[peggy]

Vegan here! Thanks for creating this thread, Peggy. A wealth of info here!

Once you go vegan, it tends to open up a whole new portal of reality, as you are lead to so much information that was previously kept from us. It can become quite overwhelming and sad when learning about the things that are going on behind closed doors, and the lies that we are being told. I'm doing the best I can to spread these messages, but so many people are not ready to hear it.

Hey there. So true what you wrote. I have been vegetarian for so many years without knowing what's going on "behind the scenes". It's shocking to face the truth therefore most people prefer to lie to themselves.

"It's so important to seek the truth and not to simply just accept what conventional society is doing as correct. Just because we have been doing something for a long time doesn't make it right at all. The earth genuinely needs a revolutionary shift in social consciousness to transform a culture of exploitation, commodification and oppression to one of non violence and respect for all life.

Most people can agree that the way factory farmed animals are treated is deplorable but still they find it easier to block it out rather than jeopardise giving up the foods they have become so familiar with. I encourage people to delve deeper especially if you consider yourself an animal lover.

Also health wise we are experiencing the biggest health crisis in the history of humanity with rates of chronic diseases and obesity constantly increasing. For example In the last 10 years we have doubled the amount of money spent on cancer research but still they predict that half of us will hear the words 'you have cancer' in our lifetimes. Global cancer rates are set to soar 75% by 2030. It's evident we are doing something very wrong here. The one thing we all do is eat at least 3 x a day, so it makes sense to begin to look at how we are nourishing our bodies? Is eating saturated fat and cholesterol ridden animal products supporting health? Vegans have considerably lower rates of chronic disease and obesity. FACT. Most diseases are preventable and reversible with a plant based diet, that's substantial evidence that speaks volumes.

Aside from that our planet and precious ecosystem and resources are dwindling. Animal agriculture is the number one cause of global warming.

Also globally there are approximately 1 billion people on the planet that today will go starving. Our priority is feeding up farm animals on mostly genetically modified oats and soy so we can eat them. In the meantime 1 billion fellow humans suffer immensely.

So you can assume that vegans are extreme freaks, just trying to perceive themselves as pure as snow. However despite what the naysayers say our intentions are good, not just for the animals either, for humanity and the planet. End the lies. Go vegan."

quote from: https://instagram.com/p/7FUfVuAsO9/