I realized I had a choice every single day to save
over 1,100 gallons of water,
45 pounds of grain,
30 square feet of forested land,
equivalent of 20 pounds of CO2,
and one animal's life
every single day.
Veganism is the most powerful tool that we have for saving our planet,
for ending world hunger,
for improving our health
when we eat health-consciously,
and for regaining our compassion,
for becoming the people that we believe ourselves to be
good people.
We all say we love animals, and we're all against animal cruelty.
But we pay people to mutilate, torture and slaughter animals.
They can sense the fear. They can smell the blood.
And they fight, you know they fight to the end.
In my years of being vegan and speaking with many many non-vegans,
I've yet to hear one reason that even comes close
to justifying putting a sentient being through what we just watched.
Not one.
And it's not for any necessity. It's not because we need to for our health.
It's just because we like the way they taste.
These creatures have never harmed you, violated you, or taken advantage of you in any way, shape or form.
The least you can do is return the favour.
I'm a vegan, which means I don't participate in any animal exploitation or cruelty.
I don't consume any animal products,
and I wanted to show people through my journey and my writing on the blog
just how easy that is to do, how healthy it is.
These are the top 15 causes of death, top 15 reasons Americans die.
And a plant based diet can help prevent nearly all of them,
can help treat more than half of them,
and in some cases, even reverse the progression of disease, including our top three killers.
And now Cornell and Harvard say that the optimal amount of meat in a healthy human diet is precisely zero.
They're killing you. They're killing the animals, and they're killing this planet.
You know, we don't need to eat animals.
We benefit in every conceivable way from not eating them.
This is the chance for a personal revolution
to leave your mark on this planet by causing the least amount of harm possible.
As I travel around the world, I see poor countries who sell their grain to the West,
while their own children starve in their arms, and the West feeds it to livestock.
And good people don't take food from the mouths of starving children.
Good people don't destroy the planet, leaving our children futureless.
Good people don't kill newborn babies.
Good people don't rape, torture or murder.
Yet, good people everywhere are doing all of these things with every single bite.
But we have the POWER to stop all of this, and that is the beauty of veganism.
It happpens on an individual basis.
And here's something you can stand up 3 times, 4 times, 5 times a day
and say "I'm opposed to discrimination, I'm opposed to injustice,
and that's why I'm eating vegan meals."
This is something you can actually do.
You are the change. You decide what goes in you body.
You decide whether you want continue to have others kill for you.
You decide whether you want to continue consuming death, terror and heartbreak.
And my hope is that you'll decide to go vegan.
I really hope you'll make the right choice.