Why Is There Such A Push To Be Vegan?

The vegan diet has been used to prey on peoples’ desire to be and to be seen as compassionate and caring.

After all “if you truly love animals, care about the environment, and care about your health, you’ll go vegan,” or at least that’s what many will have you believe.

Unfortunately each one of these claims is based on lies.

You can love animals and eat them too, just like plants! You can even stand against factory farms and animal cruelty and still eat meat.

In fact most vegan diets kill more animals than meat heavy diets because of the great amount of land that is cleared to grow crops. In this process many ecosystems are destroyed and bugs and small animals are killed.

Meat makes up only a few percent of greenhouse gas emissions and regenerative farms actually decrease green house gasses, replenish the soil, treat animals well, and provide the most nutrient dense meat!

And a vegan diet is very low in bioavailable nutrients and completely void of some essential nutrients. It’s also very difficult on the digestion and linked with many health problems.

Not a single culture has ever been vegan and survived in human history, because animal products are essential to our overall health, as noted by Dr. Weston Price in his book, “Nutrition And Physical Degeneration.”

So if a vegan diet doesn’t help animals, the planet, or your health, why is it pushed?

For starters I think many vegans still believe their diet helps animals, the planet, and their health. And I think that’s why they encourage others to try it. I think a lot of them are very kind hearted and have a good intent.

However that is on a much smaller scale and doesn’t account for the more plant-based USDA eating recommendations, Harvards new close to vegan eating recommendations, Joe Biden’s recommendation to cut red meat by 90%, and many other prominent government organizations, mainstream news, and mainstream science organizations pushing a vegan (or near vegan) diet.

So why is this?

I don’t know for certain, but I believe it’s for the same reasons corrupt powerful people do anything, for more power and money.

Throughout civilization, the elite class has feasted on quality meats and animal products, while the peasants and slaves were fed grains. This isn’t a coincidence!

Animal products are far more nutrients dense and build strong and smart people. While grains are cheap and plentiful and kept the peasants and slaves alive and working, but not thriving! This kept them weak enough (in body and mind) to prevent an uprising.

There’s a big correlation between what we eat and how we act. Herbivores are typically prey, they’re often more fearful, and very herd minded. Think sheep, cows, rabbits, deer, etc.

However carnivores and omnivores are predators and tend to be confident, self reliant, intelligent, and fierce. Think lions, wolves, sharks, eagles, etc.

I believe humans take on the corresponding characteristics and mindsets of predators or prey based on how they eat, at least to some extent.

Therefore pushing a vegan (or near vegan) diet, can help make the masses easier to control (more prey like, fearful, and herd minded), and therefore make the elite more powerful.

There’s also a profit to be made off veganism, as with any trend. Many food, clothing, and beauty product companies see large surges in sales after launching vegan products. KFC, Burger King, Greggs (the UK’s largest bakery chain), and many other companies have all done this.

Since plant based diets lack essential nutrients, supplement companies can swoop in with many products marketed towards vegans.

Also since vegan diets can lead to many health problems like digestive issues, decreased bone density, decreased fertility, and more; pharmaceutical companies can make quite a bit off this as well buy selling pills to “treat” these symptoms.

Keep in mind these are just my theories it’s hard to say for certain why veganism is pushed. Let me know if you have any other theories in the comments! I’m really curious to hear what you guys think.