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Twitlonger: Anyone who claims that ethical veganism, as it is represented in the abolit... - 0 views

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    "No mainstream group has adopted ethical veganism as its exclusive, or even a, central focus. An ethical vegan would not support any animal exploitation. Therefore, to say that ethical veganism is a SIC is to fail to understand the nature of ethical veganism or the fact that SICs rest on distinguishing among various forms of animal exploitation and promoting the notion that some forms are worse than others and, by implication, that other forms of exploitation are morally desirable or morally acceptable. One can, of course, use the expression "veganism" to apply only to diet in the sense that one who does not eat any animal products may be considered to have a vegan diet. This use of "vegan" is more restricted than the notion as I have developed it in my abolitionist theory. Promoting a vegan diet is more like an SIC than is promoting ethical veganism and the abolition of all animal use. But the practical reality is that if people rejected eating any animal products, we would see a rejection in all sorts of other animal use. The most significant form of animal exploitation--the form that "legitimizes" all the others--involves using animals as food. If you dislodge that use, you dislodge all others."
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Is it still vegan if it's processed on shared equipment? - 0 views

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    Still, some vegans refuse to eat products that were processed in shared facilities. This logic makes little sense for several reasons. First, you are not supporting products that are indeed vegan and making it even more difficult for small vegan companies to start up and survive. Secondly, most people already think it's hard to be vegan. Imagine if you were also to tell them that most vegan items in the grocery store actually aren't vegan. Lastly, these products do not contain animal products and are in no way contributing to animal exploitation. Those who choose not to consume these products are approaching veganism from a purity perspective instead of focusing on what really matters- avoiding all unnecessary animal exploitation.
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Supersize Me! | All American Vegan - 0 views

  • It may seem strange to you that we are imitating that which we claim to abhor. But regardless of what we might consider the ideal, Americans do not want to eat vegetables, whole grains, or any of the other “health” foods some vegans continually and detrimentally equate with veganism. Every measure we could possibly use—what Americans are eating, where they are eating, even how they are cooking (opening jars and microwaving contents)—reveals that Americans aren’t interested in eating better or healthier. And offering the average American a bell pepper instead of a veggie burger is a recipe for failure. And when their health is at stake, when lives are at stake, when the fate of the planet is at stake, failure is not an option.
  • Tofurky and Fakin’ Bacon and Boca Burgers and veggie dogs and all those foods some vegans dismiss as glorifying meat-eating are the animals’ saving grace.
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    Tofurky and Fakin' Bacon and Boca Burgers and veggie dogs and all those foods some vegans dismiss as glorifying meat-eating are the animals' saving grace. ------- regardless of what we might consider the ideal, Americans do not want to eat vegetables, whole grains, or any of the other "health" foods some vegans continually and detrimentally equate with veganism. Every measure we could possibly use-what Americans are eating, where they are eating, even how they are cooking (opening jars and microwaving contents)-reveals that Americans aren't interested in eating better or healthier. And offering the average American a bell pepper instead of a veggie burger is a recipe for failure. And when their health is at stake, when lives are at stake, when the fate of the planet is at stake, failure is not an option.
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http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/pdf/why-are-non-vegan-restaurants-advertised-... - 0 views

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    The Vegan Society was founded in 1944 by, and "vegan" was coined by,Donald Watson, whose motivation for doing both was to reject the distinctionbetween flesh and dairy.
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On Human-Nonhuman Relations: The Search for Veganism - 0 views

  • Veganism, however, is a principle — that man has no right to exploit the creatures for his own ends — and no variation occurs. Vegan diet is therefore derived entirely from "fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains and other wholesome non-animal products," and excludes "flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey and animal milk and its derivatives."
  • In a vegan world the creatures would be reintegrated within the balance and sanity of nature as she is in herself. A great and historic wrong, whose effect upon the course of evolution must have been stupendous, would be righted. The idea that his fellow creatures might be used by man for self-interested purposes would be so alien to human thought as to be almost unthinkable. In this light, veganism is not so much welfare as liberation, for the creatures and for the mind and heart of man; not so much an effort to snake the present relationship bearable, as an uncompromising recognition that because it is in the main one of master and slave, it has to be abolished before something better and finer can be built. Veganism is in truth an affirmation that where love is, exploitation vanishes.
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More on Milk - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • the links between milk (or dairy) and such a broad range of ailments has not been well studied, at least by the medical establishment.
  • Yet if you speak with people who’ve had these kinds of reactive problems, it would appear that the medical establishment is among the last places you’d want to turn for advice.
  • the job of an agriculture department should not be to sell whatever crops our farmers can grow most efficiently, it should be to encourage the growth of crops that will benefit the greatest number of Americans. Those crops are not corn and soy, grown largely to create hyper-processed food or animal feed (and in turn animal products), but an increasing variety of plants that can be directly eaten by humans.
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  • for many doctors drugs are the answer to almost every condition, a situation that suits Big Pharma just fine.
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    More on Milk By MARK BITTMAN Mark Bittman on food and all things related. TAGS: DAIRY, DIETS, MILK Not surprisingly, experiences like mine with dairy, outlined in my column of two weeks ago, are more common than unusual, at least according to the roughly 1,300 comments and e-mails we received since then. In them, people outlined their experiences with dairy and health problems as varied as heartburn, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, eczema, acne, hives, asthma ("When I gave up dairy, my asthma went away completely"), gall bladder issues, body aches, ear infections, colic, "seasonal allergies," rhinitis, chronic sinus infections and more. (One writer mentioned an absence of canker sores after cutting dairy; I realized I hadn't had a canker sore - which I've gotten an average of once a month my whole life - in four months. Something else to think about.) Although lactose intolerance and its generalized digestive tract problems are well documented, and milk allergies are thought to affect perhaps 1 percent of the American population, the links between milk (or dairy) and such a broad range of ailments has not been well studied, at least by the medical establishment. RELATED Mark Bittman: Got Milk? You Don't Need It Yet if you speak with people who've had these kinds of reactive problems, it would appear that the medical establishment is among the last places you'd want to turn for advice. Nearly everyone who complained of heartburn, for example, later resolved by eliminating dairy, had a story of a doctor (usually a gastroenterologist) prescribing a proton pump inhibitor, or P.P.I., a drug (among the most prescribed in the United States) that blocks the production of acid in the stomach. But - like statins - P.P.I.s don't address underlying problems, nor are they "cures." They address only the symptom, not its cause, and they are only effective while the user takes them. Thus in the last few days I'
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News: Ask the Experts: Gary Steiner, John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy, discus... - 0 views

  • If we really understand what it means for a being to have moral status, it's something that animals have a right to; they have a right not to be killed and eaten for food and used in a variety of other ways to satisfy human desires.
  • I'm very extreme about this. Animals have just as much right not to be killed and eaten for food, or to be enslaved, as you or I have. That's what I mean when I say that humans and animals are morally equivalent.
  • Veganism is a moral imperative; in my book I call it the vegan imperative.
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  • One has to think about is what's morally right, not what's economically advantageous. Are we going to let economics trump what's right?
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    One has to think about is what's morally right, not what's economically advantageous. Are we going to let economics trump what's right?
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PCRM | Vegan Boxer Wins Welterweight Title - 0 views

  • Many athletes have drawn inspiration from the most powerful animals—bulls, stallions, and elephants—all of whom eat entirely vegan diets—while a pussycat is a heavy meat-eater. For elite athletes, an animal-based diet is similar to smoking, constricting blood flow and reducing endurance.
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Evolution Vegan Dog Kibble - 0 views

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    Now your companion can have a cruelty-free diet, too! Formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO dog food nutrient profiles for all life stages Evolution kibble is completely free of animal ingredients and by-products - it is formulated with whole grains and nutritious vegan ingredients to give your dog the best. Available in the following sizes - 1 lb. trial size package for $3.49, 8 lb. bag for $23.95 (shown in picture), and economy-sized 40 lb. bag for $69.95. 
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Bill Clinton's a vegan, but is the diet unimpeachable? - 0 views

  • "The percentage of vegetarians has doubled since 1994," says John Cunningham, consumer research manager for the organization. Elizabeth Turner, editor in chief of Vegetarian Times, says: "A much larger number of people -- 22 million based on a poll the magazine did in 2008 -- are what I'd describe as vegetarian-inclined. These are the people who might have the occasional chicken or fish. They're interested in vegetarianism and moving in a veg direction, but they aren't all the way there yet.
  • Beans are the ultimate source of protein, and they are loaded with fiber."
  • "Heart disease is a food-borne illness,"
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  • Nestle says the vegan diet "is probably good for President Clinton, but whether it is good for everybody is a subject of much debate."
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    "The percentage of vegetarians has doubled since 1994," says John Cunningham, consumer research manager for the organization. Elizabeth Turner, editor in chief of Vegetarian Times, says: "A much larger number of people -- 22 million based on a poll the magazine did in 2008 -- are what I'd describe as vegetarian-inclined. These are the people who might have the occasional chicken or fish. They're interested in vegetarianism and moving in a veg direction, but they aren't all the way there yet. "Beans are the ultimate source of protein, and they are loaded with fiber." "Heart disease is a food-borne illness,"  "Nestle says the vegan diet "is probably good for President Clinton, but whether it is good for everybody is a subject of much debate."
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Vegan diet for dogs: A question of thriving vs. surviving - CNN.com - 0 views

  • The notion of a holistic approach that gives pet owners more control over their pets' diet has been gaining ground since 2007, when a melamine contamination of commercial pet food caused people to take a closer look at what they were feeding their pets, says Donna Spector, a veterinary internal medicine specialist who runs SpectorDVM, an animal nutrition consultancy.
  • "That was a turning point that led to more home-cooked meals and raw food diets. Vegetarianism is another subset of that backlash," she says.
  • Spector and six other pet experts who spoke with CNN conceded -- some more reluctantly than others -- that most dogs could biologically live on a vegan diet. But doing so requires substantial attention to creating a balanced diet that makes up for the loss of animal protein with substitutions of beans, soy and, to a lesser extent, vegetables and grains.
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  • they have evolved biologically as omnivores, meaning their systems can derive nutrients from a wide variety of sources, including fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and animal products.
  • Vegetarian pet foods require the addition of synthetic amino acids to fill nutritional gaps or a much higher overall protein level to supply all of the essential amino acids.
  • She feeds them a prepared blend of dried vegetables, fruits and herbs that she mixes with water and either tofu, beans or textured vegetable protein.
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Anthony Bourdain and vegan diets - National vegan | Examiner.com - 0 views

  • “I don't want animals stressed or crowded or treated cruelly or inhumanely because that makes them probably less delicious.”
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