My healthy way
1mon 27d ago by lemmy.world/u/FredVegrox in vegan
I know studies that show the healthiness of this way eating foods from plants which are all whole foods with great variety each week, without processed stuff that gets added to food, there are more such foods than I know, though. Yes, I have shared source information previously. I should not have to share that same stuff every time I post about this. Any foods from animals are not needed. There is no great lack of protein this way and nothing is showing there is. I have gone well over a dozen years this way. I find it sad to know people who do not care, and don't think of their privilege of being born without a planned slaughter for being another species.
It helps me to consider that many people have a lot of stuff going on in their lives, things that worry them, as well as things that are taxing on them (work, physical and mental health issues, care work, finances, etc). We all have to manage the resources we have, including attention. Going vegan requires quite some thought, some getting use to, some effort to break out of the habit. It requires mental effort to reconsider common prejudice and misconceptions, and it often leads to facing one's own cognitive dissonance (meaning: if we ate animals or whole life and we now consider that to be wrong, we have to face having done wrong our whole previous life; addressing this dissonance can be mentally painful).
Personally I'd rather nudge people, than to appear as if forcing them. I like some low barrier offers, like bringing muffins or inviting them for dinner. It depends on how thoughtful and open minded the person is, many will just push back when feeling pressured. I remember that I didn't go vegan overnight either.
Are you organized and do outreach work? Are you sad about "ignorant" people in general or family/friends in particular?
I blog and share on media. It is not forcing anyone, but I do not hold back the relevant information I find, that shows this way I speak of, the healthy way for eating plants and not having stuff taken from animals used for that, to have it seen by anyone, that without being forced what they choose they still realize these things. Why should any be left ignorant? It is not with me being emotional about it still. Things may be sad without my being emotionally sad.