Waking up: veganism: cholesterol.

[scaredyclassic]

it is quite remarkable to me how a switch can flip and what seemed impossible to me, even when I had gone vegetarian (become a vegan? you gotta be kidding; pizza!); and then suddenly, it is absolutely clear and easy. On vacation, a couple times, I subjectively felt “pressured” into deviating a bit into vegetarianism; some egg in a burrito I was sharing with my wife.

I’m not an absolute purist, I recognize it doesn’t really matter if I eat a bit of cheese or egg to be polite or share but this rare exception made me realize how unnecessary any deviation really is.

the egg was ok, I didn’t freak out, or get all dramatic, but I definitely thought about the chicken who suffered, and tried to be as grateful as I could be for that bit of egg.

To have an actual piece of dead animal body meat, though, i don’t think I could ever do that again. I’d rather go hungry for a couple weeks. Vancouver is a very vegan friendly town, options everywhere, and the tide is definitely moving in favor of veganism.

[phaster]

[quote=scaredyclassic]it is quite remarkable to me how a switch can flip and what seemed impossible to me, even when I had gone vegetarian (become a vegan? you gotta be kidding; pizza!); and then suddenly, it is absolutely clear and easy.[/quote]

the inconvenient truth is,… too few people are taught in school or are able to learn on their on there own that there are consequence to the personal choices we make (such as the food we consume)

there was NYT article that caught my eye about the state of the educational system,…

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What Do Middle Schools Teach About Climate Change? Not Much.

…A decade ago, 26 states and several groups representing teachers and scientists unveiled the Next Generation Science Standards. Since then 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the standards or similar ones.

But at the middle school level, even the Next Generation standards include only one standard out of about 60 that explicitly mentions climate change.

…A curriculum doesn’t exist until it enters the classroom. And since so many of the middle school Next Generation Science Standards have connections to climate change but don’t explicitly mention them, it can be a major opportunity for teachers.

But researchers have found that many teachers received little climate education themselves.

…According to teachers, one of the main challenges is a lack of good supplemental materials.

…it is unsurprising that teachers turn to online materials. But the information they find there may be outdated, inaccurate or simply not suitable for children. The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network, an organization that provides free climate education materials, found that only 700 of the 30,000 free online materials they reviewed were accurate and suitable for use in schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/climate/middle-school-education-climate-change.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/podcasts/climate-education-bob-dylan.html

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the educational system needs to do away w/ woke influence,… I say this because seems too much emphasis is placed on is placed on idiotic stuff like gender pronouns at the expense of teaching the basic idea of being able to differentiate a “want” vs a “need”

if more people were able to differentiate a “want” vs a “need” then more people would switch and consume less animal protein

[ocrenter]

crazy how young vegans look compared to carnivores.

red meat and dairy products contain Neu5Gc, a naturally produced carcinogen. this is for all red meat and dairy, regardless of “grass fed” or “organic” or “free range.”

not enough to just be vegan, got to be whole grain vegan as the processed refined carbs are horrible for triglycerides.

[an]

Interesting… When I was 14, my omnivore mom was mistaken to be my sister by my classmate. I wonder how much younger she would have looked if she didn’t eat meat.

My omnivore wife was mistaken, by my kid’s middle school admin, to be a student when she was there for a school event. I wonder if she’d be mistaken as an elementary student of she was a vegan.

[scaredyclassic]

Ethical reasons are I believe the only way to sustain veganism. Health is too murky and selfish to keep one inbounds.

[ocrenter]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Ethical reasons are I believe the only way to sustain veganism. Health is too murky and selfish to keep one inbounds.[/quote]

True, if people would be motivated to eat for health, we wouldn’t be dealing with a 70% overweight/obesity rate…

[ocrenter]

[quote=an]Interesting… When I was 14, my omnivore mom was mistaken to be my sister by my classmate. I wonder how much younger she would have looked if she didn’t eat meat.

My omnivore wife was mistaken, by my kid’s middle school admin, to be a student when she was there for a school event. I wonder if she’d be mistaken as an elementary student of she was a vegan.[/quote]

Sorry to say race might have something to do with that.

My wife was visiting me at work about 15 years ago, one of the nurses yelled “hey kid, what are you doing here?”

Then there was the time when my wife and daughter (10 at the time) were together having lunch and someone asked if they were sisters.

[an]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=an]Interesting… When I was 14, my omnivore mom was mistaken to be my sister by my classmate. I wonder how much younger she would have looked if she didn’t eat meat.

My omnivore wife was mistaken, by my kid’s middle school admin, to be a student when she was there for a school event. I wonder if she’d be mistaken as an elementary student of she was a vegan.[/quote]

Sorry to say race might have something to do with that.

My wife was visiting me at work about 15 years ago, one of the nurses yelled “hey kid, what are you doing here?”

Then there was the time when my wife and daughter (10 at the time) were together having lunch and someone asked if they were sisters.[/quote]
Nature vs nurture 😀

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