You can't logically argue with anything that Ed says, he is so intelligent, factual, rational, eloquent and articulate, and everything he says just makes so much sense. I'd love to see Ed go into politics.
@@exxtraterestial nope, I started from standard American to keto to carnivore. I don’t live in an echo chamber and I like to see what other groups are thinking even if they’re obviously part of a delusional hive-mind cult.
Jakob, I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
Love how you explained how 85% of soya grown is fed to livestock animals after setting such a great story behind that fact. Such an engaging speaker love to listen to your effective words!!!!
Thank goodness that Ed decided not to bury his head in the sand that day that he read that BBC news report of the chickens on the way to the slaughter house. Think of all the activism he has done since that day and the number of people he convinced to go vegan. The number of animal lives he single handedly saved, which I can only assume would be in the hundreds of thousands, can all be traced back to that moment in his life and all because it decided to make a change. He is one of the most important advocates in todays animal rights movement and I am so thankful for him. Thank you Ed, you've convinced me to go vegan and I am very proud.
I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
@@lindamayer4549 I have binge eating disorder and to me it’s still not an excuse. you can just get the vegan options. vegan meat on your sandwich with vegan mayonaise. vegan ice cream for when you’re feeling sad. a nice bag of doritos for your favourite movie.
He's doesn't do rescue. I've been vegan for decades and joined and worked very hard for 2 animal rights groups.....but doing it on my own I'd be lost. I'd like to know how he started out....and how he got so damned patient dealing with all the ppl telling him how wrong he is.
@@lindamayer4549 People who haven't suffered from disordered eating can't really comment on it because they don't know what it is like. As someone who has suffered from eating disorders I have actually found veganism to be helpful. The reason is because when we are using food for emotional reasons we are focused on ourselves. When we restrict food as a way to feel control over something in our lives we are doing it to make ourselves feel better. When we eat "bad food" that we "shouldn't" we are doing it to punish ourselves. Either way the focus is on self/ego. So if you try a plant based diet because you want to be skinny/healthy your focus is still on self and you are likely to slip into traps of control/punishment. However when it comes to veganism our behaviours are motivated by something outside ourselves. Our thoughts are focused on others. That can be a far better motivator because honestly we don't always like ourselves very much. Trauma can also help us connect better with animal suffering. We know some of what they are feeling! Of course trauma can also cause disconnect and we may need to try various therapies (EMDR, meditation and grounding techniques, sensory or movement therapies etc.) before we are able to connect with anything outside ourselves and our own suffering. Veganism aside to change disordered eating behaviours we need to shift thoughts/views surrounding food. No good food/bad food or control/punishment. Food is just fuel. I also found it helpful to view food as an adventure and instead of focusing on restricting (and inevitably "failing" and punishment with "bad food") I looked at trying all kinds of new foods. Like I had never tried eggplant or tomato relish on a veggie burger. There are so many interesting foods out there to try. It helped a lot. Of course it is not as simple as just snapping your fingers and it magically happens. It has taken me lots of therapy and becoming older and wiser and learning about myself. But for the last year at least I have been happily vegan with zero negative thoughts around food or self destructive behaviours.
Hi Ed, if you were my boy I'd be super proud of the lovely man you are. My son is an avid cyclist who went vegan for 2 reasons, 1 because of the health benefits and being fitter and 2 because of the animals. I've never been a big meat eater but mostly been veggie and thought I was doing my bit for the animals, yes I couldn't have been more wrong, my son has never been preachy but has been very happy to answer my questions, we've always had a great relationship and when I enquired what I could watch he told me about you and a couple documentaries on you tube. Wow, after listening to you and then crying my eyes out at 2am watching what really goes on, all I wanted to do was get up and go cuddle my beautiful dogs and enjoy how much they enrich my life and hopefully mine theirs. So at 60 I have gone vegan, my son takes me shopping and we swap recipes and I've never felt better both in mind and body. My money will never again buy into such a horrid trade. Thank you for being you and your vocation to educate people.
He a con artist pulling the wool over peoples eyes he funded by Blue Horizon Ventures. If you look him up on Companies House under his real name. Edward Gaunt, you can see he takes all the profits from his non-profit restaurants and charities for himself. He's pulling in £15,000+ a month just for lying to vegans.
@@darrenmcintosh8471 There wasn´t a single lie in this speach and his activism generates a heck of a lot more than 15.000 a month so I don´t know what you are trolling about.
I was vegetarian for 7 years until I stumbled upon Ed’s “you will never look at your life in the same way again speech”. I have been vegan ever since. His speeches are so well articulated it’s mind blowing or mind opening. RUclips is the extent of my social media but I share your content with my meat eating friends and family all the time. I’m getting better at articulating why those of us that have access to vegan food should go vegan everyday!! Thank you Ed.
Ed is such an articulate and persuasive speaker. Compassion and understanding permeates throughout his words. It's truly amazing and I hope I can do similarly
Man, the logical reasoning here is amazing. Before I discovered you I wasn't able to put into words the reasons why veganism is a logical choice and not just emotional. Thanks so much for helping me discover my own voice.
I was another person who said, “I could never be vegan.” 18 years vegan now, and it was, and still is, easy. Meals are just as satisfying, I feel good, and I’m glad I made the change. My wife did the same. (She had the same reservations, and now looks back and wonders what all the fuss was about.)
I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
@@lindamayer4549 Don't beat yourself up about mistakes and missteps, they happen and that's alright. The most important thing is that already are of the mindset of reducing suffering for animals. Have you considered meat alternatives instead of using real meat?
@@lindamayer4549 yeah that’s valid, i’m pretty sure so many people have that issue. Sometimes i’m craving real bad for like the real deal ice cream, but that’s mostly because i’m around the place or someone else is getting it, it’s mainly the accessability part for me. And also the social part. Like i’m totally fine with non dairy ice cream and many places have non dairy options but occasionally my family goes to a place that doesn’t and so it can be challenging/awkward. I would normally suggest like trying to do something else that’s fun that can create those happiness chemicals in the brain without using food, but i know it’s waaay easier said then done. For me, I don’t think I could buy something with animal products in it myself, but I have a harder time if it’s like a party or something.
I've been vegan for 5 years now and Ed's videos definitely helped me make that decision. I feel much better now because I know I do my little bit to decrease animal suffering.
Brilliant speech Ed! I was blown away by the articulate and impressive delivery of such important information. I hope to emulate you in the future as best I can. Keep up the amazing work brother!! Your voice is inspiring millions to step up and be the change in this world so lost. Thank you so much for being that light in the darkness. You're an absolute legendary rockstar mate!
Its easier then you think! A 5 minute meal you had last Tuesday isn’t worth the torment, confinement and brutal life they endure. Their entire existence all for something you won’t remember
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 so the animals that you pay to be gas chambered aren’t given supplements? Or are they given the most supplementation? You do realize weather you consume a tortured animal or not most persons lack in their diets! Moreover, the scientific evidence shows we can live if not thrive on a whole foods plant based diet. I get my vitamin D3 from the sun thanks if not I take a supplement nbd Most diets you can live with. Some that are higher in saturated fat and heme iron have been linked to a number of heath issues. But I’m not really here to debate weather or not you feed animals supplements instead of directly taking them or that you risk contracting ecoli, salmonella, listeria aka food poisoning which could shorten you’re lifespan and cause a plethora of neurological issues or that you eat carcasses with the potential of a whole host of diseases. Or that you’ll consume toxic microbiological chemicals sprayed on the body parts to kill said pathogens. I mean that doesn’t include antibiotics resistance, residues or shelf life situations.. hmm I think seeing animals tortured first hand would give you some perspective then you’d see things from a reasonable viewpoint. I’ve been on both sides and have seen nothing but positives moving away from that. I don’t particularly like that we torture pigs chickens in Co2 gas chambers or shoot cows in the head or take their lives at all! We are all here together so Uhm ya go vegan for a year then come back at me with a real argument (I’m guessing you won’t have one by then)regarding animal rights the food science is already there
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 then how come there are plenty of vegans who are not just alive but thriving? You have so many professional athletes and Olympians who are vegan. And many more aren’t fully vegan but eat a mostly plant based diet and they’re doing great. If a vegan diet was inherently unhealthy, that wouldn’t be possible.
@@photocannon4462 "then how come there are plenty of vegans who are not just alive but thriving?" No vegan is thriving, none. "You have so many professional athletes and Olympians who are vegan. " Who and for how long? "And many more aren’t fully vegan but eat a mostly plant based diet " Standard-diet is plant-based. "and they’re doing great." The more animal products they take in, the greater they do.
The fact that Ed has impacted so many people’s lives by educating them or planting seeds, and also impacted so many animal lives is just incredible. He’s the reason so many people have opened their eyes to veganism. Including me. Very grateful for him and his dedication. I hope to support him financially very soon!
Wow! Ed , you have such a gift! The amount of insight, intelligence and kindness is just amazing. Thank you for using your gift to the fullest. I am so grateful. Vegan for life!
Ed has and continues to do so much for the Vegan movement. He will be recognized more and more as these issues he speaks of become hard known truths in future time. Youth of tomorrow will not be able to turn back time but we have the power to literally change their lives.
A few years ago,my youngest son attended tap dance classes and after lessons,the kids, parents and tap teacher would hang out at the local school,playing in one of the playgrounds and eating hot fries and pizza together. The tap teacher and I were vegan,so I bought a few Vegan Beef & Onion pizzas from the Dominos across the road and another Mum bought fries from the best hot chips ( fries ) place around and another Mum bought meat pizzas from Dominos. Everyone tried the pizzas I bought ( except my son ) and declared,henceforth,they would NEVER buy non vegan pizza from Dominos,that they WOULD buy vegan pizza from Dominos,as it was so delicious and they preferred the taste of the vegan ones. A tiny step in the right direction,junk food arguments aside.
I know he speaks from the heart when he's talking vegan, but I have never heard him get so personal. I'm one of the lucky few whose parents discovered it first. It only took me a couple of months to get it, but I really didn't understand until I got there myself and realized the gravity of what happens without any necessity. The rest of my family are still unconvinced and have unfortunately already seen me ungratefully consume feta-short-of-a-greek-salad beside their veal. ^^;
We don't become copies of our parents, but they influence strongly who we become. My guess is that both of Ed's parents are immensely proud of the person he now is..
I'd almost look at the parents / moral upbringing argument (near the end of the video) in another way. If your parents raised you to be a good person, you could argue that going vegan is the apotheosis of the way they brought you up; you have simply gone a bit further than they have down the road of 'moral good' because you have a more sophisticated understanding of animal suffering, climate breakdown, and so on. Rather than feeling that your veganism is a moral judgement on them, they could, conversely, view it as the fulfillment of a parenting job well done.
Hi, your last sentence makes no sense! Of course vegans judge non vegans and if parents raise their children as vegans, then they don't need a vegan to tell them, that they're great parents for doing so!! Conversely, raising your children to be kind to people and animals yet give them meat to eat, doesn't make them amoral or bad parents either!
@@mathonamoore123 My last sentence does make sense in the specific context of the video. I'm referring uniquely to something Ed Winters said about his relationship with his parents near the end of the video, not making a general statement. (I initially thought this video was on his channel. When I realised it wasn't, I looked for it over there so I could transfer my comment, but I couldn't find it.) I also agree with you that vegans judge non-vegans (and vice versa) and that good, kind people with a good moral compass, who eat meat and dairy, can be excellent parents who bring up kids to be kind to animals, among other things. I know that first-hand. I'm not saying that a morally good upbringing is attendant upon having vegan parents, or that one is a good parent simply by virtue of being vegan.
@@Equinox1.5 hello, nice to hear from you. I have to admit, I do eat meat and I hate how animals are treated in slaughter houses (day old baby chicks being crushed to death, that really upset me, chopping off their beaks, I saw baby pigs having their tails ripped off, overcrowded warehouse floors, with chickens being crushed and pecked to death, dying from disease and injury, killing cows that are pregnant and then just murdering their full term baby when it should be allowed to be born! (that was the first I heard of it and I'm sickened by it, I don't even agree with human abortion! Etc plus you can throw on evil employees that kick the animals, throw them around the place, hit them with iron bars, artificial insemination, removing a newborn calf from its 'mum etc) my point is that although I say, stop all of the above and just kill the animals quickly and painlessly, the more I listen to Ed the more I am thinking, you know what? He makes a lot of sense. My father once told me, as a late teen to never date a man you see harming an animal ie say he ', just' kicks his dog out of his way (I don't agree with that) as he said he's a bad man that will also harm you! I taught my son similar things, we fed the local ducks in the reserve and the local swans, both lived near our house. We had cats, dogs, goldfish and hamsters as pets too. So, my son isn't going to go around harming any sentient beings yet, he eats meat and that's the point that Ed makes. In general, all normal people abhor harming any sentient beings, yet in the slaughter house they are brutally abused by what people think is just a legal part of food production. I don't agree that animals are equally important as humans, I don't have a problem eating them but I would like all the above and more slaughter house practises to end. The question is though, can you have a slaughter house that treats animals well and ends their lives quickly and painlessly? I am beginning to think you can't, as to treat them all properly would cost money as where do you put the day old unwanted male chicks? I don't understand why they can't be raised to adulthood and be killed painlessly for their meat I think just crushing, live chicks to death is sick. If we wanted all animals to have lots of space then you need more space and that costs money too. Everything that happens in the process, is to make as much profit as possible. I don't know what to do, I have reduced my meat consumption drastically, the past 20 years but I can't seem to become fully vegetarian. I think I'd find vegan ism too difficult altogether. Anyway, the market always dictates industry, if enough people refuse to eat meat and dairy then, the industry will die. I am pleased that meat eaters, are eating less meat, its a start. Take care and God bless from Ireland xx
This is an eye opener. Before this, I had a very shallow understanding of how animal products are bad for the environment viz, methane release, carbon and water footprint. But now I realise it is far more devastating that include biodiversity loss, inefficient land use and razing forests
I really like Ed's knowledge, sensitivity, patience, etc of the topic. I much appreciate his speeches and stalls from years. One aspect I criticize in this talk is his position on "lab-grown meat". Matters of ethics should be united in one's actions and reasoning, not separated and working on one matter of ethics and morality which clashes with 10 others. If I learnt a "take-home message" from human history of science and the so called capitalism-driven "progress" is that when humans try to replace natural processes with artificially-generated ones (see GMO business, Geo-engeneering madness, the loads of harm from the chemical industry in dealing with natural inconveniencing reality, ...for shortcuts apparent solutions... e.g. how artificial landscapes or mass production lead to pest infestations and the idea that humans could narrow-mindedly produce pesticides that would take care of the issue without major side effects: what about all the other aspects that those pesticides caused, by being artificially generated) which tend to normally only hit human ego and arrogance with one fact: ideas as lab-meat, as "magical" DDT, "agent orange", as pesticides only work while there is no big picture in the mind of those who produce them to make it easier for us to circumvent the harder, but wiser, humble use of nature. Making the step into animal-meat-free food without "playing God" is wiser. A harder way tends to be a more constructive way. Let's be cautious about lab-meat. I get a feeling it will be the next costly flop, as feeding animal bones to cows lead to the "mad cow syndrome" (cost: loads of suffering and death especially). Lab-work was also behind Posillac. Lab-work from people who assumed they knew enough to "control", "manage", "replace" thousands-years old natural cow habits and feed with something that narrow-mindedly worked for "business productivity"! Let's keep it as whole and natural as possible. It may take longer, but think of the impact on the cause if this "lab-meat" bears serious side effects which were not put into the "business rush-plan"? Would they blame it on the "vegan movement"? Would that lead higher pressure on "animal-meat and dairy" industry as a rebound effect?
Also agree with Ed on eating with non vegans. I've got a couple close friends that are non vegan and they are starting to think about these things and eat less meat. They realize I research the crap or of things and I care about my health. If we avoid eating around meat eaters we are missing the chance to expose them to other options and we may be the only one around them to show them is a real option. We are essentially normalizing vegan options when we are involved in the same activities and eating at the same places but choosing vegan options. We are showing them we aren't restricted by our diet and they can make the change while still going about their day normally.
My mother raised me as a meat eater and an anti vegan. Until I turned about 27 years old and I heard about the word gmo. That started me down a rabbit hole that I never even knew it end up with me being vegan for 12 years now. I remember I used to get into arguments with vegans about protein and animals are here for us to eat you're for us to eat. It's amazing how a person can come full circle once the idea to do something becomes their own instead of a followed idea.
That's a really sad story,of your Mum's response after eating at Unity Diner...and the ham sandwich incident. Patience and perseverance,those are great words to take away from this presentation,as almost a mantra,for navigating relationships with non vegans, especially those whom we love. Thank you.
I think Ed is one of few people who can express the moral issues with meat consumption without coming off as judging or attacking in any way. I love him for it.
Really like how Ed added in the nutritional info in this speech. I think that's a concern for many people and it stops people from going vegan. At the end of the day, if someone goes vegan they are accomplishing the goal of reducing animal cruelty. So we should be using all legitimate arguments in our favor to show people veganism is the correct choice. I went vegan for the health benefits at first myself cause that's something that is a big focus on my life. Once I realized that I can be healthy, even healthier, I really took an interest in the human treatment of animals. I think when someone stops eating animals and realizes there is no need that part just comes into our minds. Nobody wants animals treated with abuse but far too many people just accept it as a necessary evil in their minds. People have been lied to their entire lives by the meat, dairy, and egg industry. That's challenging to deprogram the thought of needing animal products to be healthy.
I don't consider myself religious, but people say veganism is a cult, or religion. If it is, I was converted by Ed to be a vegan. So... is Ed the vegan Jesus?
So wie ich sehe, gibt es keine Untertitel in deutsch, obwohl an einer deutschen Uni aufgenommen 🤔. Unless I would not need this for myself, I would suggest, his speak could be very worthful for others, who are not able to speak his language.
you know, now when i think about it, thinking that consumers will confuse oat milk with real milk actually does have some merit due to misleading labeling on some products (there are breads, pastries and pastas with labeling on the front page saying the product is made from quinoa, oat flour etc but when you actually read the ingredient list the first ingredient is wheat, and what was marketed on the front page is actually just a small percentage on the ingredient list
that’s an interesting take, but from my experience, i’ve always thought the non dairy in big letters is pretty obvious. Also, oats are a main ingredient in oat milk, but i guess if someone thought milk was in oat milk there could be a confusion, although when it’s right next to the actual milks you’d think they’d figure it out. Heck there’s even a picture of oats or almonds or coconut on the respective milk package. Either way whether it’s oat drink or oat juice or whatever, people are still going to buy it because i don’t think many people are making that mistake but if they say so. I suppose it wouldn’t be too surprising tho if people really are blindly walking around and don’t read things bc i work at a zoo - omg gasp maybe some people are offended - and people always mistakenly grab our membership brochure instead of our map even though they’re both pretty much in the same general area.
@@photocannon4462 not every plant milk has on the package written in big letters non-dairy from my experience, I have not even seen that where I’m from and about picture of oats or almond on the package, that’s again my point how advertising can be misleading - putting on the front side something that when you read the ingredient list on the back you notice that it’s only a small portion
@@photocannon4462 and just because it's right next to actual milks does not automatically mean that oat, almond, coconut etc milks contain no cow's milk one could think that it's just flavored with oats, almonds, coconuts etc. like there are chocolate milks, they don't contain only chocolate and water
@@photocannon4462 and there indeed are people who just grab things without reading, for example my mother is getting old and she has a poor eyesight, so she isn't able to read the small print without her glasses which she always forgets only at home when i read the ingredients list i then find out that she bought things that are not vegan and I know that there are a lot of people who don't have a medical excuse or age excuse, who are just simply dumb and that's why they just walk around blindly where I live, there hardly ever are vegan products that have with big bold letters written the word vegan on the products, maybe in some other countries the labeling of products is more transparent
If you are a human and you are a being you will go Vegan....because Human and being are two different poles...you can be Human and can be a Human being...Love all and stay healthy ....Meat, dairy, is not at all Healthy
that's what I get for not finishing his whole conversation, he covered the rainforest dilemma too. Soy isn't food for chickens and cows, I don't recall what it does to them
Part of being vegan for me is health as well. So the lab grown meat would still cause all the health issues eating animals causes. Just for that reason it seems unnecessary for me. Rather not torture animals and be healthier at the same time. I would say it's a better option of course when compared to what we currently do. If my only reason was for the animals I would be eating twinkies and slamming multivitamins all day lol. I think it is also off putting for non-vegans when they see vegans that don't look healthy do to eating junk. So being a healthy vegan promotes veganism more successfully. There's even some vegan bodybuilders out there that I believe add a great piece to the debate cause it destroys some of the negative stereotypes with veganism. Ed, you were the first person to get me to look into veganism before I made the change. The reason I listened to you was due to your polite approach, knowledge, and the way you explain your position. Really appreciate the way you opened my eyes. I was in a carnivore diet whet I first discovered your content and I'm an over the road truck driver. I start on the road for 3-4 months at a time typically. If I can easily eat a healthy vegan diet in the road anyone can do it. I actually used to make that excuse, allowing myself to believe my lifestyle wouldn't allow me to be vegan. I'm 4 months in now and haven't eaten any animal products and feel great. I workout in my truck as well and haven't lost any strength and I've actually leaned out a bit even though I was already in good shape when I started. I'm convinced this is the way we were designed to eat. Keep up the great work Ed.
I actually went vegetarian for the taste of meat. I have an extremely sensitive sense of smell/taste. It's hard for me to understand that other people can't taste/smell that what they're putting in their mouths tastes like rotting flesh. It is disgusting. You can try to cover up the taste with cooking and salt and herbs and spices, but underneath it's still rotting flesh. Do you actually like the smell of rotting animal flesh? I finished going vegan when I found out that plain low-fat, real, yogurt was actually making me sick. I immediately felt more awake and healthy when I stopped it.
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 copy pasted from anti vegan subreddit lol i wrote a long ass response about this already but half the things you listed are not even essential nutrients or even nutrients that are recommended to be taken, and the essential ones you've listed all have vegan sources. There are plenty of vitamin A sources, D3 can be extracted from plant fungi lichen, coq10 is available from plant based sources and deficiencies of it haven't even been noted in the general population. Carnosine doesn't need to be taken in from your diet since your body can form it from the amino acids histidine and beta-alanine. Carnitine is another one the body will create on its own so long as it's getting enough protein to begin with however i will address that in rare cases some people can have the condition where they have trouble with the conversation and will require vegan carnitine supplementation, so again even those that can't create it don't need meat. Finally b12 isn't produced by animals, it's produced by bacteria which means vegans have no trouble getting this through fortified foods, plant based milks and a multivitamin supplement. The funniest thing about this all is that the onlt rebuttal that the anti vegan cult minions have to this is "but supplement bad" when there is not only no evidence of this whatsoever or the claim that using supplements is not effective as the anti vegan cult minions like to complain by throwinf around terms like "oh but bioavailability tho" "but the conversion tho" which again, 0 evidence claims that only exist to fuel their delusions that being vegan is a one way trip to deficiency and death by malnutrition. But what's also funny is the fact that the majority of the general population uses some kind of supplements already.
@@maxv9464 "All of these can be acquired easily though, " Easiest with animal-products. Best raw. "And not all are necessary for health." I need them all, which You not need?
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 Saturated animal fat comes to mind. That's not a necessity for humans to survive, why would you include it? And I've been vegan healthily for several years now, though many have been vegan for far longer. I think it's been made quite clear, as well as by the positions of major diatetic organizations, that you can be healthy on a vegan diet. (And besides, let's not pretend like supplements and fortified foods aren't readily available in the modern world.)
I think of rainforest or other places, in the persute of coconut oil, or cocoa nibs, . it seems whatever becomes a demand, now creates problems in those areas. money...
B12 is in natural water, Lakes, Rivers etc, I think that was our original primary source of B12, not from Soil particles on root veg etc. I disagree with telling people to use a VitD supplement. They should be encouraged to get out more, in the Sun! I’ve never taken VitD in 37 years of being Vegan, and have never had a deficiency!. I don’t know of any other Vegan who’s needed VitD supplement either, including two of the Vegan Society Founders( 1944), before even B12 had been discovered. I like many Vegans have always got my B12 from Yeast Extract( not ‘’Yeast Flakes’’) that has a lot of B12 and can be used in a number of snacks and meals. Also Natex( a v good quality and very tasty savoury spread packed full of Vits) and commercial products such as Marmite, VegeMite have high amounts of B12. ✊🏽🌎🌻
1. B12 is an enzyme and these are only found in animals and certainly not here and there 2. Not everyone lives in a country with at least 250 sun days a year.
i tried veganism, but my mom said i should cook the meals myself then. its hard when majority of food you have comes from farm you live on. ok, now its summer, i can eat tomatoes and cucumbers instead of meat. but what in winter? i dont have enough land to plant enough tomatoes to last me whole year
@@spatrk6634 sorry about that. I live near the tropics, where beans can be grown and harvested all year round. You said "majority of food" though: can't you buy your beans and grow your veggies? Please, don't eat only tomatoes and cucumbers: plan up our diet carefully. I hope you can make it.
You can't logically argue with anything that Ed says, he is so intelligent, factual, rational, eloquent and articulate, and everything he says just makes so much sense. I'd love to see Ed go into politics.
Ed is an amazing person. He made me switch after 26 years of eating meat and dairy in one week of watching his videos.
that is incredible. You are a very compassionate and understanding person 👏
You are missing out 🥩🥚❤️💪
@@John3_16_ it’s interesting that you’re lurking on this channel. Maybe there is something deep inside you that wants change lol
@@exxtraterestial nope, I started from standard American to keto to carnivore. I don’t live in an echo chamber and I like to see what other groups are thinking even if they’re obviously part of a delusional hive-mind cult.
Jakob, I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
I´ve seen him. I´ve hugged him.
He is such an amazing guy. Much love!
True!
Damn you met him?!! Lucky
I can imagine it’s lovely. You sound a little starstruck!
oh, I'd like to hug him))) he's got such a good kind heart, I admire him!
Aww, I wanna hug Ed! Lucky 😡
Love how you explained how 85% of soya grown is fed to livestock animals after setting such a great story behind that fact. Such an engaging speaker love to listen to your effective words!!!!
Thank goodness that Ed decided not to bury his head in the sand that day that he read that BBC news report of the chickens on the way to the slaughter house. Think of all the activism he has done since that day and the number of people he convinced to go vegan. The number of animal lives he single handedly saved, which I can only assume would be in the hundreds of thousands, can all be traced back to that moment in his life and all because it decided to make a change. He is one of the most important advocates in todays animal rights movement and I am so thankful for him. Thank you Ed, you've convinced me to go vegan and I am very proud.
@@twintwo1429 I call bs
I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
@@lindamayer4549 I have binge eating disorder and to me it’s still not an excuse. you can just get the vegan options. vegan meat on your sandwich with vegan mayonaise. vegan ice cream for when you’re feeling sad. a nice bag of doritos for your favourite movie.
He's doesn't do rescue.
I've been vegan for decades and joined and worked very hard for 2 animal rights groups.....but doing it on my own I'd be lost. I'd like to know how he started out....and how he got so damned patient dealing with all the ppl telling him how wrong he is.
@@lindamayer4549 People who haven't suffered from disordered eating can't really comment on it because they don't know what it is like.
As someone who has suffered from eating disorders I have actually found veganism to be helpful. The reason is because when we are using food for emotional reasons we are focused on ourselves. When we restrict food as a way to feel control over something in our lives we are doing it to make ourselves feel better. When we eat "bad food" that we "shouldn't" we are doing it to punish ourselves. Either way the focus is on self/ego. So if you try a plant based diet because you want to be skinny/healthy your focus is still on self and you are likely to slip into traps of control/punishment.
However when it comes to veganism our behaviours are motivated by something outside ourselves. Our thoughts are focused on others. That can be a far better motivator because honestly we don't always like ourselves very much.
Trauma can also help us connect better with animal suffering. We know some of what they are feeling! Of course trauma can also cause disconnect and we may need to try various therapies (EMDR, meditation and grounding techniques, sensory or movement therapies etc.) before we are able to connect with anything outside ourselves and our own suffering.
Veganism aside to change disordered eating behaviours we need to shift thoughts/views surrounding food. No good food/bad food or control/punishment. Food is just fuel. I also found it helpful to view food as an adventure and instead of focusing on restricting (and inevitably "failing" and punishment with "bad food") I looked at trying all kinds of new foods. Like I had never tried eggplant or tomato relish on a veggie burger. There are so many interesting foods out there to try. It helped a lot. Of course it is not as simple as just snapping your fingers and it magically happens. It has taken me lots of therapy and becoming older and wiser and learning about myself. But for the last year at least I have been happily vegan with zero negative thoughts around food or self destructive behaviours.
Hi Ed, if you were my boy I'd be super proud of the lovely man you are. My son is an avid cyclist who went vegan for 2 reasons, 1 because of the health benefits and being fitter and 2 because of the animals. I've never been a big meat eater but mostly been veggie and thought I was doing my bit for the animals, yes I couldn't have been more wrong, my son has never been preachy but has been very happy to answer my questions, we've always had a great relationship and when I enquired what I could watch he told me about you and a couple documentaries on you tube. Wow, after listening to you and then crying my eyes out at 2am watching what really goes on, all I wanted to do was get up and go cuddle my beautiful dogs and enjoy how much they enrich my life and hopefully mine theirs. So at 60 I have gone vegan, my son takes me shopping and we swap recipes and I've never felt better both in mind and body. My money will never again buy into such a horrid trade. Thank you for being you and your vocation to educate people.
wow this made me tear up, very inspirational, Jacqueline!
He a con artist pulling the wool over peoples eyes he funded by Blue Horizon Ventures. If you look him up on Companies House under his real name. Edward Gaunt, you can see he takes all the profits from his non-profit restaurants and charities for himself. He's pulling in £15,000+ a month just for lying to vegans.
Watch out for your son. He may collapse somewhere one day.
That's wonderful and so hopeful to hear! Thank you for keeping your mind and heart open
@@darrenmcintosh8471 There wasn´t a single lie in this speach and his activism generates a heck of a lot more than 15.000 a month so I don´t know what you are trolling about.
I was vegetarian for 7 years until I stumbled upon Ed’s “you will never look at your life in the same way again speech”. I have been vegan ever since. His speeches are so well articulated it’s mind blowing or mind opening. RUclips is the extent of my social media but I share your content with my meat eating friends and family all the time. I’m getting better at articulating why those of us that have access to vegan food should go vegan everyday!! Thank you Ed.
@@twintwo1429 one person at a time .....
Same!!!!!
Two years later, are you still vegan?
ed the con man
How are You now?
Ed is such an articulate and persuasive speaker. Compassion and understanding permeates throughout his words. It's truly amazing and I hope I can do similarly
Amazing speech! I really admire people like Ed for their work.
Man, the logical reasoning here is amazing. Before I discovered you I wasn't able to put into words the reasons why veganism is a logical choice and not just emotional. Thanks so much for helping me discover my own voice.
Sooo absolutely inspiring!! He totally changed my view on quite everything haha... I'm vegan now, I'm very sure you can do it, too:)
I can’t
I was another person who said, “I could never be vegan.” 18 years vegan now, and it was, and still is, easy. Meals are just as satisfying, I feel good, and I’m glad I made the change. My wife did the same. (She had the same reservations, and now looks back and wonders what all the fuss was about.)
I wonder what your thoughts are on this. I agree Ed is making great points. He’s a rational genius. But he COMPLETELY neglects ANY emotional aspects in his conversations and speeches. At least I haven’t seen one yet. I am mostly vegan, but I also suffer from quite heavy trauma and emotion regulation challenges. That includes my eating habits. As much as I desperately want to be fully healthy and of course vegan, at times I have a bad day and eat a meat sandwich. It seems like I just can’t control myself on these days. Just like I grab for a candy that I know is not healthy. I’ve met many vegans in my life who are naturally skinny and don’t use food to regulate their emotions. One of my ex boyfriends was like that. He also had an arrogance about his vegan lifestyle that come on, it’s not that hard. But this absolutely invalidates and dismisses that for a lot of people food is an addiction and coping mechanism and peoples choices around food are very emotional. I don’t feel seen by Ed and his way of debating. I don’t feel my populations challenges are acknowledged and worked with in any way. I hope this will change as part of Ed’s work.
@@lindamayer4549 Don't beat yourself up about mistakes and missteps, they happen and that's alright. The most important thing is that already are of the mindset of reducing suffering for animals. Have you considered meat alternatives instead of using real meat?
@@lindamayer4549 yeah that’s valid, i’m pretty sure so many people have that issue. Sometimes i’m craving real bad for like the real deal ice cream, but that’s mostly because i’m around the place or someone else is getting it, it’s mainly the accessability part for me. And also the social part. Like i’m totally fine with non dairy ice cream and many places have non dairy options but occasionally my family goes to a place that doesn’t and so it can be challenging/awkward. I would normally suggest like trying to do something else that’s fun that can create those happiness chemicals in the brain without using food, but i know it’s waaay easier said then done. For me, I don’t think I could buy something with animal products in it myself, but I have a harder time if it’s like a party or something.
I've been vegan for 5 years now and Ed's videos definitely helped me make that decision. I feel much better now because I know I do my little bit to decrease animal suffering.
Inspiring speech! Ed is my greatest example for my conversations with other people about vaganism. Thank you so much!
Brilliant speech Ed! I was blown away by the articulate and impressive delivery of such important information. I hope to emulate you in the future as best I can. Keep up the amazing work brother!! Your voice is inspiring millions to step up and be the change in this world so lost. Thank you so much for being that light in the darkness. You're an absolute legendary rockstar mate!
This is excellent... Relentlessly informative.
Useless information. He's just not into the real science.
@@roychui6694 This was years ago and I’m not rewatching the video. What specifically is the issue/counter?
@@monadproxy_ all of it
@@roychui6694 Thank you, very helpful. Consider me swayed.
@@monadproxy_ doesn't matter to me one way or another. I have always been a meat eater.
Excellent!!! If this doesn’t convert people nothing will !!
Offcours!!! he convert me to eat more meat then before
@@Gillozz No wonder your grammar is like that, you're not getting enough essential nutrients.
@@Gillozz you came to this video, watched it and then decided to add this comment, care to explain?
@@lap9course he/she doesn’t 😢
@@lap9it’s just the defense mechanism I guess, sad
What an amazing speaker Ed is - great presentation.
Its easier then you think! A 5 minute meal you had last Tuesday isn’t worth the torment, confinement and brutal life they endure. Their entire existence all for something you won’t remember
Plants dont have: Vitamins: A, B6 (pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), B12, D, F, K2. Amino acids: creatine, carnitine, carnosine, taurine. Saturated animal fat, cholesterol, heme-iron, CLA, CoQ10
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 so the animals that you pay to be gas chambered aren’t given supplements? Or are they given the most supplementation?
You do realize weather you consume a tortured animal or not most persons lack in their diets!
Moreover, the scientific evidence shows we can live if not thrive on a whole foods plant based diet. I get my vitamin D3 from the sun thanks if not I take a supplement nbd
Most diets you can live with.
Some that are higher in saturated fat and heme iron have been linked to a number of heath issues. But I’m not really here to debate weather or not you feed animals supplements instead of directly taking them or that you risk contracting ecoli, salmonella, listeria aka food poisoning which could shorten you’re lifespan and cause a plethora of neurological issues or that you eat carcasses with the potential of a whole host of diseases.
Or that you’ll consume toxic microbiological chemicals sprayed on the body parts to kill said pathogens. I mean that doesn’t include antibiotics resistance, residues or shelf life situations..
hmm I think seeing animals tortured first hand would give you some perspective then you’d see things from a reasonable viewpoint.
I’ve been on both sides and have seen nothing but positives moving away from that. I don’t particularly like that we torture pigs chickens in Co2 gas chambers or shoot cows in the head or take their lives at all! We are all here together
so Uhm ya go vegan for a year then come back at me with a real argument (I’m guessing you won’t have one by then)regarding animal rights the food science is already there
@@The40yearoldVegan Still, veganism is malnutrition.
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 then how come there are plenty of vegans who are not just alive but thriving? You have so many professional athletes and Olympians who are vegan. And many more aren’t fully vegan but eat a mostly plant based diet and they’re doing great. If a vegan diet was inherently unhealthy, that wouldn’t be possible.
@@photocannon4462 "then how come there are plenty of vegans who are not just alive but thriving?"
No vegan is thriving, none.
"You have so many professional athletes and Olympians who are vegan. "
Who and for how long?
"And many more aren’t fully vegan but eat a mostly plant based diet "
Standard-diet is plant-based.
"and they’re doing great."
The more animal products they take in, the greater they do.
So freeking inspiring… Ed is unbelievably generous
The fact that Ed has impacted so many people’s lives by educating them or planting seeds, and also impacted so many animal lives is just incredible. He’s the reason so many people have opened their eyes to veganism. Including me. Very grateful for him and his dedication. I hope to support him financially very soon!
Wow! Ed , you have such a gift! The amount of insight, intelligence and kindness is just amazing. Thank you for using your gift to the fullest. I am so grateful. Vegan for life!
Fantastic. Ed Winters is doing extremely important work.
Ed has and continues to do so much for the Vegan movement. He will be recognized more and more as these issues he speaks of become hard known truths in future time. Youth of tomorrow will not be able to turn back time but we have the power to literally change their lives.
Ed makes so much sense.
The speech about family at the end…. So real! Ed is so genuine, thank you!
A few years ago,my youngest son attended tap dance classes and after lessons,the kids, parents and tap teacher would hang out at the local school,playing in one of the playgrounds and eating hot fries and pizza together.
The tap teacher and I were vegan,so I bought a few Vegan Beef & Onion pizzas from the Dominos across the road and another Mum bought fries from the best hot chips ( fries ) place around and another Mum bought meat pizzas from Dominos.
Everyone tried the pizzas I bought ( except my son ) and declared,henceforth,they would NEVER buy non vegan pizza from Dominos,that they WOULD buy vegan pizza from Dominos,as it was so delicious and they preferred the taste of the vegan ones.
A tiny step in the right direction,junk food arguments aside.
Absolutely BRILLIANT speech from Ed Winters-👏👏👏 Perfectly said!💜💜💜
This is SUCH a good, comprehensive speech about veganism!
My favorite video ever ❤
I know he speaks from the heart when he's talking vegan, but I have never heard him get so personal. I'm one of the lucky few whose parents discovered it first. It only took me a couple of months to get it, but I really didn't understand until I got there myself and realized the gravity of what happens without any necessity.
The rest of my family are still unconvinced and have unfortunately already seen me ungratefully consume feta-short-of-a-greek-salad beside their veal. ^^;
much love and respect.
choose love, good health, veganism!!!
Be sure to watch the end segment where he answers questions from the audience!
We don't become copies of our parents, but they influence strongly who we become. My guess is that both of Ed's parents are immensely proud of the person he now is..
Yes family is the hardest hard to watch my kids and grandkids eat animal s but they do respect my vegan way and prepare meals we all can have.
Standing up for the truth always brings a light upon the darkness and that will always cause a strong reaction.
Great speech Ed
Amazing talk! Thank you!!
Ed, you're the best!
Brilliant, as always.
brilliant person, such a diamond Ed is!
Amazingly done, would love to see him live.
This is brilliant
great speaker and good fellow human!
I'd almost look at the parents / moral upbringing argument (near the end of the video) in another way. If your parents raised you to be a good person, you could argue that going vegan is the apotheosis of the way they brought you up; you have simply gone a bit further than they have down the road of 'moral good' because you have a more sophisticated understanding of animal suffering, climate breakdown, and so on. Rather than feeling that your veganism is a moral judgement on them, they could, conversely, view it as the fulfillment of a parenting job well done.
Hi, your last sentence makes no sense! Of course vegans judge non vegans and if parents raise their children as vegans, then they don't need a vegan to tell them, that they're great parents for doing so!! Conversely, raising your children to be kind to people and animals yet give them meat to eat, doesn't make them amoral or bad parents either!
@@mathonamoore123 My last sentence does make sense in the specific context of the video. I'm referring uniquely to something Ed Winters said about his relationship with his parents near the end of the video, not making a general statement. (I initially thought this video was on his channel. When I realised it wasn't, I looked for it over there so I could transfer my comment, but I couldn't find it.) I also agree with you that vegans judge non-vegans (and vice versa) and that good, kind people with a good moral compass, who eat meat and dairy, can be excellent parents who bring up kids to be kind to animals, among other things. I know that first-hand. I'm not saying that a morally good upbringing is attendant upon having vegan parents, or that one is a good parent simply by virtue of being vegan.
@@Equinox1.5 hello, nice to hear from you. I have to admit, I do eat meat and I hate how animals are treated in slaughter houses (day old baby chicks being crushed to death, that really upset me, chopping off their beaks, I saw baby pigs having their tails ripped off, overcrowded warehouse floors, with chickens being crushed and pecked to death, dying from disease and injury, killing cows that are pregnant and then just murdering their full term baby when it should be allowed to be born! (that was the first I heard of it and I'm sickened by it, I don't even agree with human abortion! Etc plus you can throw on evil employees that kick the animals, throw them around the place, hit them with iron bars, artificial insemination, removing a newborn calf from its 'mum etc) my point is that although I say, stop all of the above and just kill the animals quickly and painlessly, the more I listen to Ed the more I am thinking, you know what? He makes a lot of sense. My father once told me, as a late teen to never date a man you see harming an animal ie say he ', just' kicks his dog out of his way (I don't agree with that) as he said he's a bad man that will also harm you! I taught my son similar things, we fed the local ducks in the reserve and the local swans, both lived near our house. We had cats, dogs, goldfish and hamsters as pets too. So, my son isn't going to go around harming any sentient beings yet, he eats meat and that's the point that Ed makes. In general, all normal people abhor harming any sentient beings, yet in the slaughter house they are brutally abused by what people think is just a legal part of food production. I don't agree that animals are equally important as humans, I don't have a problem eating them but I would like all the above and more slaughter house practises to end. The question is though, can you have a slaughter house that treats animals well and ends their lives quickly and painlessly? I am beginning to think you can't, as to treat them all properly would cost money as where do you put the day old unwanted male chicks? I don't understand why they can't be raised to adulthood and be killed painlessly for their meat I think just crushing, live chicks to death is sick. If we wanted all animals to have lots of space then you need more space and that costs money too. Everything that happens in the process, is to make as much profit as possible. I don't know what to do, I have reduced my meat consumption drastically, the past 20 years but I can't seem to become fully vegetarian. I think I'd find vegan ism too difficult altogether. Anyway, the market always dictates industry, if enough people refuse to eat meat and dairy then, the industry will die. I am pleased that meat eaters, are eating less meat, its a start. Take care and God bless from Ireland xx
This is an eye opener. Before this, I had a very shallow understanding of how animal products are bad for the environment viz, methane release, carbon and water footprint. But now I realise it is far more devastating that include biodiversity loss, inefficient land use and razing forests
A brilliant talk
What a wonderful talk!!!
I really like Ed's knowledge, sensitivity, patience, etc of the topic. I much appreciate his speeches and stalls from years.
One aspect I criticize in this talk is his position on "lab-grown meat". Matters of ethics should be united in one's actions and reasoning, not separated and working on one matter of ethics and morality which clashes with 10 others. If I learnt a "take-home message" from human history of science and the so called capitalism-driven "progress" is that when humans try to replace natural processes with artificially-generated ones (see GMO business, Geo-engeneering madness, the loads of harm from the chemical industry in dealing with natural inconveniencing reality, ...for shortcuts apparent solutions... e.g. how artificial landscapes or mass production lead to pest infestations and the idea that humans could narrow-mindedly produce pesticides that would take care of the issue without major side effects: what about all the other aspects that those pesticides caused, by being artificially generated) which tend to normally only hit human ego and arrogance with one fact: ideas as lab-meat, as "magical" DDT, "agent orange", as pesticides only work while there is no big picture in the mind of those who produce them to make it easier for us to circumvent the harder, but wiser, humble use of nature. Making the step into animal-meat-free food without "playing God" is wiser. A harder way tends to be a more constructive way. Let's be cautious about lab-meat. I get a feeling it will be the next costly flop, as feeding animal bones to cows lead to the "mad cow syndrome" (cost: loads of suffering and death especially). Lab-work was also behind Posillac. Lab-work from people who assumed they knew enough to "control", "manage", "replace" thousands-years old natural cow habits and feed with something that narrow-mindedly worked for "business productivity"! Let's keep it as whole and natural as possible. It may take longer, but think of the impact on the cause if this "lab-meat" bears serious side effects which were not put into the "business rush-plan"? Would they blame it on the "vegan movement"? Would that lead higher pressure on "animal-meat and dairy" industry as a rebound effect?
This was amongst the best support supplements I've taken as a vegan in a meat based region and culture. Thank you Ed Winters💚
Love this talk
Also agree with Ed on eating with non vegans. I've got a couple close friends that are non vegan and they are starting to think about these things and eat less meat. They realize I research the crap or of things and I care about my health. If we avoid eating around meat eaters we are missing the chance to expose them to other options and we may be the only one around them to show them is a real option. We are essentially normalizing vegan options when we are involved in the same activities and eating at the same places but choosing vegan options. We are showing them we aren't restricted by our diet and they can make the change while still going about their day normally.
I love this guy!
My mother raised me as a meat eater and an anti vegan. Until I turned about 27 years old and I heard about the word gmo. That started me down a rabbit hole that I never even knew it end up with me being vegan for 12 years now. I remember I used to get into arguments with vegans about protein and animals are here for us to eat you're for us to eat. It's amazing how a person can come full circle once the idea to do something becomes their own instead of a followed idea.
That's a really sad story,of your Mum's response after eating at Unity Diner...and the ham sandwich incident.
Patience and perseverance,those are great words to take away from this presentation,as almost a mantra,for navigating relationships with non vegans, especially those whom we love.
Thank you.
I think Ed is one of few people who can express the moral issues with meat consumption without coming off as judging or attacking in any way. I love him for it.
So good!
I need a talk between Ed and Gary Yourofsky
Great speech
The best speech of Ed....is amazing!!!
Such a funny and gripping lecture. Loved it!
Wow, awesome video, Ed!
Was able to make my mom vegan in a couple months. Kind of an outlier. Dad slowly trying more and more vegan products
Ed's the best
That last story about his mom made me tear up
Do you mind if I edit segments of this video into smaller videos to put on social media?
Please do
This Man will change the World 🌎 🙏💕💚🙌
Absolutely brilliant 🙏
💙
Love it!
You might want to look into Jain philosophy!
Ed's comedic genius in this one. I kept laughing through the Q&A portion of the talk. Synthetic protein out there to get us all!
I lived in London for 11 years. It’s the easiest place in Europe to be a vegan 💜
Really like how Ed added in the nutritional info in this speech. I think that's a concern for many people and it stops people from going vegan. At the end of the day, if someone goes vegan they are accomplishing the goal of reducing animal cruelty. So we should be using all legitimate arguments in our favor to show people veganism is the correct choice. I went vegan for the health benefits at first myself cause that's something that is a big focus on my life. Once I realized that I can be healthy, even healthier, I really took an interest in the human treatment of animals. I think when someone stops eating animals and realizes there is no need that part just comes into our minds. Nobody wants animals treated with abuse but far too many people just accept it as a necessary evil in their minds. People have been lied to their entire lives by the meat, dairy, and egg industry. That's challenging to deprogram the thought of needing animal products to be healthy.
I don't consider myself religious, but people say veganism is a cult, or religion. If it is, I was converted by Ed to be a vegan. So... is Ed the vegan Jesus?
So wie ich sehe,
gibt es keine Untertitel
in deutsch,
obwohl an einer deutschen Uni aufgenommen 🤔.
Unless I would not need this for myself, I would suggest, his speak could be very worthful
for others,
who are not able to speak his language.
Du darfst es gerne übersetzten😉😇
The only thing i dont have the same opion as ed, is about the spidermans😂
I like the Toby McGuire spider man’s better lol
@@Anonymouserednoise He's great too!
Agreed Tom Holland all da way.
you know, now when i think about it, thinking that consumers will confuse oat milk with real milk actually does have some merit due to misleading labeling on some products (there are breads, pastries and pastas with labeling on the front page saying the product is made from quinoa, oat flour etc but when you actually read the ingredient list the first ingredient is wheat, and what was marketed on the front page is actually just a small percentage on the ingredient list
that’s an interesting take, but from my experience, i’ve always thought the non dairy in big letters is pretty obvious. Also, oats are a main ingredient in oat milk, but i guess if someone thought milk was in oat milk there could be a confusion, although when it’s right next to the actual milks you’d think they’d figure it out. Heck there’s even a picture of oats or almonds or coconut on the respective milk package. Either way whether it’s oat drink or oat juice or whatever, people are still going to buy it because i don’t think many people are making that mistake but if they say so.
I suppose it wouldn’t be too surprising tho if people really are blindly walking around and don’t read things bc i work at a zoo - omg gasp maybe some people are offended - and people always mistakenly grab our membership brochure instead of our map even though they’re both pretty much in the same general area.
@@photocannon4462 not every plant milk has on the package written in big letters non-dairy
from my experience, I have not even seen that where I’m from
and about picture of oats or almond on the package, that’s again my point how advertising can be misleading - putting on the front side something that when you read the ingredient list on the back you notice that it’s only a small portion
@@photocannon4462 and just because it's right next to actual milks does not automatically mean that oat, almond, coconut etc milks contain no cow's milk
one could think that it's just flavored with oats, almonds, coconuts etc.
like there are chocolate milks, they don't contain only chocolate and water
@@photocannon4462 and there indeed are people who just grab things without reading, for example my mother is getting old and she has a poor eyesight, so she isn't able to read the small print without her glasses which she always forgets
only at home when i read the ingredients list i then find out that she bought things that are not vegan
and I know that there are a lot of people who don't have a medical excuse or age excuse, who are just simply dumb and that's why they just walk around blindly
where I live, there hardly ever are vegan products that have with big bold letters written the word vegan on the products, maybe in some other countries the labeling of products is more transparent
@@FruityHachi yes but almonds in almond milk are a big ingredient
If you are a human and you are a being you will go Vegan....because Human and being are two different poles...you can be Human and can be a Human being...Love all and stay healthy ....Meat, dairy, is not at all Healthy
that's what I get for not finishing his whole conversation, he covered the rainforest dilemma too. Soy isn't food for chickens and cows, I don't recall what it does to them
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Part of being vegan for me is health as well. So the lab grown meat would still cause all the health issues eating animals causes. Just for that reason it seems unnecessary for me. Rather not torture animals and be healthier at the same time. I would say it's a better option of course when compared to what we currently do. If my only reason was for the animals I would be eating twinkies and slamming multivitamins all day lol. I think it is also off putting for non-vegans when they see vegans that don't look healthy do to eating junk. So being a healthy vegan promotes veganism more successfully. There's even some vegan bodybuilders out there that I believe add a great piece to the debate cause it destroys some of the negative stereotypes with veganism. Ed, you were the first person to get me to look into veganism before I made the change. The reason I listened to you was due to your polite approach, knowledge, and the way you explain your position. Really appreciate the way you opened my eyes. I was in a carnivore diet whet I first discovered your content and I'm an over the road truck driver. I start on the road for 3-4 months at a time typically. If I can easily eat a healthy vegan diet in the road anyone can do it. I actually used to make that excuse, allowing myself to believe my lifestyle wouldn't allow me to be vegan. I'm 4 months in now and haven't eaten any animal products and feel great. I workout in my truck as well and haven't lost any strength and I've actually leaned out a bit even though I was already in good shape when I started. I'm convinced this is the way we were designed to eat. Keep up the great work Ed.
I actually went vegetarian for the taste of meat. I have an extremely sensitive sense of smell/taste. It's hard for me to understand that other people can't taste/smell that what they're putting in their mouths tastes like rotting flesh. It is disgusting. You can try to cover up the taste with cooking and salt and herbs and spices, but underneath it's still rotting flesh. Do you actually like the smell of rotting animal flesh? I finished going vegan when I found out that plain low-fat, real, yogurt was actually making me sick. I immediately felt more awake and healthy when I stopped it.
...WORDS OF WISDOM FOR THE DUMM...GREAT DUDE...
loved the video.
Amazing speech!
I appreciate this mans videos
Thank you for the video 🌹
wow!!👏🌱
I love Ed.
Because fruits and vegs shipped from around the world are cheaper and eco-friendly.
fruits and vegs in Italy are delicious, you don't need to buy them from exotic places ;)
Good talk!
Plants dont have: Vitamins: A, B6 (pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), B12, D, F, K2. Amino acids: creatine, carnitine, carnosine, taurine. Saturated animal fat, cholesterol, heme-iron, CLA, CoQ10
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 copy pasted from anti vegan subreddit lol i wrote a long ass response about this already but half the things you listed are not even essential nutrients or even nutrients that are recommended to be taken, and the essential ones you've listed all have vegan sources. There are plenty of vitamin A sources, D3 can be extracted from plant fungi lichen, coq10 is available from plant based sources and deficiencies of it haven't even been noted in the general population. Carnosine doesn't need to be taken in from your diet since your body can form it from the amino acids histidine and beta-alanine. Carnitine is another one the body will create on its own so long as it's getting enough protein to begin with however i will address that in rare cases some people can have the condition where they have trouble with the conversation and will require vegan carnitine supplementation, so again even those that can't create it don't need meat. Finally b12 isn't produced by animals, it's produced by bacteria which means vegans have no trouble getting this through fortified foods, plant based milks and a multivitamin supplement. The funniest thing about this all is that the onlt rebuttal that the anti vegan cult minions have to this is "but supplement bad" when there is not only no evidence of this whatsoever or the claim that using supplements is not effective as the anti vegan cult minions like to complain by throwinf around terms like "oh but bioavailability tho" "but the conversion tho" which again, 0 evidence claims that only exist to fuel their delusions that being vegan is a one way trip to deficiency and death by malnutrition. But what's also funny is the fact that the majority of the general population uses some kind of supplements already.
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 All of these can be acquired easily though, and many are made in the human body.
And not all are necessary for health.
@@maxv9464 "All of these can be acquired easily though, " Easiest with animal-products. Best raw.
"And not all are necessary for health."
I need them all, which You not need?
@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 Saturated animal fat comes to mind. That's not a necessity for humans to survive, why would you include it? And I've been vegan healthily for several years now, though many have been vegan for far longer. I think it's been made quite clear, as well as by the positions of major diatetic organizations, that you can be healthy on a vegan diet.
(And besides, let's not pretend like supplements and fortified foods aren't readily available in the modern world.)
SHARING IS CARING.
Gotta thank you Atlantian.
😂🤣 final comment about his parents
PERFECT.
Well done !
GO VEGAN RIGHT NOW & PREACH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I think of rainforest or other places, in the persute of coconut oil, or cocoa nibs, . it seems whatever becomes a demand, now creates problems in those areas. money...
B12 is in natural water, Lakes, Rivers etc, I think that was our original primary source of B12, not from Soil particles on root veg etc. I disagree with telling people to use a VitD supplement. They should be encouraged to get out more, in the Sun! I’ve never taken VitD in 37 years of being Vegan, and have never had a deficiency!. I don’t know of any other Vegan who’s needed VitD supplement either, including two of the Vegan Society Founders( 1944), before even B12 had been discovered. I like many Vegans have always got my B12 from Yeast Extract( not ‘’Yeast Flakes’’) that has a lot of B12 and can be used in a number of snacks and meals. Also Natex( a v good quality and very tasty savoury spread packed full of Vits) and commercial products such as Marmite, VegeMite have high amounts of B12. ✊🏽🌎🌻
B12 is in eggs. Enough said.
@@CyanideOwl no, we can get it from non violence thanks.
@@CyanideOwl b12 is found in a supplement, without violence enough said.
@@CyanideOwl eggs come out of the chickens ass🤢🤮🤧
1. B12 is an enzyme and these are only found in animals and certainly not here and there
2. Not everyone lives in a country with at least 250 sun days a year.
i tried veganism, but my mom said i should cook the meals myself then.
its hard when majority of food you have comes from farm you live on.
ok, now its summer, i can eat tomatoes and cucumbers instead of meat. but what in winter?
i dont have enough land to plant enough tomatoes to last me whole year
don't forget to plant beans as well: you need proteins :)
@@viviandarkbloom8847 cant plant enough beans to last me a year
@@spatrk6634 sorry about that. I live near the tropics, where beans can be grown and harvested all year round.
You said "majority of food" though: can't you buy your beans and grow your veggies?
Please, don't eat only tomatoes and cucumbers: plan up our diet carefully.
I hope you can make it.