 Hello everyone welcome to another video now I'm going to give you an update video soon to tell you where I'm at but for now I thought I'd take this time to talk about a very important issue Can you be vegan for health alone now this discussion was raised after I uploaded a Sort of it's kind of like a debate more like a discussion with me and a health advocate on my channel I'll link it down below now after uploading the video many people didn't sort of get the point I was trying to make maybe there was a little bit of confusion. Maybe they didn't watch the whole video That's fine. The first thing I want to address in the video was the way I was conducting myself now if you if you sort of look at My body language. I'm not too interested. I'm a little bit tired now the video has been edited right down to 15 minutes It was about half an hour discussion. I'm on tour in Portugal I actually made a point of telling people how tired I was it's been a long day a long night And you can only try your best in the moment trying your best day Try my best mate Running on about three hours sleep caffeine, you know, I'm on vegan outreach Okay, so I'm looking for people to turn vegan a guy had come up to me And he was really passionate really interested in having a conversation while I was trying to do vegan outreach His question was quite long and drawn out So I cut that whole part of the start and sort of cut to the point where I said look What's your actual question because I'm trying to do vegan outreach? So if I come across as blunt or I'm a bit tired, I'm a bit uninterested and the video is edited down There's lots of things you don't see people are saying I'm interrupting him I was trying to get to the point so I could continue on with my vegan outreach, but that's all that I mean, I don't have to explain myself too much there. I mean, yeah Sometimes I'm a little bit tired. Sometimes I'm a little bit blunt Sometimes I interrupt when I'm trying to get to the point It wasn't vegan outreach. This was a discussion between two vegans now On to the topic. Can you be vegan for health? The answer is no, you can't now now now. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Let me explain why now first before I get into it Let's look at the definition If we're going to call ourselves vegan, we need to know what the word actually means Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude as far as is possible and practicable All forms of exploitation of and cruelty to animals for food clothing or any other Purpose forgive me if I'm wrong, but does it say anything about health in there? Of course, it doesn't it has nothing to do with health finish watching this whole video So you understand my point completely before commenting, please I know this might be triggering a few people, but let's continue you can eat a plant-based diet for health and You can have a puppy meal Where you've got cage dogs and you're breeding them and you're churning out puppies and you're selling them for your own benefit You're exploiting these puppies, but you eat a vegan plant-based diet for your health. Are you a vegan? You can eat a plant-based diet for health Go hunting shoot animals in the head skin them go fishing drag fish out of the ocean by their face Are you a vegan? You can go out and buy a fur coat which has no impact on your health whatsoever Eat a plant-based diet for health Are you vegan? You could even have your own animal testing lab where you're testing all these products on animals You know, maybe you've got some of your own products that have been tested on animals But you eat a vegan diet for your health Is that vegan? Are you a vegan? The same thing goes for the environment You cannot be vegan exclusively for the environment. You could buy leather jackets buy wool Down cruel down products for your home You could go to a horse racing event pay money to bet on horses pay money to bet on the Greyhounds But you eat a plant-based diet for the betterment of the environment Are you a vegan? Now, let's just make this clear The only reason the environment matters is because of the sentient animals and sentient life It supports people care a lot about the environment because it affects them directly human beings directly But essentially the only reason the environment matters is because of sentient animals. Now. Let me make this very clear using health to bolster boost and support the vegan argument is 100% Effective especially in certain situations where people are not really that animal minded. They're more health driven 100% heart disease Cancer diabetes all of these main killers of human beings heart disease being the number one killer of human beings can be reversed with a whole foods low-fat plant-based diet, which is in and of itself a vegan diet Okay, but just because you eat this diet does not make you completely vegan Now I also want to mention I think it can 100 percent strengthen your message your vegan argument if you look Really healthy really strong really fit like you're busting some protein myths and you're a healthy Representation of what a vegan can be because there's just so much misinformation and fear mongering about how vegans are unhealthy So busting those myths is 100% good for the vegan message and therefore good for the animals Let me take this time to give a shout out to some of my favorite health plant-based advocates hench herbivore simon yet nutrition Goji man make the vegan Vegan gains even amazing plant-based vegan advocates Super super important for the movement. Now. Let's not also forget those amazing plant-based doctors who conduct research present science and help reverse disease with a whole foods plant-based vegan diet Dr. McDougal dr. Michael Clapper dr. Greger from nutrition facts org Dr. Neil Barnard who also happens to be an animal rights advocate all of these health advocates the bodybuilders You know the doctors the amazing plant-based nutritionists. These are all Important to help boost and bolster the vegan argument the vegan position But is it the reason we go vegan? No, you don't go completely vegan for health It might be a ticket in you know I might open up your consciousness to the you know the moral principle But the moral principle is what keeps us vegan the reason we go completely vegan people go vegan for health with a Misguided misconception of what the word vegan is they go vegan for health thinking It's a you know a selfish thing for your health to make you feel better They forget the animals watching the animals be butchered Stab skinned, you know have their children taken off them is what will keep you vegan in the long run We cannot forget the core reason we're going vegan This was my whole point in this discussion in this debate even though it might have been Misinterpreted by people even though my conduct was a little bit. I was a bit tired a bit grumpy Okay, walk a second in my shoes. It was a big tour But the point I'm trying to make is there's this huge misconception even within the vegan community that veganism is a healthy Diet it is not a diet. It is a philosophy a moral principle which extends out and encompasses Diet as well. It also encompasses many other things many other forms of animal exploitation Use if you stop eating and consuming animal products directly just with what you put in your mouth You are cutting out over 90% of the cruelty over 90% of the violence, which is a massive step in the right direction Huge really big, but if you don't even know why you're doing that if you're just doing it for some outside reason Like my help even though it has positive effects. It's not really going to reinforce That moral principle in you and keep you vegan for life Let it be known you can eat all the delicious junk food you like burgers pies hot dogs Sausage rolls cakes Donuts ice cream chocolate Lollies as long as they don't contain the body parts of animals or byproducts of animals They are completely vegan. You can be a junk food vegan never harm or exploit directly any sentient beings And you're adhering to the definition of vegan. You are a vegan nothing to do with health Now now why am I even bothering with this video? Why don't I even bother a put up that debate video? Because it's a very important distinction to make it is it's very important. It's fundamental We need to understand this if we are going to say hey, I'm a vegan. I'm a vegan We need to actually understand what it means what it is to be vegan Okay, because otherwise, you know, yeah, that's great. You have got a lot of plant-based eaters out there That's a fantastic huge step in the right direction. I'm all for it 100% support it But if we have a bunch of plant-based eaters out there that are unaware of the this pure scope of animal exploitation and and what other actions they could be taking which exploit and harm animals if they Don't know that then it's irresponsible of us We need to make sure everyone is fully on the same page with what it means to be vegan Okay, just just simply so I just want to clear up that misconception I just want to you know make a few things clear about that video and there's just lots of comments It's it's I'm not trying to be divisive I'm just trying to just point out the distinction so that we know so all the health advocates know There's the definition. It's right there. It's up there veganism what it is what it means What do you think down below? Let's create the discussion put it all down below. I love all of you guys You know what I mean? I love all of you guys. It's okay if we disagree you can criticize me openly That's completely fine, but we're all fighting the same fight. Aren't we you know? We're trying to educate each other and raise each other to a higher standard. Let's let's discuss it Can you be vegan solely for health alone? Thank you all for listening. I hope that cleared a few things up. There might have been a few things I missed very important topic though. Love you all love all my plant-based advocates. Love all my animal rights activists Don't forget the animals. It's the core reason we go vegan The rest are just beautiful benefits that come along for the ride for making an altruistic Decision that benefits others you get benefits as well. So does the environment. So does your health. Peace