Vegan People : An Interview With A Mexican Girl

Finding a solution to sustain our environment has long been debated. In the essay “Go

In 2011, American filmmaker, Marisa Miller Wolfson, made a 76-minute documentary titled, ‘Vegucated.’ Wolfson, a practicing vegan, cites her research on foods and especially animal-based foods as her rationale for opting to go vegan. Notably, upon going vegan, she became healthier, lost weight, and even felt happier because she was no longer contributing to the inhuman treatment of animals. In her quest to become a vegan, Wolfson made the film after moving to New York City. Her concurrent idea in the film is the effects of animal diets versus the effects of vegan diets. Evidently, through its participants, the film illustrates that avoidance of animal products results to weight loss and

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,

I would love to say that becoming a vegan was a walk in the park, that the process was overnight and I would wake up as a successful new person. I would have loved to have said all those things but the truth is, it wasn’t that easy. My transition to a non-meat eater was a gradual one. A gradual transition might have been the best for most, but it wasn’t the best for me at all. Instead of having a set out plan, changing

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”.

One essential aspect of my life is my lifestyle choice of being vegan, in which I learned more about myself and where I stand without entering a classroom. By educating myself on the effects of the meat and dairy industry to the animals, my health, and the environment, I expanded my horizons beyond the what I see on my plate. Raised in a filipino culture, meat, dairy, and fish are an significant ingredient in the cuisine. When I was younger, I’ve never been exposed to a vegan lifestyle nor have I heard of the word itself! Rather than exaggerating what I ate, I ate without a thought.

The end of the article is hopeful, stating that most “would-be” vegans will keep trying to incorporate plant-based eating into their lifestyle. It appears that just three years ago, there were still doubts on the practicality and health benefits of Veganism. However, about five months after Pope’s article was published, an article called “Making Vegan A New Normal” by Jeff Gordinier was published in late September. Gordinier focused the rise of Veganism, specifically in Los Angeles. The article glamorizes Veganism, highlighting Vegan celebrities, like Ellen Degeneres and naming the most trendy Vegan spots in LA. The article specifically focuses on the amount of growing Vegan options in “normal” restaurants. It includes statements from a restaurant owner and chef who are working together to make a Vegan menu for their plant-based diners. I choose my final article specially because it was written by a writer I mentioned previously, Tara

Veganism is a lifestyle choice that many Americans decide upon. Veganism involves an absence of any kind of animal product in your life, such as meat, cheese, milk, etc. This lifestyle can be beneficial for not only your well-being, but the safety of your environment, and the animals in it. Although sometimes controversial, veganism is an important way to raise animal awareness, improve farm factory conditions, and support the healthy lifestyle of being vegan.

Consideration, compassion, and consciousness are attributions of being a vegan that differentiates me from my friends. Vegans are people who do not use or eat animal products or animal by-products. We, teenagers, are notorious to be egotistical; however, this lifestyle

Veganism has been on a constant raise in terms of popularity in recent years, raising awareness on animal cruelty and potential health risks associated with a traditional diet. Most people assume that vegans are simply disgusted by the fact that they are eating animals, bet there are more causes for their conversion from the meat based diet. Turning to Veganism can be the result of not only wanting a longer healthier life, but also taking caution for the environment and the animals themselves.

What does it mean to be vegan is not defined just by its vast history, or what they eat, it is made by the belief that every life matters. There have always been questions

In 2012, a Gallup Poll showed that 2% of Americans practice a Vegan diet.1 While the global population of people eating Vegan is unknown, the diet is becoming increasingly popular in developed countries as a way to eat healthier or lose weight.2 A Vegan diet is a highly restricted Vegetarian diet that refrains from all animal products, including but not limited to: animal milks, honey, meat, and eggs.2 The health effects of practicing a Vegan diet are relatively unknown because of a lack of research. In professions involving nutrition, it is frequently assumed that the health effects of a Vegan diet will coincide with that of a Vegetarian diet in which dairy and eggs are incorporated. In this paper, five research articles will be discussed to help explain how a vegan diet may impact people’s health and explore the

The doctor, who was kind and very understanding, was surprisingly knowledgeable about vegan diets and had a career long specialization in nutrition. After ruling out any other possible medical condition, she patiently spoke over my tears and my hitching sobs and explained that yes, humans are healthiest when eating a large amount of varied plant foods, but that we would be wrong to ignore the small amounts of animal products that many of us so essentially need. “Most human bodies run optimally on the occasional animal product. Eggs and bits of meat every so often are small but very important parts of a healthy diet.” she said, a look of sorrow on her face. She could see how hard this was for me.

In 2002, Breanna moved to West Africa. She was a vegan. She struggled to survive on this diet, and so, she began eating dairy, egg, and fish. However, she continued to stay away from meat, prompting many of her friends to constantly ask her, ‘why no meat?’ No matter what explanation she gave, from loving animals to being a Buddhist, her friends would not give it up. They even went so far as to attempt to convert her to non-vegetarian. Eventually, she found a solution: she simply told her friends that her grandfather had forbade her to eat meat before he died. Obviously, she said, no one would dream of asking her to go against her grandfather’s wishes. Since then, she has been accepted for being the lone vegetarian in her community.

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.