Why We Should Go Vegan Quotes

“no matter how well we treat non-human animals, killing them in order to eat them is wrong: What”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“We kill more than 50 billion non-human animals every year in order to eat them,”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“It is not just our physical health that a plant-based diet seems helpful for, however, since there are also tentative hints that it can be helpful for our mental health. One study set out to examine whether a diet without meat would have adverse effects on people's mood, and it actually found the opposite to be the case, since, on average, those who ate no meat “reported significantly less negative emotion than omnivores […]”[34] Another study that followed omnivores who had to stop eating meat and eggs for a period of time echoed this conclusion: “The complete restriction of flesh foods significantly reduced mood variability in omnivores.”[35] It is not clear why not consuming meat and eggs seems to have a positive effect on mood, but it may be because of the arachidonic acid prevalent in eggs and meat, especially poultry meat.[36]”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“Another big study followed more than 370,000 people over more than five years and found consumption of meat – both red meat and poultry meat – to be linked to weight gain over this period of five years. The perhaps most significant and surprising finding of this study was that even after controlling for caloric intake, eating meat was still associated with greater weight gain compared to a diet with the same amount of calories, but with a lower intake of meat.[30]”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“One of our greatest epidemics today is obesity. It is estimated that more than 500 million people suffer from obesity worldwide today, and that it kills more than three million people each year. In comparison, about 55,000 people are killed in war each year, which of course in no way suggests that we are overestimating the horror and seriousness of war – how could we? – but the little attention we give to obesity in comparison does suggest, however, that we are not taking the “war” we should be waging against obesity seriously. It seems that we overlook what a merciless killer and cause of pain that obesity and the overeating that leads to it really is: it increases the risk of heart disease (the most common cause of death worldwide), many kinds of cancer, type 2 diabetes, degenerative joint disease and mental problems such as depression and low self-esteem.[27] Fortunately, a lot seems to imply that we have a powerful and peaceful weapon at our hands that can help us overcome obesity: a vegan diet.”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“Another widespread myth is that it is hard to get enough protein from a vegan diet, which is again just plain wrong. Nuts, seeds and lentils contain high amounts of protein in terms of weight, and even bread and oats contain quite high amounts of protein too. In fact, what is hard is to not get enough protein, on any diet, since it is quite hard to avoid protein, which makes it a mystery how this myth has ever become so widespread. Again: We can easily have all our nutritional needs met on a vegan diet.”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“We are using our resources to export food from countries where human beings die of starvation, and this we do in order to feed animals who live terrible lives, and we then kill these animals and eat their meat in amounts that raise our mortality risk significantly.”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“We kill more than 50 billion animals every year in order to eat them, and that is just land animals alone, and we spend many of our resources on these – we for instance feed them with nearly 40 percent of all the grain in the world, which is more than enough grain to feed another two billion people.”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.[2]”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan

“minimize the suffering and maximize the well-being of sentient beings. That”
― Magnus Vinding, Why We Should Go Vegan