World Vegan Day: Clearing the air on veganism

From nationalheraldindia.com

The growing towards conscious eating habits, backed by health benefits is set to drive Veganism as a way of life in the days to come. But being a vegan, one often faces questions about their diet

It's important to remember Veganism is not a diet or fad but a social justice movement for animals. To start with, vegans are those who do not use animal products or even by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk, cosmetics. Individuals who prefer to be a vegan choose food which does not exploit animals.

On World Vegan Day, IANSlife spoke to Amjor Chandran, animal rights activist and co-organiser of Vegan India Movement, Animal Liberation March India (ALMI) and the Animal Rights March India, clears the air on veganism.

Benefits of veganism

By choosing to go vegan you not only contribute in the effort to stop the exploitation of animals but also to reduce your carbon footprint and prevent diseases. By following a whole food and plant-based diet, you can prevent or even reverse 15 of the major killer diseases of our time that includes heart disease and diabetes. This is explained with facts by Dr Michael Gregor in his famous video on YouTube "Uprooting the leading causes of death", says the expert.

"Being vegan is the single best way to reduce your environmental impact on the earth. Animal agriculture is responsible for deforestation, water shortage, Global warming, and climate change. Globally, 50 percent of food grains which are produced in this world are used to feed the animals that we breed and overpopulate. A global shift towards veganism significantly helps us in preventing food shortage," he asserts.

Adding: "Animal agriculture is responsible for global warming, deforestation, climate change and water scarcity. This is the reason why environmentalists like James Cameron and Greta Thunberg have turned vegan. There are growing activist groups across the country like Dval (Delhi Vegans for Animal Liberation ) which is based in Delhi and Kerala vegan Movement, which aim at creating vegan awareness by several campaigns like Marches, cube of truth, lectures, street outreaches."

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