10 Things People Get Wrong About Vegans
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
- People have lots of misconceptions about vegans, so today I'm going over some of the more popular ones.
Let me know if there are any that you hear which I left out!
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0:00 Intro
0:21 Vegans Are Weak And Skinny
1:16 Vegans Think They Are Better Than Everyone
2:37 Vegans Kill More Animals Than Meat Eaters
4:21 Vegans Miss Meat
5:21 Vegans Eat Lots Of Processed Foods
5:57 Vegans Are Nutrient Deficient
7:00 Vegans Take Lots Of Supplements
7:46 The Vegan Diet Is Boring
8:40 The Vegan Diet Is Expensive
9:40 Being Vegan Is a Privilege
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related to 'nutrient deficiency' is this - if a vegan gets sick (mild to serious), people generally blame it on the diet! (if an omnivore gets sick, most folks won't question the role of their diet in their illness...which, imho, is actually more likely to cause chronic health issues).
Hospitals are full of meat eaters
Hospitals are overcrowded everywhere and it's almost all meat eaters as patients. I have yet to get anything other than a mild cold from 7 years being vegan.
@ScarecrOmega it's definitely helped by a balanced diet. My girlfriend is vegan like me but she eats a lot worse and gets a lot more sick, whereas I always end up brushing it off like nothing happened. That being said, meat eaters are a lot less likely to eat a balanced diet lol
Can confirm. I really haven't been sick on a whole food plant based diet since I made the change 8 years ago.
@@ScarecrOmegaI agree that plant based diet is healthier but a big problem is overconsumption of processed foods as well which can be vegan too (chips, sweets, etc).
Regarding #3 - this also does not take into account the fact that animals in the factory farming industry cannot free themselves, they do not have the opportunity to flee from danger, they are prisoners waiting for death. They are held captive until the time a human causes their death, born simply to die. Much different circumstances then mice/rabbits living in a field, where they could potentially free themselves from the danger.
I’ve been vegan for almost 25 years now. This is how long I’ve been hearing these bull arguments! Who’s ever seen news articles about vegans dying as a result of a bad diet? How about the other way around? In any case, I do actually care about the animals, and I don’t see why this is something to be laughed at. There are worse things one could be guilty of.
Whenever a meat eater asks me about B12/iron/protein/anything I usually just ask them what their daily vitamin A intake is. Shuts them right up.
I get mine in abundance from eating eggs, sardines and liver. And because it is a fat soluble vitamin, your body stores it in abundance and don't need to be topped up every day.
Vitamin A in a Carnivore Diet
Carnivores obtain vitamin A from animal sources, such as liver, eggs, and fish. Unlike herbivores, carnivores do not need to convert carotenoids into retinoids since they consume preformed vitamin A. Therefore, a carnivore diet is an excellent source of vitamin A for maintaining healthy vision. If you looked for truth rather than "gotcha" moments your life would be much richer.
@@AnthonyRockliffe:
Preformed retinol/retinal is extremely toxic to human physiology, which is optimized for converting the right amount of provitamin A carotenoids to retinol/retinal without excess.
If you looked for truth rather than spreading moronic carnist propaganda your life would be much richer.
@@AnthonyRockliffeAnd yet loads of them are getting hypervitaminosis of vitamin A and heme iron.. former carnivore. More is not better, especially fat soluble vitamins and iron that you can't rid excess of.
2:34 I thought I was better than everybody else before I became vegan and after becoming vegan that really hasn't changed
I think vegan is only expensive if you start buying a lot of mock products. But when I go to the store with my mom who eats meat, I always have way more food than her and spend way less.
Yeah it is, the price of mock meats and vegan cheese is crazy
@@SimnettnutritionIt's unfortunate. I used to say that when I can buy fake meat for cheaper, I'll buy that instead. Nowadays I know better about saturated fat and such, so there's that. Honestly, as an omnivore I actually liked those tofu and veggie dogs back in the 00's before meat flavored products came into the scene. They weren't meat and weren't trying to be. It's like comparing butter vs peanut butter on bread.
I want my family and friends to be vegan because I want them to feel as AMAZING as I feel...at 50 years old!
I just wanted to let you know that you were my biggest inspiration into studying nutrition. In a week I will be defending my dissertation and then officially graduate, and apply for my license as a Clinical Dietitian. And you played a big role in that! The past sixth months have been incredibly hard due to illness, stress, grief, but just going back to watching one of your videos gives me a boost, and reminds me why I was doing this to begin with. So I just wanted to say thank you, and I hope that maybe we can collaborate in the future, when I am more established.
To add to some of your points.
The massive field monocropping only really got going in the 1930s and 40s with the advent of broad leaved weed herbicides, which meant intensive grain farming on the same fields year in year out. It also led to massive artificial fertilizer usage because the soil became quickly depleted. All in all it was not a good change and very destructive. Before that a lot of fields were small and bordered by hedgerows and copses etc, the preferred homes of small mammals that would venture into the field to feed. But the monocropping also encouraged farmers to remove the hedgerows and copses to make massive fields that could be harvested with bigger combines and the massive bailers. Everything became bigger and more mechanized. The small mammals also had to adapt to living in the fields as their preferred natural cover disappeared and so , with no where to run to, were more likely to get bailed up in the harvest, which was also not good for grain quality, you'd think!! However what the massive increase in grain production promoted was not actually more food for humans, but it drove the meat and dairy industries as most of the increase was directed towards animal feed. The Pont about a vegan diet is that instead of having to grow enough food to feed , last count, 90.2 billion animals in the meat industry per year, we would only need to grow enough to feed 8 billion people, so not only massively reducing crop production, but allowing us to return to more environmentally sustainable crop production methods, more diverse, and better for the soil, but there could be a massive rewilding of land, the preferred habitats of small mammals anyway. A vegan world would massively reduce the need for pesticides, artificial fertilizers and crop deaths of small mammals in desperate need of a better habitat.
And in terms of privilege, it is the privileged lifestyles driving environmental breakdown and climate change, and at the head of this destruction is the meat dairy and fishing industries. Most places with poor subsistence lifestyles, are mostly predicated on and dominated by plant based food, with meat seen as the requisite of privilege. It used to be something to aspire to as people hauled themselves out of poverty. And indeed where you may have developing world fishing villages etc, these places are profoundly impacted by commercial fishing. In fact it is the poorest in the world who suffer most from the environmental destruction wrought by our massive commercial meat, dairy and fishing industries. If you want to address world hunger, going vegan is one of the best things you can do as an individual.
#2- I never state I'm vegan unless asked, or it comes up holistically, for instance where new friends might want to go to eat, or what I might be asked to bring to a potluck, etc.
#4 I was vegetarian for about 40 years before going vegan about 8 years ago. I never missed meat. Sometimes dairy but there are many great subs. I'll never go back.
No one would assume I'm vegan by the way I look. I've always been a very large man and although I have lost weight in the last 5 - 6 years since going vegan, it was only the excess pounds that were shed and I'm still as "big and strong" looking as I always was. I definitely feel stronger than I did when I was eating animal products and processed foods.
I also liked that you talked about the reaction some people have in a situation like a social gathering when alcohol is being freely (excessively) consumed and they find out you're not a drinker. I haven't had an alcoholic drink in over 20 years and not because I had an issue with it, just that I never enjoyed how it made me feel and how it negatively affects the lives of others. I have had so many encounters with people who love to create some kind of conflict over the fact that I choose to live a sober lifestyle because, as I would agree with you, it might force them to evaluate their own behavior and why it is they enjoy getting drunk in the first place.
Thanks for sharing some of your thoughts & experiences. I appreciate it!
I'm vegan and like yourself i don't drink any alcohol ( apart from the fact most alcohol is not vegan ) , being drunk is not my way and when people find out i'm vegan , don't smoke , and don't drink alcohol they think i'm some f...cked up weirdo , but who care's , that's their problem not mine .
Same here, im a vegan bodybuilder with a long beard. I frequently meet people who think im joking when they find out im vegan because i dont fit the typical vegan stereotype they have in their head. And I have had the same experience as you, i am stronger after quitting animal products and my recovery is MUCH improved.
Been substance free for 15+ years
@@martinkevin4827 Same. Yeah, screw those dumbasses tbh. Too bad they keep on adding to sufferings on our planet, but oh well -- stupidity and stubborness often come together.
The question I can never escape as a vegan is “how do you get your protein “? Ugh
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
Bro question, how do you get your protein?
Easily. You can either take protein shakes (the only real way) or you can eat an absurd amount of bulky beans and peanut butter which contain way more carbs or fat than protein.
@@shockwavesyndrome6433 Tofu and Seitan are staples for high protein diets!
Broccoli sprouts have more protein than meat.
There is a book called “Proteinaholic “. About how too much protein is killing you.
Mother’s milk is about 2 percent protein.
Me: I want the Fruit!
Carnivores: You can't handle the Fruit!!!
Vegans: But the walls that you so feverishly guard are arbitrary and illusory and deep down you have an intuitive understanding that killing is not a necessary evil in this world.
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I WISH I was weak and skinny. It's ANNOYING being constantly told I look cool AF! I bet you're the same, Derek!
Lol, you guys are so amazing. 😂
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In so sorry for all the pain those compliments have put you through.
Haha love it!
Poor baby!😂
"I think it's people that cant cook that say this" 100% 😂 that's what i assume when someone claims they "almost died" when they went vegan.
Christopher Gardener does a nice deep dive into the amino acid profile of plants vs animals. Bottom line is the perfect protein concept of animal protein is irrelevant. In the real world you combine grains and legumes and they compliment each other. You can easily get enough protein without protein powder.
Even eggs with the highest compatibility only has 50% of the amino acids we need in the right ratio. So that puts things into perspective. Beans and lentils are cheap, just eat a bit more if you worry. A pound of lentils will provide a lot, and for pennies on the dollar.
Don’t understand when people say vegans are skinny
I ate animal flesh for years and was skinny, no one cared but as soon as I went vegan all of a sudden I had health issues and was gonna be dead within a few weeks lol
Another thing that people get wrong about vegans: they think veganism is a diet. It is not a diet, it is a philosophy aimed at reducing animal suffering as much as possible. The eating style (the “diet” side) is just one element. Vegans also don’t wear leather, fur, they don’t buy cosmetics tested on animals etc.
I'm not saying you are wrong, but i think more if it as you can be vegan in what you eat alone(diet), and then the way you live(lifestyle) one focuses on the diet, and the other on all the components of living like we never domesticated animals for our own gain, there by being no "real" leather, wool, skin, silk or fancy bone/antlers decorations and tools.
The only reason i dont wear wool clothing while living in the Scandinavian countries, is i find it way to itchy even if i have to wear 2-3 more layers to stay warm in the winter months🫣🤷🏼♀️
This! yes! I have a cousin so criticizes my vegan stance and said at one point that he was vegan for like 2 months. No, you are not vegan for 2 months. You were eating plant based, but being vegan is a philosophy, not a diet alone.
@@emmaDaugaardJensen It's not the domestication that conflicts with veganism when talking about clothing, its the fact that animals are routinely killed and/or tortured for the selling of animal clothing even if it is not leather, like wool. Common practice of the wool industry is to cut off the genitalia of the sheep without anesthetics to prevent the wool getting dirty from the sheep's bowl movements. They also force them completely under a liquid inside some machinery. Just like with the dairy industry, sheep are indirectly killed because we buy the products and they are only seen as a product to be exploited until death. This is the case will all animal products sold for profit.
Who exactly is going around with the free time to care about another adult's dietary choices?
You would be surprised! It's like we are threatening them in some way.
Cows, pigs, chickens are just as sentient as our beloved dogs & cats. They love their kids, have deep feelings. Eating them beyond basic nutritional needs, as in carnivore & Paleo is sad. Two recent reputable studies concluded low 🍖 consumption is for best health span.
Humans have exactly zero nutritional needs for animal products.
A vegan diet reduces crop deaths significantly. Because most crops are grown for livestock feed, it’s very simple.
Bro it irritates the hell out of me when people say that the rainforest destruction for soy is for vegans. It's the ultimate way for them to try to shut down the conversation that nearly all of that soy is fed to chickens and pigs. Somehow they don't like to talk about all of the rainforest destruction specifically used for grazing cattle either.
@@BJ-ui2rcYeah, literally 3% of soy goes to human feed, and the vast majority of that is soybean oil for vegetable oils, margarine, dressings, and mayo. The rest of that 97% goes to animal feed and some to industrial use like biodiesel.
I'm trying, at home, to cook more high protein plant based recipes, and cutting out the animal protein. The carbs are higher, but the fiber is also way higher, and I've noticed that the saturated fat percentage of my total fat, is about 3%. That's a win!
I'm vegan, but polyunsaturated fats are extremely toxic. There's nothing wrong with saturated fat itself at all, it's generally associated with disease because it mostly comes from animal products. Coconut oil on the other hand, an almost completely saturated fat, is perfectly healthy, more so than unsaturated fats even.
I think the "the vegan diet is expensive" trope comes from people who only consume processed foods. because yeah processed vegan food can be expensive. like vegan cheeses and fake meats. but whole foods, no.
Nobody wants to eat beans and vegetables all day dude. The fake meat exists because the bulk of your diet tastes like nothing
When it comes to vegans thinking they are better than everyone else, I often find that meat eaters are defensive or rude towards me as a vegan before I even say anything. It doesn’t bother me, but I find it interesting that people are so defensive off the bat. It’s like their manners go out the window the second they hear the V-word 😂 PS love your channel!!! Thanks for all the great content, I really enjoy it!
Former carni, and yeah, pretty much agree.
'vegans are all pasty/pale' is another one Ive heard alot online. As if fake tan or potential skin cancer is somehow healthy!!LOL
Vegan 7yrs here and it really is the best diet. I think even if you start by eating processed meat alternatives most people gradually slide into learning to cook and experiment with different whole foods. Your preferences change and honestly its probably the easiest Ive ever found eating healthy!
I've heard that too. I've also heard they're always sad and have horrible skin and bald spots. Any vegan with those issues needs to be supplementing with a good quality multivitamin.
Not going to lie, I've been vegan about 5 years now and I still really miss meat. I grew up in South Africa where meat is almost a religion and my mouth still waters when someone is braaiing (bbq) down the road.
Like an ex-druggy, I don't think that craving will ever go away, but it's a sacrifice I'm happy to make...
And also soooo many amazing mock meat. You can totally get a mock « bacon double cheeseburger » once in a while with pretty much exactly the same sensations. 10 years ago these products didn’t exist. We are very fortunate.
If you want the meaty flavour, Thought Emporium on RUclips made a video showing how you can create meat flavour broth from synthetic amino acids and it's pretty easy. The people tasting it thought it was better than the real thing, too.
Hey Derek! Been watching you for 7 years and honestly this is one of my favorite videos you've ever done. Praying you get back to making content more often because I watch every single video!!
Wow, I really appreciate that! More content is on the way for sure. Thanks for watching :)
When you said you've been vegan 15 years blew my mind, but then realized I've been watching your videos since I went vegan almost 7 years ago!
I wish I had been vegan all my life. It's only been 17 years.
Omnivores eat more that just animal products, they eat plant foods as well. So they are also responsible for some of the accidental killing that happens during harvest. They would actually be responsible for the majority of it as the percentage of people eating a vegan diet is still relatively low.
Great information. I have been vegan since 2015. My blood work shows I'm not deficient in anything. However, my husband, who still eats meat, is on prescription B12 and vitamin D.
My nonvegan neighbor is also b12 deficient and has a prescription for it!
I too have a black friend
EVERYONE should take Vitamin D supplement as it comes from the SUN not from the food. Vitamin D is not correlated to any diet, I don’t know why it is associated with the Vegan diet. Greatest Vitamin D captors are the skin cells on your hands. Which makes total sense
A good show on Netflix "You are what you eat, a twin experiment." Shows a lot about factory farming, and how diets effect twins on two different diets.
Regarding #3, it is also important to recognize that crop deaths are an unintentional part of the agricultural process, whereas the death of livestock animals is inherent. Future technologies and systems can be implemented to help prevent these crop deaths, but there is no system of eating meat that can be created to avoid their death (besides cell-based meat ofc!). Fantastic video!
Do you want to know what i love about vegans....Oh good all my friends have such a beautiful calm,gentle demeaner about them......
Just like the big fat smile that this guy constantly has.......We don,t live a violent life and it shines......Love it and love all of you,s
Well said! Thank you!
When I decided to stop eating animals it happened on the spot. I never missed any; on the contrary I felt a kind of regret and sorrow, for not having started earlier in my life. I would have, possibly, gained years of wellbeing in all senses. 👍🙂
My motivation for a plant based, whole food, low fat and salt eating pattern was not a moral one, but a health one. I'm a diabetic and by eating whole food, plant based thus avoiding all foods that are of or products of animals and also avoiding highly processed food, I have reduced my insulin resistance to the point that my insulin use has dropped from being problematically high, to being occasional. I can go days without insulin and not have my blood glucose be any different from a non-diabetic because of plant based eating. Thanks Derek, for the time and energy it takes to make and share such a clip. And thanks for all your support to be successful on a plant based diet.
Same here. My husband had a “widow Maker” heart attack in Sept of 2022. Thankfully he did not make me a widow, but it caused us to reevaluate how we ate. WFPB just makes sense.
Corroborated by Seven Day Adventist study where vegans had far lower diabetes risk even when adjusting for BMI.
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
One of my cousins is T2 diabetic. I've tried mentioning the benefits of a plant-based diet and he's not interested at all. He considers his diabetes managed by medication so is not interested in exploring another way. Kudos to you for being open-minded to find another way.
That cant be true ?!?
I’ve been teased and judged for eating plant based foods. Why? Because it makes other people uncomfortable about what they’re eating and they definitely don’t like that! That’s when the defensiveness rears its ugly head!
100% agree. Ty for spreading the info kindly.
You're welcome!
Great video! But for now, I feel vegans who miss meat is fine. Don’t feel bad. You’re already amazing. Even you miss it, and still not eat and harming them.
👍🥦❤ Also wrong, "It has to be such a big deal all the time" no this is just life as normal now actually. The only time it's a big deal is if around people who eat animals because they make it so
10 out of ten ain't bad. Bravo! and Happy New Year! I'm so proud to be a vegan. I love your channel. You and Crystal always inspire me in so many ways.
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
Hey Derek, one thing I thought you should have pointed out with regard to doing your own cooking is you can put together very delicious vegan meals in a short amount of time. What puts people off about doing their own cooking is the time. I'm a subscriber because you have SO MANY videos (with Crystal as the official timer) showing meals, prep to finish, being done in 10 to 15 minutes. That's what sold me on the change. I'M LAZY and hate to "cook" but I've seen enough of your vids to know I don't have to spend hours in the kitchen just to get something to eat. Nice video btw!
You're right, I should have touched on that!
Yes, much quicker. And you don't have to worry about cleaning up blood or fat/cross-contamination or undercooked meat.
So true! Especially if you batch cook the staples and have a sauce or two on hand, then boom, 5 minute meal!
Great topic. You have the most smiling eyes and a pleasure to listen to. Keep up the good work.
Thank you :)
I really appreciate your opinion.
I’ve been vegan for 10 years now and believe it or not, sometimes people close to me will make a comment trowing the diet under the bus and it makes me so paranoid… long story short! Your video came out at the right time and made me feel a whole lot better 😂
Thanks Derek for answering so calmly to any of these accusations.
Fun fact, when I look through my bank transactions last year (thats when I went fully vegan/wfpb) it says that I did more trips to the grocery store than the year before BUT I paid 500 dollars less in total! And that with rising grocery prices and inflation everywhere.. so no, eating vegan is definitely not more expensive (for me).
Well said Derek! One of the biggest excuses is that vegan/plant based diet it’s very expensive but I agree that if you make your own healthy vegan food is not that expensive.
This video was very informative and so necessary. So many people say to me but where do you get your protein from? I just want to tell them that they have been listening to meat and dairy advertising for way too long.
After i got this question a bunch of times i made a joke out of it, and pointed to any place with grass and said; Well you know, just like that big strong okse you are going to eat for dinner😂😂
Whole Foods (beans, black rice, vegetables, etc…) gives me so much energy and strength. I build muscle way easier. I didn’t feel well when I used to eat poultry and/or meat. I’ve been thru this process so many times and w/experience vegan or so called nutritarian really is healing to my body.
You did a good job discussing briefly this ‘mirroring’ thing. It’s energetic… and suddenly someone else takes it personally that I make virtue choices for myself. Strange human behavior.
I never missed meat… it was actually putting me off before I went full vegan in the early ‘90’s. Happy New Year… may we be supportive for one another and live each day with compassion for ourselves and others… with a light heart. Thank you.
You deserve every bit of success you have! Congrats on 700k brother much love!
Thank you so much, that means a lot!
Would love to see a friendly conversation/debate between Derek and Max Lugavere about veganism🤓
This needs to reach more ppl, thanks for the video Simnett.
Thanks for watching!
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
@@ThatVeganTeacherRUclips aha he always has! He just enjoys showing us the food/nutrition/fitness side mostly. When he does speak out more, it's very informative like this!
Very well spoken. Thanks
You nailed this! Your explanations were so thorough and thoughtful. I always seem to loose access to my brain when someone hits me with one of these myths. I need to save this for future reference!
Thank you!
can you do another grocery haul? prices have gone up so much in Canada. would be great to have an idea of what is realistic at the moment to eat well
Just found this channel and love the videos.
I dont ever intend on going full vegan but shifting my mindset that not every meal needs meat or animal products has been incredible for my health.
Organic tofu is very inexpensive and you can flavor it any way you want. I spend less money on food now.
So true, if we had more people like you the world would be a better place👍🌱💚keep going
This is one of my favorite videos you’ve created brotha! The points you address and the positive energy felt through this video is incredible! Always appreciate everything you do for our health, our planet, and our animal friends.🙏🏽💚🌎🌱💪🏽💫
I saw that interview, thank you for clarifying this for so many of us. I'm Dairy, nut, soy, and gluten free, not by choice, due to food allergies and sensitivities. Not gonna lie, I still eat meat once in a while, no fast food, and minimal processed foods, its a challenge but not impossible. I have lost 63 pounds & feel like a teenager again. I'll be 51 this month. I love all your videos, and your recipes! Thanks again for doing what you do! Happy New Year!
Excellent work, Derek! Thank you for this video! This is my sixth year vegan and it’s great to have a nice, simple video to share with friends, family, and haters when they question my lifestyle. 🙏🌱✨
People like Ted Nugent just want to justice their actions & that says more about them than vegan like us. I never pushed my beliefs on any one but I'm always willing to answer any questions my coworkers ask. Great video Derek 👍
Agreed!
@@Simnettnutrition I shared on FB
Ted Nigent is a chicken hawke who pooped his pants to avoid the draft .
I wish i was skinny, though i'd prefer to be muscular, now i'm neither 😅, though i'm pretty sure that without particular efforts, being vegan has helped me keep my weight in check. :)
🎉🎉🎉 700K!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Excellent video, Derek! I hope people considering veganism see it and feel good about their decision 👍
Great job addressing these arguments
Thank you!
8:48 is so important for showing the perspective of one grocery run and all the food/meals that can be made. It's making me realize i need to meal prep more, and i've been going vegan a strong 7 years
So Happy you made this video, you actually made me go vegan almost 7 years ago
Also the idea that the mice and critters who die in combines because of "vegan food" is insane because the crops they're talking about aren't exclusively for "vegan food" it's crops that people eat regardless of a specific diet. So the concept that vegans are killing MORE is laughable and clearly designed to be click-bait on their part.
Great vid as always!
The only item I struggled to let go of was sugar. Succeeded Aug 2021 with only a couple vegan cookie slips
Fruit, beets, carrots are great sugar fixes
What's sugar got to do with veganism? If the cookie is vegan, it doesn't contain bone char or whatever (that's not standard practice in my country). I feel like veganism has received a lot of hate over the past decade because of orthorexic health nuts who don't care about animals, just this strange notion of dietary purity.
As usual, you are a breath of fresh air. Hope you keep doing this thing....love your recipes...Happy 2024 to you both❤
Nice! I just recently had a debate about point 2 and we have concluded the same 🙂
Love the list. Maybe Iodine is missing. I know a lot of people just use iodized salt. But i prefer pink salt or kosher salt for cooking, as iodized salt tastes weird to me. I also take a kelp pill and eat seaweed when I can. Keep it up man. I've been a fan for at least 5 years.
The pink salt I get from Costco is iodized.
You can get iodine from brazil nuts. One each day is more than enough. Also in seaweed like nori and wakame, and whatever is used in seaweed salat at sushi places 😉
Great video as always Derek! 💪😊
Thank you!
No steak or bacon since 1976😳. Veg for decades and vegan 12 yrs. I’m almost 67 and start my day with 100 push-ups ( 2 sets of 50) before several other workouts. I still maintain excellent muscle mass for my age 🤔
🌱💪🏼 for decades!
I adore your channel. 🇨🇦💚🫐🥬🥦🍉🍒🐰🐷🐮🐸🐥🐝🐙🐬 Vegan for the Animals! ❤
I love the way you addressed all this Derek. As for the the deficiencies...I would see I eat a lot of processed foods but I am not B12 deficient or even D3 deficient. I take supplements but I do really well for like a week and then like 3 weeks off. LOL...Anyway, I have meat eating family that recently were found to be deficient in B12, D3, and iron. So that's such a misconception that a vegan will be deficient. Also I'm the one without heart disease and diabetes.
Great video, man! Always a beacon of light!
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
Great video as always! I love your comparison with alcohol! It’s exactly the same.. it’s not like vegans or not drinkers say anything, it’s other side projecting that info on themself and deep inside know what they do is wrong, so getting defensive and blame you for being different
The naked mind book helps to stop drinking, and unfortunately in our society it’s not supported.. unless you say I’m alcoholic then you will get a pity.. otherwise saying it’s my choice gets you some hate
Awesome video Derek!😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
happy new year and congrats on 700K!!!!! been watching you since you had 700 (minus the K lol). so happy for you - thank you for all you do!
Congrats on 700K!
Thank you so much! It's a big milestone for me.
Great video. We are better than everyone else 😂. Joking, I love my fabulous non vegan relatives and friends.
great video Derek ! Cheers from Switzerland !
Bravissimo Derek! You nailed every point and I'm grateful for all of your work. You are a great teacher!
Very well said.
Congrats on 700k subscribers Derek! I remember your 500k video as if it were yesterday
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)
What a fantastic video, well said Derek !!
A few minutes ago, during a debate about the moon landings and why nasa didn't go back to moon after all these years :
- it's because of vegans, no more meat, no more money to give to nasa
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Haven't heard that one before. I do doubt the Apollo landings.
saw that rogan podcast recenlty and was a bit troubling. thanks for addressing.
Derek, awesome video. People just believe what they want to believe.
Awesome video, keep it up Derek!
I got diagnosed recently with carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands. The first thing my (mainly) carnivore husband said? "Did you tell your doctor what kind of diet you're on? It's probably because you're not getting enough saturated fats [implied: 'from animal products']." Ooooor maybe it's from years and years of keying???
If you're vegan and family members are not, for literally every 'problem' you have , they will say that the reason is "cause you're vegan" :D.
Hit your toe? Cause you're vegan. Got flu? Cause you're vegan. Everyone got the flu, but you cough the most? Cause you're vegan. Misremembered something? Cause you're vegan. etc.
I got diagnosed with the same recently - 25 years on a computer for sure!
Simnett is better than God. He’s saving animals from incredible suffering while God is doing fuckall. Glad he’s finally including ethics in his videos!
@@ThatVeganTeacherRUclips But... didn't God make Derek, too?
He did NOT really say you weren't getting ENOUGH saturated fat? And he wasn't joking?!
Dr. Neal Barnard said going vegan saves $500 a year, and Dr. Greger said it's an average of $750 cheaper to eat vegan. If you go whole plant food vegan where most of the food is dry staples like grains and legumes then that cost can be chopped significantly further
Hey Derek! Thanks for another great video! Just wanted to say that I miss your videos in nature. They are so relaxing to watch. I hope you'll be able to make a video in your beautiful natural environment soon. :) Thanks!
You nailed it! Thank you for creating this video.
Loved the video. You absolutely touched all the important points 👏👏 Thank you for sharing this💛
I agree with everything you said, spot on Derek great video, happy new year you and crystal x
Thank you! Happy new year as well :)
God I tried to watch Dominion after being vegan for 4 years and it's just brutal. They out to put images of how all products are harvested within all supermarket aisles. Who'd have thought that vegans are wealthy enough to prop up a centi-billion dollar industry lol. Hope your garden is going well 🥦🌶🫑🥒🍓🫐🥝🍅
I completely agree with everything you said!! I greatly appreciate all of your content and how informative it is!! I appreciate the positive energy 😊🤙🌱💚. Your content is always top tier 😁😎
All great points. Thanks for just being real and hitting all the silly myths.
Thanks for watching!
I’m so glad that I came across one of your videos 😊I can’t stop watching 😅. I am vegan 9 years now and eat very simple, but now I’m starting to try ALL OF YOUR RECIPES. Thank you for sharing!!!
Happy New Year Derek! Thank you for all the work you put into your videos. I found your channel early in my vegan journey 2 years ago. You've helped me so much with meal ideas, and especially your positivity over Covid. I'm just starting on your meal prep videos and using some of them this week--looking to get back to the gym. Keep up the great work.