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1. I won’t get enough protein.
Yes you will. There are plenty of plant-based foods that pack a protein punch from peanut butter and lentils to tofu and seitan. Click here to learn more, or just ask this bodybuilder. Check out how to make seitan right at home, too.
2. Plants have feelings too.
Seriously? Alright, let’s break this down… plants have no brain or central nervous system which means they can’t feel anything. And if you’re really concerned about plants, you should be avoiding meat anyway. Did you know it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce just one pound of beef? That’s a whole lotta plants for one burger.
3. Lions kill animals in the wild.
Were you planning on chasing down a gazelle, ripping it apart with your claws and eating it raw? And what exactly does a wild carnivore that eats meat to survive have to do with humans who shop at a supermarket? Try again.
4. Cavemen ate meat.
They also clubbed women and dragged them back to their caves. Not so sure we should be making ethical choices based on what people may have done over 100,000 years ago.
5. I’m just one person. If I decide not to eat meat it won’t make a difference.
You can spare 404 animals each year. And with millions eating plant-based around the world, think of how many more we’ll save. Strength in numbers!
6. We’re at the top of the food chain.
Really? Try wrestling a tiger and get back to me.
7. But what if I’m on a deserted island?
The next time you find yourself on a deserted island you can reassess, but until then…
8. If we all stopped eating meat, farmed animals would take over the world.
Sorry, but no. If meat consumption declined, less animals would be bred. It’s that simple.
9. I travel all the time, it’s just too hard.
There are restaurants and supermarkets all over the world that offer amazing vegan options. Click here and here to discover some chains that serve delicious cruelty-free dishes, and learn eat vegan or raw vegan on the road, even on a student budget!
10. But meat tastes good.
You obviously haven’t tried all the delicious vegan recipes here. Also, amazing veggie meats like Gardein, Beyond Meat, and Field Roast fool even the most ardent meat-eaters. You should give them a try.
11. I focus my energy on helping people, not animals.
By choosing to eat a humane vegan diet you are helping people, too. Animals raised for food require massive amounts of feed that could be fed to the one billion starving people around the globe instead. Additionally, factory farms pollute air, waterways, and create massive amounts of dangerous methane gas.
12. Not all farmers are mean.
That may be true, but for the animals the end is always the same: a bloody, violent slaughter. Eating vegan is a matter of putting our ethics on the table.
Out of excuses? Try out these delicious recipes and check out these tips on adopting a healthy and humane plant-based diet!
For those who use the protein crutch as an excuse not to give up burying dead animals in their bodies, I\’ve challenged those who use that crutch to provide me with one, just one, example of someone in the United States, with over 3 million vegetarians and over a million vegans, who has died from lack of protein. Just give me one case, and then I\’ll provide you with hundreds of millions of cases where someone has died of cancer, cardiovascular issues, obesity, strokes, and more all contributed to partaking of dead animals. So far, no one has provided me with even one case.