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Why do so many people criticise vegans?

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trunch · 09/01/2025 16:45

I'm a meat eater!

However, I don't understand why people criticise vegans so much.

They aren't hurting me and are trying to save animals and the environment.

What's wrong with that?

Surely people should be more critical of me because animals are killed for me to eat?

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theeyeofdoe · 10/01/2025 19:46

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 18:19

So all the vegans in California look old and unhealthy? Right.

For what it's worth I have been vegan for half my life, in my late 40s and IMHO I look good and feel great, hardly ill and blood pressure and cholesterol in great shape.

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I suspect your bone health isn’t great though.

tobee · 10/01/2025 19:44

I don't want to be awkward @SuePine69 but I eat offal, bone marrow and brain if I can get it. Sadly it's harder to find.

Cursory look on google shows Tesco and Morrisons sell lamb and pigs heart. They're good and cheap. Liver also available.

I love Andouillettes when I can. Pork stomach based sausage.

Sevenwondersofthewoo · 10/01/2025 19:43

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:28

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vegan-diet-biological-age-study-b2587496.html

21 pair of twins isn’t a study. It’s too small for a start.

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:37

Anyway now leaving.

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:36

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:35

The so-called BS on here doesn't purport to be scientific research!

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So in what way is that better?

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:35

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:34

No more tenuous than some of the BS on here.

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The so-called BS on here doesn't purport to be scientific research!

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:35

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:33

Well to be fair, it's about nutrition, it's not 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

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It's meant to be scientific research, not a work of fiction!

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:34

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:33

Well to be fair, it's about nutrition, it's not 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

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My bad, thought you said tedious lol

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:34

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:33

Well to be fair, it's about nutrition, it's not 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

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No more tenuous than some of the BS on here.

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:33

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:30

Have you read all of the article? The findings were tenuous at best!

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Well to be fair, it's about nutrition, it's not 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:30

herpastcanchangethefuture · 10/01/2025 19:28

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vegan-diet-biological-age-study-b2587496.html

Have you read all of the article? The findings were tenuous at best!

SuePine69 · 10/01/2025 19:29

VoodooRajin · 10/01/2025 19:14

Meat eating will one day go the way of smoking, a small minority will cling on to it, i say that as a meat eater

There already has been a big change. People in Britain used to eat offal, brains and bone marrow. Now they don't. Today people think that meat is muscle tissue covered with clingfilm but it wasn't always like that.

I recently moved to Newcastle and one thing I noticed is that more people smoke cigarettes here than in Liverpool where I used to be. Another thing is that in Grainger Market they sell pigs' heads. What do you think the average British meat eater is going to do with one of those?

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:27

JLou08 · 10/01/2025 19:19

I think people feel guilty about their choice to eat meat and feel inferior. I'm a meat eater but I admire those who don't eat meat. I've never met a veggie/vegan try enforce views on anyone or brag, it's just come up naturally in conversation. I'm sure I've been in contact with other veggies and vegans without even knowing.

Well, that's just a load of nonsense.

I don't feel guilty or inferior? Why would I when I'm very happy with my dietary choices? 🤷‍♀️

Maybe you feel guilty and inferior. Many of us don't!

Sevenwondersofthewoo · 10/01/2025 19:26

I don’t feel guilty for eating meat why would I seriously why would I

Pinkbonbon · 10/01/2025 19:25

orangewasp · 10/01/2025 18:10

I eat meat and fish because it provides for a better all round healthier diet. Vegans mostly look half dead and twice their age. I can guarantee my body age is below yours

Eat what you like but this is a ridiculously stupid assertion.

Didnt they literally just do a study recently on the BBC (or itv, or one of those main channels) that found vegan diet slowed aging of cells in its participants. So technically if anything, you'd be wrong there.

CosyDenimShark · 10/01/2025 19:24

I'm veggie, I know 2 vegans very well and none of us "bang on about it". I do however have to put up with digs and derogatory comments from my wider family who all eat meat when at social events. I can only assume I make them feel guilty. I can't fathom why they sneer about someone who doesn't like animal cruelty. Honestly, why would you hate on someone because of that?

NoWordForFluffy · 10/01/2025 19:24

We don't so blatantly criticise people who are overweight and eating unhealthy foods!

Are you new to MN? Both are rife on here!

tobee · 10/01/2025 19:22

Err I think plenty of people do criticise overweight people. Especially women. Endlessly. Blatantly. And then people on weight loss injections get criticised too 🤷🏻‍♀️

tobee · 10/01/2025 19:21

No I really don't feel inferior. I don't know why I would. If I did I'd become vegan

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trunch · 10/01/2025 19:20

Some of these comments are "fascinating".

A lot of people have given odd reasons ...

Why would people be so critical of vegans because they are not getting enough vitamins etc and look unwell?

We don't so blatantly criticise people who are overweight and eating unhealthy foods!

That's just an excuse for the criticisms!

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JLou08 · 10/01/2025 19:19

I think people feel guilty about their choice to eat meat and feel inferior. I'm a meat eater but I admire those who don't eat meat. I've never met a veggie/vegan try enforce views on anyone or brag, it's just come up naturally in conversation. I'm sure I've been in contact with other veggies and vegans without even knowing.

tobee · 10/01/2025 19:16

Probably won't be give a choice @VoodooRajin.

There was a thread the other day about turnips likely no longer grown by British farmers. Sad day.

VoodooRajin · 10/01/2025 19:14

Meat eating will one day go the way of smoking, a small minority will cling on to it, i say that as a meat eater

tobee · 10/01/2025 19:10

Me too. That's exactly why I started on this thread @5128gap. To correct some assumptions.