 For me it is neither possible nor practicable to exclude all animal foods, so hence I have to eat five steaks per day. I am vegan. Alright guys, welcome back to the channel. If you're new, my name is Bobby Geiss. Today we're gonna check out ABC Action News in depth with their video, why black Americans are the fastest growing vegan demographic in the country. Can't wait, let's have a look. Well if one of your New Year's resolutions is to improve your health, a mostly plant-based diet including grains, vegetables and fruits can be the ticket to improving your overall health. Do you hear yourself? If you want to improve your health, eat grains. When I became a vegetarian, there weren't as many options as there were now. More black Americans are choosing plants. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 8% of African Americans identify as vegan or vegetarian. I identify as vegan as well. Because if we check out the definition it reads, veganism is a philosophy and way of life which seeks to exclude as far as is possible and practicable all forms of exploitation of and cruelty to animals for food etc etc you name it. I did just that. For me it is neither possible nor practicable to exclude all animal foods so hence I have to eat 5 steaks per day. I am vegan. 3% of the general population, many people of color say they switch to a plant-based diet for the environment, animal rights and their health. So I took the golden rule, treat everybody how you want to be treated and that goes to animals, bugs, humans. It's so hilarious to me that he talks about bugs. First and foremost you will eat the bugs. There is what the plant-based agenda is truly about. But if you really care about bugs, why would you eat plants? You do understand that there is such a thing called pesticides. Pesticides kill pests, mainly bugs. For plant production you kill trillions of bugs. And most doctors agree a plant-based lifestyle can improve our health. So that's why many people are veganizing the foods they grew up on and love. From the mac and cheese and the collard greens to the gyros which led to this food truck. Sure replacing real meat with soy and plant oils will do the job. Levi Topari is the owner of the Good Life food truck in St. Petersburg. The business open, look at them and they all have guts. Spend a little more than a year with the goal to veganize familiar foods. Why do you think more people of color are switching over to a plant-based diet? I think people realize that it's in the food we eat plays a role in our health. So what do we have right here? I'm excited. So that is a quarter pound filet of the lime-made mushroom with vegan bacon, tomatoes and red onions. And because there is no meat on it, this is why it is healthy. Dude, you're eating a bunch of gluten fried in seed oil and garnished with sugar and more plant oils. Healthy in tomatoes and red onions. Yeah, so that's the lime-made mushroom, man. Meanwhile, across the bay in Tampa, Nikolami is the owner of the vegan halal cart with an all-vegan menu of gyros, wraps and shawarmas. He tells me about 40 to 60% of his clients are people of color. It's definitely growing in terms of people of color who want to participate more in a plant-based diet. Wouldn't that depend on demographics? He switched over to a plant-based diet four years ago to improve his health. And the doctor told me I could never forget my doctor. He was like, you look like a Lamborghini with bad parts in it. And that changed my life. As a physician, why do you advocate for a plant-based diet? And what's the connection between what we eat and our overall health? It has nothing to do with our genes. It has to do with the way we treat our genes. So that if the African-Americans or Latinos, you know, are associated with... Why is everything about race in America nowadays? Everything, man. It's really not because we were made that way. All right, now I get it. Only the blacks and the Latinos are still in the original state of Garden Eden and hence eat plants. However, the bad evil white man is enslaving everybody and is eating animals. I get it now. We made ourselves that way. In fact, the Journal of the American Heart Association conducted a study over the span of 32 years. They found that those who had a mostly plant-based diet were 52% less likely to develop heart issues. Less likely. One of the main reasons for the growing trend in black Americans adopting a plant-based diet is social media. You want to learn how to make a vegan fish sandwich? You can't make this up, man. The chunky vegan. You really believe this will heal your heart. Oh, my mom. I got you. Wow. Shaw Durant has a... Your dreams are developed to eat that slob. The chunky vegan, where he teaches viewers how to veganize their favorite foods at home with a baby spoon. Scoop it in. What is that about? What inspired that? Crinch. Honestly, when it first came about, it was no inspiration. It was just like, yo, I got three pots going at the same time. Let me just hurry up and grab something to stir, stir, burp, burp real quick. Then it just turned into a symbol of... The symbol of you can do anything you put your mind to. You don't need the proper tools because what is the proper tools if that makes sense? And that's the message many people in color who advocate for a plant-based diet want to spread. You don't have to give up cultural foods that you grew up with because there's almost always a way to veganize it and make it healthier. In Tampa, I'm in depth reporter Anthony Hill, ABC Action News. No man, you just made it worse. The only nutrition that was left in that gunk was the meat, was the cheese. You removed all that and replaced it with mushrooms. You still went through the same process of deep-frying the whole thing. So it is and always will be junk food. Just because you grew up with that food doesn't make it healthy. You have that assumption about the meat, but you don't ask any questions about this junk. This is what truly kills you. Refined plant oils first and foremost. Then the anti-nutrients found in plants. The sticky proteins, gluten being one of them. This is what destroys your health. The only health improvement that vegans see is when they ditch all the junk food and eat only whole food plant-based for a while. This is when the body sees relief. But once they start suffering because of the malnutrition, they reintroduce all the fatty, greasy vegan foods and this is when they run into health complications. In the end, it is never sustainable because it is not your species-specific diet. Alright guys, 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. 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