If it weren’t for the ultimate goal of vegans to eliminate
any beef or other animal sourced food, I might not be as
hostile to them.
Yes, they can be incredibly rude in their fervor to convert
everyone else. That’s reason four to yellow rain on their
parade.
I’ve gone through spells of being a vegetarian, so I’m not
completely hostile to that practice. It’s just that
vegans take it too far on about five fronts.
1. They are focused on ending all beef and other animal
based products.
2. They have taken it to the extreme, no dairy byproduct
can be consumed.
3. They demand everyone else convert.
4. They are as annoying as can be.
5. They aren’t bashful about damaging pre-existing
businesses.
So vegetarian, why not if you want? When it gets to the
point that you can’t drink cow milk, eat cheese, cottage
cheese, and other products along those lines, veganism
should be a red flag for an eating disorder.
This is not to take people to task who have a medical
reason for avoiding these products. Their bodies are
negative impacted by things that make us stronger.
Something of a slide, here, but I wonder if this can be traced back to the various nutritionists groups.
Here’s why:
My husband has had gout for about 30 years, secondary to the diuretics for high BP. He follows a limited purine diet and has managed fairly well all that time with maybe a flare per year.
He had a major flare starting 3 weeks ago following an injury and perhaps an infection in his hand and I began reviewing the gout sites. Suddenly, all dairy is discouraged, along with tomatoes & bell peppers. Simple carbs have always been indicated, but now I see oatmeal on the discouraged/limited lists.
Only about 40% of purines are due to diet, the rest are produced by the body. Also, much of the purine in veggies is not as bio-available.
Like with vegans, there appears to be major definition creep. I work with fiber and in the past few years, more and more varieties of cellulose are on offer because the vegans won’t work with wool or silk. The newer fibers are marketed as Vegan Silk or Soy Silk, so there is a definite vegan demand. One type is infused with nano-pearl dust and the descriptions always admit that it is not vegan because oysters produce pearls.
Just wondering , but it is a feature of totalitarian thought to keep raising the bar on every issue.