Is Becoming Vegan Pointless?

       These days more and more people are becoming vegan because they think it is helping save the animals, but is this lifestyle actually better for the world? Becoming vegan is a bad idea because it is impossible to avoid using any animal products, veganism harms wild animals, and the vegan diet is not healthy.

       A vegan's goal is to not eat or use any animal products because they think it saves animals lives, and is better for the world. However, vegans rarely realize how many products have some type of material made from animals in them. Many beauty products contain products from animals. For example, make-up, nail polish, perfume and more all come from animals. Some of the fluids in your car also contain animal products, and if you think that a Tesla doesn’t use animal products because it doesn’t have an engine, the leather in the interior is made from animal skin also. There are so many products that include things from animals to be made, and I would encourage you to read about some sometime.

       Many vegans believe by eating only vegetables it will save animals' lives, however, this is not exactly true. Farmers are having to find more land to farm because of the increasing demand for plants. This is causing farmers to take more land to grow plants, which takes away from wild animals habitats. Without the correct habitat, animals do not have the correct environment to live in. Farmers are trying to use GMOs to produce more plants in less land, but people have a problem with that too, even though GMOs do not harm anything.

       Without eating animal products like meat, humans can not naturally get the correct nutrients they need to live healthily. Without eating foods from animals people will start to have deficiencies in vitamin B12, iron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, and high quality protein. People will also experience a lack of omega-3. A lack of omega-3 is likely to cause depression. A lack of omega-3 is also known to help develop schizophrenia, dementia, bipolar disorders and more.

       Several studies show that living a vegan lifestyle does not have major effects in helping the world, and the vegan diet is not healthy. Only the bad things that happen on bad farms tend to get spread to the public, which spreads the view that animal farming is very cruel and inhuman, however, I can tell you from experience that not all animal farms are that way. All in all, a vegan lifestyle is not smart, because it still harms wild animals, it is not healthy and more. So if you are contemplating becoming vegan, I would encourage you not to, and thank a farmer next time you see one.

Do you think becoming vegan is stupid, explain?

Do you think a vegan diet is healthy?

Would you ever become Vegan, explain?

https://www.saintlukeskc.org/about/news/research-shows-vegan-diet-leads-nutritional-deficiencies-health-problems-plant-forward#:~:text=Compared%20to%20the%20standard%20American,%2C%20and%20high%2Dquality%20protein.

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  • I won't call it stupid, but maybe pointless. Because if what you found is true, being vegan is really hurting animals in the long run. So why compromise our health when either way it is going to hurt them. I would not go vegan, I like bacon too much and it is healthier for your body to get protein from meat.

    • I agree, if it is harming animals in the long run it is not worth hurting our health to live the vegan lifestyle. It is way better to get the nutrients you need naturally through meat and other animal products.

  • I think that being vegan can restrict your body from certain nutrients that can help your body grow. I think that forcing children to become vegan is dumb because this could stunt the growth of children if they don't get the nutrients they need. I would never become vegan because I eat meat everyday and I couldn't give up meat.

    • I also think that it could be harmful to children if they are forced to live a vegan lifestyle. Children need the correct vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to grow and develop correctly, and without them the results may not be good.

  • Yes, I think being a vegan is really dumb and not healthy at all. I would personally not become vegan because God gave us animals for a reason and my family raises livestock as well. You can't get enough nutrients and protein from a vegan diet and it's just not sustainable. 

    • I also agree that being vegan is dumb. Being a livestock farmer you know the hard work and dedication that goes into raising animals to feed the world, and it is very disappointing when people refuse to consume animal products for some naive and foolish reason.

  • I don't think that a vegan diet is healthier than anything else. Without meat our body lacks the nutrients we need to be healthy. If it is a health problem and people are forced to go vegan I understand it but people who go vegan and think that it is helping the animals are very wrong. Personally, I would never go vegan.

    • I agree, our bodies do lack the nutrients it needs without products from animals. I also understand if people go vegan for health related reasons, but I do not agree with people who go vegan because they think it saves animals and helps the world.

  • While I'm not a vegan, I could foresee a future where I am. Usually, when I'm given food to eat, it isn't vegan, but if I were, I wouldn't refuse it, because I don't care. Veganism may be unhealthy to people, but I don't mind what other people do with their lives, even if they don't like mine. 

    • I do not care what other people do with their lives either. My goal was just to put out information on why veganism does not have the good effect people think it does.

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