Why to be vegan?
Veganism a lifestyle where one seeks to avoid a much as possible and practicable the exploitation and cruelty to animals. Because they are sentient being who do not want to suffer and want to live.
As we know humans don´t need animal products to be healthy, there is not ethical justificaction to exploit and kill animals for food nor for other reasons. Humans can be healthy with well planned vegan diets.
By being vegan we could also have extra benefits like being better for the environment (animal farming is the main cause of environment destruction) and being healthier.
The activist James Aspey said it in this way:
Here a compact playlist with the most important 4 videos about veganism
Here a more extense playlist with the most important 25 videos about veganism
You can also watch this 3 minute video https://3minutes.wtf
More oriented to health and environment in Netflix you could watch:
* What The Health
* Cowspiracy
* Seaspiracy
* The Game Changers
About Health:
Humans don’t need to eat animals nor animal products (meats, dairy, eggs) to be healthy. Therefore eating animals because “we like how they taste” is not moral valid justification. The biggest dietetic associations of the world and the most recognized universities says the same because is the scientific consensus:
"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. "
..”An evidence- based review showed that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. The results of an evidence-based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Features of a vegetarian diet that may reduce risk of chronic disease include lower intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals. “
source:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19562864/
More info about health, evidence based visit
* www.
PCRM.org
* www.nutritionfacts.org
Guide of Vegan restaurants in the world (choose a city): https://www.happycow.net/
Excuses against veganism and responses
* Video Playlist of "30 excuses" from Earthling Ed
* Your Vegan Fallacy Is
* Carnism Debunked
Recommended vegan youtube channels:
* Earthling Ed (activism)
* Joey Carbstrong (activism)
* Mic The Vegan (health and environment oriented, responses from critiques, etc)
* Plant Based News (news)
Animal rights organizations
* Mrcy for animals (youtube)
* Animal equality (youtube)
* Peta (youtube)
* Anonymous for the voiceless page (street activism) / Youtube