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Show Notes
Why aren't I a Vegan? I get asked this question all the time, and in this solo episode I break down the core reasons why I think we need to reexamine the Vegan approach. I consider myself to be a conscious omnivore and promote a Four Kingdoms approach to diet (eating from the animal, plant, fungal and bacterial kingdoms). In my personal quest for the most natural diet, I was a vegan for about 10 years. In this show, I'll tell you a bit about my experience as a vegan, why I started eating animal foods again and why long-term veganism is an experiment and maybe not an appropriate diet for a healthy, robust human ape. In the end, I give a strategy for those who still want to see the world go vegan, and explain how they could best achieve that!
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:- The issue with "isms"
- My personal search for the most natural diet
- The two types of veganism
- Chimps, bonobos & 3.6 million years of archaeology
- The hand-raising experiment
- Anthropomorphic cartoon animals and charismatic megafauna
- Factory farmed animals
- Nutrient deficiencies in vegan diets
- Kids and veganism
- Social isolation
- Our hunting lineage
- How a misanthropic world view takes humans out of the ecosystem
- Conscious omnivory — the Four Kingdoms of Food
- The vegan experiment