After 3 Years As A Vegan I'm Making A Change
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2024
- Don't ask me to campaign for Veganism.....or eat a steak. Here's why. 😂
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I can relate to that feeling, 100%. "Eating plant-based" is much less controversial than "vegan." However, I believe that vegans should do their best to embrace the title and change stereotypes. Hey, that's just me. You do you, thanks for being nice to animals
Yeah, I think the general missing knowledge, about what veganism actually is, doesn't help. The industry picked up "vegan" and do whatever they want with it and now it's confused with a diet.
Agree with you both completely but I also empathise with how draining & isolating the push back is for simply existing, (as I'm sure you two can), so I get why he's fed up with the label
@@hannahmitchell87 Yes, absolutely. And sometimes even the push back from vegans. First time I was at an outreach event some "veterans activists" were not really nice to me. I didn't feel welcome and didn't go a second time. I get that they were passionate and are probably frustrated with others, but it doesn't help. I think we need to stay approachable and relateable and very patient. Easier said than done :).
Vegan is a philosophy, so I identify as Whole Food Plant Based, although I will use the word 'vegan' at times because most of the people I know relate that to diet, not the philosophy. 😊
Vegan influencers (from the Doctors to the nutritionists) have purposely replaced and conflated the word vegan to describe a diet devoid of animal products with the words plant based. Why? Because then the whole argument about what is an adequate and relatively healthy diet gets muddied, and the literal vegan diet can be interchangeable with other diets which contain animal products which are still plant based. Thereby benefitting the vegan cause and its flawed arguments.
Case in point are the "blue zones" which have been used endlessly by the vegan community to support the notion that humans not only survive but thrive on a vegan diet. True, I have never heard someone suggest that these blue zones are vegan. But what they do strongly suggest is that the reason they are so long lived is due to their (according to them), extremely high intake of plant foods and the extremely low intake of animal foods.
Which is entirely not the case in ANY of the blue zones. In Okinawa, both pre WW2 and post WW2, they consume large amounts of pork daily. Since WW2 specifically it is a highly processed pork in the form of a "SPAM". Yet, centenarians persist. The same is for Sardinia where poultry, meat and seafoods are a consumed in small amount on a daily basis.
I turned pescatarian and my Dad now truly believes I am "presbyterian"
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Do fish feel pain when suffocating? Resoundingly yes. Unlike us, fishes need water to breathe. Being removed from the water and pulled into a boat to suffocate is an extremely stressful and painful experience for a fish.
In fact, research has demonstrated that asphyxiation actually causes more stress than other methods of slaughter, such as using spikes or live chilling. Only way to stop being part of animal abuse is go vegan!
Go vegan to stop animal abuse!
Another vegan here, I totally relate to what you are saying. "Fussy" seems like a lot easier thing to deal with 😄
My brother in law is a carpenter and he used to tell people on the building site that he was a vegan. He wasn't and used to eat meat sandwiches in the lunch room, but his co workers would argue with him about how being vegan was ridiculous, not noticing what he was eating. 😅
One of my favorite videos. I eat a plant based diet as well, but as soon as the V word comes out of my mouth everyone loses their minds. Fussy it is
It's because it was "trendy" for a while. Like people who obsess about "gluten" even though you see them eating bread all the time. American/Western vegans are also a separate breed. People who eat 90% macaroni and cheese and maybe an overcooked eggplant once in a while. Vegans who can cook Southeast Asian are fine. I can live 100% Indian or Thai veggie/vegan no problem. American vegan? Ew.
@@KevinJDildonik sounds like you aren't getting around enough. Western vegan food I'd absolutely amazing
I have small amounts of egg and milk in my diet but I'm over 99% plant based.
The problem is vegans are very protective of the word and insist it's a moral philosophy. And according to them I'm not vegan.
'Plant based' sounded pretty pretentious a few years ago but I'm used to it.
@@jclwhite ...because veganism IS a moral philosophy, why can you not understand that? Mark Literally explained it in this video, not supporting leather and other animal abuse has nothing to do with diet so that is why you're not vegan. Because you're plant based.
@sola_a If that's what vegans think, however it's a highly selective morality.
There are foods that are terrible for the planet and indirectly kill animals, but are 'vegan' I don't think veganism is inherently moral unless you are willing to analyse everything you eat.
Mark, started recently your channel and your humor plus your upbeat ways to do “life” as it is makes your channel a gem. Thanks, your English/UK humor is out of this world 😂😂😂
If you don't care how I eat - and why should you 😂 - skip this one ☝ But if you are one of the many that ask "Are you still Vegan" - here's the answer.
Keep going Mark, you are a decent person and I for one would not go Vegan but you do what is best for you. As long as people be respect all is good/ Wish you and your loved ones all the best.
As I'm getting older I seem to be giving fewer and fewer fucks about what other people choose to do as long as it's not inconveniencing me too much. It's nice to see that courtesy extended the other way... Save us from people with a Cause.
I don't care what you eat, or have an opinion on veganism one way or the other. But your videos are always entertaining so I couldn't possibly skip this one.
So glad you still dont feel the need to discuss your diet. Everyone should just eat whatever they want.
Went vegan like you didnt notice much change in how i felt. 50% cholesterol reduction and lower bp was a nice bonus. Veganuary is great for plant based tasty junk treats😂 If it works for you thats great live and let live 😊
I love the part about your mates arguing for ages about their sharing platters just to point out the inconvenience of eating plant based 😂 You have such a great way with words and a good way to look at things from different sides and choose the reasonable and enjoyable option for you. people get way too worked up about everyone else and you have great points about focusing on you and what you want and like! always great content and lucky man to be married to someone with hair! 😂
Abolitionists got way too worked up about humans owning other humans (sl***ry)
Abolitionists got way too worked up about humans owning other humans
Vegans get too worked up about humans exploiting other, non-human, animals
Vegans and animal rights activists get too worked up about humans oppressing non-human animals
If you want to needlessly harm and exploit a sentient being that's your personal choice just focus on you and what you like - it's all about you
I’ve done the same thing and now use the term plant based. Got so much flack from vegans online. One even said having cancer treatment made me not vegan. Those kinds of thing turned me off both calling myself vegan and social media.
It's amazing how blind extremists are to how they hurt their own cause. They really are their own worst enemies.
Because Vegansism is an ideology just like religion
Vegans are the reason more people don't go vegan! I say I'm plant based because I don't want to be associated with most vegans 😂
Doing what's necessary for survival or health doesn't make you not vegan. It's unnecessarily using animals that makes one not vegan.
@@korganrocks3995It's amazing how blind meat eaters are to the biggest holocaust in history. They prefer to stick head in sand and put taste over the lives of sentient beings. If it was dogs and cats being treated same as these animals, most people would be fighting to stop it.
100% with you Mark, I've been Fussy for 14 years now, finished 3 full ironman triathlons as a "fussy" :)
When I said I'm vegan I found both sides obnoxious, but the reality is, I just want to eat what I want to eat... I don't want to justify it, and I don't want others to assume things about me OR make assumptions that I judge them or what they eat...
And, once in a while, I find myself eating vegeterian food (I travel for work and sometimes, I choose to "sin") and I got tired to try to explain the morality of my choices.... so yeah, I'm also fussy about food, and I'm healthy, and I'm happy and I still do triathlons and have a career and a family and most of all, I have friends that AREN'T eating my brain about my food choices :)
Thanks for this video !
I don’t get it, so you try consume plant based diet 99% of time - avoiding meat, right?
Must be hard to get all the protein needs without GMO soya and powders, if based mostly on unprocessed products (this ain’t an issue in Steak world)
Animals farming not good, but neither is inadequate plant only based nutrition 😅
@@iXpertMan where did you get the "inadequate" part? I'm a healthy 40 year old man who does long distance triathlons, and enough energy to raise kids and have a career...
Are you just here to prove the video right? By being a anti vegan troll?
@@RazShuty don't feel confusing heavily processed plant based by products is healthy life.
Tell me you don't consume concentrated soya shakes all day - if there is an informative video, bout it on YT, please link it, I'll happily check it out.
So, you're only excuse against animal products is animal welfare? 0_o
Guess what, humans that grow SOYA also have poor welfare :///
It's the people automatically thinking they are being judged for eating meat that I think is the real problem. I don't tell anyone what to eat or wear. If they automatically get defensive and attack veganism or vegetarianism as a result, that's their problem. All I said was "I don't eat meat."
@@iXpertMan your appeal to futility is a bad argument. As a reason (not an excuse) animal welfare is a logical consistency and thus better for you, after all, you are probably against cruelty to animals, and you probably love animals ...
yes! perfect summation of what vegan is - its a philosophy about animals as commodities. great video on this once again.
I'm not plant based in any means, but I have to use "fussy" to explain my "limited" eating options because I have goals/desires that I have to use food as fuel.
Lots of office parties and lots of "why aren't you eating cake?" questions.
I laughed most of the way through this. damn funny! Also, I'm glad you're vegan-adjacent-ish. You're good for animals no matter WHAT you go by.
i was wondering why people would take time out of their lives to comment on what you eat only to read the comments and find lots of other people then proceeding to declare what they eat.
good video and i love your sense of humour as always
welcome to my world 😂
When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks. When you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks. When you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.
I think Churchill summed this up perfectly. Why anyone cares if you choose to eat meat or not is beyond me, also that so many people have friends or know people who are so happy to criticise them also baffles me. It never ceases to amaze me how many over weight, unhealthy people seem to know so much about meat free or meat eating diets yet couldn’t run 400m. Yet dispense diet advice on the subject so freely!
Another well made video my man. Tuck in and enjoy the sausage pics!
My thoughts on that, is that for a lot of people in that group, they're projecting their own issues around their health/choices/food on you. Often those same people will try to push the kinds of foods you've said you don't want to consume, at you.
When I was 20 god that’s a long time ago 😂 I didn’t care what so ever, I’ve never cared what people thought 😂
People care if you choose to eat meat when they don't because there's a victim, who you probably claim to care about the welbeing of.
People care if you choose not to eat meat when they do because your choices make them defensive about theirs.
I used to hate vegans too & didn't really stop to think why. It's easier to shoot the messenger, call them all preachy, extreme, militant, unhealthy etc etc & try to pick holes in a pretty simple philosophy, rather than examining how & why you've been conditioned to support animal cruelty & commodification.
"Everyone 'loves' animals til they hear the word 'vegan', then they'll argue tooth & nail why it's acceptable to abuse them"
~Rob Zombie
Appreciate this comment. I'm happy to report that I'm about 20 years ahead of schedule. At 20 I stopped caring what other people think. At 40 I realized nobody is thinking about me anyway. :)
Meanwhile being vegan (and being active, and paying attention to basic nutrition) for nearly the last two decades has me now at age 44 in the best shape of my life, with as much or more vitality than when I was 25.
In recent years I've also become an animal rights activist. But I'm not going around trying to convince individuals to become vegan - which tends to only create more dumb arguments as you point out - I focus on systemic change.
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I was replying to OP, not you :)
I don’t know when words became such polarised identities. But just like I have switched from using the word ‘feminist’ to ‘equalist’ I am now going to identify as a ‘fussy eater’ inspite of the fact that I have spent much of my life trying to not inconvenience people due to my dietary choices. Thank you so much for this Mark. 🙏🏼😊
You’re a rare commodity Mark. Someone who applies a nice balance of actual logic and the ability to unapollogetically walk your own path. If only there was more of that in the world. More power to you.
As a Planty myself I love this outlook 😂 Nice one Mark, closing lines were hilarious
Vegan here. Haven’t eaten meat in 33 years. Started because of animals but have always enjoyed excellent health. At 53, I’m still powerlifting and am still alive. I rarely call myself vegan because I don’t want to listen to the but bacon crowd give me false info. I just laugh. I’m like you’ve been carnivore for 20 minutes, I’ve eaten like this for 33 years. 😂😂😂
I’m fussy too. Lots of hair, lots of strength and muscle. Great bone density. Life is good 🌱✌🏻💚 Great video!!
If you only refrained from eating just meat then you were not a vegan.
I've had bacon a chunk of my life and have to say while sometimes it's nice and sometimes really good, sometimes it's really horrible - it's nothing to write home about. And honestly one of ones I've ditched easily.
i think this might be her daughter talking because her mom died of malnutrition.
@@susanwjoh0re735 are you saying that the OP is possibly the daughter of the actual profile, pretending to be her and spreading how good veagnism is, when in fact she dies from being malnourished? Dayum!
@@MochaZilla YES YOU ARE a genius. it must be the vegan diet. so rich in omega 3.
Vegan here. Working out. Not suck. Not dead. Still waiting for the malnutrition to kick in.
Vegan here too. Still waiting for my protein deficiency to kick in after 6 years😂
retar__tion wouldn't let you notice anyway
Your video on vegan stuff was really nice. I'm not likely to be vegan any time soon but I liked your no nonsense approach to your own dieting and it has my respect. Fussy is a good word haha :)
Been vegan 30yrs and when I first went vego a few years before that to try it out, expecting I might get sick emaciated and perhaps die- nothing happened. So that was a revelation! No way in hell would you go vegan back then for health as all the info around was you need meat etc or you'll probably shrivel up and die. Now 30yrs on I'm an above average cyclist(4w'kg)who works a physical job. Have good health and good blood markers my Dr etc always comments on- and yes due to genetics I have lots of hair- thanks Dad. But in my own life with my own vegan family of 5(well one is vego) its just an everyday thing. Its just food and of course one wouldn't eat animals if you didn't need to, why would you? And I think nothing much about it. Only when I go out or socialise does it suddenly become an issue, and its like oh shit I hope they've got some- any vegan options. And yes 75% of people treat you differently when they find out you're vegan. Which is de-humanising and annoying. You are not a person anymore you're a "vegan". Cue all the usual comments. Now its even worse with all the hysteria around veganism. Stoked up on social media mainly because if too many people went vegan certain industries would lose truckloads of revenue imo. The amount of fear mongering BS, and just made up nonsense is astounding. If going vegan eat lots of variety and good quality food and some junk food when u feel like it from time to time (you don't need to be perfect). Make sure you're eating enough calories(very important). Get out and exercise, get some sunlight, and take a B12 supplement. Easy.
I'm on a Mediterranean diet , no red meat ( though would accept it as hospitality in a developing country ) . I looked at my packet of yeast flakes. would have to add 4 or 5 Tablespoons per day for B12 - which is quite a bit , so yeah supplement is necessary . When living by myself when younger didn't buy red meat , never really thought why , knew i didn't need it , So normally go with flow of those I with - if my GF is vegetarian I will go veggie etc. If went stricter then some swiss cheese as like it , the odd egg, yogurt /kefir and maybe shellfish as probably less brains than mosquitos or flies I kill - but understand why people wouldn't eat them as opposed to killing flies . but people are funny , some only eat roadkill . Only eat chicken as make meals for my son and doggies
Oh my lord.... no idea how you popped up as a suggestion but im sat on the tram snorting and giggling.
Your dry wit and deanpan delivery is 🔥
@MarkLewisfitness I think that people usually spend more time on in the better tribe, play with words and/or definitions than they put into real life results. Your attitude "Call me what you will I´m going to dance to my own drum. Also up yours" is what world needs more of.
I tip my hat off to you. I have been watching your videos for a while and had no idea about your nutrition philosophy. Good on you. It is nobodies business. Keep doing what you are doing.
I have some major health issues I'm dealing with so I call my diet 'Operation Stay Alive'.
Good one... :)
I love your videos, entertaining and educational, delivered with a dry sense of humor. Jen is a great addition to your videos, too.
Lol! I relate to that restaurant story. One of the things about eating plant based (or fussy!) is being able to go into restaurants and choose one of the two things they probably offer and then enjoy my drink while my family and friends spend hours studying the menu like it's the dead sea scrolls.
I was always a fussy eater (lots of foods I wouldn't even try) until I became vegan 5 years ago. Now I am a fussy vegan (I won't eat any nuts - not allergic, but I just can't stand the taste and texture of them), but I do now have a greater variety of diet than I ever did as a meat eater
Respect Mark, I went Vegan 3 years ago. Still alive, with hair and brain function. I started off wanted to change the world... then quicly gave up. I just prove a plant based diet is great by getting fitter/stronger. Anti vegans cant argue with that, i ate meat for 30 plus years so im no angel but not killing is better than killing... right? I unstand the moving away from 'vegan'. I avoid using it mostly. Love the channel 💪🏼
Anti-Vegans can and do argue, because for some people and in some situations, pure plant-based food can cause medical issues. Exactly the same for animal products. Metabolic health is complicated and most people cherry-pick data, but at the end of the day as long as you're healthy, that's the best result. Good on you, and don't change what's working.
Brilliant! So well delivered, so on point. I'm not "fussy" but always reading and testing to find a better healthier balance. As always, your delivery makes this subject (and others) extremely digestable! Food for thought. Thanks ....
Similar story here. I grew tired of people questioning my diet choices or acting like my diet made it difficult to eat out. Again, chips, salad, etc. pretty much everywhere. The label is polarizing so it has helped a bit, but I've found many still want you to try the entrees they suggest or get for themselves and question why I'd get a big salad and some chips instead.
My friends always spend time looking on the menu for what I can eat and proceed to read the items off to me. I say, yes thank you I saw that, as well as other options, I’m ready to order….then I have to wait for them to find what THEY want to eat! I’m a grown woman, been eating plant based for 6 yrs. and perfectly capable of finding what I want on a menu.
The great thing about fussy is that a lot of us can identify with that despite what we eat, so it’s creates more community than division 😂
Great community and most of the division is with people we really wouldn't have liked anyway😎
I actually did not know that you are vegan. Which you could see as a compliment 😀. And even a "real" ethical vegan - my favorite species.
Good on you Mark, choose your own labels, it's your life after all. FWIW I adopt pretty much the same approach, I purposely have never informed others I am vegan when asked what I am I reply that I simply avoid dairy and meat whenever possible and that is it!
Vegan for 10 years and proud to call myself vegan for the animals. People need to know there are alternatives to animal exploitation and cruelty, and I am always willing to answer any questions non-vegans have.
Interested what is a weekly meal routine like. Next vid should be something along these lines. As someone who eats meat but tries an increased amount of veg.
ML did one a year or two back, check out the history.
I started following this channel for the rowing content and am just now realizing Marks dietary choices. I am meat free although I do not follow a vegan diet. 20 years or so ago when I started I would simply tell people' I do not eat meat', which would lead to 'oh so you're a vegetarian?', 'no but I don't eat meat'. That led me to realize pretty quickly that simply telling people I am vegetarian saved me from the conundrum that he is describing in daily social settings. I guess it's less confusing for me to let the potential political associations and eye rolling begin as it is just less confusing to people if I simply say "I'm vegetarian".
I'll be that person. If someone says they don't eat meat, I too would assume it means vegetarian (but not necessarily vegan). Where would I be going wrong?
(I realise there is some nuance around eggs/dairy/fish(?)). Not having a go, just genuinely confused.
@@piltrid1 You would not be wrong. If you watch the video it sounds like what Mark is talking about and what I'm referring to in sharing my own experience is that often there is an assumption of a certain political standing associated with those terms(vegan/vegetarian).
'rowing' as in boating, or argumenting?
@@tyronemilton5796 Yes.
😂😂😂 Oh man, this made me laugh so much! In such stupid situations (being in a restaurant with my parents and they telling the waiter there "now comes the complicated one" and looking at me) I'll just think of this video and have a laugh.... 😂
Seriously, thank you! 🙏
I can relate. In future I'll ask for the Fussy Menu
I turned vegan in 2008 and back then the term sounded exotic. By now it has become a dirty word that everybody scowls at. So I frequently tell people that I am a "picky eater" and leave it there. I still wouldn't eat Rogan's elk, cuz eww Rogan, I'd rather look at 50 pictures of sausage.
I just started telling people, "I just eat!" 😂😂 It got so annoying going to restaurants... people are so consumed about what other folks eat!!
Another great one Mark. Always guaranteed chaos discussing topics like this with mates over a few drinks! 😂
I love this so much, thank you! I've been vegetarian for 35yrs, and have heard all of this. Especially "mmmm bacon, hahaha." I shall call myself fussy and see how it goes😁
Mark always manages to say exactly what I’m thinking, even though I didn’t know I was thinking it.
Mark is great!
As someone who eats vegan for ethical reasons, I never try to judge meat eaters - I was one once too. Not even the meat eaters who get judgmental and in my face about it.
I use it as fuel for my exercise and marathon performances. I run on pure spite and the ability to tell people that my performance increased since going vegan. Has it really? Not the faintest idea, but it hasn't been detrimental either. Who knows, someone might eat one sausage less picturing me (or you or, much more likely, Jenna).
Every time her mother complains at me using the bikini pictures I tell her……think of the pigs we’re saving 😂
I went vegan 22yrs ago after judging myself. So no issue with judging others. Judging is a human trait and nothing is wrong with that.
@@veganpotterthevegan you have vegan in your name twice it is obvious you will be the judgmental type.
@@dreamcrusher112 I added it to the end of my nickname because so many people question if I'm actually vegan or not. That said, I'm guessing you judge people if they abuse their children or steal from strangers. If you don't, you should.
@@veganpotterthevegan the judging is a fair point - we all judge every day. It’s how you get through life avoiding people that are probably loons.
As a physiotherapy student: I love crossfit coaches, it is the perfect symbiosis- as a "vegan/ plant based person" I think a major problem of the vegan community is how harsh they are about things like leather, animal- testing, bees, exceptions etc... it is almost impossible to live a perfect vegan lifestyle
Really enjoyed the honest video. We spend so much time labelling stuff and people, to potentially use it against them later on.
Your diet obviously works for you and I do applaud you for doing something I wouldn't be able to. I like animal protein better than vegan sources, do what's best for you and tell people it's my choice.
I had a friend who vocally told me off for having a steak when they are vegan, it was annoying especially when your just wanting to be out with friends and loved ones to be judged
Thanks for the time, keep it all going 💯
I "went vegan" years ago, to verify some of the "miracle claims". As far as "saving animals" went, well, sure--but at the end of the day, it was only about one animal--me. Long story short, after three months I had dropped over ten kilos, was off my blood pressure meds, and felt great.
I joined the local vegetarian society, but soon realized they were more about animal rights than human health (many of them consumed "vegan" processed gunk, that I wouldn't go near).
I've fallen off the wagon several times (and yes I felt sick, and was ill), and climbed back on. A few years later, I discovered "WFPB" (whole food, plant-based) which made things even simpler. So now I'm back on it hopefully for a while. And I only use the term "vegan" when pressed, since I don't consider myself part of what unfortunately has become a political movement.
So, I just happily, healthfully, eat my plants. If anyone wants to know the hows, whys, and whats I'll gladly tell my story--but I don't preach, and I certainly don't get in anyone's face about wearing leather shoes etc.
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You do you! But it hasn't become a political movement, it has always been an ethical movement - right from the get go, when the term "vegan" was coined by the vegan society. It was later picked up by industry and understood as a diet, which it never was. A plant based diet is just part of being vegan.
I think it's important, that it is political, because we urgently need to do better for the animals. What's done to them is atrocious.
It's great to hear you are doing great on a WFPB diet!
I think the fitness influencers (sorry, you can't get away from that label) who share that they are on plant based diets are really important to changing people's perceptions. Your videos will have saved a large number of animals from a really horrible existence. 👍
Amen brother
Mate, you are the problem.
@@simonwilton3546 Plant based fitness influencers do inspire other and intensive animal farming is a horrible existence for the animals involved. I have absolutely no idea why you think it's problematic to point this out. Enlighten me.
Love this video - so honest, do what makes you feel good and happy
Thanks so much for inspiring me to start running and get into the gym in my late 40's. What you eat is up to you. The constant back and forth between meat eaters and vegans is as boring as church.
The word vegan has so many negative connotations and triggers so many people. It's quite bizarre really. I just say I'm veggie and people don't seem to react to this even. I am vegan and an happy to be this way. I do it for me, not for others so I couldn't give a shit what people call me and I can't be arsed having to justify it to people if they find out.
Unfortunately the vocal minority of extremists tend to ruin things for the rest of us, since they're usually the ones that shove their opinions down everyone's throat. It's like people assuming all atheists are condescending pricks since those are the ones they've encountered.
It's the many bad vegans who ruin it for the few good ones.
its really not bizarre at all. Vegans are usually the worst, most uppity folks around.
Amen to that! 👍 😂
As an Orthodox Christian I'm essentially vegan for just less than half the year during various fasts ranging from two days per week to 50 day fasting periods and while a lot of the benefits are due to the spiritual pursuits that go along with that, I have got over my nervousness of going without meat for long periods and usually at the end of a fast I am sorry to see it go. I feel healthier and my intestinal health is improved without doubt.
you're not vegan if you pick and choose when to do it...
@@mintymilkk Did you notice I said "essentially" before specifying? That was on purpose. I accurately conveyed information. Now you could choose to argue semantics by suggesting more accurate phraseology, but that would be almost as pointless as pointing out the information I clearly already understand based on the fact I chose to clarify.
@@mintymilkkjudgy much? It’s people like you that Mark was referring to. You must be fun at parties.
if you said you liked it and can go for almost half a year, why not keep doing it? is there something in the bible saying you can't eat animals?
@@nicholas-dv1mg No, although it doesn't appear to be in the original design plan. The reason we don't eat meat during most fasts (a few allow fish) is because it's an ascetic practice of doing without the body's desires and base pleasures and prioritising higher things. So we cut out oil and wine too and we try to eat only the minimum requirement to fuel ourselves. And at the same time we try to pray more, give more to the poor, especially given the money we save by not buying food, and whatever other spiritual progress might apply individually.
But yeah, I do ask myself the same question - why not keep it up. I have cut down on meat for sure but the honest answer seems to be that when I'm not doing it out of obedience to God via the Church, I lack the committment. 🤷♂️
That was brilliant! And I can relate. Happy Fussyary!
Amazing. Best take I've heard on this subject. Refreshing perspective as always.
More power to your wheel Mark. I'm a vegan, my favorite running shirt:
Front - Vegan Badass
Back - Run Faster! A Vegan Just Passed You
How old are you? 14?
I'm loving it! 😂 👍
Only at heart 😄@@irfuel
Young at Heart 😍 👍
I keep coming back to watch Mark's videos because they are honest and unbiased. This is another great example and really throws up how the V word creates all sorts of reactions from everyone. (No apologies, I'm a devout omnivore) If being "fussy" works for you and you're feeling like you get benefits from it then all power to you 👍 What your dietary preferences are (in any way) don't matter, as long as you're getting all the nutrients you need and you're healthy enough to enjoy your life amd can do the things you really want to do. Eat a carrot, dunk it in beef dripping, wash it down with petrol and enjoy your life!
Can you name a moral conviction you strongly hold where it makes sense to leave others alone if they disregard it?
I'm against ______, but I don't care if you are?
@@reedclippings8991 Religion - I'm against religion but if you are or aren't doesn't matter to me.
@@tomb2733 Nice! This fits the blank, but if it doesn't effect others in a meaningful way, which makes it more of a personal decision that a moral conviction. If it does effect others in a meaningful way, then it's odd to care about how it effects others when you do/don't act religiously, but then not care about those same people when others do/don't act religiously.
After I turned vegan 3 years ago, I have to deal with so much crap from meat eaters telling me "you are not a real man", "You don't get enough protein", "you are eating rabbit-food" and so on... I do really relate to this video - I don't care what other people eat but now when I am vegan suddenly a lot of people wants to tell me how bad of a choice I've made. I really like your perspective on the topic and I completely understand your choice of changing to "fussy"! So thank you, I hope you will only get plant-based sausages in your inbox from now on ;)
I think its because the vegan cult attacks people and tries to shame them if they eat animal products. So they go on the defense and dish it back.
If vegans didnt make a big deal about things, then there wouldn't be as much push back.
I dont even understand why vegans have issues eating honey, drinking milk, or eating eggs. Animals aren't being killed by drinking milk, eating honey, or eggs. If the eggs are not incubated, they don't become chickens, therefore no death. Veganism is a weird cult mindset. They are ok if people starve as long as the animals are left alone. Thats a big mental disorder if you ask me.
Bon appetit, Mark 👍. Happy New Year.
I'm a former meat eater, current Carnivore "try-er..." (that's a real word right?) and I think this is the BEST video on explaining diet choice. We're all different, and all have our reasons to bumble around trying to figure out what works for us. Keep doing what you're doing Mark, you're an inspiration.
Glad to hear you're trying carnivore. Meat heals.
I went plant based 3 years ago, then a year ago, having listened to Dr. Tim Spector, The Diet Myth, I changed to flexitarian. I occasionally (twice a month ish) eat meat if I know where it's come from, who cooked it etc. but I still consider myself 90% plant based. I've tried long and hard and regularly to explain why plant based and not vegan!
Well done Mark.
I'm sure it doesn't help, that so many don't understand the distinction. I had a vegan co-worker who swore up and down that vegan and plant-based are the same thing, and I was like no, it's not. In fact, you can be vegan and NEVER eat plants! And they kept insisting it's the same. I finally just dropped it, though it's interesting that the group she started, calling it a plant-based recipe sharing group, she made a point of saying wasn't a vegan group. Mkay.
@celticlass8573 I definitely agree there's confusion around the terms but how can you be a vegan who never eats plants?
@@hannahmitchell87 You can eat the SAD diet, just swap meat and all animal products with non-animal processed alternatives. So you can still have a cheeseburger and fries, it's just animal product free. You can still eat greasy tacos, potato chips, donuts, pizza, fried "nuggets", cookies, chocolate, cake etc etc.
@@celticlass8573 and those non- animal processed alternatives are made from....?
@@hannahmitchell87 I realize you want me to say plants, but 1) a lot of it isn't plants in the least, it's frankenfood, and 2) what WAS plants have been so processed that they no longer would be considered plants, and certainly don't have the nutritional profile of plants.
just found your channel. Going to be mostly Raw wfpb (Raw vegan)
Just broke my 72 hr fast with cold pressed pineapple juice and i'm excited to drink more, it'll help me transition to all raw.
Very excited about your content!
So good !!! 😂😂😂😂😂 “fussy” eater … that’s me too
Great perspective🤙
Love your sense of humor Mark. I'll never understand why people care what others eat. I mean it's interesting to know (that's why i'd watch), but you being a vegan is not going to make a meat eater like me rage. You do you and i'll do me and let's all just be happy. Also....mmmm bacon
Oh man, from knowing how bullies work…he’s about to get annihilated by sausage pictures lol
I have a sausage filter in place 😂
@@MarkLewisfitness make sure to add wiener and kielbasa filter as well 😝
😂😂 excellent as always. I might copy the “just fussy” label
I love your humour 😅 I like to say to people "I follow a Satvic lifestyle without the ghee", everyone will ask what's that?, as soon as you said it's a Yogi diet/lifestyle, people leave me alone 😅 and then I'd say Namaste 🙏🏼 😅😅
love this! lol!
I was vegan for 4.5 years. I felt great for the first 2 years. After that i started pickkng up so many injuries. Some major, mostly minor. My muscles were feeling stringy. I was covering my protein and calorie needs, so no idea why it was happening. Anyway, i tried so many vegan options but in the end i put fish, eggs and diary back in my diet. I saw and felt an immediate improvement. Gone are the injuries and im feeling strong again. I'd say 80% of my diet is vegan and i feel ive found a sweet spot with how much animal products i consume
Sounds good to me
I think it's a shame that you feel that you can no longer say you're vegan because of the backlash you get. It's like we've to be silenced. I went vegetarian back in 1994 and I got some pushback but honestly it was nothing compared to 30 years later and being vegan. I decided to ditch dairy and egg in 2017 (just two more things I'm not eating) and it's gotten to the stage now where I will not say I'm vegan unless I absolutely have to. I had a colleague at work ask me once how I cook beef. And I said I don't cook beef because I don't eat red meat rather than say because I'm vegan. I'm just sick of the comments I get. BTW 30 years this April since I last ate meat and I'm still alive and well. Still waiting for the malnutrition to kick in.
I've been vegan for 22yrs. I've never had an issue telling people I'm vegan🙃 There will be people that don't like it but that's true for anything
I strongly suggest never saying the word. If someone asks why I don't eat animal products I reply; the weight of the evidence, the adventist health study, the China study, the Oxford epic study etc.. that's reason enough to avoid animal products..
Do you have a special word for yourself because you don't eat dark chocolate? Or dogs?
@mysticjedi6730 those food examples aren't comparable. That's just avoiding 2 things. Cyclists and runners call themselves cyclists and runners even though every move they make isn't via bicycle or running. They self label because it's a somewhat important part of their being.
@@veganpotterthevegan I understand your point. From my ten years avoiding animal products I find it more helpful if someone asks why I avoid animal products to tell them.. the ethical issues are reason enough.. there are massive constipation health issues.. etc.
Why do you not eat animal products? Because I have come to the conclusion the ethical and health issues demand I avoid them..
That's my experience. I am trainer and speak with people about nutrition all the time.. saying vegan is just not helpful.
If I am at an animal rights rally and they ask me hoe long i am vegan I will just answer.. not make a big deal about it..
Do you have it tatood on your neck like Joey carbstrong? No worries
@@mysticjedi6730 everyone is open to different kinds of discussion so I need to base how I go about it off of their interests. And yes, I have multiple vegan tattoos but none on my neck. I have plenty of tattoos that are vegan and not vegan related.
*You think I just say I'm vegan over and over again and can't speak about anything else? I have a biology/art dual degree and I've been a professional cyclist. So I'm more than capable of backing my arguments from a nutritional and athletic standpoint
I learned from Mark that if something makes you happy. Go for it dont care what others think. And this applies to anything bot just diet. Thank you Mark
I chuckled all the way through that. If only more people could just not care what other people are eating/doing to some extent.
I did it strictly for 2 years. I got weaker. That was my experience. I don’t mind what people do for themselves. Against factory farming, try to support our local Cornish butcher instead of supermarket.
Happy carnivore month all 👍
I'm Vegan Straight Edge and i've been so for over 16 years...i consider it to be a badge of honor 🕶👍🏻⚔🌱⚔
I really enjoy your videos. You are funny and inspirational at the same time.
Beef is also plant-based, it's just that the processing takes a while.
Careful, you are approaching mmmm bacon territory.
and mostly quite animal-hostile.
@@MarkLewisfitness All due respect. I'm not a sausage provider (!?), that was a tongue-between-cheeks comment. It's honestly impressive to me that you've been able to maintain your physique on what many would call a vegan diet. Most vegans I know (and of course, I know who they are, they tell me) are wastrels who have more ideas about morals than actual nutrition. You might start a side-channel about how to maintain a decent nutritional balance with a similar fussiness... idk... It wouldn't be for me but I'd feel a lot better about my friends choosing that lifestyle if I could be reassured they wouldn't starve to death in the next 5y.
@@peetiegonzalez1845 yet another person on the internet who knows lots of vegans (who let me guess are malnourished and will soon be included in your "I know some ex-vegans who..." anecdotes). Very conveinient. I live in a large UK city, yet I only know one other vegan through a friend of mine, not even my friend. I would love to know your secret. How do you meet these vegans?
@@helencaleb2188 Just live in a highly populated area. By your approach I'm guessing you're salty about me assuming I'd find them everywhere whereas you, a vegan (maybe???) doesn't see so many? I dunno.. I have known many, and all the white (western) ones were clinically malnourished. All the Indian ones were overweight. Definitely an international travel bias going on, here, but India has a very strong tradition of veganism, but people who can afford to travel internationally can also afford to eat tons of carbs and fats. The result is not necessarily as healthy as one might have hoped.
Cat kicking at the weekend… Kurt Zumer! 😂
I like your description! I am fussy too! I don't like eating any carbohydrates or plants! Good on ya!
So glad the Duck pond made it 🦆😁hopefully it will have picture of a 4x4 with it soon ?
Your videos always make me laugh and get me motivated.
This is a great perspective, love it!
Great video. Having just watched you are what you eat on netflix some of the vegan benefits are amazing
Lol, that's blatant propaganda, like all the plant based doccos.
You are the greatest! Love your content - you make me laugh! Cheers!
As a committed (or, perhaps, should be), I applaud your approach. Kudos, Mark.
8:13 I was listening to this video with the left 85% of the screen covered in other windows. I somehow immediately knew exactly what scene this was from the rightmost 15%. I may have watched too many 80s movies and/or Mark Lewis videos.
Being a vegan myself I can totally relate. Great video as always!
your delivery of this video is funny, and honest.
Damn. Love your content. your personality and approach. And this one! You are hilarious 🎯🤣🤣🤣 👍
Excellent presentation Mark. It's not for me but I really appreciated this video today. And dont get me started on group meals..... Im "Fussy" too - just strict carnivore (changed my health is positive ways for me) but try not to talk about it when out socialising.... its as tricky for us on this side as it is for those on the strict vegan side. So, I will embrace the "fussy" title too.
Humans cannot sustain eating meat alone. We have never been carnivores and I struggle to believe you've eaten nothing but meat for over a week and not got ill. I know you're a troll but I'd be interested in what a supposed carnivore would eat in a typical day (if you haven't died from massive vitamin deficiency yet)
I'm not gonna admit what I ate in McDs today, but I'm totally down with 'fussy', thanks @MarkLewisfitness! You do you and the naysayers can keep preaching while we live the good life!
Do what you want to do. If your basic macros are met, it works.
Living healthy is to know whether you have health factors, that might make you want to change your consumption of food, like what your cholesterol is, how high the triglycerides are, and maybe hormone imbalances. Those kind of blood tests really doesn't cost anything in my country, but I guess it isn't expensive in other countries either.
Hi Mark. Will we get some running "vlog" type videos again? Really liked that kind of content, even when its not the most extreme race.
Next one!
Very amusing!
Happy new year from a non-vegan who also don't eat meat whatever that's called...
The duck pond celebration FTW!!! 🤩
pescatarian with the occasional shrimp or cod🙃
Good on you Mark! I had a similar experience as well over the last two yers. Going to keep mainly plant based and when in Rome just try something else.
Finally. A sensible video in this minefield of a topic. Exactly what I say: Get informed, and than make a decision - for yourself. Don't preach. And don't loose your humour ;-)
I think it's a good change, I've been vegan around 15 years and the past couple weeks I've been thinking the same thing, I don't wish everyone was vegan but I would like most people to be more conscious or what they are eating, where its coming from and its effect on the environment etc
Love it. You do You. It's working for you. I might re-label myself fussy as well... I like it. Although "discerning" might be a better description for me...
Nope, you are just a plain old fuss pot.
Every single time the duck pond plus sound cue comes up I laugh out loud
Sad not to hear your son laughing at you though
Thought I’d keep this one short 😂