 Who cares? You might have it. I don't have it because I'm an animal. I'm a wild animal. I don't care Alright guys, welcome back to the channel if you knew manims will be guys today We're gonna check out Seb Alex with his video why vegans suffer more with mental health Oh, you don't say let's have a look. Hi everyone. Hope you're doing well Seb here for those of you Don't know me. I make animal rights and veganism related content Sorry voice check every single week and today I want to talk about this Concept this question that's been going around of whether or not vegans are happier or meat eaters and non vegans are happier You look very happy now I've been seeing this subject come up quite often during the past four or five years and there's quite a few things that I want to address It's interesting that he mentions the past four or five years because in the past four to five years We had a major dropout of vegans turning into ex vegans Those ex vegans then reported on the mental illness that veganism is first one being the study that recently came out Let's say the most recent one that I'm aware of that covers this topic And that study is called meat and mental health a meta-analysis of meat consumption depression and anxiety now This studies conclusion was that actually vegans are not happier and not only that they made a very strict conclusion in which vegans need studies for Everything why don't you just look into the mirror? Just ask yourself. Are you truly happy? Show me the studies Am I happy or results show that meat? Obsention vegetarianism or veganism is clearly associated with poorer mental health specifically higher levels of fear for depression and anxiety Now if you take this at face value, you would be worried, right? Like why is the study saying this? Why did they conclude this again? Why would you be worried about what the study says? Look at prominent vegan youtubers. Most of them are on anti depressants But they still don't figure out that it is veganism are actually saying the opposite So we have to ask ourselves what is specific about this study that we can look into and one of the most important things that you Should look into is the conflict of interest when it comes to the study the people behind it Who are they paid by and when it comes to the disclosure statement? Honestly before veganism during veganism after veganism man There was maybe a handful of people that I met that were somewhat happy on a vegan diet Most vegans myself included admitted to have terrible mental health And that is obvious because you are malnourishing yourself on it have previously received funding from the beef checkoff Through the National Cattlemen's Beef Association You cannot be more industry funded than this and if you look into the funding in additional information It says that this study was funded in part via an unrestricted research grant from the beef checkoff through the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Fantastic this study has been funded congratulations Sherlock Holmes you figure it out, but how about the vegan science? You can see that even hardcore vegans don't accept the narrative of a cold-tool Asselstyn or a dr. Greger from nutrition facts dot org So in the end I'm repeating myself you can sit in front of your computer and analyze study after study after study It doesn't matter the question is are you happy if not what to do about it The study had normal in-study design data collection that analysis data interpretation or writing the report now We have to keep in mind that just because they weren't involved in Preparing the the method and everything doesn't mean that them giving the money didn't play a part Because we have to remember that when you're funding Scientists most of the time you expect them to do something specific and if you sit down and decide Okay, I want to make a study that concludes this you can find the scientists who would do that for you A very very clear example of this was when the egg industry funded the future Yeah, really really clear example of this is the current situation Studies and what they did was they wanted to show that eating and consuming eggs Doesn't really affect your cholesterol levels and one thing we know in biology and science is that if you already have Let's say more than average cholesterol level if you eat more eggs Man, what do you know about biology and science? You're not even eating your species specific diet. Do you even species specific diet, bro? Yeah, if you really believe in science in biology evolution and all that stuff Why don't you simply look into the human physiology and see what we are meant to eat? Anything that has a lot of cholesterol it will not go higher. There won't be any spike So if you're not eating anything with cholesterol and then let's say every three or four weeks to eat eggs There's gonna be a spike. So what they did is they brought people who already have a high level and then they found them more eggs And they're like, oh look, there's no spike. Therefore consuming eggs does not have an impact on the cholesterol levels in your body And of course they want to do that because high of having a high cholesterol is not something healthy And this is just an example. It's not something healthy because Who funded cholesterol studies ever looked into the pharmaceutical complex that is pushing statins? No, why model of how industry funded research most of the time can give you the results that the industry was looking for in the first place Now, let's put this subject aside and let's actually talk about the subject Are vegans happier or is it normal to not be happy if you're vegan? Well, I would say that in general you would feel better physically because of what you're putting in your body You know and at the end you are what you eat and if you're exactly you are vegetable things that are not good for your body If you're eating things that are not good for your digestive system And your overall health in general you are going to be feeling better But we do know that a lot of animal rights activists vegan activists do suffer from anxiety and depression Man, stop it. It's not only animal rights activists. It's your everyday vegan. They're cranky. They're hangry We definitely clash a lot more than other people And I think that's because we have seen an experience and witness so much that we let it out on each other And sometimes we keep it to ourselves and we don't really seek therapy. We don't take breaks We don't look after ourselves and that you should definitely seek therapy, bro It can result in your mental health declining and this is something that I believe is very normal Of course, we're not gonna be happier. It's very normal to get mental health problems over animals Yeah, then the people who are living in ignorance who don't know what's going on in these farms Who haven't been in slaughterhouse kill floor who haven't but I do know what is going on I've been in slaughterhouses. I've been on farms. I eat meat every day and I feel great being in farms with Thousands of chickens locked up in cages suffering day after day week week after week month after month only to end up on trucks And then be taken to a slaughterhouse Of course, you're gonna be happier if you don't think about these things And of course, you're gonna be happier if you don't hear all the sorry for the language But bullshit, but why don't you think about all the atrocities that are happening in nature every single day? You don't because it doesn't fit your emotional narrative uses people give to not go vegan You know, of course, you're gonna be happier if when you show someone slaughterhouse footage You don't hear them saying oh, but plants have feelings when you know very well. They don't believe plants have feelings They're just looking for stupid excuses to justify their exploitation and murder of other animals Of course, you're gonna be happier when you don't have to share all the information of what's going on Just to be given your soul in denial is not even funny. How do you explain x vegans? Myself, I was a vegan for four years straight an ethical vegan, believe it or not But I know firsthand x vegans of 10 years and longer ethical vegans yet Again, they went through the whole conditioning. They saw all the movies dominion earthlings and whatnot But had to quit in the end because the health failed after quitting veganism They reclaimed their health and they reclaimed their sanity. They became happy people again This look and go like oh, why are you pushing your views on me or just to be told? Oh, but I love the taste of cheese when you know that baby calves are taken away from their mothers And then their mothers are exploited for their milk and sent to a slaughterhouse Of course, you're gonna be happier if you don't have to stand outside slaughterhouses Just to record what's happening to pick and you have to stand outside and how they're taken inside Gas chambers is being forced just to be killed and then be sold as humanly slaughtered To end up showing that footage to your friends and loved ones and hear more excuses So I think on one hand this study is complete bullshit But I also think that even if it wasn't even if this was not an industry funded study and even if You are super happy it had the conclusion that it has I think it's normal that vegans are not happier But I would say vegans I would say activists people who but you're wrong as I said plenty of vegans out there plenty of x vegans Especially that are testimony to that vegans are mentally ill experience and witness and go through the frustration that we go through You too most on a daily basis when we're communicating with others, you know Everywhere you look you see injustice around you once you go vegan and become active Every single place you go when you see the leather seats when you see people biting into their sandwiches acting like what they're doing is completely fine Because it is completely fine eventually affect you because you are a human being who cares for values life for values morality and ethics So that's sure if you value life so much. Why are you vegan? Vegans on average kill more animals than a carnivore, but yet again you're going to scream Crap that's no being ignorant of what is really happening when you're eating plants But I want to talk about you know, if you're not vegan you might not understand why it's so difficult You know, but if you go vegan you would actually understand that if you respect life once you make that connection I respect life and first and foremost I have to respect my life and my family's life and hence I have to feed them and realize that yes, even though other animals are different to us They're not really different in ways that have any moral weight, you know, just because they look different I can't hear this anymore. We are just animals and we are not so different If we are just animals, we can eat other animals. Your argument is being used against you But we have moral agency who cares you might have it. I don't have it because I'm an animal I'm a wild animal. I don't care. I can do whatever I want if we are all animals Nature's law applies every single time man completely delusional if vegans would actually make the argument That there are humans that want to take care of animals and they have moral agency and ethics because they are Humans that would be a much stronger point or have a different way of living or different skin or fur or whatever It doesn't really justify doing what we're doing to them. And once you have that change in your Yeah, but this is exactly what is happening in nature Why is the lion eating the gazelle because the gazelle is different from the lion Why is the crocodile eating the fish because the fish is different from the crocodile Do you get that no life and you start seeing them and valuing their life It's gonna be difficult being in a society that is not vegan not only not vegan But also very charged against vegans and veganism and we it's not only Society even if you go out and you check tribal people or you go into the wilderness you will see Always the same pattern life eats life You know as a fact that the only group that is more discriminated against and has more hate than vegans Are people who depend on drugs. That's how much vegans are hated. So, yeah I think it's very fair to even even if the study was not funded by the industry to realize that to me It's hilarious to see how much this concerns him because internally he already knows that the study is true No matter who funded it. You are mentally ill. Yeah vegans or vegan activists are not as happy And that's not an insult by the way Every vegan is mentally ill. I was mentally ill as well as long as you are malnourishing yourself You cannot function your brain doesn't work What I want to ask you all if especially if you're a vegan or a vegan activist is to take care of yourself You know find the few things that make you feel better find the few things that make you feel more calm Makes your anxiety go away. You know personal it's a messiah complex. Essentially. They're sacrificing themselves It's very important to take breaks. It's very important to take care of your mental health Keep in mind if you're an activist that when it comes to activism It's not a sprint. We're not gonna be able to make the world go vegan and become anti-species in a matter of weeks Or even years. This is something that might very probably take decades. So it's not a sprint It's a marathon man It's gonna take a few years until you become an ex-vegan like all the rest And the animals need you long term and for you to be doing this long term You have to take care of yourself So take care of yourself and your mental health for your sake for the animal's sake and for the movement's sake That's all I want to share with you today. I hope you enjoyed this video. All right, man All right guys, and this is it for today's video If you liked it, leave it a thumbs up if you haven't subscribed already guys Please do so and if you want to support this channel all the links are in the description box below As always may god bless you all much love and peace