This was one of the most non-aggressive and palatable dialogues on "Why I'm Vegan". As a Vegan myself, I have so much respect for your sensitive and non-violent approach to activism. Thank you
Tanner Michels jus yesterday i ate a delicious doner kebab how the guy cut the meat was so delicious with all the fat so yummy it was i could tell ya with the gorgeous sauce and bread and meat. 🤤
Tanner Michels deep down she still advocates for a meatless society and votes for the government to ban the consumption of meat and dairy and I’m sure you think that way too no matter how friendly you come off as
Mayim Bialik is one of the few celebrities I respect. most of the time, when a celebrity gives an opinion, I could not care less. but when Mayim talks, I listen.
I have been vegan for close to seven years. Thank you for being a voice for the voiceless non human sentient beings. It is good that a famous and very intelligent person as yourself speaks up. God bless you 💚
Damn. A really solid argument for vegans. We’re usually not represented like this and it’s really nice to see people taking this kind of approach to veganism. Shaming and blaming others will not get us anywhere and educated, logical people like this are the ones who will make change; a respectable life for animals and for workers.✌🏼🍉🥦🥑🥥🐷🐔🐠🐴🐣🐮🐰🌎
Sydney D a good argument for pasture raised animals from local farms and farmers you can talk to and ask all your questions. We use the same argument PLUS better nutrient density in the meat.
@Cherlock McFly Your “we have unnaturally selected animals for slaughter and breed out their survival instincts” There are a multitude of videos on the internet which clearly demonstrate we do not breed out livestock’s survival instincts! Nor have we bred out their terror & pain upon slaughtering them. ---------------------------- Your “There is no ethical answer for eating meat, it is just biology and human nature. Humans are animals, who were designed to eat meat and vegetables, meaning we were meant to run on it. (I don't just mean protein). No, it is not nice, but it is nature.” We actually do not need to eat meat to survive, & all animals produce some human artery-clogging saturated fat & cholesterol. There are healthy foods that promote human longevity instead of reducing it as does artery-clogging meat, & most of the world’s centenarians either do not eat meat or eat very little of it. With our advanced civilization, it is time we begin living morally enlightened which means we recognize the other animals as other species we share this planet with & stop killing & abusing them. We should be good stewards; not evil abusers of this planet. Otherwise, we do not deserve to be the apex species.
No, it's not an argument for veganism. It's an argument to end factory farming. She's be cool with murdering animals as long as it wasn't in a factory farm. Here. Read. "Animals lived symbiotically with humans for most of human history. When we cared for their needs, gave them room to roam, nutritionally appropriate food to eat, *so that when it came time to take their lives, we honored that life*, because we know that it had been treated with respect." WOW! So....it's cool to murder animals as long as they're not factory farmed. Mudering animals in never cool. "TAKING THEIR LIVES BY SLITTING THEIR NECKS IS NOT "HONORING THEIR LIFE". WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?! OMG.
I was interested in vegan diet so I started to watch vegan recipes and listening to their motives. I also got confronted with clips of animal cruelty but couldn't watch it. These 10 seconds of screams and abuse were enough to change my mindset and I became vegetarian in an instant. Now I am slowly starting to cut out dairy, eggs and honey out of my diet. I must learn to cook on a whole new level but to be honest I see this as a challenge and a new beginning of my life.
I was vegetarian for years too... until I started seeing the very similar if not worse cruelty of the dairy and egg industry. There are great alternatives. It's healthier, better for the planet and better for the animals.
NT S the better question is why can people not stop eating honey? It's not even processed in a lot of things and doesn't taste THAT delicious that you can't cut it out .. hm
I’m not a vegan but I have greatly reduced my meat consumption and buy eggs, honey, butter, and cheese from local farms so I know how the animals are treated. Your presentation was highly educational and the delivery was welcoming and insightful. The more I read and learn, the less meat I consume.
You're heading in the right direction. However, you knew this video was about Mayim's veganism. It took me several years to get myself to total veganism aka, "plant-based". I didn't do it for compassion for the animals, I did for my own health. My mother and sister and mother-in-law all died of breast cancer, my father died of Alzheimer's as did my maternal grandmother. I reduced my cholesterol by 50 points, my weight by 50 lbs and am no longer pre-Diabetic. It also relieved 90% of my arthritis. As I was in a wheelchair up to one month per episode, at least 4 times a year, it was rather secure. My husband did not want to go with me into veganism, until he had Prostate cancer. The fact is that cancer tumors can be removed but not ever single cancerous cell from that tumor which just goes and makes a tumor in a different place. The only way is to stop feeding your cancer so whatever raises IGF1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor) which helps to grow the blood supply for cancers, the cancers cannot grow. IGF1 promotes angiogenesis which means it makes blood vessels multiply in order to create new growth -- only adults are not growing, but this promotes cancer. "The China Study" showed that animal protein turns on cancer growth and plant proteins turn them off. With so much cancer in my family, the only one left alive was me, did I have to get it right or miss seeing our grandchildren grow up? I decided to give it a try and I do enjoy what I eat. My bloodwork now looks like I am 20 years old but I am 67. Since turning Vegan, I do know have the compassion which I blocked so that I could continue eating animal foods. Now my emotions match my resolve to stay plant-based. Dairy cannot be produced without some cruelty and the cows which are milked which could live up to 20 years, are spent after 5 so their bodies are slaughtered for hamburgers. Their male babies are killed and their female ones, are due to be dairy cows. From the constant milking, even cows who live the "nice life" still get mastitis but the gov't allows pus cells to be sold to you anyway. Most likely you are consuming pus when you use dairy and it is concentrated in the cheese. This is not healthy and the fat in cheese is rancid no matter how "kind" you think the process is, it does not change that it is not normal for us to consume the secretions of another animals mammary glands. I spent my whole life constipated. I am never constipated now. I sleep better and have more energy. Used to get migraines, Gone. No more asthma, gone. What did I give up when I went Vegan? I missed cancer and you can miss it too.
wtf are you WAITING for? Be strong. Show some discipline. If you don't ACT on your values, they're not values. They're hobbies. Quit being weak. It's disgusting.
@@mitchelldexter4917 Check out Happy Healthy Vegan and Mike the Vegan. They've got nice recipies besides the rest of great content. You don't have to eliminate foods, it might be easier and more sustainable to replace and displace. I myself switched to whole food plant based when I was breastfeeding for my child's health. It was 2.5 years ago. No ethics were involved back then, however I learnt a lot about the effect different foods have on our body. Since then I don't even consider meat/dairy/eggs food). I'm glad I don't sponsor animal cruelty, but firstly I'm glad not to pollute my and my child's body with dead flesh, chicken period and bovine secretions.
Mitchell Dexter same i'm just can't be vegan I'm now vegetarian for 5 months and everythings is going great when i feel ready I'm gonna start with vegan 😊
Hi I'm 58 years old and have been a vegan for one month, for excatactly the reasons you've stated, I come from a long line of fishermen and crofters, I'm also a nursery nurse and see how far young children are disconnected from where food comes from, thank you for being so honest and communicative x
Adriella Miri I don't actually think she did. Looking at how pieces of her hair are laying or sticking from both angles... I think she might've recited speech twice. And then clipped back and forth :)
Melissa Pinilla Actually, I think it helps the viewer to focus on what she is saying because it brings some variation to the speech. I didn't even notice that she was switching places until I read the comments but I didn't get distracted from her until then.
I can't believe I didn't know you had a channel until this moment! Thank you for speaking about veganism. It's so encouraging to see celebrities talking about important issues :D (and not just veganism, either). Really appreciate the work you put into this. I don't think that there is a way to farm animals in a sustainable manner given our demand, nor ever a way to do so humanely as ownership and use of living being as property and products is in and of itself exploitative. They don't have the ability to enter into such a "partnership." They don't and can't agree to their own murder, an act which can never be respectful I recently spoke in Ireland using their idealized system for analysis of what "the best we have to offer" really translates to for the animals. But I'm digressing. Just really happy to have found you have a channel and subscribing. Thank you for sharing this :)
Bite Size Vegan I didn't know about her channel either. BTW, you have the best vegan channel ever. I follow you since forever lol. I know you've been to some vigils in Toronto. I agree there is no such thing as a sustainable way to farm animals and I do not believe in killing with compassion. This is what I didn't agree about her message. Moreover I am happy to see this video and I just subscribed. I glad to hear she is vegan. On the other hand her character (Ami) isn't vegan at all.
Emily, you said it so perfectly. I picked up on that "humanely murdered" part in the clip as well and it kind of threw me for a loop too after I was feeling all warm and fuzzy about the vegan part. :)
So, what makes you think plants are okay to exploit? Plants are more intelligent than animals in many cases and are very well aware of their surroundings and are social creatures.
Love this video, thank you!! I have been Vegan for over as year now and will never go back (I'm 52 )...once you know the truth , you can't UN know it, you ROCK
Live long or die trying! :) I'm only a few years vegan and just turned 50 ---- I figure I'm officially middle aged because I'm going to live to at least 100.
Ever since I watched Food Inc, I couldn’t bring myself to eat meat anymore. It upset me so much that all I could do was talk about these terrible practices with others. That documentary caused me to research so many other issues concerning our food and water. It’s deplorable. The more I learn, the more I find myself changing my diet. Like you, I’ve received a lot of negative comments because of my food choices. Thank you so much for sharing this information Mayim.
I do vegan for breakfast and lunch and pretty much my snacks as well. Dinner is a little different but I’m slowly coming along, its actually not bad at all. I think the fear of the unknown it what holds people back even trying to be a vegan.
To anyone who's considering to start eating less animal products, there are tasty vegan alternatives for basically everything now. For example, Beyond Meat and gardein make tasty vegan meat products. Also, you might wanna watch Cowspiracy (informative, entertaining, on Netflix, and almost completely free of scenes depicting the suffering of animals).
Nia LaLa V I actually gave my omni boyfriend the beyond meat burger and he said it was super good! I know not everyone would think so, but the texture is similar to real meat and I think that's the biggest issue with most veggie meats!
What do you mean by "almost completely free?" I'd like to watch it, but I'm pretty hypersensitive to animal suffering, probably more than the average person.
I remember there being a scene (like 5 seconds) where there are a bunch of recently caught fish (I think they were still alive, not sure) on a boat. I think there are like 4 similar scenes. You could also just watch the short 15 minutes version on youtube. I doubt all of those scenes made it in there.
i've been vegetarian for a little over a year, going on and off vegan. starting new years (which is also my bday hell yeah lol) i plan on committing more to this lifestyle. thank you for the video!
Hi Dr. Bialik. Good afternoon. Thanks Dr. Bialik. I really like what you say about being vegan, and why. I am mostly vegan myself. I really admire you for sharing your videos about insecurity, codependency and OCD. I have OCD myself. And thanks, you are so brave to show you can be vulnerable. Thanks so much. I know I am not alone. Take care, Dan
As a vegan I want to say thank you for promoting veganism in a respectful, powerful and kind way! Personally I don't feel the need to lecture people to be vegan or be judgemental, but I really like encouraging them when possible.
I watched this video a long time ago and it's my second time going back to this. I'm really thankful that someone of your stature and influence has made a video like this. It's one of those topics that are important to talk about but people refuse to talk about it. I wish you well on your journey.
Definitely liked the connection you made between the animal-related factories and how human workers are treated in other factories. Thanks for making us think!
@@burl123 where's your evidence supporting that? Because I've seen quite a lot of studies inconsistent with your beliefs that its nutritionally deficient.
Please do April. Also be sure to look up the graphic slaughterhouse videos of pigs, cows, chickens, etc. I know it's hard to do, but once you see what really happens behind a slaughterhouses closed door you will be happy to give up meat. God bless you.
@@snowbird7377 Why is it that Americans think that the entire world behaves like they do? We have all the junk food where I stay and instead of being subsidized, it is taxed heavily with a sin tax. It is still very popular because of the fact that some of the ingredients are addictive, like sugar. It is also very convenient because you don't get a drive-through for fruit and vegetables, to name but one example. It's all about economies of scale. The more you produce, the cheaper it becomes.
Okay. Killing an animal who doesn't want to be killed is not ethical. Just like killing a human who doesn't want to be killed is not ethical. You do not respect someone by slitting their throat, dismantling their body, consuming their body, and shitting them out into your toilet no matter how well they were cared for in their life.
As much as I do agree, I think she is saying that people at least used to THINK they were showing repect to the animals they ate, no matter how horrible we realise it is today. Then it was the norm to bond with the animal you would eventually eat. While that is still pretty damn horrific, it is at least not the heartless, cold and industrial mass production of 'edible' corpses we have today. Besides, even if she agrees with you, I think her message is more accessible to 'hardcore' meat eaters than the very accurate statement "any killing is bad". So, if this converts a few carnists to AT LEAST vegetarianism then the collective goal is one step closer.
Anne Bachewich true. forests are taken down to create farmland. Is that right? no. Are many animal's killed/have their homes destroyed? yes. BUT, as horrible as that is, meat production is the constant suffering and slaughter of animals every single day. Every minute. Their entire life. Furthermore, without "farm" animals' need for land, there would be more land for crops anyway, which means that less habitats would be destroyed. Insecticide would probably still be used which, yes, would damage the life of bees too. Animals die either way, but less suffer and die directly because of human action in crop cultivation, and less is wasted because "wasted" veggies can go right back into compost to produce even better plants.
Anne, it is important to note that a lot of farming provides food for animals to eat. ~80% of corn grown in the US is consumed by livestock. Yes, it is impossible to have cruelty free agriculture however we can lower the scale by stopping or lowering our consumption of animals and animal products.
metal passion and how does becoming vegan help the poor animals? They are and will be killed. Go promote better animal conditions. At least that’s realistic.
@@B.H.1987 Supply and demand?? That's how. If more and more ppl give up eating animal products or at least cut down their consumption, the industry will notice. Also vegans and vegan activists DO promote better conditions, that's part of what vegans demand. It's also about building up political pressure in many ways: for animal rights, our own health, climate and environmental aspects and what scientists keep warning us about: antibiotic resistance... Please get informed.
@@jamizo9390 and just to add to your comments, vega life style also shows that it is possible to live without animal products and it isn't hard. It sets an example.
@@alexanderhamilton8585 That's actually bullshit. Every vegan I've ever met looks awful. They look about 20 years older than they actually are. Kind of unsurprising when you have such a horrendous diet. Nice try though ☺️
No... They are rude for forcing their opinions on others. That's what he meant. I eat meat and I'm not calling you a bad person or fight with you because you're not, the same way the Mayim doesn't eat meat and does make us feel bad about ourselves and tell us how our opinions are wrong. She tells us her opinion in a nice manner. She even says she knows it won't make everyone vegan now but that's not her point or her mission. If you're vegan, that's fine, I'm not forcing you to eat meat, but don't force other to become vegans as well :)
They are not forcing their opinions they are putting the information out there and are having discussions. Meat eaters force their opinions on everyone and most of all the animals who don't have any choice in all of this. You have no reason to call me a bad person because being vegan isn't anything bad about. Killing innocent, sentient animals however is bad. What you're saying is that choosing to kill, torture and exploit animals is a personal choice and that no one should be able to stop you. Well that's just not ethical. If I kick a dog you cannot tell me to stop because it is my personal choice. This makes no sense and is just an excuse to keep on eating dead animals because they taste nice. But all the meat eaters start whining that vegans are being preachy, this shows that they care more about their own taste buds than the lives of animals.
You just did exactly what I said the vegan activists he was talking about do... You just forced your opinion on me. Calling someone a bad person because he doesn't believe in your beliefs is exactly forcing your opinions. I never called you a bad person for not eating meat, but for reactions like yours which do not open discussions but force opinions. You can say "I think eating meat is killing" and I'll say " well, I disagree" and we'll have a fantastic debate but you're calling meat eaters bad people that kill and compare meat eaters to people who actively abuse animals which is a complete different story to eating meat is just, again, forcing your opinions on others. Did you think that maybe one of the reasons people feel uncomfortable becoming vegans is because of people like and comments like yours that make them seem like bad people? What do you think? People would react "Oh, I'm a killer and a bad person? Better never touch meat ever again!" It's just dumb and naive. If you to convince people that your way of life is better you need to say your opinions but listen to others as well. Never insult their opinions because you want to change their opinions, not make them feel like bad people, it doesn't help your cause! If more vegan people were like Mayim, I think the amount of vegans in our world would be much bigger. Reactions like yours do not help and just make people hate "vegans" although a big part of them are very nice people (I know some vegans myself)
How did I force my opinion on you? I never said 'you have to think like this!' I never called you a bad person. Veganism isn't a belief it's based on facts and compassion. You cannot call me a bad person for not eating meat because there is nothing wrong with only eating plants. We are having a discussion, if you do not agree you have to give better arguments than me. I literally never said meat eaters are bad people. I just say killing animals is bad. Raping is bad, racism is bad, you don't mind it when people say that because you are not a part of it. Eating meat however is different for you. Eating meat and abusing an animal is kinda the same because you pay for someone else to abuse one instead of doing it yourself. I was making the comparison because you say that you can't tell someone what he/she can and can't do which obviously isn't true. I became a vegan because I was also (like you) trying to find arguments against veganism and pro meat eating. But after a while I discovered that there aren't any good arguments and that's why I changed. If you're not becoming vegan that's not my fault, don't blame it on me. You're responsible for your own actions so if you continue to eat animals than that's on you alone. If people feel 'bad' for eating animals than that's not my fault either, it is because they realize that it is bad. But instead they try to blame the vegans who are like "Uhm, dude maybe you shouldn't do that. Ya know, it hurts the animals and stuff." In any other situation people would understand that reasoning but when meat comes up everyone is like "you're hurting my feelings" and again is only thinking about themselves instead of the true victims. The animals.
I cant' believe I have never seen this before. Just in time! I've became a vegan 5 months ago and since then, can't stop realizing how many people I'd already admired are vegan! Loved the respect and love you showed on this video. By the way, I'd adopted a new dog and his name is Sheldon :) You are the best!
Mayim, thank you for using your platform of fame to spread messages of thought provoking, realistic views on so many topics. Kids and young people look up to you and they are much more likely to listen to you because if who you are and what you've accomplished. It is only through people like you that the world will begin to demand change in the way animals are treated. Industrialized farming has terrible consequences for not only the animals, but the world.❤
Been vegan for 6 years. I started questioning the animal industries 2 years ago when I was 16 but I didn't do any research so I only lasted 2 weeks as a vegan (I didn't have any real motivations, I knew it was wrong but I didn't think about it too much although I was aware enough to cut down. Fast forward 2 years and I am educated and have been vegan for over 6 months. It is the single greatest decision I have ever made and IA AM NEVER GOING BACK. I want to join anonymous for the voiceless and become a vegan activist. I've never felt so strongly about anything in my life.
Yes it is. Believe it or not. They don't talk a lot about veganism or just not eating meat in mainstream media for a reason. The future is plantbased. A lifestylechange might seem scary. But you know what is even scarier: regret or learning it the hard way, for example by going out of business.
I tried to go vegan but I cant because I'm the mom and I have to cook for my family and they are super carnivorous so I always end up eating meat ,but we recently ( almost 3 months) give up on pork and that I see it as progress can I have a few tips or suggestions on how to become a vegan as family please
@@regiatfable Hey, I have basically the same problem at home. I haven't managed to completely transfer to a plant-based diet but that was never my goal anyways. What I have achieved though is drastically reducing meat in our diet. I simply take meals containing meat that my family likes to eat and turn them vegan. You often don't even need vegan meat alternatives to do so. Also, I introduced fully new meals to them and it is working out really well. So just experiment a little, there are many delicious recipes on the internet!😉
I didn't know she had her own youtube channel, let alone that she's vegan!! Wow I'm so happy that there are famous people out there spreading veganism.
It is too bad that self-described "vegan" people are supporting animal and people abuse while they claim to be opposed to "militant" vegans who do things like just show the public what the animal industries really do.
I had a profound awakening about the horrors of factory farming back in october of 1986, when hardly anyone-including me - even knew factory farming existed. But the chickens knew, and they got through to me that night. It's a whole story. So i learned about nutrition, discovered how we are being lied to, how injurious animal products are to our human bodies, and how challenging such practices are for our earth (and obviously to the critters), so i made it my new year's resolution. As of January 1st, 1987, no more animal products. Yay! It was one of the easiest and most delightful things I've ever done. My world actually opened up exponentially to so much more food, wonder, and amazing health than i had ever known when i ate animals and their effluents. I'm a grateful vegan for over 30 years, and highly recommend it for everyone. Thanks mayim, your presentation was excellent!
we talked about changing our life style and eating a vegetarian diet.... after going to the farmers markets and organic or natural food stores I think I will just continue as we are.... looks like another money scam to me....double and triple the price for almost everything. Our food budget would run out before the end of the month... only rich folks are vegans.....
Steve you dont have to shop in farmers markets and healthfood stores to be vegan. Those places are great but they are optional. Eat things like rice, potatoes, bread, cheaper types of fruit and veg, beans, lentils, tofu, quorn. All cheap. ☺
and people who drink lactations of mammals beyond weening age(milk), flesh of dismembered animal body parts(meat), periods of hens(eggs) are not weird? My my how brainwashed the masses are. Like Jim Morrison said: Whoever controls the media controls the mind. :)
Ignore all the negative comments. Yes, its one of the best decision a human can make. You have made it and that's why you are a much bigger person than these taste bud slaves are.. so, ignore them 😊
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I didn't become a vegan after watching this video and I don't think that's the reason u made it, but I learned a lot e helped to better understand and respect vegans. Thanks for making videos like this! #HellofromBrasil
Israel Lacerda true. You can't just convince someone to go vegan just by telling them to. Would have never ever worked for me, too. The funny thing is that I went vegan for a week as a bet and then just kept it that way. not because someone told me to, but because I felt like it was the right thing to do.
Se você tiver interesse em conhecer melhor esse tema eu recomendo muito o documentário Terráqueos. É pesado mas muito importante pra gente conhecer o processo industrial de criação de animais =p Meu canal também tem muitos recursos e argumentos sobre o assunto, se vc quiser dar uma olhada fica a vontade! Eu nunca coloco imagens fortes de animais sofrendo, então pode assistir tranquilo. Abraço!
I would encourage you to learn about how Brazil's natural habitats are destroyed to grow food for cattle and the cattle themselves. Over 1000 activists have been murdered trying to protect rainforest, the cattle industry is that corrupt.
I can respect her argument. It was based on the reality that animals do in fact eat animals, her position was based on the conditions in which this process takes place which is totally fair. The bottomline is all natural resources are used up by one group or another, everything living will provide a "chicken sandwich" of sorts after death..ALL living things not just chickens, cows, pigs, and fish. So I agree, more regulation, respect, and fairness should be applied to this industry.
The issue with adding more regulation and better living conditions is it's less energy efficient and the industry is already the biggest contributor to enviromental impact. It's better to just stop supporting the live stock industry completely rather than holding out for an aspect of it to get better.
QaadirHoward Hey, human slavery needed regulation, respect and fairness too. In fact, if all that would have been applied, we would still be allowed to have human slaves today! Boo hoo, it's just not fair that people ignored welfarism and chose instead to abolish slavery completely :( Just think, they too could have been made into "chicken sandwiches" when we got bored with them!
stupid conclusion you got there, there is no need to eat meat, its bad for you, periods, science supports this, science DOES NOT support eating animals, claiming that animals eat animals is just stupid, humans are not carnivores, we are not meant to eat animals. They are bondage to us, nothing else, we use them as a commodity, just like we did with blacks, and that was wrong right? or maybe like the previous speaker, if we did regulate it, it would be okey :) If you like to shape the minds of young people, then you should start shaping your own based upon science.
I like how the arguments she presented created a cognitive dissonance and so you immediately had to try and rationalize your response, but didn't actually come to a conclusive and valid conclusion, just useless words in the air.
I love this, it showed up on my TH-cam homepage a second ago and reminded me why I stay vegan. I feel like God brought this into my life today and I def needed it
I'm glad you and more people like you are braving the criticism to stand up for animals. This was a very non-confrontational video that just skimmed the surface without triggering aggression. I'm sure you will still get crap for it, however, so thank you for bringing it up. The more of us there are, the more of us there will be. Unrelated, you said something on Star Talk about how we all just expect to be good at things when we first try (I think you may have been talking about math), and people often quickly give up if we don't find that we are naturals at that particular discipline. That really stuck with me, so thank you for saying that as well. ((vegan hugs))
I came across your video soon after turning vegetarian and found it extremely useful in learning how to explain my decision to others without sounding like "the crazy brainwashed vegetarian". Sometimes I come back to it and watch it again because at times it still is difficult explaining the why of my actions to people that seem to be deaf without getting upset and communicating ineffectively. Today is one of those times. I'm not fully vegan yet (but on the path and know that every effort counts), and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for representing people who made the decision to live more ethically in the best way possible. As well as for being an inspiration. Thank you!
Hey Mayim :) Nice to hear that from you. Im a vegetarian myself but I dont drin milk or eat a lot of cheese because of a lactose intolerance. I also get that the dairy production isnt as nice as it sound ("but the cows dont get slaughtered","they need to give milk") and I am trying to move to a more vegan lifestyle. It would be nice too hear from you in a video why you shouldnt reduce only your meat consumption but also the consumption of dairy.
Henry B hi. I'm not Mayim (not nearly as smart or good looking😀) but I thought i might be able to help. Here are some reasons why you might want to eliminate dairy: i.imgur.com/Bp1s6W1.jpg www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/dairy-cows.php best of luck!
Henry B Yep, it's a very cruel life for the female cow, confined, being impregnated constantly, having it's babies taken away (which does distress them, 100%). When they are "spent" and no longer of use they are slaughtered for the kind of meat that ends up in mcdonald's burgers. In fact, dairy cows typically live for only 4 years before being removed for slaughter when they should naturally live until 20. As for the offspring, if it's a female, it shares the same destiny as it's mother and her mother before her and so on. If male, the calf is fattened up for 4-5 months before being slaughtered for veal. And this cycle just repeats itself over and over. Obviously just like breeding cows for meat, breeding cows for dairy has the same devastating impact on the environment and quite a few studies show that dairy is bad for your health, if that's something of importance to you - for most people it isn't, sadly, until the damage is already done.
why do you believe they "need" to give milk. They only produce milk for a time after giving birth just like humans do. Do women HAVE to give milk? No. So don't cows! And they most certainly do get slaughtered. The life of a dairy cow is much worse than the life of most meat producing animals. Just think about it, would you prefer to be taken from your young mother at a very young age, forcibly impregnated over and over, give birth over and over just to have your babies taken from you only hours after birth, have men and machines constantly pumping your breasts to stimulate them to continue to produce milk, which causes your breasts to be constantly sore, raw, infected, swollen and heavy, live in horrid, dirty and painful conditions for most of your reproductive, young adult life and then you are deemed useless you are slaughtered often while being pregnant (i studied prevet and we saw the fetuses in disected uterus from dairy cows after slaughter). I think, if I had to choose, I would prefer to be a beef cow or chicken. Im born, I eat, i live in cramped quarters till Im a teenager and then Im killed, without all the extended torture dairy cows suffer.
elines acevedo My grandparents had a farm where we had cows and I can assure you cows produce milk all the time, not only when they give birth and if you don't milk them regularly they get sick. So here we have two big fat wrongs. By the way I am a proud vegan but not because it is not okay to milk cows or eat eggs it is because that eating dairy or meat shouldn't have been about how much people make profit of them like Mayim says.
WOO HOO!! So glad to see you speak on this. I have been Vegan for almost a year, and I will never go back! Love the way you but this without being to graphic and I am looking forward to what lies ahead! #GOVEGAN
Great video!! Explains in a simple way why how when and everything in between. People don't understand how their food is being produced. Thanks for the video :)
Beautifully put. I've been trying to go vegan for quite some time now, and I've been vegetarian for over five years. The cheese is really the only hard part for me. I hope in my lifetime we will have evolved into a society where animals are treated with respect and seen as living breathing thinking feeling BEINGS, as opposed to objects to be processed and eaten.
You can make your own cheese with sunflower seeds, cashews, almonds-even though the nuts can be pricey-Trader Joe's has great deals and if you can stomach Walmart-you can get nuts there. You can also substitute cheese with avocados-which is a great veggie for omega 3 fatty acids, fiber and vitamins. Cheese was the last item I gave up and I love Go Veggie slices-some Walmarts even have that. I was unemployed for quite sometime and almost homeless twice-so I know about budgeting!!! I lived on beans, rice, oatmeal, peanut butter, cereals, fruit and veggies on a very measly budget!
You’re so inspirational on all levels. The fact that you are an ethical vegan just makes you an all round beautiful, kind, compassionate human being 💖 I love all your videos!
woo! I really loved the way you presented the facts: no chocking videos or pictures, no hatred; you are not making fun of non vegans. You are just explaining facts, the nicest way possible and honestly more vegans should behave and speak the way you do! It would solve a few problems between vegans and non vegans. (+1 sub btw)
Not actually. Monsanto is one of the worst food growers, they are corrupt, and they don't do that. I have a Grandmother who lives in Kentucky, there are farms owned by Monsanto, and there is no sewage dumping. I think you are getting confused with composting which makes soil, this process happens naturally in nature, and farmers have been harnessing this for a long while. I have family who are farmers and I have friends going into STEM fields, not to mention that I have knowledge of natural living, and having fertile soil, which has nutrients and is black and clumpy will help to prevent a dust bowl. Even if there was another crazy drought, the over plowing and not returning nutrients to the land was the secret ingredient that caused the dust bowl. In the 1930s if the drought happened without these problematic farming errors the dirt would be as hard as rock, it would not have become that dusty shit which gave Midwesterners dust pneumonia and blocked out the sun. I would suggest you do more research into farming, different kinds of farming, and necessary practices to ready land for farming.
Ican FeeLIt Not really raw sewage you're talking of. If you put raw sewage on the soil and plant the nitrogen is so high it will burn everything off and kill your crops. This is why you cure manure and create compost. It takes a couple of years to get good cool manure compost but it is great for the soil and growing by then. There are cold manures like rabbit that are, lets say, already composted when they come out essentially and may be used right away. However, sewage is not the tool for growing fruit and vegetables. I do get my compost from my chickens, ducks and goats and cure it for later use from their pens. What they spread around the pastures as they free range fertilizes them naturally. Even in the wild when you pick berries or the such. They have been fertilized by wild poop. It's natural.
Ican FeeKIt That's too open ended a question to even answer. Where is there? There could be any place. Granted you may have seen some shady shit. Doesn't mean it was proper or safe practice. Still I can't answer your question for it was posed in such a way so I never could.
Unfortunately there are factory farms with these practices still, which is why there are recalls on produce with contaminated with E coli etc. To paint all farmers with the same brush is wrong however. Not all farmers use this practice. All I can say is if you really don't trust all farmers, then you just have to grow and raise your own food.
First of all Big Bang Theory has been a great medicine when life gives lemons (lows in life) and secondly I have been a vegetarian since childhood and recently turned Vegan. Felt bad even consuming dairy after seeing Nestle dairy industry and torture cows go through :( You are amazing (real and reel) me that's what makes people love you more ❤️
I’ve told my friends I want to become vegan they haven’t stopped calling me crazy and they all try to change my decision. It’s worst than when I came out of the closet lol
I just want to warn you that veganism is actually quite hard on your stomach and a lot of people are better off on meat. I personally had loads of health issues and deficiencies when trying to get vegan. Being moral is wonderful but fucking up you health is also something to consider.
I've recently switched and my husband thinks I've drunk the kool-aid. *eye roll* Tell them to freaking deal with it. That being said, do your homework. You're going to need a B-12 supplement. Try to work beans, whole grains, and lots of veggies and fruits into your diet. Your body will take a while to adapt to the new fiber- and nutrient-dense foods you're eating so give it some time. But srsly look into the B-12 thing.
Well, that all sounds wonderful, but some people don't really get much out supplements. My worst deficiency ever was after taking Vitamin D for an entire year only to find out I don't absorb it. That aside, the many fruits will fuck up your candida most likely which is what happened to me after eating fruit smoothies every day. I am also rather skinny so going vegan crushed my period. My grandparents were hunters and lived 103 years old each, so I do believe that conventional meat is the problem and all the processing of our food and not the actual meat itself.
Great points, I hope we can convince the rest of the world. I'm vegan never looking back, but I can't even convince my family to join me. Even though I lost weight and improved my health.
She also did it in a different way. The way she talked about like what they do to the animals, and she wasn't mean or rude about it or bashing anyone. She just really thought it out and said this is why I'm vegan. Most vegans get on your case if you make one little mistake.. and that's not encouraging at all. Instead we should motivate and say, "even if you make a mistake, it's okay, you can get back on track" or something similar
Because she made a case for her personal reasons for veganism and made strong, well rounded, reasoned points for each part she discussed. It didn't go into blaming people for their choices, simply that the system as a whole is messed up and we're all kind of victims to it (which is true.) She doesn't guilt the viewer, simply attempts to inform them, and that's the important part. Guilt doesn't work - information can.
This is by far the most non violent communicative way of explaining. When i became vegan,in my country that term did not even exist.It is so lovely finding wonderful ways of approach to others.Thank you for making this video.
I gave up eating animals and using leather/wool on new years day of 1978 (a few days before my 18th BD). I became vegan much later (because of my sweet tooth for chocolate and cake, but I finally kicked that). I'm glad I made the decision because you can't say you are against cruelty and violence if you keep eating cruelty and violence.
Yes you can. some people are slow changers, that doesn't mean they are for cruelty. I have kicked some of my habits, but certainly not all off them. It's a process. And I will say I am against cruelty, because it does make me sad and I am changing my ways. For excample: I don't buy as much leather shoes as I used to, not nearly as much. I walk a lot for my work and I need good shoes, but I don't buy them on a whim any longer. I used to drink milk every night, because it made me nice and sleepy. But now I rarely drink milk anymore, instead I stopped drinking alcohol with the intention of sleeping better, this was not easy because now I have to find other ways to relax. I'm in that process too. I used to eat 2 eggs a day, now I am down to 3 a week. And so on and on.I Am against cruelty. I also have needs and i will not toss something aside before having found a good working alternative.
You don't have to give up chocolate! Most dark chocolate doesn't have milk in it and there are really yummy ice creams- Soy Delicious, Almond Dreams, Trader Joes to try. Also Cliff bars are yummy-a healthier option and there are tons of recipes for awesome chocolate desserts online, in cookbooks, etc. Also even Walmart has vegan cookies-they are in the aisle with the protein bars and protein shakes. Whole Foods has some really decadent desserts as well that are vegan.
Many of the sheep are abused however and there is a method called muesling-where the sheep's bottom is cut off-without pain killers and NO care to prevent infections! Guess you haven't seen the videos of "workers" kicking and throwing and stomping on poor sheep!!!??? All animals used are exploited, deprived and abused!
Wearing the skin of another living being is pretty gross if you think about it-what if that leather came from dogs?? You know that China kills dogs & cats and makes gloves and other items out of their fur and skin?? If it's under 100.00 it doesn't have to be labeled. China can't be trusted-period. Anyway-leather isn't "cool" at all!!! Many of the cows are skinned and dismembered while they are still alive and fully conscious-NOT COOL!!! Also ALL the chemicals used to preserve the skin and treat it so it doesn't rot aren't "cool"-like formaldehyde, arsenic, and many other chemicals that are carcinogenic and pollute, poison water, land in processing facilities. Also workers are exposed to these harsh, dangerous chemicals and suffer from cancers, respiratory illnesses and other aliments-NOT COOL AT ALL!!! There are many alternatives and many manufacturers that don't use leather in their cars and in other products. More people are more educated and aware and use their influence and power as a consumer to change the way companies produce goods-to ensure that we ALL have a SAFE, HEALTHY, CLEANER planet to live on-drink water to drink and clean air to breathe-everyone needs to connect the dots and see the bigger picture beyond their little bubble!!! NOT COOL to be complacent and support cruelty and products that also pollute and harm!!
In your research you’ve probably found that it’s not a diet but a lifestyle ✌️ hope it went well :) If you haven’t already please check out what the health, conspiracy and the game changers 💚 all the best for your journey
We are a Vegan family as well. Thank you for sharing your insight and thoughts about WHY you are Vegan and the positive impact Veganism has on our world and how the brutality against animals is causing so many issues, including taking the civil rights from the workers in those slaughterhouses Love this video 💗
Most of my family members (Vietnamese) end up working in a chicken factory when they first get here (legally in Australia). They aren’t allowed to work when they first get here but need to make money so yeah they end up working in the chicken factory (live chickens). They basically have no rights, working long hours (16hr days) for little money. The older people usually last until their visa status improves, but the younger ones don’t last long. Not because of the work conditions but because the way the animals are treated. Peace 💜
Actually, I'm not a vegan. But, thanks to good influences of yours and my younger sister (She is) ... I have been changing my food little by little. It is often difficult because we live with our parents, and they do not agree very well with what we choose, even if it does not affect them directly (So, I think haha)! Thank you! :*
claudia its not about parents or society every time even they can be wrong sometimes in this case certainly is. "IN EVERY LIVING BEINGS THERE IS A DESIRE TO BE LOVED". go green and promote #veganism ✌
@@anuragmalpani6270 well i don't think in this case it's really the opinion of the parents that is the matter. Because if she was living on her own there would be no problem. But she said that she was living with her parents, so I assume that's it's them who buy food that's why it must be difficult to be vegan if you don't have the control of what ingredient you buy.
I have never seen a more respectful approach to veganism without having to offend meat eaters or making them feel guilty... You are the best by the way I have a huge crush on you from the Big Ben show and I realized now that you are an even more amazing human being and your real life... Thank you for being you
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This was one of the most non-aggressive and palatable dialogues on "Why I'm Vegan". As a Vegan myself, I have so much respect for your sensitive and non-violent approach to activism. Thank you
Tanner Michels im gonna eat some more grilled chicken.
@@BarryKhan909 hahahha! That's your right. But I choose an alternative food lifestyle.
Tanner Michels jus yesterday i ate a delicious doner kebab how the guy cut the meat was so delicious with all the fat so yummy it was i could tell ya with the gorgeous sauce and bread and meat. 🤤
Tanner Michels deep down she still advocates for a meatless society and votes for the government to ban the consumption of meat and dairy and I’m sure you think that way too no matter how friendly you come off as
xValetinax u friggin idiot who says im from the united states idiot 😂😂😂😂
Mayim Bialik is one of the few celebrities I respect. most of the time, when a celebrity gives an opinion, I could not care less. but when Mayim talks, I listen.
This is the most calm, beautiful, rational speech about veganism I´ve ever heard. Thank you
Thanks for the video, I'm vegan, and it's always nice to see that we're not alone in the world. Brazil loves you 😘
Yeah! =D
Lara El yas lara
Lara El vegan power!!!
Brazil loves you? Brazil is one of the leading producers of cattle in the world!
I have been vegan for close to seven years. Thank you for being a voice for the voiceless non human sentient beings. It is good that a famous and very intelligent person as yourself speaks up. God bless you 💚
Damn. A really solid argument for vegans. We’re usually not represented like this and it’s really nice to see people taking this kind of approach to veganism. Shaming and blaming others will not get us anywhere and educated, logical people like this are the ones who will make change; a respectable life for animals and for workers.✌🏼🍉🥦🥑🥥🐷🐔🐠🐴🐣🐮🐰🌎
you mean not like a crazy person
Sydney D a good argument for pasture raised animals from local farms and farmers you can talk to and ask all your questions. We use the same argument PLUS better nutrient density in the meat.
@Cherlock McFly Your “we have unnaturally selected animals for slaughter and breed out their survival instincts”
There are a multitude of videos on the internet which clearly demonstrate we do not breed out livestock’s survival instincts! Nor have we bred out their terror & pain upon slaughtering them.
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Your “There is no ethical answer for eating meat, it is just biology and human nature. Humans are animals, who were designed to eat meat and vegetables, meaning we were meant to run on it. (I don't just mean protein). No, it is not nice, but it is nature.”
We actually do not need to eat meat to survive, & all animals produce some human artery-clogging saturated fat & cholesterol. There are healthy foods that promote human longevity instead of reducing it as does artery-clogging meat, & most of the world’s centenarians either do not eat meat or eat very little of it. With our advanced civilization, it is time we begin living morally enlightened which means we recognize the other animals as other species we share this planet with & stop killing & abusing them. We should be good stewards; not evil abusers of this planet. Otherwise, we do not deserve to be the apex species.
No, it's not an argument for veganism. It's an argument to end factory farming. She's be cool with murdering animals as long as it wasn't in a factory farm. Here. Read. "Animals lived symbiotically with humans for most of human history. When we cared for their needs, gave them room to roam, nutritionally appropriate food to eat, *so that when it came time to take their lives, we honored that life*, because we know that it had been treated with respect." WOW! So....it's cool to murder animals as long as they're not factory farmed. Mudering animals in never cool. "TAKING THEIR LIVES BY SLITTING THEIR NECKS IS NOT "HONORING THEIR LIFE". WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?! OMG.
Cherlock McFly Are you writing your comments in a mental health facility?
I was interested in vegan diet so I started to watch vegan recipes and listening to their motives. I also got confronted with clips of animal cruelty but couldn't watch it. These 10 seconds of screams and abuse were enough to change my mindset and I became vegetarian in an instant.
Now I am slowly starting to cut out dairy, eggs and honey out of my diet. I must learn to cook on a whole new level but to be honest I see this as a challenge and a new beginning of my life.
Why would anyone not eat honey? I keep my own bees for honey and wax and pollination, and keep chickens for eggs, why would I consider stopping that?
I was vegetarian for years too... until I started seeing the very similar if not worse cruelty of the dairy and egg industry. There are great alternatives. It's healthier, better for the planet and better for the animals.
NT S the better question is why can people not stop eating honey? It's not even processed in a lot of things and doesn't taste THAT delicious that you can't cut it out .. hm
I’m not a vegan but I have greatly reduced my meat consumption and buy eggs, honey, butter, and cheese from local farms so I know how the animals are treated. Your presentation was highly educational and the delivery was welcoming and insightful. The more I read and learn, the less meat I consume.
Keep going! do what you can and you will help the world
You're heading in the right direction. However, you knew this video was about Mayim's veganism. It took me several years to get myself to total veganism aka, "plant-based". I didn't do it for compassion for the animals, I did for my own health. My mother and sister and mother-in-law all died of breast cancer, my father died of Alzheimer's as did my maternal grandmother. I reduced my cholesterol by 50 points, my weight by 50 lbs and am no longer pre-Diabetic. It also relieved 90% of my arthritis. As I was in a wheelchair up to one month per episode, at least 4 times a year, it was rather secure.
My husband did not want to go with me into veganism, until he had Prostate cancer. The fact is that cancer tumors can be removed but not ever single cancerous cell from that tumor which just goes and makes a tumor in a different place. The only way is to stop feeding your cancer so whatever raises IGF1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor) which helps to grow the blood supply for cancers, the cancers cannot grow. IGF1 promotes angiogenesis which means it makes blood vessels multiply in order to create new growth -- only adults are not growing, but this promotes cancer. "The China Study" showed that animal protein turns on cancer growth and plant proteins turn them off.
With so much cancer in my family, the only one left alive was me, did I have to get it right or miss seeing our grandchildren grow up? I decided to give it a try and I do enjoy what I eat. My bloodwork now looks like I am 20 years old but I am 67.
Since turning Vegan, I do know have the compassion which I blocked so that I could continue eating animal foods. Now my emotions match my resolve to stay plant-based.
Dairy cannot be produced without some cruelty and the cows which are milked which could live up to 20 years, are spent after 5 so their bodies are slaughtered for hamburgers. Their male babies are killed and their female ones, are due to be dairy cows. From the constant milking, even cows who live the "nice life" still get mastitis but the gov't allows pus cells to be sold to you anyway. Most likely you are consuming pus when you use dairy and it is concentrated in the cheese. This is not healthy and the fat in cheese is rancid no matter how "kind" you think the process is, it does not change that it is not normal for us to consume the secretions of another animals mammary glands.
I spent my whole life constipated. I am never constipated now. I sleep better and have more energy. Used to get migraines, Gone. No more asthma, gone.
What did I give up when I went Vegan? I missed cancer and you can miss it too.
Nita Bilyeu don’t reduce animal abuse.. remove it. You don’t need it
wtf are you WAITING for? Be strong. Show some discipline. If you don't ACT on your values, they're not values. They're hobbies. Quit being weak. It's disgusting.
Oh they’re treated well on the farm..........Until their throats get cut. Real nice 👍
I'm just starting my vegan journey (4 days in lol) and I just want to say that I love your channel and look forward to watching your videos!
Is it still going well??
I wish I could say it was, I really miss it and hope to come back 😢
Mitchell Dexter that’s a shame, but just do what u can! Rome wasn’t built in a day😊
@@mitchelldexter4917 Check out Happy Healthy Vegan and Mike the Vegan. They've got nice recipies besides the rest of great content. You don't have to eliminate foods, it might be easier and more sustainable to replace and displace.
I myself switched to whole food plant based when I was breastfeeding for my child's health. It was 2.5 years ago. No ethics were involved back then, however I learnt a lot about the effect different foods have on our body. Since then I don't even consider meat/dairy/eggs food). I'm glad I don't sponsor animal cruelty, but firstly I'm glad not to pollute my and my child's body with dead flesh, chicken period and bovine secretions.
Mitchell Dexter same i'm just can't be vegan
I'm now vegetarian for 5 months and everythings is going great when i feel ready I'm gonna start with vegan 😊
First Tyrion was a vegan and now this. What a good time to be alive
These are only two of them. There are too many vegan hollywood stars out there.
this is actually the best vegan pep talk ever
Hi I'm 58 years old and have been a vegan for one month, for excatactly the reasons you've stated, I come from a long line of fishermen and crofters, I'm also a nursery nurse and see how far young children are disconnected from where food comes from, thank you for being so honest and communicative x
I wanna see the bloopers where she had to carry her chair from side to side.
Adriella Miri right? It must have been exhausting! Haha
Adriella Miri she probably held the same speech in two different places 😁
Adriella Miri I don't actually think she did. Looking at how pieces of her hair are laying or sticking from both angles... I think she might've recited speech twice. And then clipped back and forth :)
Yes! This is distracting and unnecessary.
Melissa Pinilla Actually, I think it helps the viewer to focus on what she is saying because it brings some variation to the speech. I didn't even notice that she was switching places until I read the comments but I didn't get distracted from her until then.
I can't believe I didn't know you had a channel until this moment! Thank you for speaking about veganism. It's so encouraging to see celebrities talking about important issues :D (and not just veganism, either). Really appreciate the work you put into this.
I don't think that there is a way to farm animals in a sustainable manner given our demand, nor ever a way to do so humanely as ownership and use of living being as property and products is in and of itself exploitative. They don't have the ability to enter into such a "partnership." They don't and can't agree to their own murder, an act which can never be respectful I recently spoke in Ireland using their idealized system for analysis of what "the best we have to offer" really translates to for the animals. But I'm digressing. Just really happy to have found you have a channel and subscribing. Thank you for sharing this :)
Bite Size Vegan I didn't know about her channel either. BTW, you have the best vegan channel ever. I follow you since forever lol. I know you've been to some vigils in Toronto.
I agree there is no such thing as a sustainable way to farm animals and I do not believe in killing with compassion. This is what I didn't agree about her message. Moreover I am happy to see this video and I just subscribed.
I glad to hear she is vegan. On the other hand her character (Ami) isn't vegan at all.
Emily, you said it so perfectly. I picked up on that "humanely murdered" part in the clip as well and it kind of threw me for a loop too after I was feeling all warm and fuzzy about the vegan part. :)
Thank you fellow vegan
So, what makes you think plants are okay to exploit? Plants are more intelligent than animals in many cases and are very well aware of their surroundings and are social creatures.
clear mist what the hell are you talking about?
Best Unnatural Vegan video yet!
VeganRevolution This is by far Unnatural vegans magnum opus. She should retire.
VeganRevolution omg hahhahaha
VeganRevolution OMG
This is the best comment I have read in so long hahahaha
VeganRevolution DEAD😂😂☠️
Intelligence, compassion , and commitment to making a positive difference. I admire you! I love your videos. Thank you.
After stewing on this video for a day or so, I went vegan. Thank you.
now stay vegan!! please!
OMG! That is wonderful. Kudos!
So many meat plant based options available now too. But also get creative in the kitchen with jackfruit, mushroomsoyesturs , tofu etc
How tho?
Love this video, thank you!! I have been Vegan for over as year now and will never go back (I'm 52 )...once you know the truth , you can't UN know it, you ROCK
47 years a vegan and still healthy at age 69. Maybe I will live forever (or die in the attempt).
Live long or die trying! :) I'm only a few years vegan and just turned 50 ---- I figure I'm officially middle aged because I'm going to live to at least 100.
The Leguminator Haha yeah right.
Robert Howes :)
Robert Howes I hope to be like you :) I'm 20 and 4 years vegan♡
Fred J3 not even true lol
Ever since I watched Food Inc, I couldn’t bring myself to eat meat anymore. It upset me so much that all I could do was talk about these terrible practices with others. That documentary caused me to research so many other issues concerning our food and water. It’s deplorable. The more I learn, the more I find myself changing my diet. Like you, I’ve received a lot of negative comments because of my food choices. Thank you so much for sharing this information Mayim.
I eat 2-4 vegan meals a week for hockey. Thinking about eating vegan full time
do it! :D
Support! :)
Ah yasss support this
I do vegan for breakfast and lunch and pretty much my snacks as well. Dinner is a little different but I’m slowly coming along, its actually not bad at all. I think the fear of the unknown it what holds people back even trying to be a vegan.
Do it! What I love is making fruit smoothies ooh yeah it tastes godly
To anyone who's considering to start eating less animal products, there are tasty vegan alternatives for basically everything now. For example, Beyond Meat and gardein make tasty vegan meat products. Also, you might wanna watch Cowspiracy (informative, entertaining, on Netflix, and almost completely free of scenes depicting the suffering of animals).
Nia LaLa V I actually gave my omni boyfriend the beyond meat burger and he said it was super good! I know not everyone would think so, but the texture is similar to real meat and I think that's the biggest issue with most veggie meats!
What do you mean by "almost completely free?" I'd like to watch it, but I'm pretty hypersensitive to animal suffering, probably more than the average person.
I remember there being a scene (like 5 seconds) where there are a bunch of recently caught fish (I think they were still alive, not sure) on a boat. I think there are like 4 similar scenes. You could also just watch the short 15 minutes version on youtube. I doubt all of those scenes made it in there.
Kevin Sarpei thanks!
Mmmm gardein
i've been vegetarian for a little over a year, going on and off vegan. starting new years (which is also my bday hell yeah lol) i plan on committing more to this lifestyle. thank you for the video!
also, 2:45 scared the shit out of me
Hi Dr. Bialik. Good afternoon. Thanks Dr. Bialik. I really like what you say about being vegan, and why. I am mostly vegan myself. I really admire you for sharing your videos about insecurity, codependency and OCD. I have OCD myself. And thanks, you are so brave to show you can be vulnerable. Thanks so much. I know I am not alone. Take care, Dan
I’m with you Mayim! Finally made the move to vegan this April. So glad I did. ❤️
As a vegan I want to say thank you for promoting veganism in a respectful, powerful and kind way! Personally I don't feel the need to lecture people to be vegan or be judgemental, but I really like encouraging them when possible.
Foxglove Eagle you might already know this but check out James Aspey and Earthling Ed for more peaceful, respectful vegan message spreaders
As a respectful vegan I am really thankful i found more vegans here in this comment section thank you for all youve done (:
I have one question cab I eat
Human instead
I am not Vegan, and don't think I will be, but I very much appreciate the way that she presented this.
I watched this video a long time ago and it's my second time going back to this. I'm really thankful that someone of your stature and influence has made a video like this. It's one of those topics that are important to talk about but people refuse to talk about it. I wish you well on your journey.
MORE celebrities need to speak out. There are SO MANY celebrity Vegans who could do so much for the movement! !!
I really like the way you explained why you are a Vegan. This was very very helpful. Thank you Mayim.
Definitely liked the connection you made between the animal-related factories and how human workers are treated in other factories. Thanks for making us think!
Francesca Mele that is only a valid argument if you do not purchase anything you own from a factory.
I love how you get straight to the point! Everyone should do that and avoid unnecessary filler
This is how you make a point without unduly driving people away. Well done; thank you for your voice.
@@burl123 That's just your perception when you don't have an open mind.
@@burl123 ah yes the tastey carcass of an animal that wanted to be animal. So yummy, right?
@@burl123 taste is an argument for you. "eating bark and drinking dandelion milk is not my idea of food".
@@burl123 you know what's condescending? Slaughtering and killing billions each year just to
satisfy your taste pleasures and being proud of it :)
@@burl123 where's your evidence supporting that? Because I've seen quite a lot of studies inconsistent with your beliefs that its nutritionally deficient.
Your take on veganism is refreshing, honestly never thought about it from an economic standpoint.
I’ll be doing more research for sure x
Please do April. Also be sure to look up the graphic slaughterhouse videos of pigs, cows, chickens, etc. I know it's hard to do, but once you see what really happens behind a slaughterhouses closed door you will be happy to give up meat. God bless you.
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Watch the documentary Food, Inc. It talks about this and other costs to human life.
@@NipponCat LOL, you are totally clueless....
@@snowbird7377 Why is it that Americans think that the entire world behaves like they do? We have all the junk food where I stay and instead of being subsidized, it is taxed heavily with a sin tax. It is still very popular because of the fact that some of the ingredients are addictive, like sugar. It is also very convenient because you don't get a drive-through for fruit and vegetables, to name but one example.
It's all about economies of scale. The more you produce, the cheaper it becomes.
7 months vegan now!! 🌱🙌🏼💗 great video :) I love other vegans ❤️
Watch the documentary “Earthlings” on TH-cam. Just once.
I have not watch it because I am already vegan an am extremely sensitive and know that I will cry my eyes out.
Thank you Mayim. I'm just beginning my journey as a vegetarian. I may end up Vegan. One step at a time. Love you and love your character on Big Bang!
Okay. Killing an animal who doesn't want to be killed is not ethical. Just like killing a human who doesn't want to be killed is not ethical. You do not respect someone by slitting their throat, dismantling their body, consuming their body, and shitting them out into your toilet no matter how well they were cared for in their life.
Chelsea Volkina Preach!
As much as I do agree, I think she is saying that people at least used to THINK they were showing repect to the animals they ate, no matter how horrible we realise it is today. Then it was the norm to bond with the animal you would eventually eat. While that is still pretty damn horrific, it is at least not the heartless, cold and industrial mass production of 'edible' corpses we have today. Besides, even if she agrees with you, I think her message is more accessible to 'hardcore' meat eaters than the very accurate statement "any killing is bad". So, if this converts a few carnists to AT LEAST vegetarianism then the collective goal is one step closer.
Anne Bachewich true. forests are taken down to create farmland. Is that right? no. Are many animal's killed/have their homes destroyed? yes. BUT, as horrible as that is, meat production is the constant suffering and slaughter of animals every single day. Every minute. Their entire life. Furthermore, without "farm" animals' need for land, there would be more land for crops anyway, which means that less habitats would be destroyed. Insecticide would probably still be used which, yes, would damage the life of bees too. Animals die either way, but less suffer and die directly because of human action in crop cultivation, and less is wasted because "wasted" veggies can go right back into compost to produce even better plants.
Anne, it is important to note that a lot of farming provides food for animals to eat. ~80% of corn grown in the US is consumed by livestock. Yes, it is impossible to have cruelty free agriculture however we can lower the scale by stopping or lowering our consumption of animals and animal products.
Chelsea Volkina finally someone talks sense!
Guy: *slaughters an animal
Society: Thats ok for me
Me: I am vegan
Society: Omg explain yourself
metal passion and how does becoming vegan help the poor animals? They are and will be killed.
Go promote better animal conditions. At least that’s realistic.
@@B.H.1987 Supply and demand?? That's how. If more and more ppl give up eating animal products or at least cut down their consumption, the industry will notice. Also vegans and vegan activists DO promote better conditions, that's part of what vegans demand. It's also about building up political pressure in many ways: for animal rights, our own health, climate and environmental aspects and what scientists keep warning us about: antibiotic resistance... Please get informed.
true story
Baraa H. Dude, you can‘t be serious??!! When nobody buys it, nobody gets killed
@@jamizo9390 and just to add to your comments, vega life style also shows that it is possible to live without animal products and it isn't hard. It sets an example.
The 70s?! I honestly thought Mayim was in her 20s!
Vegan!
Vegans always look way younger than they are. I'm 56 and someone thought I was in my 30s. That was 3 days ago.
@@alexanderhamilton8585 That's actually bullshit. Every vegan I've ever met looks awful. They look about 20 years older than they actually are. Kind of unsurprising when you have such a horrendous diet. Nice try though ☺️
Courtney The Dope so eating fruits and vegetables, beans is now horrendous? Damn, where have I been, absolutely missed the big news!
I'm 42 and people usually think 30 .yesssss
Lots of love and admiration from Dubai.
I am a 65 year old vegetarian from India.
Love you so much from your tv show...Big Bang...God bless you.
You explained that so well, without being rude as many vegan activists are. Thank you for that Mayim.
Many vegan activists are rude for saying to stop hurting animals and people who eat animals are the victims? LOL
No... They are rude for forcing their opinions on others. That's what he meant. I eat meat and I'm not calling you a bad person or fight with you because you're not, the same way the Mayim doesn't eat meat and does make us feel bad about ourselves and tell us how our opinions are wrong. She tells us her opinion in a nice manner. She even says she knows it won't make everyone vegan now but that's not her point or her mission. If you're vegan, that's fine, I'm not forcing you to eat meat, but don't force other to become vegans as well :)
They are not forcing their opinions they are putting the information out there and are having discussions. Meat eaters force their opinions on everyone and most of all the animals who don't have any choice in all of this.
You have no reason to call me a bad person because being vegan isn't anything bad about. Killing innocent, sentient animals however is bad.
What you're saying is that choosing to kill, torture and exploit animals is a personal choice and that no one should be able to stop you. Well that's just not ethical. If I kick a dog you cannot tell me to stop because it is my personal choice.
This makes no sense and is just an excuse to keep on eating dead animals because they taste nice. But all the meat eaters start whining that vegans are being preachy, this shows that they care more about their own taste buds than the lives of animals.
You just did exactly what I said the vegan activists he was talking about do... You just forced your opinion on me. Calling someone a bad person because he doesn't believe in your beliefs is exactly forcing your opinions. I never called you a bad person for not eating meat, but for reactions like yours which do not open discussions but force opinions. You can say "I think eating meat is killing" and I'll say " well, I disagree" and we'll have a fantastic debate but you're calling meat eaters bad people that kill and compare meat eaters to people who actively abuse animals which is a complete different story to eating meat is just, again, forcing your opinions on others. Did you think that maybe one of the reasons people feel uncomfortable becoming vegans is because of people like and comments like yours that make them seem like bad people? What do you think? People would react "Oh, I'm a killer and a bad person? Better never touch meat ever again!" It's just dumb and naive. If you to convince people that your way of life is better you need to say your opinions but listen to others as well. Never insult their opinions because you want to change their opinions, not make them feel like bad people, it doesn't help your cause! If more vegan people were like Mayim, I think the amount of vegans in our world would be much bigger. Reactions like yours do not help and just make people hate "vegans" although a big part of them are very nice people (I know some vegans myself)
How did I force my opinion on you? I never said 'you have to think like this!'
I never called you a bad person. Veganism isn't a belief it's based on facts and compassion.
You cannot call me a bad person for not eating meat because there is nothing wrong with only eating plants.
We are having a discussion, if you do not agree you have to give better arguments than me.
I literally never said meat eaters are bad people. I just say killing animals is bad. Raping is bad, racism is bad, you don't mind it when people say that because you are not a part of it. Eating meat however is different for you.
Eating meat and abusing an animal is kinda the same because you pay for someone else to abuse one instead of doing it yourself.
I was making the comparison because you say that you can't tell someone what he/she can and can't do which obviously isn't true.
I became a vegan because I was also (like you) trying to find arguments against veganism and pro meat eating. But after a while I discovered that there aren't any good arguments and that's why I changed.
If you're not becoming vegan that's not my fault, don't blame it on me. You're responsible for your own actions so if you continue to eat animals than that's on you alone.
If people feel 'bad' for eating animals than that's not my fault either, it is because they realize that it is bad. But instead they try to blame the vegans who are like "Uhm, dude maybe you shouldn't do that. Ya know, it hurts the animals and stuff." In any other situation people would understand that reasoning but when meat comes up everyone is like "you're hurting my feelings" and again is only thinking about themselves instead of the true victims. The animals.
I respect you so much Mayim. I would enjoy being your friend.
I cant' believe I have never seen this before. Just in time! I've became a vegan 5 months ago and since then, can't stop realizing how many people I'd already admired are vegan! Loved the respect and love you showed on this video. By the way, I'd adopted a new dog and his name is Sheldon :) You are the best!
I absolutely love her!! So glad she's educating people by using this outlet!! 👏🏻👌🏻
What an intelligent woman..
And pretty! ;)
Puta Madre that's not important 🤷
@@lalalalana3181 I know. But this is true! 😃
what a funny joke (if it is meant as one)
Nah, not eating animals is not only unnatural but also illogical and stupid.
I will resume: why is she vegan? - Because she is smart.
@Col83 nope
@Col83 how so?
no
@@bencobey2182 cause vegans are "stupid"
@@noah-gg9fc They aren't. Why would they be?
Mayim, thank you for using your platform of fame to spread messages of thought provoking, realistic views on so many topics. Kids and young people look up to you and they are much more likely to listen to you because if who you are and what you've accomplished. It is only through people like you that the world will begin to demand change in the way animals are treated. Industrialized farming has terrible consequences for not only the animals, but the world.❤
Mayim, thank you for this wonderful video!😸 You’re such an admirable person- compassionate, hilarious, intelligent and beautiful, too! 💛
Been vegan for 6 years. I started questioning the animal industries 2 years ago when I was 16 but I didn't do any research so I only lasted 2 weeks as a vegan (I didn't have any real motivations, I knew it was wrong but I didn't think about it too much although I was aware enough to cut down. Fast forward 2 years and I am educated and have been vegan for over 6 months. It is the single greatest decision I have ever made and IA AM NEVER GOING BACK. I want to join anonymous for the voiceless and become a vegan activist. I've never felt so strongly about anything in my life.
You are amazing Mayim, a very grounded video about veganism!....💚🌱
I agree with you Mayim. You’ve got a good heart. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Fantastic video, Mayim. Just celebrated my 1 year veganniversary this past week
Vegan for 2 years and convinced plenty of other people to go vegan as well. Let's keep going guys. Vegan world is inevitable :)
Amen friend
No it's not
Yes it is. Believe it or not. They don't talk a lot about veganism or just not eating meat in mainstream media for a reason.
The future is plantbased. A lifestylechange might seem scary. But you know what is even scarier: regret or learning it the hard way, for example by going out of business.
I tried to go vegan but I cant because I'm the mom and I have to cook for my family and they are super carnivorous so I always end up eating meat ,but we recently ( almost 3 months) give up on pork and that I see it as progress can I have a few tips or suggestions on how to become a vegan as family please
@@regiatfable Hey, I have basically the same problem at home. I haven't managed to completely transfer to a plant-based diet but that was never my goal anyways. What I have achieved though is drastically reducing meat in our diet. I simply take meals containing meat that my family likes to eat and turn them vegan. You often don't even need vegan meat alternatives to do so. Also, I introduced fully new meals to them and it is working out really well. So just experiment a little, there are many delicious recipes on the internet!😉
I didn't know she had her own youtube channel, let alone that she's vegan!! Wow I'm so happy that there are famous people out there spreading veganism.
swisspeek me too. Just watched her video💃
Spreading lies.
th-cam.com/video/qPuS4MZj0KI/w-d-xo.html
Veganism is Hypocrisy
I'm Vegan and Thank you for standing up for us.
almost a year vegan! best decision i made. and yes i am still alive healthy and walking. and never more happy about my choices
WHAT ABOUT YOUR PROOOOTEEEEEEEEEEIN?!?!?!?!?!
jk^^
you can get all the protein you need from a plant based diet, a quick google search will inform you
you can get an understanding for sarcasm easy, a quick google search will inform you
Arlette S wonderful!
Mad Tad
I know, how many times have we heard this from family and friends?
You rock girl !
I am vegan 2 years now Yayyyy
You called her a girl RIP
ShayIsHere I blame religion. True shit.#veganlife
Today is my 9 month anniversary since I became vegan!
Thank you for making this video!
amber dawn i'm in the Game for three months now. Keep it up 👏💪
amber dawn aka goldmourn 9 months for me too!
Happy anniversary!
It is too bad that self-described "vegan" people are supporting animal and people abuse while they claim to be opposed to "militant" vegans who do things like just show the public what the animal industries really do.
amber dawn pullin me too !!!!!!!!!
I had a profound awakening about the horrors of factory farming back in october of 1986, when hardly anyone-including me - even knew factory farming existed. But the chickens knew, and they got through to me that night. It's a whole story. So i learned about nutrition, discovered how we are being lied to, how injurious animal products are to our human bodies, and how challenging such practices are for our earth (and obviously to the critters), so i made it my new year's resolution. As of January 1st, 1987, no more animal products. Yay! It was one of the easiest and most delightful things I've ever done. My world actually opened up exponentially to so much more food, wonder, and amazing health than i had ever known when i ate animals and their effluents. I'm a grateful vegan for over 30 years, and highly recommend it for everyone. Thanks mayim, your presentation was excellent!
im vegetarian and i plan to be vegan in the future !
What is keeping you from going to vegan now?
Eliana Posada if i start now im afraid i will start eating to much, im going slowlly towards this path, im restricting the foods bit by bit
we talked about changing our life style and eating a vegetarian diet.... after going to the farmers markets and organic or natural food stores I think I will just continue as we are.... looks like another money scam to me....double and triple the price for almost everything. Our food budget would run out before the end of the month... only rich folks are vegans.....
Steve you dont have to shop in farmers markets and healthfood stores to be vegan. Those places are great but they are optional. Eat things like rice, potatoes, bread, cheaper types of fruit and veg, beans, lentils, tofu, quorn. All cheap. ☺
gesus44 Yeah, calling someone names is really gonna help the cause. Smdh.
Great video. Vegan for only 4 months. Best decision I've ever made! Wish I'd done it sooner!! 🌞🌻👍🏻
Fred J3 so people don’t feed them meat? Lol
and people who drink lactations of mammals beyond weening age(milk), flesh of dismembered animal body parts(meat), periods of hens(eggs) are not weird? My my how brainwashed the masses are. Like Jim Morrison said: Whoever controls the media controls the mind. :)
And in a few years you’ll realize it was the worst choice you ever made. But don’t take my word for it..
obee812 Oh yeah, you must know.
Ignore all the negative comments. Yes, its one of the best decision a human can make. You have made it and that's why you are a much bigger person than these taste bud slaves are.. so, ignore them 😊
such a well rounded and clear argument, I really appreciate the tone of this video as a newly vegan person
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I didn't become a vegan after watching this video and I don't think that's the reason u made it, but I learned a lot e helped to better understand and respect vegans.
Thanks for making videos like this!
#HellofromBrasil
Israel Lacerda true. You can't just convince someone to go vegan just by telling them to. Would have never ever worked for me, too. The funny thing is that I went vegan for a week as a bet and then just kept it that way. not because someone told me to, but because I felt like it was the right thing to do.
Se você tiver interesse em conhecer melhor esse tema eu recomendo muito o documentário Terráqueos. É pesado mas muito importante pra gente conhecer o processo industrial de criação de animais =p Meu canal também tem muitos recursos e argumentos sobre o assunto, se vc quiser dar uma olhada fica a vontade! Eu nunca coloco imagens fortes de animais sofrendo, então pode assistir tranquilo. Abraço!
I would encourage you to learn about how Brazil's natural habitats are destroyed to grow food for cattle and the cattle themselves. Over 1000 activists have been murdered trying to protect rainforest, the cattle industry is that corrupt.
Im transitioning into a vegan, cutting certain things out over time, right now I'm a pezcatarian, but my goal is to be a complete vegan this year 😊
Congrats! Keep it up!
I went pescatarian at first, didn't even consider going vegan but after a few months, I did! Good luck to you!
You can do it! 💚💚
Elora Elizabeth L. D. H. noble goals! Take your time and always be forgiving.
it is easier than you think
I can respect her argument. It was based on the reality that animals do in fact eat animals, her position was based on the conditions in which this process takes place which is totally fair. The bottomline is all natural resources are used up by one group or another, everything living will provide a "chicken sandwich" of sorts after death..ALL living things not just chickens, cows, pigs, and fish. So I agree, more regulation, respect, and fairness should be applied to this industry.
I love meat. But it is BEYOND INHUMANE
The issue with adding more regulation and better living conditions is it's less energy efficient and the industry is already the biggest contributor to enviromental impact. It's better to just stop supporting the live stock industry completely rather than holding out for an aspect of it to get better.
QaadirHoward Hey, human slavery needed regulation, respect and fairness too. In fact, if all that would have been applied, we would still be allowed to have human slaves today! Boo hoo, it's just not fair that people ignored welfarism and chose instead to abolish slavery completely :( Just think, they too could have been made into "chicken sandwiches" when we got bored with them!
stupid conclusion you got there, there is no need to eat meat, its bad for you, periods, science supports this, science DOES NOT support eating animals, claiming that animals eat animals is just stupid, humans are not carnivores, we are not meant to eat animals.
They are bondage to us, nothing else, we use them as a commodity, just like we did with blacks, and that was wrong right? or maybe like the previous speaker, if we did regulate it, it would be okey :)
If you like to shape the minds of young people, then you should start shaping your own based upon science.
I like how the arguments she presented created a cognitive dissonance and so you immediately had to try and rationalize your response, but didn't actually come to a conclusive and valid conclusion, just useless words in the air.
I love this, it showed up on my TH-cam homepage a second ago and reminded me why I stay vegan. I feel like God brought this into my life today and I def needed it
So well put! I'm on my second week of going vegan! We all start somewhere right :)
It's so amazing to see that people with a large following promote a vegan lifestyle 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Amazing video 💜
I'm glad you and more people like you are braving the criticism to stand up for animals. This was a very non-confrontational video that just skimmed the surface without triggering aggression. I'm sure you will still get crap for it, however, so thank you for bringing it up. The more of us there are, the more of us there will be.
Unrelated, you said something on Star Talk about how we all just expect to be good at things when we first try (I think you may have been talking about math), and people often quickly give up if we don't find that we are naturals at that particular discipline. That really stuck with me, so thank you for saying that as well.
((vegan hugs))
I came across your video soon after turning vegetarian and found it extremely useful in learning how to explain my decision to others without sounding like "the crazy brainwashed vegetarian". Sometimes I come back to it and watch it again because at times it still is difficult explaining the why of my actions to people that seem to be deaf without getting upset and communicating ineffectively. Today is one of those times. I'm not fully vegan yet (but on the path and know that every effort counts), and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for representing people who made the decision to live more ethically in the best way possible. As well as for being an inspiration.
Thank you!
Hey Mayim :) Nice to hear that from you. Im a vegetarian myself but I dont drin milk or eat a lot of cheese because of a lactose intolerance. I also get that the dairy production isnt as nice as it sound ("but the cows dont get slaughtered","they need to give milk") and I am trying to move to a more vegan lifestyle. It would be nice too hear from you in a video why you shouldnt reduce only your meat consumption but also the consumption of dairy.
Henry B hi. I'm not Mayim (not nearly as smart or good looking😀) but I thought i might be able to help. Here are some reasons why you might want to eliminate dairy:
i.imgur.com/Bp1s6W1.jpg
www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/dairy-cows.php
best of luck!
Henry B she has a vegan cool book
Henry B Yep, it's a very cruel life for the female cow, confined, being impregnated constantly, having it's babies taken away (which does distress them, 100%). When they are "spent" and no longer of use they are slaughtered for the kind of meat that ends up in mcdonald's burgers. In fact, dairy cows typically live for only 4 years before being removed for slaughter when they should naturally live until 20. As for the offspring, if it's a female, it shares the same destiny as it's mother and her mother before her and so on. If male, the calf is fattened up for 4-5 months before being slaughtered for veal. And this cycle just repeats itself over and over.
Obviously just like breeding cows for meat, breeding cows for dairy has the same devastating impact on the environment and quite a few studies show that dairy is bad for your health, if that's something of importance to you - for most people it isn't, sadly, until the damage is already done.
why do you believe they "need" to give milk. They only produce milk for a time after giving birth just like humans do. Do women HAVE to give milk? No. So don't cows! And they most certainly do get slaughtered. The life of a dairy cow is much worse than the life of most meat producing animals. Just think about it, would you prefer to be taken from your young mother at a very young age, forcibly impregnated over and over, give birth over and over just to have your babies taken from you only hours after birth, have men and machines constantly pumping your breasts to stimulate them to continue to produce milk, which causes your breasts to be constantly sore, raw, infected, swollen and heavy, live in horrid, dirty and painful conditions for most of your reproductive, young adult life and then you are deemed useless you are slaughtered often while being pregnant (i studied prevet and we saw the fetuses in disected uterus from dairy cows after slaughter). I think, if I had to choose, I would prefer to be a beef cow or chicken. Im born, I eat, i live in cramped quarters till Im a teenager and then Im killed, without all the extended torture dairy cows suffer.
elines acevedo My grandparents had a farm where we had cows and I can assure you cows produce milk all the time, not only when they give birth and if you don't milk them regularly they get sick. So here we have two big fat wrongs. By the way I am a proud vegan but not because it is not okay to milk cows or eat eggs it is because that eating dairy or meat shouldn't have been about how much people make profit of them like Mayim says.
WOO HOO!! So glad to see you speak on this. I have been Vegan for almost a year, and I will never go back! Love the way you but this without being to graphic and I am looking forward to what lies ahead!
#GOVEGAN
I. LOVE. THIS. brought attention to a whole other side of veganism
I like how she dumbed it down so much to the point of demonstrating what cost-saving means :') really appreciate it though!
Great video!! Explains in a simple way why how when and everything in between. People don't understand how their food is being produced. Thanks for the video :)
Amen. Keep up the compassionate work.
Beautifully put. I've been trying to go vegan for quite some time now, and I've been vegetarian for over five years. The cheese is really the only hard part for me. I hope in my lifetime we will have evolved into a society where animals are treated with respect and seen as living breathing thinking feeling BEINGS, as opposed to objects to be processed and eaten.
There are a lot of great vegan cheeses to buy now.You can also find recipes to make your own from cashews, almonds, sunflower seeds too.
LisaScharin thanks!
dayia i think that's the spelling makes a delicious vegan cheddar cheese oh i want some now oh and it melts
yeah I know buts it's expensive and I'm broke
it's unrealistic for me to think I can afford daiya cheese even tho it's good af
You can make your own cheese with sunflower seeds, cashews, almonds-even though the nuts can be pricey-Trader Joe's has great deals and if you can stomach Walmart-you can get nuts there. You can also substitute cheese with avocados-which is a great veggie for omega 3 fatty acids, fiber and vitamins. Cheese was the last item I gave up and I love Go Veggie slices-some Walmarts even have that. I was unemployed for quite sometime and almost homeless twice-so I know about budgeting!!! I lived on beans, rice, oatmeal, peanut butter, cereals, fruit and veggies on a very measly budget!
Awareness is the key. I'm starting to slowly wake up. Thank you for sharing💖
Same
You’re so inspirational on all levels. The fact that you are an ethical vegan just makes you an all round beautiful, kind, compassionate human being 💖 I love all your videos!
woo! I really loved the way you presented the facts: no chocking videos or pictures, no hatred; you are not making fun of non vegans. You are just explaining facts, the nicest way possible and honestly more vegans should behave and speak the way you do! It would solve a few problems between vegans and non vegans. (+1 sub btw)
As a vegan, thank you for being a reasonable presence in the vegan community, this is helpful because there are radical people.
Not actually. Monsanto is one of the worst food growers, they are corrupt, and they don't do that. I have a Grandmother who lives in Kentucky, there are farms owned by Monsanto, and there is no sewage dumping. I think you are getting confused with composting which makes soil, this process happens naturally in nature, and farmers have been harnessing this for a long while. I have family who are farmers and I have friends going into STEM fields, not to mention that I have knowledge of natural living, and having fertile soil, which has nutrients and is black and clumpy will help to prevent a dust bowl. Even if there was another crazy drought, the over plowing and not returning nutrients to the land was the secret ingredient that caused the dust bowl. In the 1930s if the drought happened without these problematic farming errors the dirt would be as hard as rock, it would not have become that dusty shit which gave Midwesterners dust pneumonia and blocked out the sun.
I would suggest you do more research into farming, different kinds of farming, and necessary practices to ready land for farming.
Ican FeeLIt Not really raw sewage you're talking of. If you put raw sewage on the soil and plant the nitrogen is so high it will burn everything off and kill your crops. This is why you cure manure and create compost. It takes a couple of years to get good cool manure compost but it is great for the soil and growing by then. There are cold manures like rabbit that are, lets say, already composted when they come out essentially and may be used right away. However, sewage is not the tool for growing fruit and vegetables.
I do get my compost from my chickens, ducks and goats and cure it for later use from their pens. What they spread around the pastures as they free range fertilizes them naturally. Even in the wild when you pick berries or the such. They have been fertilized by wild poop. It's natural.
Ican FeeKIt That's too open ended a question to even answer. Where is there? There could be any place. Granted you may have seen some shady shit. Doesn't mean it was proper or safe practice. Still I can't answer your question for it was posed in such a way so I never could.
Unfortunately there are factory farms with these practices still, which is why there are recalls on produce with contaminated with E coli etc. To paint all farmers with the same brush is wrong however. Not all farmers use this practice. All I can say is if you really don't trust all farmers, then you just have to grow and raise your own food.
if you're looking for non-radical, reasonableness in the vegan community check out unnaturalvegan on TH-cam, if you haven't already :)
You have put into words the exact reason why I went vegan! Thank you!!
You are a beautiful human being. I think you're making a positive difference in the world. Thank You.
First of all Big Bang Theory has been a great medicine when life gives lemons (lows in life) and secondly I have been a vegetarian since childhood and recently turned Vegan. Felt bad even consuming dairy after seeing Nestle dairy industry and torture cows go through :(
You are amazing (real and reel) me that's what makes people love you more ❤️
I’ve told my friends I want to become vegan they haven’t stopped calling me crazy and they all try to change my decision. It’s worst than when I came out of the closet lol
get new friends
Get better friends
I just want to warn you that veganism is actually quite hard on your stomach and a lot of people are better off on meat. I personally had loads of health issues and deficiencies when trying to get vegan. Being moral is wonderful but fucking up you health is also something to consider.
I've recently switched and my husband thinks I've drunk the kool-aid. *eye roll* Tell them to freaking deal with it.
That being said, do your homework. You're going to need a B-12 supplement. Try to work beans, whole grains, and lots of veggies and fruits into your diet. Your body will take a while to adapt to the new fiber- and nutrient-dense foods you're eating so give it some time. But srsly look into the B-12 thing.
Well, that all sounds wonderful, but some people don't really get much out supplements. My worst deficiency ever was after taking Vitamin D for an entire year only to find out I don't absorb it. That aside, the many fruits will fuck up your candida most likely which is what happened to me after eating fruit smoothies every day. I am also rather skinny so going vegan crushed my period. My grandparents were hunters and lived 103 years old each, so I do believe that conventional meat is the problem and all the processing of our food and not the actual meat itself.
one of the best and most logical videos i've seen about veganism. thank you so much for doing your (fantastic!) part in spreading the message. ♡
Why haven't I watched this before???? I just discovered your channel!! One of the best videos about veganism!! Thanks!!
I love how straight forward you delivered your message 💚
Same. She got her point across clearly. Keep up the compassionate work and healthy living.
Great points, I hope we can convince the rest of the world. I'm vegan never looking back, but I can't even convince my family to join me. Even though I lost weight and improved my health.
For a vegan video this has unusually low dislikes
I know i watched the video.
Jazz Greiner every vegan does she just put it in a more "pro" way
Also she's a celebrity, so people will listen before judging.
She also did it in a different way. The way she talked about like what they do to the animals, and she wasn't mean or rude about it or bashing anyone. She just really thought it out and said this is why I'm vegan. Most vegans get on your case if you make one little mistake.. and that's not encouraging at all. Instead we should motivate and say, "even if you make a mistake, it's okay, you can get back on track" or something similar
Because she made a case for her personal reasons for veganism and made strong, well rounded, reasoned points for each part she discussed. It didn't go into blaming people for their choices, simply that the system as a whole is messed up and we're all kind of victims to it (which is true.) She doesn't guilt the viewer, simply attempts to inform them, and that's the important part. Guilt doesn't work - information can.
This is by far the most non violent communicative way of explaining. When i became vegan,in my country that term did not even exist.It is so lovely finding wonderful ways of approach to others.Thank you for making this video.
Thanks for being vegan! Wish you could bring that into your character on Big Bang
I don't remember seeing Amy eat meat. Leonard either (other than the scene with the pot roast and the meteor shower).
I gave up eating animals and using leather/wool on new years day of 1978 (a few days before my 18th BD). I became vegan much later (because of my sweet tooth for chocolate and cake, but I finally kicked that). I'm glad I made the decision because you can't say you are against cruelty and violence if you keep eating cruelty and violence.
Yes you can. some people are slow changers, that doesn't mean they are for cruelty. I have kicked some of my habits, but certainly not all off them. It's a process. And I will say I am against cruelty, because it does make me sad and I am changing my ways. For excample: I don't buy as much leather shoes as I used to, not nearly as much. I walk a lot for my work and I need good shoes, but I don't buy them on a whim any longer.
I used to drink milk every night, because it made me nice and sleepy. But now I rarely drink milk anymore, instead I stopped drinking alcohol with the intention of sleeping better, this was not easy because now I have to find other ways to relax. I'm in that process too.
I used to eat 2 eggs a day, now I am down to 3 a week. And so on and on.I Am against cruelty. I also have needs and i will not toss something aside before having found a good working alternative.
You don't have to give up chocolate! Most dark chocolate doesn't have milk in it and there are really yummy ice creams- Soy Delicious, Almond Dreams, Trader Joes to try. Also Cliff bars are yummy-a healthier option and there are tons of recipes for awesome chocolate desserts online, in cookbooks, etc. Also even Walmart has vegan cookies-they are in the aisle with the protein bars and protein shakes. Whole Foods has some really decadent desserts as well that are vegan.
You don't have to give up wool either. Sheep need to be shaved. Otherwise, the weight of their wool can literally kill them over time.
Many of the sheep are abused however and there is a method called muesling-where the sheep's bottom is cut off-without pain killers and NO care to prevent infections! Guess you haven't seen the videos of "workers" kicking and throwing and stomping on poor sheep!!!???
All animals used are exploited, deprived and abused!
Wearing the skin of another living being is pretty gross if you think about it-what if that leather came from dogs?? You know that China kills dogs & cats and makes gloves and other items out of their fur and skin?? If it's under 100.00 it doesn't have to be labeled. China can't be trusted-period. Anyway-leather isn't "cool" at all!!! Many of the cows are skinned and dismembered while they are still alive and fully conscious-NOT COOL!!! Also ALL the chemicals used to preserve the skin and treat it so it doesn't rot aren't "cool"-like formaldehyde, arsenic, and many other chemicals that are carcinogenic and pollute, poison water, land in processing facilities. Also workers are exposed to these harsh, dangerous chemicals and suffer from cancers, respiratory illnesses and other aliments-NOT COOL AT ALL!!! There are many alternatives and many manufacturers that don't use leather in their cars and in other products. More people are more educated and aware and use their influence and power as a consumer to change the way companies produce goods-to ensure that we ALL have a SAFE, HEALTHY, CLEANER planet to live on-drink water to drink and clean air to breathe-everyone needs to connect the dots and see the bigger picture beyond their little bubble!!! NOT COOL to be complacent and support cruelty and products that also pollute and harm!!
Ok I'm convinced. Thank you. Off to research a vegan diet........🐓🐓💛
check out Gary Yoursoufousky ( sorry hard to spell his last name, but his info his great too)
veganism is not a diet..
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In your research you’ve probably found that it’s not a diet but a lifestyle ✌️ hope it went well :)
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Im gonna eat some eggs and chicken breast yumyumyum
We are a Vegan family as well.
Thank you for sharing your insight and thoughts about WHY you are Vegan and the positive impact Veganism has on our world and how the brutality against animals is causing so many issues, including taking the civil rights from the workers in those slaughterhouses
Love this video 💗
Most of my family members (Vietnamese) end up working in a chicken factory when they first get here (legally in Australia). They aren’t allowed to work when they first get here but need to make money so yeah they end up working in the chicken factory (live chickens). They basically have no rights, working long hours (16hr days) for little money. The older people usually last until their visa status improves, but the younger ones don’t last long. Not because of the work conditions but because the way the animals are treated. Peace 💜
I'm so sorry that they had to endure that, and so very saddened by the plight of the animals.
Sad story regarding the profit motive and suffering
Amazing to get a behind the scenes type thing. I wish you and your family the best of luck :-)
It's not like that everywhere
From a fellow Aussie...I am so sorry so many people are put into that position, and thanks for letting others know about it.
Actually, I'm not a vegan. But, thanks to good influences of yours and my younger sister (She is) ... I have been changing my food little by little.
It is often difficult because we live with our parents, and they do not agree very well with what we choose, even if it does not affect them directly (So, I think haha)!
Thank you! :*
claudia its not about parents or society every time even they can be wrong sometimes in this case certainly is. "IN EVERY LIVING BEINGS THERE IS A DESIRE TO BE LOVED". go green and promote #veganism ✌
@@anuragmalpani6270 well i don't think in this case it's really the opinion of the parents that is the matter. Because if she was living on her own there would be no problem. But she said that she was living with her parents, so I assume that's it's them who buy food that's why it must be difficult to be vegan if you don't have the control of what ingredient you buy.
I love your viewpoint and approach! Thank you for putting yourself out there! Your voice is being heard.
I have never seen a more respectful approach to veganism without having to offend meat eaters or making them feel guilty... You are the best by the way I have a huge crush on you from the Big Ben show and I realized now that you are an even more amazing human being and your real life... Thank you for being you