Vegan Soapbox: We're All a Little Bit Vegan

by Stephanie Ernst · 2008-12-14 11:06:00 UTC
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Check out this Vegan Soapbox post from last month if you can't imagine what you'd eat as a vegan: "We're All a Little Bit Vegan."

Here's the beginning (all emphasis is from the original post):

Omnivores with fast-food burger diets are 10% vegan. Omnis with healthier diets are 50%-70% vegan. Vegetarians are 80% vegan. Vegans are 99-100% vegan.

If you have no idea what you’d eat if you went 100% vegan, your diet isn’t varied enough. You need to eat more fruits, vegetables, and non-animal products. You need, for your own health, to become a little bit more vegan.

And a tiny bit from the middle:

In fact, the MAJORITY of foods recommended by the USDA are vegan: grains, vegetables, and fruits.

And the end:

Sadly, most people aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables. If you’re not eating a diet that is 50-100% vegan, you’re probably seriously lacking nutrients. That is to say, if you “have no idea” what you’d eat if you went vegan, you’re not eating a healthy diet now.

For the graphics and additional commentary, see the full post.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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