Guyfieri5
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I've been in meat and dairy plants. It's disgusting. I've worked in the industry for a few years and have seen enough. I cut dairy out purely for that reason and it had nothing to do with my health. I haven't cut out meat but I do not buy processed meat like lunch meat or meatballs. I go to the butcher or get grass-fed at the store. If the average American stepped foot in a food and beverage plant for five minutes they'd probably go vegan or at the very least cut 90% of that garbage out.Some perspective: Vegans don't find issue with the circle of life (as it pertains to lions/zebras or environmental/circumstantial killing for survival, say the Alaskan bush) but with normalization of meat as a primary dietary ration, a centerpiece in the first-world palette, despite macroeconomics, environmental, and/or health effects. In other words, meat for pleasure, not survival. Industrialized meat production (Big-Ag factory farming) is the most disgusting and traumatic thing I ever witnessed in my life. And I refuse to bankroll its inhumanity by burying my head in the sand, all in the name of "it tastes good" or "well, that's the way it's always been done." Most Vegans are from this dualistic perspective, a smaller minority for the health reasons.
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IMO most dietary changes that yield positive results, whether it be veganism, vegetarianism, Paleo, IM, etc are simply the results of eating less processed garbage like empty carbs and sugar. The closer you get to nature with the least amount of processing, the better results will be. I feel its more about what is now MISSING over what is added.
Thanks for sharing your experience my friend, appreciate it!
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