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Why not be vegan? Honest reasons against the vegan lifestyle

Why not be vegan? 11 honest reasons against the vegan lifestyle and the plant-based diet

Why would you rather not be vegan? If you're looking for honest and true reasons against veganism and a plant-based diet, you've come to the right place! Per Definition tries the vegan lifestyle - as far as practicable - to avoid all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals capable of suffering for food, clothing and other purposes. Sounds good, what can you have against it?

Hand on heart! The real reasons for not being vegan are not that Plant feelings and you want to stand up for their rights - or that you expect a protein deficiency and fear suddenly collapsing pale and weak. The truth lies much deeper within each individual.

In this article, I would like to introduce you to some credible reasons why many people are not yet vegan. If you are one of them, I am pretty sure that at least one of the aspects listed below also applies to you. Let's go!

You can find a brief overview here in advance:

You...

  1. advocate cruelty to animals
  2. are a comfortable person
  3. believe in the law of the jungle
  4. like to destroy the environment
  5. love the taste of animals and their secretions
  6. place little value on staying healthy
  7. earn your money through animal exploitation
  8. are a calf yourself
  9. want to hold on to questionable traditions
  10. do not care about the welfare of others
  11. are not used to it

Important: This article is mercilessly honest. Please don't feel offended, but please find out more about the topic in question. And if you can prove anything to the contrary, I'm open to it. Just leave me a comment with your comment.

1. you advocate cruelty to animals

Inconsistent action - animal cruelty as an example

A pretty good reason to be against the vegan lifestyle is to be in favor of Cruelty to animals to be. Do you also like to hunt and maul animals? You find it acceptable that they locked up in cramped cages, artificially impregnated, dehorned and docked, exploited and, last but not least, robbed of their lives to end up as a sandwich topping? Then you really better not be vegan.

You don't believe that eating animals is cruelty to animals? Then look briefly in between the commercially available tools for factory farming or the Documentation Dominion an.

2. you are a comfortable person

We humans are creatures of habit and Change is often very difficult for us. Maybe you just like to swim with the crowd and do what is generally expected and socially accepted. The Differences between law and morality are of no interest to you? Then that is really a very honest reason, leave everything as it is and not being vegan.

3. you believe in the law of the jungle

Cows, pigs, chickens and dogs are not as intelligent as us - and they are also locked up in cages considerably weaker. So why shouldn't we exploit them for our own purposes, kill them and eat their body parts? If you have a moral compass and feel compassion for the weak, you should of course not follow the law of the jungle. But you love and live injustice? Then you'd better not go vegan.

Dogs?! If you are startled at the mention of the popular four-legged friends, this reaction is the definition of Speciesism. Because you assume that it is okay to kill certain animals and not others. But the legitimate question is: why do you want to kill something/someone at all?

4. you like to destroy the environment

Animal feed has to be grown and watered, stables and technology supplied with energy, animals fed, transported and slaughtered. You will find this "Detour animal" better than simply eating the plants grown directly? Then don't go vegan and continue to support the Factory farmingthe main driver of the Rainforest deforestation and of the Climate changewhich, in turn, is home to some of the largest Environmental problems of our time Causes.

5. you love the taste of animals and their secretions

Taste as a reason not to be vegan

Do meat, eggs, milk, cheese or honey simply taste far too good for you? You love animals but also like to eat them? Then continue to enjoy the body parts of cows, pigs and chickens and treat yourself to something every now and then Breast milk and bee droppings - and fry up chicken menstruation for breakfast. Because good taste really is a good argument for paying money for someone to exploit and kill an animal for you. After all, what is worth more: a tasty 5-minute meal or an entire animal's life?

6. you put little emphasis on staying healthy

You trust the results of the extensive study₁ of the American Dietetic Association - the largest association of food and nutrition professionals - rather not when they confirm that vegans are a Significantly lower risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer have? Then you should not be vegan either.

If you can't stay healthy and grow old it's just right to keep eating animal food with residues of feces, urine, pus and medication and spend your well-deserved money on the suffering of animals.

7. you earn your money through animal exploitation

It makes precious little sense to be vegan if you are a board member of the Federal Association of the German Meat Industry you run one of the largest slaughterhouses in Germany or are a butcher. You'd better let yourself dictated by financial interests instead of your morals and make sure that as few people as possible realize how brutal and bloody your job is.

8. you are a calf yourself

Another reason I could understand why someone might not want to be vegan is that they are a calf themselves and are dependent on their mother's milk. Because cow's milk is there for the offspring of cows - and not for us humans! But you just need your daily shot of breast milk from another species - in the form of milk, cheese or butter? Well, then you'd better not go vegan - that way everything stays as it is.

Tip: All Reasons why vegans don't drink milkI explain in the linked article.

9. you want to hold on to questionable traditions

You'd rather not be vegan and continue "animal traditions" like the Hahneköppen at fairs, harvest and October festivals, the Chinese dog festival in Yulin, the whale drive hunt on the Faroe Islands, the German slaughter festivals or the slaughter of the annual Christmas Goose support? Then go ahead and do so. After all, traditions are a beautiful thing!

But please be aware that not every tradition is worth holding on to forever. At some point, your children will ask why you went along with something like this - and why you not on the good side of history are.

10. you do not value the welfare of others

World hunger should motivate to be vegan

Or maybe you just don't want to be vegan because you're look mainly at yourself and you are relatively indifferent to other people. In any case, that would be a mercilessly honest and absolutely credible argument.

After all, it would be quite disturbing to know that the workers in Slaughterhouses do the work for you under undignified conditions, which you probably wouldn't do voluntarily. The fact that World hunger stop could, if all people vegan I'd better not tell you. And the Your children's futurewho might have to grow up on a sick planet? Do you care about them? If so, then don't go vegan!

Tip: It is not only the animals that are worth living vegan. One also becomes vegan for people. I explain why this is the case in the linked article.

11. you are not used to

We always want to be honest and tell the truth! One of the most logical, straightforward reasons against a plant-based diet and the vegan lifestyle, is quite simply our habit.

Do you believe that eating meat, eggs, butter and milk is the only way to stay healthy, fit and strong? Then don't go vegan. After all, you've probably already eaten these foods Eaten 20, 40 or 60 years of your lifebecause your parents have told and shown you that this is good for you.

But don't forget that habits are not set in stone - and that old, questionable habits can be replaced by new, exciting habits.

The real reasons not to be vegan

I'm sure you've noticed that there's usually a certain irony in this article. But let's be serious: I'm just talking about typical, contradictory things, inconsistent behavior in our society. We love animals, but eat them - and are against cruelty to animals, but are happy to pay for other people to kill them for us so that we can eat them.

Moral values and actual actions are completely out of balance - mainly due to convenience, habit, tradition and our taste buds.

If you're not vegan, I'm glad you made it to the end of this article. Because one of the main reasons for not being vegan is actually to put on the blinkers and ignore possible motives for changing your behavior. In this case, I'm sure that at least one of the reasons mentioned applies to you. As long as this is not the case, you will always have at least one reason for not committing to veganism.

I hope that I could help you with this article. Do you have questions, tips or other motives to rather not become vegan? Then feel free to write me a comment.

Stay animal-friendly,

Christoph from CareElite - Plastic-free living

PS.: Why it is not enough to be vegetarian? In the linked article I explain why you can only stand up against cruelty to animals with heart and soul if you live vegan.

References:
₁ Winston J. Craig, Ann Reed Mangels; American Dietetic Association (2009): Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets, available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19562864. [19.10.2022].

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Christoph Schulz

Christoph Schulz

I'm Christoph, an environmental scientist and author - and here at CareElite I'm campaigning against plastic waste in the environment, climate change and all the other major environmental problems of our time. Together with other environmentally conscious bloggers, I want to give you tips & tricks for a naturally healthy, sustainable life as well as your personal development.

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