I cut out a segment at the end reading through comments on the video, but you can probably guess how that went. "They were never really vegan" etc etc. One person said they were clout chasers lol

"The first night after eating salmon, I had a wet dream, I hadn't ejaculated in months" This can't be real, I'm cracking up rn.

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I love your no-nonsense yet humorous approach. You're so uplifting even when faced with stupidity 😆

Rescue chickens are generally past egg laying age, but the are VERY useful. They eat lots of bugs. They still produce poop to compost. They are good moms. They enjoy sitting on others eggs if you happen to have those. They are good friends to keep around. Also, they are hilarious to watch.

In my language it's always been he/she and when my English teacher tried to force "it" upon me I couldn't. Hadn't started my vegan or even my vegetarian journey at that point in my life, I was just a kid, and I remember feeling forced to call living breathing creatures "it". Never sat right with me, never could do it. I've been vegan for 8 years now.

I always appreciate your no-nonsense, "let's look carefully at the full context of this" approach. I find your channel to be so helpful and refreshing.

I was vegan in 2016 and had to stop because I was not in a place to maintain the lifestyle (transportation, finances, ED) and this was the one channel I never stopped watching. I recommend your videos to literally anyone who will listen because I truly feel you care about animals, stay informed, and speak so well. I am currently in a place where I can eat primarily vegetarian and am making plans to get back to vegan or mostly vegan because I never stopped caring. Thank you for your videos and this video in particular! I'll continue to tell people about you! It definitely helps that you're funny as heck!

I had financial issues at point in my life due to my mental health so dire that I had to stop being vegan and be vegetarian (mostly eggs, eggs are very cheap and). Today I am vegan. Sometimes life interferes.

Ugh, Grain Brain and 'Wheat Belly.' I hate those books since those books are the reason 90 percent of everybody in the 2010s suddenly had a self diagnosed gluten sensitivity. The gluten-free fad has died down since then but it was fucking unbearable around 2013-2019 when it was at its peak.

I think it's better that someone is as vegan as they can possibly live rather than give up on veganism entirely and go back to a life of daily contributing to animal exploitation. There are also many aspects to avoiding supporting animal exploitation in addition to food.

We have chickens as pets. They're awesome pets and we do eat their eggs. We don't sell them, we give them to people if we have loads extra (which we do because we don't eat that many!) Our chickens are called Gertie and Tish and I love our babies. I don't think I could ever sell the eggs, they give them to us free. So we pass those on. Also, they eat so.much of our food waste.😊

My wife and I are drowning in medical debt after the plague in 2020 caused her organ failure. Her doctor prescribed 3 eggs a day to get her albumen up and protein. Plus her cholesterol is very low. So another nurse I know has a farm. His birds wander all over. He even has partridge. Everyone comes up to get petted. They lay everywhere! So he’s been collect the eggs that he doesn’t use and gives them to us.

I wish more people knew about algae oil supplements. If you're struggling to get enough omega-3s (like Miley was), algae oil has a nutritional profile comparable to fish oil (in fact, the whole reason fish are good sources of omega-3s is because of the algae they eat). There are plenty of other plant-based sources as well, but often they're high in ALA and low in DHA and EPA. Algae oil is a rich source of DHA and EPA, however, and so can make up for the imbalance.

I’m at a point that this is the only vegan channel I follow and watch

My bestie always says that people don’t feel empathy for fish the way they do other animals is because they don’t have eyebrows 🤣 like, because they don’t have a brow they can’t make the sad/scared expression we respond to.

Yo when rawvana tried to hide the fish I was weak tho that was pretty funny lol

I mean he did call fish "seafood" that is kind of insane for a supposed animal activist to do. Do you not take that as a sign that he has stopped caring? Or at least that he doesn't care as much as he did previously? What else could it possibly be a sign of?

I have "left" veganism (by eating animal-derived food) a few times before. I was studying abroad in the US when I first became a vegan (2016). It took me some time to transition. To be honest I wasn't even eating a conventional western diet before that either. I only ate milk products, chicken and eggs as all other meats and animal foods disgusted me. So I thought it would be easy for me. but it really wasn't. I did a semester in Korea in 2017. After 15 days I had to move to a vegetarian diet. It was so hard to keep trying to read labels, translating using apps and asking people for help just to eat something, anything. I was starving and had low energy all the time. So I started eating things with cheese, milk and eggs (they were very hard to avoid). I memorized a few meat related words to at least avoid those. I once went to a ramen place for dinner with my friends. One of them helped me place the order. She tried to explain to the staff that I can't have meat. When I eventually got my order. It was honestly really good but I could obviously tell that the broth was bone-based. The point is, no matter how hard I tried, the language AND cultural barrier always would make me "mess-up". Because of all the guilt, it was harder for me to call myself vegan again for a long time even after I returned to USA and then later to India. I now call myself vegan. I eat plant-based and avoid animal products as much as possible but I know sometimes, I might unintentionally, or in unavoidable circumstances eat or wear or use something with an animal product in it.

My family had backyard hens when I was growing up, they were rescued because a farm nearby went bust and it was mass slaughter or finding homes. They only had hens, so we never had to worry about fertilised eggs and we never sold (or even thought of selling!) the eggs or the birds. They were all named and they were essentially (really dumb) pets who also each laid one egg every 24-48 hours. We used to take a carton of eggs to people's houses as a dinner party gift instead of wine etc. Partner and I are veggie and starting to make changes to go vegan, but if I got some rescue backyard hens I'd absolutely eat their eggs.

One thing I never got is if being vegan is the best to someone's ability... then how is occasionally eating fish or eggs (when required based on IBS or other issues that do make their life harder) not being vegan for them if they're not intentionally searching to exploit animals? If being Vegan is always identified by the definition, "to the best of one's ability" and they are doing the best they themselves can then in my mind they must still be vegan if they claim to be one... and no one can, or should take that label away from them...

My Grandma used to have Chickens, and most of them were rescues. many farmers try to sell old an chicken when it doesn't make "profit" anymore. They typically sell them for the price they'd make out of selling the meat (just a few Euros). Normally, they still produce eggs, just not as many. When my Grandma added one of those eggs into a cake for example, I still ate it. And when I really craved an egg, I also ate one. She gave them put for free to friends & family. When she had to give them up, (she could barely walk and my grandpa's Parkinson's & Dementia got too bad to keep them) she was so sad. I know that this is a rare example, but she truly loved them. One thing that really annoys me is this "all or nothing" approach plant based news has. People adding eggs into their diet aren't the same as someone who eats meat 3 Times a day. I think this approach does more harm then good. My parents eating more vegetarian foods for instance is already a huge step in my opinion!

16:00 to me it actually sounded like Dr. Nagra was saying it would be difficult to feed a child a strictly whole-foods plant based diet without the addition of oils, rather than encouraging a whole-foods plant based diet for kids. At least that’s how I understood his position.

My husband went to a doctor for anxiety. His doctor said that he has depression/anxiety because he doesn't eat beef. WTF?

Sadly the "ethical" eggs are very sus. My mom has chickens and the yolks in eggs when chickens are forging and eating diverse foods are dark orange. And I've gotten some pale color yolks in those ethical eggs. 🤨

Lmao at the segment where Alyse claimed to have "perfectly fine" digestion after going carnivore. If I remember correctly, a clip came out of her openly admitting to literally pooping her pants involuntary because of the sudden diet change

Please keep doing these long videos!!! I’m so tired of my favorite creators transitioning to shorter and shorter content :(

I know he didn't say it but "...similarly eggs seem to be easily distanced from 'eggsploitation'" is all I keep hearing.

I really enjoy your videos! It’s hard to find people with factual arguments instead of ‘that’s just my truth’ these days lol

as someone who lives a vegan lifestyle but has to eat vegetarian, because of allergies, its really upsetting seeing ex vegans completely ditch all of their ethics.

My family kept rescue chickens and we ate the eggs and I thought it was fine until just yesterday when I watched a video by Earthling Ed about backyard chickens - we've overbred chickens to constantly produce and it destroys their bodies, naturally they'd lay about 10-12 a year. The best things to do are to either feed the eggs back to them so they can regain the nutrients lost, or to get a hormonal injection to stop ovulation altogether

the problem i have with the vegan diet is the diabetes factor... India is the leading country for diabetes sufferers ... India is also predominantly vegan and Hindu. Ive been on carnivore for 6 months now... i lost 18 kg, have no body odor, flatulence and the mental clarity i have now is beyond compare.

Your objectivity and compassion for fellow humans is admirable.

"digestive issues from beans....once that's settled" yeah, lots of people never stop having gas from beans and there is no actual evidence that your microbiome stops producing gas if you eat that way regularly.

I mean... Fish and eggs are often easier to digest than large portions of beef or pork. It's like going from eating a tiny amount of plants to eating 2 lbs of raw kale in a sitting. It's obviously harder on the stomach to do a sudden shift like that

You know one thing the doctor doesn't mention is how taller people have higher rates of cancer. Honestly I would not be concerned at all if my children were shorter than me. I would honestly be relieved. If they are responding well to food and eating most of it, and they're not complaining all the time they're hungry/thirsty and the teacher reports they're pleasant to deal with, then what more could you ask for. Oh, I know! Less cancer. Even better.

There was no implication made that Alex "just stopped caring about animals". That's just an assumption on your part followed by a profane attack. I think it's fair to say that using the euphemism "seafood" may be a subconscious attempt to communicate his decision in a comfortable way, but does not mean he just stopped caring. I do think it's possible that Alex was more committed to being on the moral high ground than any real deep empathy for the animals, and this makes it easy back to revert to eating meat. I think Alex cares, just not enough.

I have so many food allergies and I'm getting kind of exhausted from always needing to rely on my own cooking and then having abysmal options if I'm trying to dine out. I can't even choose a place to eat without looking at a menu first because they might not have any options for me, or I might need to have to ask for allergens to be removed or something special made, and I hate doing that while I'm also listing out 5/6 allergies. I keep running the idea of maybe adding fish/shellfish back into my diet to see if that could help. Though the way my body reacts to food, I'm also kind of worried that I'll find out I'm allergic to shrimp now or something. 😅

People hate it when I call "beef" "cow flesh"

I went vegan in 2007 for ethical reasons and almost got swept up in the health aspect of it. I tried raw food and then discovered Freelee. The raw food diet phase didn't last, I was hungry all the time and then realized dizzy spells were not normal. I now have more of a balanced diet. I love baking and homemade vegan cookies and cakes are often better than store bought. 😊 The selection of plant based items has only grown and I love seeing it as a food loving vegan!

I’m finding that no matter what I eat my IBS is putting me through h*ll. So I’m adding more rice into my diet. I hope I’m not going to be stuck with the BRAT diet. (Banana, rice, applesauce, toast).

I’m always creeped out by that plush on the shelf behind you 😂😅

I think plant based news is good, they give a pretty fair view and always back up what they say with good research.

Did Alex actually say he struggled more with IBS after going vegan? I fully empathise with the lad, just don't remember him saying a plant based diet worsened his symptoms?

Matthew Nagra is a naturopath, so not a pediatrician. I've seen him arguing against anti-oil talking points, including seed oils, so I don't think he's a strictly WFPB person.

I’m vegan and have IBS .. I go back and forth with staying vegan when I have a flair up because the pain with IBS can be extremely painful 😢 so I can see how people can go back to make life easier and more comfortable. I don’t agree with being MORE worried for vegan children than none vegan children though. Both diets can be super unhealthy and stunt growth if done badly .. by saying you would worry more about vegan children reinforces this idea that a vegan diet for children is more unhealthy..

I love those little outtakes at the end of her videos.

Great commentary on the PBN video. We used to like the PBN videos. Now, they just seem really click baiting and surface. Thanks for a thoughtful take on the subject!

I think with Alex aka Cosmic Skeptic the major red flag was that he clearly didn’t seek out any professional medical advice. Due to his high profile he would easily have had access to the best advice out there unlike common folk like me who would have difficulty accessing a vegan nutritionist or doctor. If he had done this but not been given any help in resolving his issues or at least bringing them back to manageable levels - bearing in mind that eating animal products again isn’t an actual cure for his condition as he acknowledges - then he would be more believable. However Alex clearly became a vegan out of empathy for animals (though not from an animal rights perspective, more welfarism) so backsliding on that is definitely a more difficult issue for veganism in general.

I was vegan for 2 ½ years and when I ate fish again for the first time I promise you I felt the same lmao. And that’s with being anemic and b12 deficient.

The idea that Alex O'Connor pretended to be vegan to boost his online profile is frankly ludicrous.

Matthew Nagra doesn’t promote wfpb diet. And he promotes consumption of pufa rich oils. You misunderstood him.

I noticed Jhon was having issues before leaving veganism. I think he even made a video about his depression and such. Then, he stopped being vegan, and like you said, his videos later on kind of reflect that, or at least that's my interpretation

My parents have chickens and they are practically family pets. They are so friendly, protected by our dogs and my mom holds some of them daily. Plus of course they are free range/free to roam our land most of the time. Those eggs are ethically sourced and I feel so much better about eating eggs at home. Those chickens are loved and sleek and happy.

I think most people leave veganism because of social pressures. So many vegans I know on-line only have no IRL vegan friends. Myself included. I'm just good about making sure I have food with me or I eat beforehand if going to a place where vegan options are going to be scarce. Someone who only stays vegan for a year at least did a year's worth of good.

That Urine Therapy just hits different 🤌

I know you’re not a nutritionist or dietitian but I’m wondering if you could make a video about diabetes (type 2 in particular). I love your videos and your grounded perspective. Thank you ❤

I've watched a lot of vegan creators but yesterday I started watching your videos and their so good, thanks for the amazing content.

I feel like this video is a good place to share my story with veganism and plant-based diets. Apologies in advance as I have severe ADHD and I like to be very thorough in my explanations so I write paragraphs. Please consider reading if you struggle with veganism due to mental health. Currently am 26, and went vegetarian at 18. I decided to go fully vegan at 22 after years of going back and forth for ethical reasons. I literally don't care about any other argument for veganism for me, the ethical route just makes the most since scientifically for going vegan. Anyways, I was perfectly content with my diet and lifestyle. That is, until a lot of traumatic things happened to me that caused me to spiral very deeply into depression and suicidal thoughts. This, in addition to financial insecurities, has made me transition back to vegetarian FOR THE TIME BEING. My goal this year is to finally transition back to veganism now that I have a psychiatrist and am recovering mentally, but it's a slow process. What made me break my veganism in my diet was that I have a dopamine imbalance anyways, and I had been experiencing anhedonia (lack of ability to feel any positive emotions, only negative) and I had gotten into the habit of denying myself self-care activities. Anything I wanted? Tabled. Too busy. Need to do other stuff. Not important. One day, I REALLY wanted my favorite type of candy. Like I was craving it and there's not a vegan version of it available nor did I have the ingredients or molds to make it myself. I just really wanted it, I wanted to feel the nostalgia and the memories tied to it. I also have EDNOS and have had it for years but it had gotten to the point it looked more like anorexia in the way I was behaving. So, I bought it, and I ate it. I did NOT feel a rush of happiness or completeness or like my life had been missing animal products this whole time. I felt nostalgic, and that made me feel good for awhile. I have never gone back to eating meat, aside from the occasional time I would order from DoorDash and they would mess my order up and give me an option with meat. Like I said, financial insecurity has been rising (which is why I completely axed doordash in addition to this) and I grew up with food insecurity, so throwing it out made no sense. Though, I will admit that whenever I have done this I have gotten extremely emotional and sick from it. Taco Bell tastes like absolutely nothing when you're drowning yourself in tears because they put beef on your VEGAN BURRITO once again and you're too hungry and poor to throw it away. I also have never gone back to non-vegan non-food products. My hair/body care routine, dish soap, laundry, etc are all plant-based. The only exception I have to make is sometimes with cleaning products due to having 2 puppies that had to be potty-trained and I needed my floors to not smell constantly like vinegar. I deal with a lot of shame for what I've been going through these past couple of years and how I've devolved into eating vegetarian and not vegan. I've not gone back to meat, hated fish, and I don't like eggs, so this has really only happened with dairy products for me. The occasional ranch to dip fries in like when I was a kid, or the occasional mozzarella stick order. I haven't gone back to consuming non-vegan butter, milk, icecream, etc. It has almost exclusively been me allowing myself items from my childhood so I can feel something other than dread due to the cocaine-like hit that dairy brings with consumption. There's a REASON comfort foods are laden with milk, butter, and cheese. I hate to see when people have given up on their ethical viewpoints for veganism and have transitioned back to an omnivorous diet. I've never once thought of going back to omni, and this vegetarian backsliding is only a temporary thing. My main goal is to make my mind healthier so I can transition back to veganism with a better mindset for myself going forward so I don't feel the need to cave in to desires for nostalgia. So, if you read this and you also are struggling to stay vegan or go back to it with mental health issues, just know you're not alone with your feelings. If you're very passionate about animal welfare and the ethical movement of the vegan lifestyle (not just the diet), then I encourage you to stick with your values and end goal, regardless of how long it takes you to get there. Maybe you need to eat vegetarian for a year or two while you mentally recover and can refocus yourself. Maybe it'll take less time. Or maybe longer. That's okay! Just don't give up on your morals just because you see a lot of people who didn't choose a sustainable vegan lifestyle go back to eating in a way that sustains them. We can do it!

I had a really severe case of IBS before (It was miraculously cured though). It was about survival and avoiding torturous pain, so it was necessary to eat seafood. This is a dilemma that we want to protect animals, but we also have to care about our health. Sad.

If ex-vegan’s “no longer care about animals” feels to me because I can’t be vegan because of IBD doesn’t care about animals. I care to the point that I try to eat mostly vegetarian even if that means cutting off safe foods for my intestines. I understand the environmental impact and that other animals feel pain. Which is why I’m all for trying to have lab meats. For clarification I struggle to digest the alternatives foods that replace the nutrition. Which is why I enjoy watching this channel, good dup recs.

Awe wait, Cosmic Skeptic stopped ?

if i ate a cup of beans it would destroy my glucose levels. not worth it. i test my glucose every two hours. the idea that they do not increase glucose because they are slow to absorb is a fallacy.

The people losing their minds over Alex's video really exposed the narcissism of small differences.

1:14 I wouldn't hold this against a person - you never know where inspiration comes from. Even if the book doesn't promote veganism in an accurate way - if that's what got him to be vegan - then it is. Someone can look at a plant and be vegan or an animal or a star in the sky - inspiration comes from everywhere.

PBN in general is a pretty good news source I think - they don't make things up, avoid sensationalism and their articles are backed up by credible sources.

You and high carb Hannah only vegan channels I care for anymore. And Hannah only because I think she’s in it for the long haul and for the most part eats pretty balanced

I mean Alex did say "I've changed my position on the ethics of eating animals"

It's so common to refer to animals as 'it' or property. I've made a point to refer to animals as 'they' whenever I can. I slip up with insects and fish though.

Maybe you’ve already shown this in a video that I haven’t seen, but can you show what books are on your bookshelf?? I can only make out a few titles. ❤

Three Blue Zone diets I know of are not vegan or close. The Mediterranean area has some of the longest lived people on earth. It's a largely plant based diet, but still they do eat meat, not much of it, and they eat a small proportion a meat. Calling it vegan is a stretch. I believe 7 Day Adventist diet is ovo lacto vegetarian (and not strictly so) Those in Okinawa eat seafood and some red meat, though quite plant based. The term plant based, just means highest proportion of calories are from plant based sources. Doesn't mean vegetarian, much less vegan.

I'm fascinated by your bookshelf.. vegan pregnancy.. vegan for life would you recommend any of these books? Any good? Would love a book review video from you on the vegan books you've read :)

Honestly, this is an extremely nitpicking video toward him. You might want to create original content instead of nitpicking someone to create a video about nothing.

No food is ethical unless you are hunting your own game and growing your own plants. If you buy any food that you did not make....you dont know how its made nor can claim it is ethical.

I am vegan and, prior to switching, my doctor came up with a fresh health plan listing the vegan diet and NO statins, but he could not resist throwing in daily aspirin, "for insurance". He also added a protein levels test to ensure I was getting enough. Few years later, on a CT scan for a weird headache, the scan came back ok for cancer or other things but they said they could see that 3 weeks ago I had had a BRAIN BLEED, and they asked did I remember anything back about then? I could not. But as soon as my doctor saw that report he immediately removed "daily aspirin" from my health plan! He also found that my protein levels on my old, high meat diet were 10 on a scale of zero to 100, but now on the plant-only diet, they were 50, a 500 percent rise. I never take protein supplements, so it's got to be the protein-sparing effect from eating a diet richer in carbs, the whole plant carbs I was eating a large amounts. If the body is low on carbs it will attack and dismantle protein molecules from diet or even from existing muscles and use the carbs to feed the brain. You can imagine what happens, your 20 dollar steak turns in to 20 cents worth of pasta just to get some carbs, and you've been screwed by you own brain. :) Love the diet, BTW, 7 years now, 77 years old, no meds, no symptoms, cholesterol 147, down from 270, BP 72/54 taken 30 minutes after climbing 30 flights of stairs double-stepping, acid reflux gone, ED half gone, wow. I lost 40 lbs kept it off, eat all I want, never hungry. Why wouldn't anyone want that? Beats me. When I started they predicted a 50 percent chance of heart attack in the next two years. All whole plant food diet was the way for me to go, I didn't know till I did it. Don't believe the naysayers here. I can get that some young folks will not know much difference or will say it's not worth it being vegan, but wait, time will come when it will, if my guess is right. There is so much disease that disappears on this diet, and it happens so fast.

11:42 you say that it’s not necessarily abusive to take eggs from a chicken who “doesn’t give a shit about it.” But what about the fact that hens are stripped of vital nutrients, such as calcium, because they’ve been selectively bred to produce hundreds more eggs per year than they are typically supposed to? If we really care about hands, we should be feeding eggs back to them, instead of taking them for our own consumption. I’d genuinely like to hear your thoughts on that. I believe there really is no ethical way to take an egg from a chicken.

My take on the reaction to Cosmic Skeptic - CS said that he was re-evaulatjng his ethical stance. Kinda sounds like not caring anymore.

My sister has backyard ducks and chickens. They save the babies when their own parents neglect them. They love them and take care of them well. We eat their eggs. No guilt whatsoever.

Nikocado - I am SO sorry for him. He is an amazing actor. And probably very unhappy at the same time.

My issue with adopting pets personally is that a lot of them have psychological damage or where abused so require a heavy amount of training in order to make sure they are not going to bite your hand off. This obviously doesn’t justify buying simply saying if you’re going to adopt it might be a better idea to adopt younger rescued animals.

I’m personally not 100% vegan, but about 90% of what I eat is vegan, as that’s what I’m able to do. I appreciate that you acknowledge that there may be accessibility issues due to chronic illness/disability (and sometimes literal access)!

Unless that’s a fake orchid, I need an orchid video STAT! Mine don’t ever look like that. 😂

I’ve watched your channel for a few years now and enjoy the content. With this though I feel conflicted. If so many people struggle on a vegan diet and this is legitimate, then what hope is there for a world where animals are not exploited? Is it just impossible? I can’t help thinking some / most people who go back to eating animals probably didn’t care that much. It does seem odd to be vegan, stop, and then go buy a leather sofa or whatever it was. Cosmic Skeptic no longer being vegan was very disappointing, given all his previous passion on the subject. Although I have no desire to stop being vegan, it feels like being on a losing side.

The “it” thing is very context-dependent, lots of people also call human babies “it” and that doesn’t mean they want to eat babies, but it does convey a sense of distance and for cows it creates a sense they they’re already dead.

Personally I think Nik went from one ED to another. So its like same battle different hill.

He actually wasn't promoting a wfpb for kids, saying it might be hard to get enough calories without added oils, sugar etc.

The lady picking which Rooster had to go was more than likely making a joke based on the Rooster being a grade A A hole… Roosters can be absolutely vicious and mean so a lot will be “put down”.

Omg I love your little labyrinth worm chilling in the back🐛

I've heard you dis intuitive eating many times, and I honestly don't get it. You're a very fact-based, well-read, and educated person, so it surprises me the assumptions you make about intuitive eating. I read the Intuitive Eating book by Elyse Resch and went through her workbook as well, after about 8-10 years of suffering from orthorexia, which I had no idea was a "thing" at the time. I didn't find ANY messages from the concept of intuitive eating that says being obese is fine. In fact, I don't see how anyone eating intuitively would be obese since it's about slowing down to recognize your hunger and fullness queues, including how overeating makes you uncomfortable. It's about not mindlessly eating and separating emotions and stress from eating. It seems like a very healthy concept to me. I followed it closely for a couple years and didn't gain a single pound. If you haven't read up on it, I suggest doing so before continuing to criticize it in ways I just find untrue from what I've read. I feel like you would never say something without looking into it, but I just don't know where you are getting the "obesity is fine" message from intuitive eating.

Cosmic Skeptic didn't reach out to anyone for help managing IBS on a plant based diet - that's why it's easy to assume that he wasn't all that bothered about it. He also revealed that he doesn't really know much about his condition. Seems like zero real effort on his part aside from a little blundering around alone

I used to feel “it” wasn’t appropriate for animals either, but now I’m having mixed feelings. Referring to an animal as he or she isn’t so easy if you don’t know the gender of the animal and using “he or she” can be awkward both in written and spoken English language. Recent changes in human pronouns has made me crave gender neutral language for both humans and animals. I frequently use they as gender neutral. I’ve wanted gender neutral language since college 25 yrs ago when I realized how annoying I found using he as neutral in sentences. I would in general just try to change the sentence so I didn’t have to us he as a neutral. So I think I have gone back to sometimes using it for animals as a way of being gender neutral but I still have mixed feelings, sometimes I use they as a singular. I get the motivation behind trying to change people perception by not referring to animals as it but I don’t obsess as even if you change this perception it is not guaranteed to actually reduce objectification of animals by many. Especially when thinking about referring to an animal as she I’m reminded that human she’s are still heavily objectified so objectification is still an issue.

Just to clarify, I don’t promote an anti-oil or strictly wfpb approach. I was criticizing that approach, and explaining how it can be especially problematic in certain populations (eg. Kids) in the video. I guess I wasn’t as clear as I could’ve been 😅

Your argument here is succinct, i feel like vegans who're into activism need to be less extremist and more nuanced in their approach when promoting veganism or a plant based lifestyle

Thanks for recommending Red Pen reviews. I think it'd be fun to read the highest and lowest reviewed books to compare them lol.

Miley was smoking dope everyday ya think it may have been that which caused her mental slowness and not her diet? and generally people who use drugs generally don't have a great diet

As a trained nurse who delt with end of life care for a colon cancer, meat is inflammatory end statement. I feel no sympathy for that guy spreading misinformation. He wants to feel normal, fine, but don’t lie.

4:57 why? You have to admit - it does sound a little devaluing. Do you have a rebuttal? 5:13 ok good rebuttal.

i mean, i call babies “it” 🤷‍♀️

Do people think vegans / animal activists should be promoting vegetarianism and celebrating it as it is a lot easier for people to do? (I know the ethical issues with dairy obv.) But would it be better to get mass vegetarian vs mass meat eating?

Klaus has been a KZfaqr for quite some years now and tries to make a positive contribution (is my impression). I sometimes feel you pick too much on fellow advocates