Vegan and SDGs by Nadia Mckechnie
On November 1st, my classmates and I attended a lecture about veganism at school. The talk was given by Nadia McKechnie.
Nadia Mckechnie
We learned a lot about veganism and its relationship to the SDGs. I was able to understand more about veganism and how a vegan diet helps the environment. I was surprised by cows and their toxic gases.
After the lecture, I think I should learn more about food balance. I do not have confidence in continuing a vegan diet, but I do want to try it whenever I can.
Eating a balanced diet is vitally important to our health, but I actually think it's far easier to eat a balanced vegan diet than the sort of diet that's more commonly consumed. That's not to say that it isn't necessary to understand some vegan nutrition basics and make sure that one is supplementing with Vitamin B12, which is relatively hard to get through plant sources. As was mentioned in the presentation, all minerals (and most vitamins) come to us (originally) either from the ground and/or through plant sources. So, eating a plant-based diet is, in a profound sense, cutting out the "middle man" (animals) from our diet, and getting nutrients more directly. I've strictly followed a vegan diet for 29 years and have had no adverse health effects at all. At my same age, my father (who ate a diet heavy on meat and other animal products) had completely lost the functioning of his original kidneys and required a kidney transplant. He grew up on a dairy farm where he especially consumed a lot of milk, butter, etc. At that time, those foods were believed to be among the most nutritious and wholesome. It is clear from his health status that that was not at all the case for him.
ReplyDelete