Can the Whole World Be Vegan with John Robbins #623

http://www.therenegadehealthshow.com - In this second installment of my interview with John Robbins, we talk about the vegan diet...

John has some interesting comments on if the world will become vegan, if the meat industry can practice in an ethical way, and how the native people he studied in his book "Healthy at 100" survived (and what type of diet they ate).

Take a look...

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• john robbins
• healthy at 100
• can the world be vegan
• meat industry
• ethical
• native people
• vegan diet

[nikki4612]

I totally agree with Mr. Robbins belief that the movement has hurt itself by being intolerant. Better to encourage the vegetarian, pescatarian, and those who are just cutting down. It's the total of all efforts of many that will achieve a greater result than perfect behavior from a small group.

[eiyela]

He really captures why I'm more drawn to a raw diet a vegan diet. You can be 50% raw and still hang out with someone who's 90% or more and still learn from eachother. Vegans in my town (I'm sure there are many exceptions) are a bit more all or nothing. You're either in or out, if that makes sense, and for me at least that creates more stress than a will to learn.

[stockinettestitch]

@durianriders Congratulations! Well done YOU! And Mr. Hannibal. I love telling my family examples like these at the dinner table (while they're complaining that mom's a vegan). lol

[MithilaNoronha]

@youlance29 I cannot make any sense out of that if my life depended on it. Billions are starving because crops & grains are being used to feed animals raised for meat. Even our water sources have 3 times as much waste in them because of factory farms!!! Our Air is filled with methane for the same reasons!

On one hand you have obese animal eaters, & on the other malnourished people without a morsel of food. Pick any out of those few reasons to die, being vegan is not one of them.

[durianriders]

Ive been a vegan for over 9 years now and run marathons. I rode 70km today, 100km yesterday and 210km the day before that. I giggle when non athletes say 'oh but I dont get enough protein as a vegan..'

Noah Hannibal has been a vegan for 17 years and just won the Australian Bench Press comp in the heavyweight devision. Google him up.

Check out on youtube 'vegan blood tests'.

[veganandlovingit]

I went vegan over twenty years ago, for ethical reasons not for health reasons. I continued eating fried foods to the max and soy ice cream etc for most of that time. I am 45 now and beginning to feel my age, so I am eating healthier now, still vegan of course, have cut back my alcohol and gave up smoking earlier this year.

[IDontKnowxxx]

@mike1981ification could be dairy allergies, too

[idempotenz]

the last video i've seen on youtube was about german soldiers in afghanistan who secure opium fields for the us to destabilize russia with heroin exports... :-( i wish the people on the top were raw foodist... our little planet would become heaven on earth instead a made up hell :-( sorry for the bad comment!!!

[youlance29]

NO, the WHOLE world CANNOT be vegan because billions are starving and will DIE if forced to eat a vegan only diet.

[quasim0do]

@bklynsam I agree that a strong community and connection to the earth is just as important if not more important than the food. But on the other hand, you simply can't have one without the other.

It is impossible to have all that if you eat junk food. It really is. The food truly impacts our thoughts and our life styles. As soon as you start eating a clean diet you will begin to feel connected to the earth and to other beings.