34 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Oct \ parent \ on: There's currently a propaganda campaign against low-carb diets conspiracy
I'll offer slight push back (because you're mostly correct). It's entirely possible for vegans to not profess their diet to be the healthiest. While many do profess that, veganism is morality not nutrition. That means a vegan could hypothetically agree that carnivore is the healthiest diet, while continuing eating a plant-based diet.
I've been exposed to the below argument about the morality of veganism since reading up on the carnivore diet.
It's that going by the number of animals killed, for farming - it's far higher than the number killed, by actually slaughtering and eating them.
In other words the animal life (mice, rabbits, deer, etc) that die as a result of farming is much, much higher than the animal life killed to butcher for meat.
Food for thought.
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I'm aware of that argument and it's based on the animals killed in the production of major field crops. The problem with that argument is that major field crops are not primarily produced for human consumption, but rather for animal feed. That means all of those additional animal deaths actually go on the meat side of the ledger.
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Good point. So then, if you were eating grass fed/grass finished beef, you'd be golden? Or if you were eating wild game?
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You wouldn't be golden (from a vegan perspective), but you'd only have the animals you ate on your ledger.
This is one reason why I do think carnivore is often a more ethical choice for people. I've noticed that those who go carnivore tend to also avoid factory farmed meats, which are by far the worst from a moral standpoint.
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