I reduced meat by about 40-60% from 2015-2020, or thereabouts, due to guilt trips.
Now my view on saving animals is this:
The more ENERGY we use, the more animals will die to sustain us. Saving animals isn't a function of NOT EATING ANIMALS, but of being minimalists. Something like seven million animals due per year flying over vegetable crops, due to pesticide spraying.
So why the **** should I feel guilty, given the low calorie diet I consume, and being a COMPLETE MINIMALIST, when some vegan is using more energy in general, and in a bigger house than I am, resulting in more habitat loss? Etc.
Furthermore, I refuse to give up the quality of life I attain from being strong. People don't push you around as much. I think most strong men know that strength is a valuable quality for a man to possess. And the vegan diet just isn't palatable to me.
Diet ADHERENCE is the most important part of any diet. If any vegan did the work to tell me EXACTLY what diet I could follow successfully, I would try it, but ALL that meat reduction did for me is make me reduce meat without getting my protein elsewhere. Screw that!
I used to think not eating meat saves animals. But it's just human supremacy in general causing animals to die so we can live. And we are ALL responsible for human supremacy.
Nice to see Getbig's own Vince Goodrum owning Vegan Gains here!
