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Thursday 24 January 2019

Vegan Propaganda and Meat: Separating Fact From Fiction

Nutrition Advance: Many people love animals, and some of us make the ethical decision not to eat meat. That is absolutely fine and as an animal lover, it’s definitely something I can respect. While I personally don’t think a vegan diet is optimal, I recognize that with careful formulation it is possible to be healthy on a vegan diet.

In truth, humans around the world have demonstrated good health on a variety of different diets – the main key is the avoidance of industrial junk foods. So, this article is not an attack on veganism—which is a personal choice—but it is a criticism of scaremongering claims and mis-truths. People often refer to this information as ‘vegan propaganda’.

Leaving our personal dietary beliefs at the door, vegan propaganda is not individuals or organizations who write about the vegan diet. There are a lot of unhealthy food products around, and those who discuss making a vegan diet as healthy as possible are helping the many people who choose to be vegan.

All they are doing is following their beliefs and trying to help others who believe in the same things.

However, the complete criticism of any other dietary system, and large marketing campaigns to try to convince people that only veganism is healthy?

Yes, that is a kind of propaganda.

Spending large amounts of money to promote that meat, cheese and eggs cause disease?

That is blatant propaganda too....read more>>>...