Vegan Firefighter Loses Groundbreaking Discrimination Case
Vegan Firefighter Loses Groundbreaking Discrimination Case
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Veganism is an opinion or philosophy, it does not come from any doctrinal teachings with historical writings to count as a belief system on the same level as someone who can only eat certified kosher food.
Being vegan is recent fad or trendy thing from the perspective of world history. Nutritionally, veganism is not healthy without an extensive amount of supplements. Before corporations could manufacture suppliments, everybody needed to eat a few animal products for basic health. In there West though, there is definitely way too much consumption of meat but pescatarian is very healthy.
Being vegan is recent fad or trendy thing from the perspective of world history.
This tells everything about your knowledge about the subject.
it's correct so i don't know what your comment means.
There is long history of veganism and you chose to ignore it.
no, there isn't. it's a term coined in the 1940s in colonialist Britain.
Gosh I wonder where they got the idea to name this phenomenon
B12 is not an "extensive amount of supplements". Furthermore your average contemporary nonvegan likely consumes way more supplements than a vegan just indirectly through livestock feed, including B12. Even ignoring the "animal" sources though, people these days consume a lot of supplements from cereals, energy drinks, table salt, and more. I'm not sure why relying on supplements would even be a gotcha in the first place though.
Furthermore I'm not sure why it would matter that there exist healthy diets that include meat, like you said a mostly plant foods diet but including some fish. If anything that reinforces that there are other reasons for people abstaining entirely from animal foods. Veganism is way more than a diet, it is an ethical stance, and extends to far more than what we eat. It just so happens that what we eat leads to some of the most egregious abuses and also butts heads with culture because what we eat and what others eat is so important to us as humans. That's why the way vegans choose to eat gets so much attention.
Being vegan is recent fad or trendy thing from the perspective of world history.
Abstaining from animal products has been a thing for at least a couple centuries (see al-Ma'arri)
Nutritionally, veganism is not healthy without an extensive amount of supplements.
The only supplement you must absolutely take on a vegan diet is vitamin B12. The source of vitamin B12 in omnivore diets is also supplements, albeit given to the animals raised for slaughter rather than taken directly. Supplementing omega-3 is also highly recommended for vegans. The other ones you'll hear mentioned are vitamin D3 and iodine, with both of which many foods are fortified since most people, including those who eat an omnivorous diet, don't get enough of these through their food. This is hardly what I'd call "an extensive amount of supplements". I've been vegan for 7 years and the only supplements I take are B12, as well as vitamin D during the winter months since I live in a northern area.
Veganism is an opinion or philosophy, it does not come from any doctrinal teachings with historical writings to count as a belief system on the same level as someone who can only eat certified kosher food.
I agree, a person's carefully thought-out ethical decisions about what they consume are different from someone doing something because an old book tells them to.
The only supplement you must absolutely take on a vegan diet is vitamin B12.
you're not a nutritionist. ok, i'm assuming that. but i know you're not my nutritionist and it's highly unlikely you're a nutritionist for anyone here. please do not tell people what their dietary needs are.
You're completely right, I am not a nutritionist, and honestly I'd truly hope no one takes their nutrition advice from strangers on Lemmy. Next time I'll add a disclaimer though, that's a fair enough point.
That being said, I've been vegan for over 7 years, supplementing only B12 (and D during the winter) and I'm not dead yet.
So if B12 is only available by supplements one way or another. How did we survive before supplements?
Looking it up ruminants produce it naturally so wouldn’t say we get it cause cows are getting shots.
It doesn't only come from supplements, but it's how most people get it these days. Livestock aren't sticking their faces in wild dirt and flora very much, so most need supplements. Also even with livestock being given supplements there is a surprising amount of B12 deficiency in the omnivore population, arguably more should be supplementing.