the birth of veganism
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In 1944, Donald Watson who co-founded the Vegan Society introduced the word ‘vegan’ as a new word which enabled people to differentiate from
those who followed a vegetarian lifestyle..
For Watson, it was important to differentiate from the two because he felt that vegetarianism -which stipulated the
avoidance of eating any meat flesh, did not fully cover the commitment of those who wished to abstain from any type of
animal products.
• The term vegan took vegetarianism to its natural conclusion which meant the deliberate and conscious avoidance of any meat products
• Becoming a vegan meant often drastic lifestyle changes to those who followed this path but for those that were committed to the non-abuse of animals; this was a natural and deliberate choice.
There’s even more to the origin of Veganism. If you want to learn more then keep reading.
• Veganism as a way of life means that it’s important to understand just what is deemed a ‘no go’ product and this means, eggs, milk, fur and honey has to be eliminated from use.
•It has been stipulated that a vegan diet produces much fewer greenhouse gas emissions than any diet that is largely meat-based.
• According to a study done by the University of Chicago, a typical US diet generates nearly 1.5 tonnes more carbon dioxide per meat eater than those who are on a vegan diet.
• With land becoming less available, other benefits are that any plant based diet requires substantially less land or water which would be typically required to support a meat based western diet and this is because farmed animals will eat much more by way of protein and water than they actually produce.
There is such much to Veganism and we haven’t even scratched the surface!
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