| What makes vegan living such a no-lose situation? | | | | completely unnecessary. The great thing about |
| Who are the big winners? | | | | the vegan lifestyle is that it allows you to take |
| Big Winner # 1: You. | | | | action in a positive direction, every time you eat. |
| Want better health? Want lower cholesterol | | | | If you are already vegan, then you know how |
| levels? Well, your eyes have landed in the right | | | | good it feels to be investing in cruelty-free food |
| place. Vegans easily avoid elevated cholesterol | | | | on a daily basis. |
| levels often associated with eating animals. This is | | | | Big Winner # 3: The Environment. |
| because vegan foods are naturally cholesterol | | | | There's a reason why animal product production |
| free. Animal products are the only dietary source | | | | stinks. It is massively polluting our planet. I'm |
| of cholesterol for humans. Put another way, | | | | talking about pollution on a scale so big that the |
| animal products are a cholesterol delivering | | | | only play factory farms can make is to sweep it |
| monopoly that vegans simply choose to boycott. | | | | under the rug and pray that the majority of |
| In case you haven't heard, our bodies don't need | | | | people never find out. |
| any extra cholesterol in the first place. | | | | Guess what? It's too late for them. They've had |
| Big Winner # 2: Animals. | | | | there day under the radar. In 2006, the Food and |
| Vegan living is a vote that counts against the | | | | Agriculture Organization for the United Nations |
| mistreatment of animals. Let's be honest, | | | | released a report confirming that 18 percent of |
| boycotting companies that stink always feels like | | | | greenhouse gas emissions measured in carbon |
| the right thing to do. What stinky companies am I | | | | dioxide equivalent come from the livestock sector. |
| talking about? I'm talking about factory farms that | | | | The report also confirmed that this is a higher |
| cramp animals tightly in cages and then slaughter | | | | percentage than transport. Talk about a global |
| them in ways that are blatantly inhumane. | | | | warming conversation changer... Maybe you've |
| We all know that animals can sense danger and | | | | heard the saying, "You can't be a meat eater and |
| feel pain. We all know that the production | | | | be an environmentalist at the same time." I |
| methods at factory farms are cruel and | | | | couldn't agree more. |