From a person who loves a nice ham sandwich, the rise of veganism is becoming concerning. Everytime, you open a newspaper there is an article about it somewhere. There was a time when you would have just presumed these were people who were mentally ill but how times have changed.
Whether I or anybody else likes it or not, Veganism has gone mainstream. I blame Peppa Pig. 8% of British twenty somethings are giving up meat for January, unfortunately the Irish rate is probably very similar. Veganuary they are calling it. Bad news stories such as teeth falling out or the death of babies from malnutrition appear to have almost no effect. In truth I believe it should be outlawed for children and parents prosecuted if they force their children on such an extreme diet.
Of course I understand if you take supplements and carefully watch what you eat, you can overcome these deficiencies. But I do wonder how these nutrients get into the pills if not from animals anyway.
Surely food is one of the pleasures of life. People seem to find it hard just to be happy and in a way Veganism has similarities to a religion. You might deprive yourself of pleasure to attain some higher goal/objective. Vegans are always on the look out for new converts too.
Hopefully at some point there will be a backlash against it but there is no sign of one yet. In the meantime, I’m feeling hungry..
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