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?

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  • Yes, I do believe that becoming vegan is kind of stupid because you lose out of a lot of nutrition that meat has. Also, you are losing out on a lot of protein. I believe that the only reason someone should become vegan is if they have an allergy.

  • I do think that become a vegan is not a smart choice because, like you said, the diet isn't healthy. It isn't healthy because they are losing a ton of nutrition from not eating animal meats or just other things like dairy. I would never become vegan because I'm already skinny enough and pretty much everything I eat is made from an animal.

    • It is definetely hard to gain weight without eating some type of meat or animal products. Even drinking protien shakes is not as good as getting your protiens naturally through things like eggs, meat, etc.

  • I think becoming vegan is stupid because you are committing to a diet that is not healthy. I don't think a vegan diet is healthy because you aren't eating any meat that gives you protein. I would never become vegan because I feel like I am hurting the farmers raising cattle.

    • Vegans do not relize that is a large amount of people stopped eating meat how much it would negatively effect livestock farmers. Farming is a huge part of the worlds economy, and it could do some damage if livestock farming falls.

  • I don't see the point of becoming vegan in my opinion, because you would lack so many vitamins and it would be very hard to have a good protein intake. I can understand why some people would want to be vegetarian, but I think being vegan is just pushing the limits and is very unhealthy.  

  • The only reason not to eat meat is if you have some sort of allergy to it. There is no way that a person could be allergic to every kind of meat though, so if you became vegan, that would not be a good decision. Going vegan is not good for people either. It has proteins and iron that are important for your body. I would never become vegan because that would be a terrible idea and I like eating meat.

    • I also like eating meat. Meat definetly does have specific protiens and iron that are not always easy to find in a vegan diet, without some type of supplements.

  • If your stomach does not accept meat or you are allergic in a way, then becoming vegan is acceptable. Vegans may lack important nutrients that are found in animal by-products. I would personally not become vegan because the meat is way too good to never have it again.

    • I agree that is is acceptable to not eat meat for allergy reasons, but I disagree with people who don't eat meat to try to save animals and the world. I also think that meat is way to good to never eat again.

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