Being a “Joyful Vegan.”
Despite the stereotype that characterizes vegans as “angry,” I call myself a “joyful vegan” and find that most everyone I know who lives this way also radiates with a joy and peace that comes with being fully awake and open.
Read MoreResponse to: “If you were on a desert island and were starving, I bet you’d eat meat then; I eat only meat from humanely raised animals”; and other statements based on hypothetical scenarios and myths.
It seems that most of our excuses for eating animals have more to do with how we want to perceive ourselves and less to do with what is actually true. Explore this idea with me as we look at a couple popular justifications for eating animals.
Read MoreResponse to: “Eating meat is my personal preference, and since I respect your choice not to eat meat, I would appreciate your respecting my choice to eat it.”
This is a common comment that seems fair enough on the surface, but what if we dug a little deeper?
Read MoreMilk is a natural food, and cows naturally give milk, so what’s wrong with drinking it?
Cow’s milk is indeed a natural food – for calves! – just as human milk is made for humans, rat’s milk is made for rats, and dog’s milk is made for dogs. Our consumption of cow’s milk is even more absurd when you consider that calves stop drinking cow’s...
Read MorePART II Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART II
Let’s examine the physiological differences between carnivores and herbivores and see who humans resemble most.
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