounts of salt, meat, dairy, and few fresh foods. When switching to a completely plant-based diet without processed foods, many health problems were reversed and could be managed through diet alone. The film does not discuss several issues that can accompany a diet in which no animal foods are consumed: active B12 deficiency, iron intake, vitamin D consumption and synthesis, and sources of essential fatty acids EPA and DHA. The recommended diet by the American Dietetics Association includes modest amounts of meat, dairy and animal fats, and every single patient in the film exceeded intakes of those foods. What isn’t covered in the film is the health of individuals that consume a diet that adheres to recommendations, and I feel that this film fails to address the effects of animal

Like the majority of teenagers today, I was just browsing YouTube when I stumbled upon a video that has since changed my life. “Earthlings.” The documentary revealed how millions of animals are mercilessly slaughtered in factory farms. Just watching such brutality- void of any type of humanity- was immobilizing. Somehow I made it to the end and came across copious recommended videos, including “Forks Over Knives” and “Cowspiracy.” While they weren’t as graphic as the first, they were definitely informative. After watching these documentaries, I decided to go vegan. This decision wasn’t made lightly, and it wasn’t just for myself. Veganism has long been disputed over, but animal rights activists, environmentalists,

Donald Watson, on 1944 had a meeting with non-dairy vegetarian, Elsie Shrigley, to talk about the lifestyle and diet of non-dairy vegetarian diets. These pioneers were the first people to discover a new movement – although resistant. They felt that they needed a new name, something more brief than “non-dairy vegetarians”. “vitan”, “dairyban”, and “benevore” were some of the rejected words. They settled on “vegan”, because it had the first 3 and the last 2 letters of “vegetarian”. In Donald Watson’s words, it marked “the beginning and end of vegetarian”.

Many people consider going vegan to reap the proposed health benefits of going without animal products in their diet. Some go vegan in support of protesting the inhumane treatment of livestock during the production of animal food products. While both of those arguments may be justified in their own right; a more recent argument is that all humans should take to a vegetable based diet to save our planet. Some propose that by consuming animal products we may be contributing to global warming. In George C. Wang’s article Go Vegan, Save the Planet, he suggests that we allow ourselves to be called to action as “global citizens” to address

Veganism is a food lifestyle based on diet of vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts and fruits. People are being vegetarian because they think it is healthier to only eat vegetables without eating meet or chicken, and they think that they will get a perfect body shape, free of diseases. As in vegetarian, where they feed on foods that do not fit into animal flesh, whether from wild or marine animals. They also don’t eat food that comes directly from the animal, such as: egg that’s comes from the hen, milk that comes from cows, goats and honey that comes from bees. In India, Ethiopia and Jamaica there are a lot of vegetarian people, because they don’t have enough food to feed themselves, so they decided to eat vegetable. This paper argues that veganism is a harmful lifestyle for three major reasons.

I will never forget the day I had my breaking moment. I went into Starbucks for my normal order, a Carmel Macchiato with an extra shot of expresso and whipped cream. As I waited for my order, two young twenty year olds stepped up to the counter to place their order. With utter disgust, I heard the first order a Soy Latte with a vegan muffin, while the second ordered a Macchiato made with almond milk and a vegetarian sandwich. I could not believe my ears, and I could no longer hold my restraint. I blurted out, “How can you sleep at night knowing the cruelty that vegetables, beans, and nuts suffer just so you can get a Starbucks drink?” I knew I had struck a nerve as they looked down and shuffled their feet. The unethical treatment of produce and nuts that are consumed as food products must be regulated or banned.

As different crazes and fads are appearing each day, we have come to expect them to simply fade away as the hype passes. However, veganism has stood the test of time in our fad society and is still increasing in popularity. Originally only thought to be a religious lifestyle, many people from different walks of life are becoming vegans. However, this poses many questions and sparks heated debates, mainly from omnivorous people who believe that veganism is against life’s natural order. Vegans, then, argue against an omnivorous lifestyle by bringing up facts about humans’ biological makeup and how humans are, contrary to popular belief, herbivorous by nature, not omnivorous. While both sides present good arguments to some, the veganism lifestyle contains more benefits and less harmful cons than an omnivorous lifestyle.