Its odd how big the stigma on veganism is. Even when I had been Vegetarian for months and was unconsciously going vegan I thought veganism was way too strict and complex. Now that I am vegan I feel like its easy as fuck.

I was vegetarian originally as a means to an end. I took it slow to minimize shock and make the lifestyle sustainable. Vegan has always been the end goal and now that I've made it I haven't looked back.

I was vegetarian for 8 years until I discovered what happens in the egg and dairy industry currently vegan for about 3 months now.

Hi. I'm a vegetarian and liked your video. Your points are very interesting and valid. I've been thinking about becoming a vegan for some time. I'll try to do my best. Thanks!

I went from omnivore to vegan overnight a little over two years ago despite having very few cooking skills at the time so it's definitely doable! Mindset is everything... once I learned the truth about animal agriculture, there was simply no turning back for me. It's never been an easier time to go vegan as it is now.

I grew up on a beef farm in Wisconsin and worked a good part of my adult life in various aspects of livestock agriculture. I have frequently seen, and in some cases participated in, horrific animal suffering. This is not accidental suffering, but planned. Here are some examples: dehorning by chemical burning, burning with heat, sawing horns off (this is especially horrible); docking lambs and calf tails with pruning type shears; branding with red hot branding irons; castration by elastic banding, or cutting the scrotum open and pulling the testicals out snapping the connecting cords. Then there is the unplanned suffering, but just as horrific. The most common are downer cows that are shipped to the slaughter house before they die. Often, if they cannot walk, but still alive and aware, they are dragged by the foot, up a ramp, into a truck with a winch. These things happen on large 'industrial' farms as well as the idylic 'family farm'. For the most part now I eat a whole food plant diet, but very rarely I will have animal product. Nevertheless, I am very aware of the suffering involved in procucing that animal product.

the only reason I'm vegetarian and not vegan is that I am a teenager in an omnivorous family and don't provide all of my own food

i've been a vegetarian for 6 months now and i love it. i'm to the point now where i don't consume pure eggs, milk or cheese but will consume products containing these. i think more omnivores should try vegetarianism first. i might have failed if i went straight vegan, but that's only because i don't cook a lot for myself. but then again, it's about mindset. i know one thing... i'll never go back to meat. i think veganism seems so much more achievable now as a vegetarian.

Any other overnight vegans out there??? I discovered veganism through diet and years of slave diets, didn't stay vegan because I didn't care about myself, then months later found Gary Yourofsky and went vegan overnight for ethics. I would have stayed vegan for health if it wasn't for diary, which lead me to eat other animal products. But ironically, I went vegan because of the dairy cows.

'crazy cowculations'

Hi. I am a teenage vegetarian. And I find all of your points valid. BUT transitioning from meat-eater to vegan is a very big step, and that is one of the reasons I "just" became a vegetarian. But I'm also still living at home, and it would definitely be a bit too difficult to go vegan, since the rest of my family and friends still eat meat. But I'm definitely considering going vegan when I move away from home☺️

damn. Well this convinced me. I'm going to give it another try.

Yeah I didn't do the vegetarian thing either, i was way too horrified with what i learned that being vegetarian wasn't even an option

I see vegetarianism as a transition. I said to my self that after a year as I vegetarian I would become vegan, but in a month my body was saying no to animal products :). Now I'm a healthy happy college student :)

I agree with these points and they help me to remember why I strive to be a vegan. I say "strive" because I am also recovering from an eating disorder and it is difficult to balance the two (for me anyway, as I know there are plenty of other people who find this silly) 24/7 and still get the nutrients I need without letting the eating disorder take advantage. One day I'll get there! And lovely people like you who don't judge appreciate the effort really help. 😊

yes vegetarians are amazing, but when you really do your research, it's hypocritical with dairy & eggs as sometimes its even more cruel.

Maybe the most brilliant vegan KZfaqr there is. (After Dr. Gregor of course)

Your videos come up exactly when I need them. Thank you!

3 years ago I watched this entire video randomly as an omnivore because I was bored and curious. Once it finished I directly went out to do my first vegan groceries, been vegan and activist ever since 🤷🏻‍♀️ My bf also went vegan w me and became an activist. So thank you! 🤍

Birthing object 🤣 Oh Mic 🤣 I was a vegetarian for 7 years. I thought I was healthier, saving lives, and helping the environment. I went vegan a month ago and I'm never going back. I wish I watched your video years ago as a vegetarian.

Lol a vegetarian's only response to this video would be "but cheese tho"

Vegetarians are often aghast at those eating veal yet without the dairy industry there would be no veal industry. The fact is the egg laying hens and the dairy cow will end up at the same slaughterhouse as their brethren who are raised for meat.

When I said I wanted to be vegan, my mom told me to go vegetarian first because she was worried that I wouldn't be getting all that I needed on a vegan diet. So I went vegetarian for two days and then went vegan ha.

My mom works at a health food store and a few times a costomer has cames in and says "oh well I'm a vegetarian the only meat I eat is pork, chicken, and beef.

hate milk, hate egs, hate cheeses

I like this channel and I love how hard you try to base your opinions on facts, but you need to learn what "statistically significant" means. Every time you talk about cancer you bring up these numbers for rates of cancer and next to them there's always an interval. This is called the confidence interval. Any value between the two extremes cannot be considered statistically significant because there's >5% chance that the result occurred purely from coincidence. So, for example, you brought up a chart that has rates of "all female cancer" for vegans and vegetarians. Vegetarians were given a rate of 1.04 with a C.I. of (0.87, 1.25) and vegans were given a rate of 0.71 with a C.I. of (0.50, 1.01). This means that 95% of vegetarians fell within the range of 0.87-1.25 times the rate of cancer as compared with omnivores and 95% of vegans fell within the range of 0.50-1.01 times the rate of cancer as compared with omnivores. You cannot claim that vegetarians experience cancer 4% more than omnivores. Based on this study, vegetarians do not even come close to experiencing cancer at statistically significant rates different than those of omnivores. An example of a statistically significant result showing the vegetarians experience 4% higher cancer rates would be 1.04 with a C.I. of (1.01, 1.07). It would be very hard to get a C.I. that is that small (i.e. great methods, HUGE sample size) and that's because 4% is such a tiny difference. It would be much easier to refine the vegan statistic. However, even the statistic for vegans is not statistically significant because 1 (the same rate that omnivores get this cancer) is included in the confidence interval. So, an appropriate C.I. that shows a statistically significant result would be (0.52, 0.99). Whoever made this study would have to conclude that there is no significant difference in the rates of "all female cancer" based on your vegetarian/vegan diet (assuming that whoever conducted the study wants a good reputation) I know this seems like nit picking, but I swear it's incredibly important. There are already so many problems that are inherent to studies, it's a huge error to claim that there is a difference in cancer rates based on diet when the study does not show that. Like I said, I enjoy your channel and keep up the good work!

It's a no brainer for me as I am disgusted by the thought of ingesting fluids that squirt out of animals. I also know slavery is unlawful.

Best vegan youtuber. Hands down!

How do you feel about a progressive approach in order for people to remain faithful to their diet? For example, I started with cutting out red meat, then poultry, then fish, then all meat, then dairy directly (I became lactose intolerant), and then eggs directly. I consider myself a vegetarian because sometimes things like dressing or egg whites in veggie burgers slip past me. Yes, being vegan is my goal, but my boyfriend and I have tackled this progressively so we could learn how to cook and adjust our daily diets step by step for we both came from families that didn't give a shit about animal agriculture (my father has high blood pressure and cholesterol). I agree that veganism is the best way to protest animal cruelty, but I hope that not too much hate is thrown at vegetarians because I've found that it's a stepping stone to veganism. Thank you for your message. As a vegetarian, you've given me a lot to think about.

I just became a vegan and want to save my parents from potential death but my mother won't believe me :(

my family is vegetarian, and im vegan. i never liked milk. but now, i feel so disgusted with it... the fact that people think another animal's boob juice is ok to be consumed is nuts. its unhealthy, but more importantly it is so cruel. how would you feel if someone threw your child away from you and pumped out your milk and sold it... its borderline psychopathic...

I quit the cow milk, cuz I am asian, and I was vomit for the dairy cakes for 3 hours in home bathroom, and I might lactose intolerant. And I am vegan for 1 years

Mike, I seem to have become lactose intolerant since going vegan. They say that's impossible, but I get sick when I accidentally eat dairy products now. I even bought some milk and drank it just to see and sure enough I ended up with immense stomach/intestinal pain about an hour later. I'm thinking it's because I was never officially weaned until I went vegan for a couple years. I'm wondering if most people are like that considering that we are taken from the breast or bottle and put on bovine milk and cheeses almost immediately.

I'm a vegan for only 2 months now I could never go back after seeing the cruelty in the meat and dairy industry. Thank you for the information. 😀🤟

No more animal products for me. I suffered from metabolic syndrome (obesity, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and high blood sugar). I went whole food plant based no sugar oil or salt and I lost 65 pounds, all my conditions greatly improved, my gums stopped bleeding, and erections and energy returned. I used to have an appetite that was never satisfied; whole foods cured it. I no longer use a sleep apnea machine. Finally, the food is cheap-Beans, lentils, rice, potatoes and seasonal apples. Also, I save money by not having to buy pills or visit the Doctor. I am thankful to all the vegans who suffered attacks to reveal the truth to me.

Cowculations 😂

Hi Mic. I'm vegetarian for 45 yrs. Aspiring to go vegan for over a year, without electricity or refrigeration has been challenging and I will get there. Thank you for your inspiration! Update, January 2020 been vegan 6 months now! Feeling fabulous!

2 week old vegan - jumped straight from carnivore! Cooking more of a challenge, but loving it! You vids keep up the motivation!!! Many thanks!

Today marks one year for me being vegetarian. I did it because meat started to look and feel revolting to me. My cognitive dissonance faded to the fact that the chicken on my plate was once the same as the chickens I see at farms. Last week I watched the Documentary "Forks Over Knives" and knew I needed to do more. I found your KZfaq channel and honestly it makes me feel bad. I feel bad that I didn't know this information earlier in my journey. Being Vegan is truly the life I want and need to live. So today on my one year anniversary I am officially turning vegan.

Man, people are fucked up in the head! Saying "humanness" produces the best flavor is something a psychopath would say! It's a baby cow you sociopath! Even when I wasn't veggie or vegan I still had a problem with eating baby cows! Looking back I feel so much shame and guilt for eating veal, but I felt that shame too at the time I did it. I never tried to justify it or say psychopathic things like that guy is saying.

Mic, you and Emily from Bite Size Vegan make the best, most educational vegan content on KZfaq. BTW, what up with your Patreon? Get on there!

Three years as vegan and everyday becoming more serious with my food, soil keeping, food gardening, composting, and sharing my personal learning with friends and family. Significantly improved my health, including lowered cholesterol and A1C, and get sick less than before.

I went to like the video and realised that I had already liked it.

Most of your arguments seem pretty reasonable/valid to me , but personally , I do not think that the thing with eggs really applies to me. I am a vegetarian and we have hens ourselves :) we do not have a cock , so no egg is being fertilised and also we do not feed them any hormones or antibiotics (they do get medicine when they are ill which happens very very rarely). To me , it's sort of a give-and-take basis. We give them a home and food , even when they get old and stop laying any eggs. We get eggs from them- a hen lays an egg like every other day , not every day and in the winter months , they sometimes don't lay any eggs at all. (Somebody explained this to me, I believe it was because they need a certain amount of sun light for the hormones in their bodies to be activated ) I hope I didn't forget anything :) Ps. I am not a native english speaker so please ignore any mistakes ^^ Sending love from germany💚💚

So glad I found your channel! amazing videos and points. I also just went straight from being an omnivore to a vegan, best choice I've ever made 😄

straight to the point, great info with sources, no drama the best vegan videos I've found by far thanks, man really greetings from Mexico

Thanks for making this video. You've listed and compacted a lot of the reasons I switched from being vegetarian for the past year and a half, to being vegan for the past few months.

Mike you are my #1 vegan-sience guy ♥

WebMD constantly insists that eggs are healthy. Try to talk to an egg eater about cholesterol, or IGF, and they will point to WebMD every time.

I am happy I found you! it is really hard for me to explain to people why I am vegan because I have dyslexia and my memory is really bad but now on ill just tell them to check your channel out XD

I was forced to evaluate my diet 12 years ago when I was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's Disease (think Michael J Fox). I stopped at vegetarianism for several years but moved on to veganism when I discovered Dr. Greger's "How Not to Die" lectures. For me, the motivation was primarily health, but due to Mic and other KZfaqrs, environmental and ethical issues are now very important to me.

AUYY another great video Mike

How about a video on the "organic" food fallacy?

Vegan here! A 2wk old vegan and 75 years young! Wished I’d done this a while ago!

I’m 90% vegan and 10% vegan because sometimes LIFE HAPPENS.. However, I do avoid dairy and eggs when I can.

I became a vegetarian right before my freshmen year of college. The only reason I didn't go vegan is because I live in a dorm with nothing but a microwave and I have to eat on a meal plan. Now that my first year is almost over, I'm doing lots of research on veganism so I can make the switch when I move back home for the summer :)

Vegetarian for a year now here. I want to switch to veganism in the future but right now it's not a viable option. I don't eat eggs, honey and barely dairy but sometimes I do. Like in pizza or a very occasionally yogurt.

WOW.... so glad I am not contributing to the dairy industry anymore. I didn't realize the connection to veal and death even with consuming dairy. My vegetarian friends are going to be in disbelief!!! Thanks Mic!

This is one of the greatest video's I've ever watched. Please share this with your friends!

I'm vegan but there are actually ethical dairy production in India in cow sanctuaries. Cows and bulls are accepted there at any age, They naturally get impregnated, only the excess milk (milked by hand and not machines) is taken from the cow (Cows can get udder infections if the calf doesn't drink all the milk) and sold to people on a non profit basis to only fund the fund food for the cows. The only reason I'm against that is because cows are kept away from their natural habitat even if they are free to roam around and that's bad for the environment. On top of that milk isn't healthy and hygiene standards are poor.

You should tell your story on how/why you became vegan!

I was raised vegetarian, and I slowly migrated to veganism over the past year. I think I'm officially vegan now.

Love all your videos, you are an inspiration and a fantastic apologist for veganism. One possiblel error I saw on this one though was when you said that animal agriculture was more responsible for waterway impairment by a factor of 2 than the next leading source, the study said "agriculture" and a lot of that comes from the runoff of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers that are used on crops that are destined to feed humans...I know a lot of it goes to feed animals that are fed to feed humans too. I hope you keep going, man, I am and will continue to support your efforts.

I wonder how many children than grow up in cannibalistic societies become vegan? It is much easier to just eat the way your family ate and not think about it. It takes effort to become and stay vegan. I was veg for 20 years and not vegan for the last 25. I'm 72, active, no meds, and enjoying life. Let's consider what would happen if the entire country went vegan 6 days a week. That would be an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, water use, feces production, etc, etc etc! Plus with around 3000 people dying every day from heart attacks and strokes, that would be serious reduced. And you still get to eat some meat/dairy so you don't have to feel deprived. I have to say that the meat/dairy alternatives just keep getting better and better. When we make short term choices with long term consequences, we should not be surprised that we end up somewhere very unpleasant, polluted, lifeless, cruel, and/or threatening. Nature rewards adaptability which we have in abundance but humans do not value wisdom, and that will cause great death and extinction if we don't wake up soon!

Anyone else find it a wee bit ludicrous that "certain" people will watch this video and waste their time and energy to make a a long, inane, rambling post to "debunk" it that just makes them look like total assholes?

Mike please do a video talking about how animal products contribute to diabetes vs how sugar contributes. Which is worse? Or are they equally bad?

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm a vegetarian and since I've watched this I've cut out dairy and egg almost completely. The logical way you approach the topics in your videos makes it so easy to understand and relate to. I can't thank you enough

Between Essylstein and you, I’m a vegan.

Can you debunk the health benefits of honey? :)

Started being a vegetarian after I completed the Appalachian Trail in April. After 6 weeks I feel wonderful. I eat mostly vegan now but will have an egg and or feta cheese when I go out to a restaurant, maybe once a week, and if that's the only choice. My problem is the whole argument of all or nothing. People do it all he time. How about we focus of getting a little better every week. Forget the titles, an organic whole plant food diet is the goal. Just try to reach it with every dietary decision you make. Just my thoughts.

I haven't eaten meat in years, and I'm currently phasing other animal products out of my diet as well. I don't know how long it will be before my diet is completely animal-free, but I liked having this video to encourage me on my journey, with a good, intelligent overview of various facts in favor of taking animal products out of one's diet, and especially dairy.

So what to do with all of those slaughtered male hatchlings and cows in a vegetarian world? Do we feed them to polar bears? ;D

taKe the etari out and you've got me. :D

I am so happy to say that after many years of being vegetarian I have gone back to being Vegan and I feel so much better emotionally. I did not expect this to be one of the benefits. I am horrified about my contribution to the dairy industry all this time. All it took was being reminded of why I went Vegan in the 90s to begin with (animal cruelty). I read the book "Diet for a New America" by John Robbins. Then about 2 months ago I watched the video "Best Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky." I thought I was going to throw up knowing that I knew the facts and changed to vegetarianism. Not anymore! And my conviction is so strong that I truly don't crave or feel deprived of foods or desserts made with dairy. As strong as I would never eat cows, chickens, etc... This is a very important video! If u want to go Vegetarian for a couple weeks before going all the way to Vegan to not shock ur body or your current groceries fine, but DON'T stop there. Supporting the dairy and egg industry is possibly worse than having a steak.

Im 35 and have been a Vegetarian for 4 year. I’m looking forward to a vegan lifestyle beginning this month, my love for the animals was the main reason for becoming Vegetarian and learning about the dairy industry just made it a lot easier to get here. Wish me luck love your videos.

INB4 some seriously triggered vegetarians.

my diary doesn't come from a farm it comes from my grandparents back yard where we have 3 cows

I have been entranced by your videos. I was a vegetarian that moved on to veganism in 2007 and started having health problems and then eventually gave it up believing that my blood pressure, chronic pain and skin problems where resulting from a raw vegan diet. Generally, I am still a low meat consumer but I have had a host of problems develop. I wish I would have seen your videos because they could have given me more purpose and hope and saved me a ton of health problems since I have returned to meat. I blamed my failure on the diet but it was not a proper vegan diet. I primarily ate a small selection of foods and refused to take supplements because veganism (in any form) was a perfect diet. I learned that the joy and the important elements of veganism is variety and that supplements are needed as a herbivore or omnivore. Since returning to omnivore diet, I eat fewer calories and I am 100 lbs over weight. I just had 31 (thirty-one) tumors removed from me and I am positive this has come from my consumption of dairy. I used to be all energy all the time and now I am always tired and hungry. As I sit here recovering from my recent surgery (tumors) I feel like a fool for ever giving up being a plant based consumer. I dont want to suffer the issues I have anymore and as a result I am trying to move back into veganism. I really appreciate the time you take in your research and braving all of the hostility and judgement to make your videos. They are very informative and helped me identify my errors. Thank you so much. I hope my next message will be praising how much a vegan diet has improved my health and my life. I think it is definitely possible because people like you and putting so much information out there. I only wish you guys were active from 2005 - 2007

This is GREAT. Will be sending to my veggie-leaning friends, and a great resource for all the people who ask why I don't eat eggs and dairy.

Mic. Dye Your Beard Bro. 2 Colors on one Face - makes no sense.

that's all i needed to see. how dairy still depends on slaughter. i knew about the eggs and don't touch them, i used to eat cheese here and there, but this pushed me over the edge.

I never drank a lot of milk when I was younger, unlike my sister... The result has been that she hit puberty way younger. Girls hit puberty in elementary school. That is not normal at all.

I'm going to debunk this entire video from start to finish. Ready? Here we go. 2:33-2:50 -- This is an argument from ignorance. No dairy farm has a slaughterhouse on site and as far as I know, no dairy farm owns a slaughterhouse. Calves may or may not be auctioned off but that doesn't mean they're slaughtered as calves and that doesn't even have to mean they're slaughtered at all. There are many industries and even regular people that buy calves for reasons other than to slaughter them. So ultimately you're arguing from ignorance here. On top of that, these calves would not have lives to begin with if not for the dairy industry. So even if ALL calves in the dairy industry went to slaughterhouses (which is an insane notion to begin with), I have nothing to do with that since I'm just a consumer. I also know that I'd rather have a short life being treated ethically, given shelter, protection, food, water instead of not having a life at all or being chomped to death by a wild animal in the wild. 3:29 -- Where's your evidence of "97% of calves are forcibly removed from their mothers within 24 hours"? I also don't see how the paper you cited while spewing that false statistical nonsense is relevant at all. And even if this statistic were true it still is avoidable without having to go vegan by simply supporting humane farms. 3:38 -- I'm not vegetarian because I'm living in lala land thinking I'm saving animals from being breed or killed. And if you want to deny that and say by going vegan you do save animals from being killed or from being breed then you need to take a business class and learn supply & demand. The amount of demand an individual person takes away from the meat/dairy/egg/honey/fur/wool/leather industries by going from meat eater to vegan is not significant enough to make a difference in supply. On top of that, as soon as 1 person goes vegan, 5 new meat eaters enter this world or 1 person goes back from vegetarian/vegan to eating meat again. You can try to shove statistics in my face showing decline in meat sales but that's only relevant to very few western countries, and not because people are going vegan, but because people are just eating less meat. So ultimately 1 individual does not have any affect on the meat/dairy/egg/wool/fur/leather industries by going vegetarian OR vegan therefore making it pointless in terms of ethics. 4:10 -- Another argument from ignorance. Explain what exactly is mathematically impossible and how it is mathematically impossible. 4:18 -- There's nothing that we can do to make them produce less eggs at this point. You can argue that artificial selection got chickens to produce 200+ eggs a year to begin with but whether the chicken is in a farm where the eggs have use or an "animal sanctuary" where they're unnecessarily thrown in the trash, there's nothing that can be done to make them produce less eggs. So why not use them to our benefit by eating them? 5:07 -- Eggs consistently raise HDL (the “good”) cholesterol. For 70% of people, there is no increase in Total or LDL cholesterol. There may be a mild increase in a benign subtype of LDL in some people. The study you cited here is an example of the those 30% of people (termed “hyper responders”), in other words, cherry picked anecdotal evidence. Supported by: Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2006 Jan;9(1):8-12. Dietary cholesterol provided by eggs and plasma lipoproteins in healthy populations. Fernandez ML1. 5:21 -- Correlation does not equal causation. The reason why the study you cited here came to the conclusion that those who ate the most eggs had higher rates of cardiovascular disease is because they're not controlling any other part of their diet and lifestyle other than telling them to eat more eggs. Please let me know when you find a *FAIR* study comparing health-conscious meat eaters or vegetarians that eat mostly organic/grass-fed meats/eggs/dairy to the health of vegans instead of comparing your average couch potato meat eater to health-conscious vegans that don't smoke, don't drink, and exercise regularly (which is what you're doing). 6:05 -- Too much of anything can be unhealthy. Dairy products are a good source of calcium, vitamin D, protein, and many other vitamins/nutrients. The key is to have consume everything in moderation. The current dietary guidelines for dairy recommend 2-3 servings or cups per day. Guideline: Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 May;99(5 Suppl):1217S-22S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073007. Epub 2014 Mar 19. How sound is the science behind the dietary recommendations for dairy? Weaver CM1. 6:11 -- If the best study you can find to support your claim consists of only 18 people then that says a lot right there about your bias. And again, eat dairy in moderation. 6:24 -- There is such thing as skim milk. You don't have to be *this* ignorant. 6:39 -- Again, correlation does not equal causation. And I'll say this again as well.. Please let me know when you find a *FAIR* study comparing health-conscious meat eaters or vegetarians that eat mostly organic/grass-fed meats/eggs/dairy to the health of vegans instead of comparing your average couch potato meat eater to health-conscious vegans that don't smoke, don't drink, and exercise regularly (which is what you're doing). 6:53 -- Yet again, correlation does not equal causation. Not going to keep calling those correlation studies out since you should get the point by now. 7:34 -- Putting anyone from their standard american diet to ANY diet including more whole foods is going to help them. You're misrepresenting this and acting like only a vegan diet can do this. A ketogenic diet which is pretty much the polar opposite of the diet in this study can reverse obesity, diabetes, CVD, and many other chronic diseases. Ketogenic diet: Exp Clin Cardiol. 2004 Fall; 9(3): 200-205. PMCID: PMC2716748 Clinical Cardiology Long-term effects of a ketogenic diet in obese patients Hussein M Dashti, MD PhD FICS FACS,1 Thazhumpal C Mathew, MSc PhD FRCPath,4 Talib Hussein, MB ChB,5 Sami K Asfar, MB ChB MD FRCSEd FACS,1 Abdulla Behbahani, MB ChB FRCS FACSI PhD FICS FACS,1 Mousa A Khoursheed, MB ChB FRCS FICS,1 Hilal M Al-Sayer, MD PhD FICS FACS,1 Yousef Y Bo-Abbas, MD FRCPC,2 and Naji S Al-Zaid, BSc PhD3 8:14 -- Grass-fed animals do not have "devastating effects" on the planet. Grazing pastures often consist of land that's unfeasible for crop production, but feasible for livestock grazing so I would actually argue that it's MORE sustainable. 8:42 -- You said it yourself "animal agriculture as a whole", not grass-fed. Quit trying to mislead people into following your cult. And cult is valid in this context since you and the vegan movement as a whole is trying to force their ideals onto people. In conclusion, a vegetarian world is more ideal for animals, people's health, economy, the planet, etc than a vegan world. However I don't care if you're vegan, I'm not going to try to force my beliefs on you. I respect your choice to be vegan so you should respect my choice to be vegetarian and meat eaters' choice to eat meat. If you wouldn't want meat eaters to force their beliefs on you, then there is no logical basis to force your beliefs on them. End of story.

Having been a vegetarian for 34 years, I periodically became vegan for varying periods of time. I became a committed vegan a year ago and I will NEVER go back. Eighteen years ago I gave up dairy. I never successfully permanently gave up eggs until a year ago. Watching this video has made me SO ashamed! I wish this information had been available to me 35 years ago. Thank-you.

I went straight to Vegan, because I knew that buying dairy is also supporting the meat industry, and harming the planet. Not to mention the removal of the babies from the mother cows. Also how chickens are treated is ugly too, and I also knew how much cholesterol is in just ONE single egg. So going half way just felt plain wrong to me / and contradictory. Plus I'd much rather do all I can to stop myself from getting cancer TBH.

Everyone seems to come to veganism differently: I quit eating dairy in 2001 after the World Trade Center blew up-I live in NYC, about a mile and a half from Ground Zero-and I heard on the radio that I could breathe easier if I stopped eating mucus-forming milk and cheese. Soon after, I realized I might as well ditch the other animal products as well. I was surprised that I saw almost no one else get the same message, though.

i went vegetarian completely on a whim and 4 days later i went vegan because of what happened to diary cows xD i used to eat cheese 3-5 times a day so vegetarianism seemed easy enough but i couldn't justify doing that to poor cows :'( I'm also deadly allergic to all nuts, coconuts, chicpeas, seasme seeds and peanuts so going vegan seemed daunting and scary and i feared for my life honestly xD But now, 5 months later its going so well and i will never in my life turn back.

thank you, thank youuuuu. my family is bugging me to become vegetarian as they feel veganism is extreme, and it's so exhausting to argue with them.

I'm a vegetarian and I would become a vegan if I could but being in college I can't maintain such a strict diet right now. I've been a vegetarian for over 7 years now and on multiple occasions I've tried to become a vegan but there is little convenience in the diet making it hard to follow in our society. And everytime I tried to follow a vegan diet I would just eat a bunch of junk. Anyone else have the same problem?

You make some great points in this video, however, it would be awesome if you could make a video on ethical plant based consumption. Especially if you could touch upon how it could be (or isn't) more accessible to various groups. Like, yes, bad things are happening to animals through these factory farms, (but there is ethical meat, which is why I like how you pointed out the health benefits of being vegan), but there are also bad things happening to humans who work on farms. I don't want to get too graphic in this comment about what kind of things happen, but I'd love to have a discussion if you want to know more.

I know a dairy farmer because I come from a farming family and still have ties to them. The dairy farmer is a family friend and he defended veal. I was disgusted, as he said that we were standing beside a calf that had been removed from his mother. I am ashamed of supporting him once and all animal farmers.

I am currently transitioning from a vegetarian diet to a vegan one. The first thing I've noticed is cheese is surprisingly easy to give up after the first week or so. I genuinely don't miss it. There's also a lot of great cheese substitutes in certain grocery stores now. One thing that's slightly difficult: yogurt. Non-dairy yogurt is good but flavors are limited. I gave up milk two years ago and have been drinking almond milk ever since so that's not a problem. Non dairy ice cream is great but you can't get soft serve anywhere. And boy I love soft serve. Otherwise, giving up DIRECT dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream really isn't difficult. I've quit cigarettes and it's kind of like that. The first few weeks are really hard but after a while you forget you even wanted those things. I recommend having lots of avocado on hand to get over the cheese cravings. All that healthy fat will fill you up and satisfy in the same way. The MOST difficult for me is just eating out. I hate, hate, hate cooking and restaurants just don't have many options for full vegans. Or my friends will invite me out and I don't want to be the asshole who says we can't eat somewhere because I have an annoying dietary need. It's the lifestyle part that's difficult, I guess.

You have changed my life so much. I was on metformin, I take synthroid. I am over weight. Since I have been following you my health has changed. I love you, thank you.

Indian dairy industry doesn't rely on slaughtering as the bulls are still used for agriculture, carts, etc. But I guess the health arguement is already compelling enough.

I will be sharing this one.

GREAT video!! I am gonna give vegan a try !!! where is your video on how to start correctly I cant find that from you , keep it up ! Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland!!

It's almost like once you go searching for the information about all the horrible things that animal and animal by products do to you, you can't go back...it's impossible. Vegan for 2 weeks now and lovin it!

It’s like you make a video on every question I have on mind!!! Thank you so much

I actually grew up on a farm that took cows from a nearby dairy and raised them for meat, I asked where the cows were going at age 4 and I only became more adamant from there that I didn't want to eat meat. Regretfully a few times I gave in, but in the long run I won out and my family stopped raising cows after I was 4 anyway because they wanted to focus more time on a more profitable buisness they were in, plants.

Great video! I was vegetarian years ago and felt so crappy I had to discontinue that diet. I'm vegan now and I've never felt better! My husband is also vegan, and our families are slowly changing your diets to consume less animal products.