I think it's bloody amazing that you don't wear make up in your videos! it makes me feel better about myself when not wearing it, and thank you, Emma, for making me way less insecure.
You absolutely should feel okay with it! Believe me, you will look less bad than you think. In fact, I'm certain you'll look good. No one looks bad without makeup really, IMO.
+Valosken i think people can look "bad" without makeup,but it's more like the reaction of when someone gets glasses for the first time or something,it's just a reaction to the sudden difference rather than fact.
"don't do it because a youtuber tells you to" yes to this so much. i was somebody who was affected by a vegan youtuber once upon a time despite the fact that i had struggled with an eating disorder in the past. this youtuber said a plant based diet helps to solve eating disorders and i believed them. being plant based triggered me into restricting again and hardly eating at all. it really is dangerous the way that a lot of youtubers talk about veganism/plant based diets. so THANK YOU for recognizing that and speaking out!
I really respect the way you speak about veganism. An awesome viewpoint to have. I was vegan before CFS and no version of veganism worked for me (despite studying to be a nutritionist, having the tools to know how) and went back to eating animal products to recover from housebound at worst (and it is working!) Ethical considerations and health considerations don't always sit in the same basket... can't wait until supermeat is rolled out though, cruelty free animal products grown from stem cells in test tubes! Saves so many food miles also. Also being plant based didn't make me lose any weight! Everyone is different. Sometimes a vegan diet may also be good for some people short term but not long term. Listen to your body first!
I also have cfs and fibromyalgia (both leave me housebound) but my cfs actually got alot better after being vegan, I think possibly because I was eating alot less processed food. My b12 and vitamin d have been a bit up and down but haven't had a drastic affect. Its interesting how it affects different people
+Aly Ellen you don't eat certain meats for environmental reasons? Same, but also because I don't like animal cruelty. Don't you care about animal cruelty too?
I love this channel so much, Emma is always as real as she can be but this channel took it to the next level. Thank you for being the amazing person that you are and never feel the need to talk about things you don't deem necessary, we all love listening to what you genuinely want to discuss! Stay healthy and happy Em ❤️
Also, excuse the off-topic comment but as someone who is also extremely passionate about North Korea and the spreading awareness of the events/conditions there, it would be great if some point you could make another video when you have more information or opinions to share. Being a person with ADHD I struggle to concentrate on videos and lectures etcetc but watching and listening to your videos I find very easy, I think it would be the same for others, you have an educational system kind of going on on this channel and you can certainly reach out to such an amazing and impressionable audience. Just a smol comment wondering ^-^
Courtney Crawford totally off topic but what's your diet? I have pretty solid case of ADHD and I have noticed that my diet and most importantly exercise helps *ALOT*
I only became a vegan because of an allergy, like I was already vegetarian and then I found I had an allergy to dairy so I was like oh well might as well become a vegan
Jesse Lucas I use normal recipes but I just change them to vegan friendly or I buy ready meals from vegans shops but my favourite vegan food that I have made was a vegetable curry, it was so good.
Vegan or not, anyone can eat bad foods and be malnourished. Plant based doesn't equal weight loss or eating disorder. Perhaps a video on how to be a healthy vegan would be helpful?
Again, I would fear young people would not have the means to do it correctly but still want to try, and thus making themselves ill. You can't guarantee every person will listen.
Vloggery Hmm, I understand. Though other than B12 which is very easily supplemented, studies show vegans have no more likelihood of developing deficiencies any more than the general population. Also chances of young people becoming sick from eating too much saturated fat, cholesterol, animal protein, eating too many calories and becoming obese,having heart disease, bowel cancer or arteriosclerosis is far more likely and harmful than a simple tweak to a diet low in a certain mineral or vitamin.
Are you telling me I could be eating yummy broccoli instead of doughnuts and hot dogs? (Actually, I have to be careful with broccoli, which sucks. Never inherit a blood disorder that requires blood thinners if you can avoid it.)
I enjoy some vegan foods. However, a lot of vegan based meat produce use spiced onion and pickled foods which can lead to stomach cancer. You have just as much chance as developing cancer as a vegan than you do as a carnivore.
Charlie Chitty You make no sense. Onion and "pickled foods" do not give you stomach cancer. Meat on the other hand is a known carcinogen which DOES cause cancer. I have no idea what "vegan based meat produce" is. Do you mean mock-meat? Those are generally made out of tofu and or veges with flavourings and spices. Also, a lot of vegans don't eat them. And no, vegans have far less % of cancer (diet related cancers) than omnivores. And when you say "carnivore" I'm guessing you mean omnivore because humans are not carnivores and would die from trying to eat only a carnivorous diet.
okay this kind of has me shaken because i've tried veganism for like six months now and i've kind of hit an all time low since then, i really don't eat anything aside from bananas and hummus and now that you're saying it might be bad i'm re-evaluating everything.
:( OMG! same exact thing happened to me! I made it to 7 months. And i felt so alone in my diet. I was so malnourished & depressed. You have to look after yourself! I switched from vegan to vegetarian. And i now i feel so much better! I honestly feel happy again! Please look after yourself
not ryan ross you guys just need to have balanced diet! Even if you were on SAD, or worse standard student diet you would be unhealthy. The only difference is the absolute lack of B12. That could be potentially dangerous if you don't supplement. Don't be scared of vegan diet, just do it right. Almost all people are deficient some times on something.
kerry victoria maybe get a nutritionist or do research before making such huge diet changes. I researched and followed vegan youtubers and observed their day to day diets before I switched. please do research before you go vegan and going vegan really is worth it! my skin cleared up, I have more energy, and I can go to sleep at night knowing I haven't hurt anything or built my life off the backs of tortured animals
tumblingcomeback I did so much research! I knew everything and anything about being vegan. And i ate a balanced diet. But for some reason i just go sick :(. I would consider going vegan again maybe some day. But for now I'm okay being vegetarian.
Hey baby cakes :-) bananas and hummus are two very tasty things to snack on, but you gotta carb up. I would recommend watching High Carb Hannah on youtube. Try adding more rice or potatoes to your diet! The trick is to be eating things that are rich with carbs & nutrients (greens like kale, whole sugars from fruit). You want to be filling up on a variety of these things. A banana & hummus diet is very limiting and I can only imagine how poorly your body/mind must feel! A vegan diet is restrictive when you're not eating enough foods. Whenever anyone comes to me for advice about a plant-based diet, the first thing I recommend doing is RESEARCH.
Abi 666 a diet is what someone usually eats. veganism is not a diet, but you have to change your diet if you want to be vegan. and people were asking Emma about what she eats (that's her diet). I don't see any contradiction in here.
My art teacher in my senior year of HS is a vegan. She was awesome and didn't talk about her being a vegan unless you asked her. And she didn't care if you ate meat. The only vegans I can't stand are the ones that go around having to say that they are vegan all the time or try to convince you to be vegan and yell at you for eating meat. The way I see it is that humans are animals and animals hunt other animals and eat them. I mean some animals don't eat other animals yet a lot do. And we have the choice to eat meat or not eat meat since we have the ability to eat either.
yes. it is a really bad reason. but if you don't like being told that you're a bloody murderer then you should get out of our faces because that would make you a damn hypocrite.
***** The thing is most people that hunt now don't hunt because they want food. They hunt just for the fun and sport of it and just to kill an animal and most likely use it as a trophy. Also when people hunt now most of the animals they go for are defenseless. They sit in their tree stand waiting for a deer to walk by and then shoot it. A duck or goose also can't really defend itself either. Or if they hunt like a bear or boar they try to be as far away from it as they can be before they try to kill it. So what difference does it make? Either way an animal is going to die with a very slim chance of killing the person that is going to kill it.
It's great that your teacher was tolerant towards other people who disagreed with her! Did you also discuss your view on that is in human's nature to be able to eat meat?
this video is SOOO important!! It's so common within the younger (my) generation to just suddenly go veggie or vegan and people reallyyy need to understand the risks that come with it. So THANK YOU EMMA, you lovely human bean
I have decided to become vegan, gradually, especially seeing as my body is very sensitive to diet changes. I am now only on lean and white meats and I'm planning on soon becoming Pescatarian. After that, I'll cut down to vegetarianism and then plant based and hopefully I don't end up passing out and being sent to hospital again.
Point of order if I may Emma. Those nutrients in the animals are not there because the farming industry puts them there: they always were there. If the animals were wild and eating wild plants, then they'd still be just as nutritious: venison, which is by default always 'wild' meat (you can't factory farm deer in any meaningful way) is one of the healthiest meats on the market. If anything, the farming industry makes meat less healthy because it generally gets paid by weight rather than quality, so they do all sorts of things that pile on fat and water. The reason why animals' nutrient profile is such a perfect match for human requirements is because humans evolved as omnivores eating a wide variety of food including wild animals. Whatever the modern politics of the issue, it's as 'natural' for you to eat meat to have a healthy diet as it is for a wolf or a lion.
Harold Weaver Smith honestly, you both are right. Meat is naturally very good as far as getting nutrients you need and humans have evolved to take advantage of that. But they do add some things as well nowadays. So really, both are right. :)
brynja Oh sure, straight up factory farming adds all sorts of stuff, but it's mostly not to enhance the nutrient value of the food. It's things like drugs to keep the animals healthy ('cos it's cheaper to pre-empt illness) and compensate for the unnatural conditions they're kept in. It's also growth hormones to get that sale weight up, and that's potentially a serious problem. Mind you, many of the same things could be said about commercial-scale plant farming too, particularly with regard to pesticides. When I've got money in my pocket, I tend to buy organic or high-welfare meat which puts some economic pressure on producers to behave better, rather than just saying they won't make a penny out of me whatever they do ('cos then why should they care what I think?). Just for reference, here in the UK 'organic' is a rigid standard that actually means something, whereas I understand that in the US, it's just a marketing term.
Interesting. I would almost agree with you, but in what sense is eating meat natural for human as for wolf or lion? And also why you regard veganism as political movement rather than ethical one?
Morfeus We're evolved apes and apes are omnivores. We have a variety of teeth in our mouths that show characteristics of both herbivores and carnivores and our digestive system struggles to deal with many plants that we now eat without them being highly processed first. Humans in small primitive groups find it easier to hunt and forage than to do agriculture. The latter requires a relatively sophisticated social system that can divide and organise labour, control communal storage and predict the seasons. An ethical movement that seeks to actively promote itself, with social and economic consequences resulting from it's adoption, is automatically political.
As someone who doesn't class herself as healthy and isn't a vegan, even I forget that I need good stuff sometimes. I meant the comment more as saying you need to remember that you can't just eat anything. It's not about eating for energy because pizza will give you that, it's about eating the right food and replacing the good stuff your loosing from not eating meat just like Emma mentions and I don't think a lot of people realise how much we get from meat products.
Hannah Tudor you sure do get a lot from meat. Heart disease that is. And it is mostly about just eating enough. And eating a bit of a variety of whole plant foods
wow okay, not where i was going but okay. Emma herself mentions the amount of vitamins and amino acids we get from meats and eggs as just two examples. It is hard to get them if you do just remove meat from your diet, you need to adapt it a hell of a lot and I think that is what people don't realise and what Emma is saying.
Hannah Tudor nah I think she made that very clear. It is not hard to eat a Vegan diet at all and get all the nutrients your body needs. People who don't do well on a Vegan diet usually are just not eating enough and wonder why they feel so weak and fatigued
Since becoming vegan, I actually gained weight (which is what I wanted). When I was a meat eater, I was seriously underweight. When I was vegetarian, I was still slightly underweight. When I became vegan, I was eating more protein and nutrients and now I'm at a healthy weight. I love it!
I've been vegan for 2 years, currently recovering from a mental breakdown. And i hadn't bothered to nourish myself. Eating crisps, pies n noodles every day. It did help calm my status migrinosus, and i'm very happy. This has lead me to have shit skin, blood/menstruation/kidney issues, and fatigue. Surprisingly didn't gain weight as i don't go outside from social phobia. Now i'm taking B12, iron, Cerelle, etc. My body is much better now. The best i've ever been actually. Chugging down the fruit n veg with vegan replacements. Totally get you in this video Emma, if you do it wrong, it fucks you up.
As someone who has also become unhealthy from vegetarianism/veganism, I really appreciated this video and respect your honesty on the diet's potential difficulties.
No. Freelee shames anyone who isn't either vegetarian or vegan because she is one of those vegans where if you don't live her lifestyle you're basically disgusting in her eyes. And she bullys people over it.
As someone who has dealt with disordered eating (mostly for my own internal reasons but other things definitely didn't help...like when I ate some candy and a friend thought it'd be funny to call me fat. I almost threw up. I was only 98 pounds). But I really appreciate you being responsible and knowing what you are and aren't qualified to talk about or give advice on. It's so easy for eating habits to spiral out of control. Mine actually started just because I wanted to stop compulsively eating whenever I was sad or bored. I was a bit of an emotional eater. Instead I tried replacing it with going on walks with my mom or friend. I really liked how I felt and I even lost a couple pounds and so I cut out more and more and went on more and more walks and it became a slippery slope that completely consumed my life. It's that easy, unfortunately. So I appreciate you instead recommending that people who want to change their eating habits consult a professional instead of a youtuber. It's really responsible and mature, and that's great! You're a good bean, Emma. :)
A lot of people don't like you, but you do speak a lot of truth here. This is a message I have been trying to get out but nobody listens. Thank you for being a voice. All diets need proper consulting. And veganism is extremely hard. I have to learn about it at school(dietitian) and I still can't wrap my head around it sometimes.
This is a very responsible video,Emma,very proud to be a subscriber rn. UA-camrs have a shocking amount of power over people,especially young minds,if more youtubers actually took accountability for that power then a lot of the issues with the youth of today would probably diminish considerably,arguably they could truly change the world (hopefully for the better). do you have sources about how the farmers feed all those additives to the animals in their feed? Look forward to reading that.
+Vloggery cool,thanks for the reply so quick,didn't mean to sound like I doubt your or anything btw,just prefer to get the information from the source for myself,makes me feel more confident in my argument if I ever have to bring up a point.
I'm not a scientific source however I work on a dairy farm and while we use no hormones and I can tell you that out cows are ethnically treated but however I can't tell you out milk is organic because 98% of corn has pesticides in it and that's part of our cows diet . That's just a simple example of the things people don't think about
Don't tell me to fuck off! (My name is Dan) Seriously, I'm happy you made this. I feel that it highlights that everybody makes mistakes, and that you don't just say 'Oh, I want to be like him' or 'Oh, I want to be like her', you're basically saying in this video that you should be a lot more cautious, and only do things when you feel ready to, not to... jump the gun so to speak. This video could potentially save a young person's life, and on behalf of everybody my age, thank you.
Literally thank you so much for caring about your younger viewers and being real about this situation. Orthorexia is so real and I am so appreciative to hear you speaking on this
Haha I'm a vegetarian and people often ask me about my diet and I ALWAYS say I can't speak for other veggie people because I know for a fact that my diet sucks and because I don't cook and don't have time I eat absolute crap so I never want people to take my as an example. I also want to beome vegan but I know it has got to wait because I could literally die due to my hectic lifestyle, lack of money and knowledge etc. anyway good vid emma :)
***** that and vitamin D would be the the only ones that can't be found. Vitamin D comes from the sun and B12 we used to.be able to get from well water and unwashed vegetables, but as the soil is so sterilised, we have to take a supplement. And actually even non- Vegans should take a supplement on both of those as b12 can be destroyed by some levels of heating
I believe that you can get B12 from many fermented foods, but the most popular among vegans are probably nutritional yeast flakes which have a cheesy taste that you can mix in with your food :)
I feel you really hit the nail on the head with this video, and your decision to keep your diet private is a respectable one. We are all our own person & we all have our own nutritional needs. Nobody should ever look to another person for a one-size-fits-all approach to healthier living. Imagine the fallout that would come from preaching a certain lifestyle and then retracting your stance after finding out it didn't work for you. The only universal approach people should undertake is learning who they are & what they need as an individual. We aren't lemmings, we are humans being.
I am glad a vegan has finally acknowledged the dangers of becoming a vegan without properly substituting to get the necessary minerals elsewhere. There are far too many people out there just like "dont eat meat and milk" and get defensive when asked about how they get their nutrients. Nobody is doubting that one can not have a healthy life being a vegan, but like you say, its not as easy as just eating spinach for protein and taking a multi-vitamin.
Antony D'Andrea yeah but that can be sad about any diet. I mean people love to point out that a poor vegan diet can lead to deficits, but let’s be honest, how many people on a SAD diet are getting all their nutrients on a daily basis? removing cheese and chicken wings is not what’s making you unhealthy. not eating enough fruits, greens and healthy carbs is.
I love you so much Emma, you're so open minded and kind about things while being honest and straight-talking; you're the epitome of what I inspire to be. Thank you for making me laugh while simultaneously making me think about different perspectives and opinions
I have a lot of veggie friends and there are people at my college that through me dirty looks for eating meat but my conditions mean I lack iron and a lot of other so my doctor would kill me if I did and it's good to finally see someone not feel bad about it. about 6 months ago I went cruelty free (I always had a problem with animal testing anyway) but I can't change my diet even though I wish I could. Maybe one day when the chronic fatigue settles down and I start storing b12 and iron but for the meantime it's good to not have someone get really pushy about it
Yh I can't be vegan or even vegetarian because I'm anaemic and I get what you mean by the whole dirty looks thing. I just ignore those people because they don't know what's best for me and your friends need to respect that you are different. We all are :-)
That is your choice, but please see it like a choice, and not as if you can't do otherwise. It really helps to think "I choose to, because...." instead of "I have to...". It makes you feel more in control of your own life, and gives you some sense of responsibility, and ultimately, conciousness and happiness.
Have you tried to talk to your friends about it? People can be harsh and you don't have to care about their opinions, of course, but perhaps if they are your friends and you care about each other they will be more tolerant if you explain?
I respect this so much. Having a mum who was anorexic who would always talk about her diet really damaged me and made me have a very turbulent relationship with food. So I completely get where you're coming from. Thank you xx
I adore this video so so much! The way people glamorise their diets can be so dangerous, I have a friend who was constantly saying she was vegan and would use it as an excuse when she had to turn down food, however it simply was a cover up for an eating disorder. It wasn't that she wasn't eating dairy, she just wasn't eating. :( Veganism is so amazing if you make sure you eat the right things and don't just cut out what you can't eat!
Love you, love this video. You have such a good head on your shoulders! I was vegan for 7 years and it was wonderful, but it was really hard. It was hard to eat healthy sometimes, it was hard to understand the nutrition, it was hard to incorporate a good variety, and it was hard to cook enough to eat well on that diet. I gave it up not because of my health, but because of the health of my 12 month old daughter at the time, who wasn't eating enough to be healthy on the diet and we started eating meat together so she would get enough iron for her needs. Anyway, I just respect your viewpoint on this so much and I'm glad you made a video on it. xoxo
Do you get offended when people eat meat around you? I had a friend who was vegan and they would get pissed off when i ate non vegetarian food around them
... it is still a personal choice for a person to eat meat, regardless of what you think of that choice. it is a personal choice. the animal gets no choice in it, but it is a choice that a human makes. personally.
one thing that needs to be stated is we all have a unique biological make up. regardless of your diet choice you should make sure that diet works in harmony with your body.
Tabtub tabs still doesn't really explain it completely. Some people can't tolerate gluten or dairy, but when it comes down to eating a Vegan diet, it fits everyone's body
We are all humans that thrive off the same food... Just like each kind of animal eats the same diet specific to what animal they are. I don't know why humans think they're different and we all need different foods. Scientifically proven we are meant to eat a vegan diet
Loved the video, thank you, and it seemed very responsible. I love whenever you talk about how much you care about your little sister (even indirectly like here). She's lucky to have you.
I feel I can relate to this video. I was vegan for 9 months and absolutely loved it. I felt amazing, my skin and hair thanked me for it and I generally adored the lifestyle. However, I was working full time and could afford to buy fruit and veg every day. It was only when I became a full time student I made naive mistakes and ended up only eating toast (practically). I'm a pescatarian now, and making slow changes to become a vegan once again. I was very silly and didn't educate myself enough (or how to bloody budget...I'm an idiot aha) but yeah, I appreciate this video! Side note - POOR DAN
Vegetarians/vegans have a completely different way of 'building' a meal, compared to people who do eat meat and fish. Meat-eaters (with lack of better word) decide their dinner by deciding which meat they will eat: "Tonight I will eat chicken with..." "Tonight I will eat steak with..." etc. Their starting point is the meat aspect of the meal, and then they go from there. With potatoes, with broccoli, etc etc. Vegetarians and vegans, on the other hand, start with the veggies. "Tonight I will eat spinach with..." "Tonight I will eat tomatoes and courgette...." etc etc. It's a different way of thinking. Don't just scrap the meat/fish/dairy from your plate. Substitute it. Substitute it for veggies, substitute it for tofu-based products, substitute it for lactose-free dairy. Substitute it for more fruit.
100% love every video where you are just you, raw and uncut and say what you are thinking. I just love who you are even when you aren't making me laugh.
As a vegan too, I have a lot of respect for you for this video. I don't exactly do it the best way but that's bc of my low moods etc. Being vegan makes me feel a lot better about myself (veggie for 2+ years, vegan for just over one year) even though I can't do it completely right. I hope one day I'll get the balance right so that I can feel good while helping animals
Same in every point. I live off crisps, apple juice and pasta atm :D But soon I will move in with my boyfriend and he loves cooking so this will help me in my quest of becoming a healthy vegan :D
really, as long as the pasta is whole grain, and as long as the popcorn isn't drowning in salt/butter/etc. I would say the worst part of the diet your described is the lack of variety. Plain popcorn is a regular part of my diet and I'd say it's above average (I'm currently vegetarian though)
I loved this video! I don't really like to talk about veganism too much but I don't get a choice because all omnis do is ask me about it🙄 I spent a lot of time in hospital for anorexia so being vegan concerns people but in fact veganism has helped me recover because I now feel less guilty about what I've eaten
BUT I understand this isn't the case for everyone. There's others I met in hospital who want to become vegan but have had to wait because cutting a load of food out is probably going to lead to relapsing. You're sending a fabulous message because everyone is different and people have to look into their journey differently. But in the end veganism IS better for you if you do it right.
Oh also, I was veggie throughout both my hospital admissions and during both of them I gained 30lbs. So citing out meat doesn't mean losing weight but again, you dl have to be careful. My diet was chosen by a nutritionist who specialises in people with eating disorders.
But actually since going vegan over a year ago I've gained more. I'm not really sure why. I guess because I started to worry about what I was eating less because I knew I was now making a difference to animals and the environment. I don't know why veganism helped me, it just did
I also gained weight on a vegan diet - the mentality really helped my post-anorexic body and whilst I don't like the weight I've gained in a typical vain way, I have no desire to starve myself or harm myself like I did for four years of my life xx
As much as I disagree with veganism personally, thank you for making a video about it. It's good to see another side of the debate. The whole world could never go vegan, though, seafood is too fucking delicious.
For myself personally, being vegan, or even vegetarian, is something I'd never go near. Excluding the fact that all meat I've ever eaten, whether it was squid in Bulgaria, snails in Australia, or steak in the USA, has always been prepared beautifully and been some of the best food I've eaten, and comparing that to the salads & other substitutes and there being absolutely no contest, people eating beef and stuff is actually good for the enviroment. Raising beef feeding off grass can help keep the grass growing and eating the cows means there'll be less methane produced. For me personally, any arguments that eating meat is "inhumane" ignores the benefits of eating meat entirely, and the animals will die anyway, in my eyes. Better to eat them then just let them waste away.
***** I 100% disagree. Nothing can compare to a fresh plate of salt and vinegar flavoured calamari drizzled in lemon and with tartare sauce on the side.
I was a vegetarian when my (unrelated) illness started rearing it's ugly head. Even doing it under the supervision of a medical doctor. Turns out I can't absorb b12 and started needing weekly injections. I had to also take this liquid called floradix so I didn't wind up in the hospital from anemia. I had to stop, all of my personal ethics had to be pushed aside. I just couldn't reach my personal medical goals while maintaining a vegan or vegetarian diet. I am glad you say that you aren't preaching being a Taco Bell vegan. It's lovely. Thank you.
Respect +1 Thank you so much for pointing out that you are not an expert and qualified to be giving nutritional advice. Most UA-camrs or "celebrities" of any kind are not. You acknowledging this and and refusing to be a part of it is extremely admirable. So again, thank you so much!
This is such a good viewpoint and a really responsible way to handle your "fame" and the impact you have on your viewers! Thanks for making this video, Emma. So great.
i followed freelee for years, still watch her occasionally. i bought her ebooks too, and they were the reason i started drinking more water and reducing my salt intake. she's helped a lot of people, can't take that away from her
Vloggery however she has a history of being a little pushy, she repeatedly attacked Zoella for eating meat and caused her anxiety attacks. Although when I heard her on Shane & Friends, I must admit that I did like her.
Lots of love Emma. You experience so much stress, I just hope you read this and genuinely take it to heart that I personally believe you are a very kind and thoughtful person. You help me realize a lot of things I want to do, and mannerisms or thoughtfulness towards myself & others I wish to incorporate into who I am.
I'm a Vegetarian, I'm not vegan because I have my own chickens and my neighbours have cows and sheep so I know where all my products are from and all the animals are happy and healthy. What's your opinion on this?
Harriet Deasley I know you didn't ask me haha but I think that's awesome if you only eat the milk and eggs from farms you know about, as long as calves are getting the milk they need first.
kailen hannie Yeah, I asked the farmer about this and I actually help on the farm in the summer so I've seen it all firsthand and know I can trust the source. (Also, don't worry, I was asking everyone haha)
Well I am kind of torn apart about this topic, but at least you are in the contact with animals you take from. If I were you and think your way, I would also help on the farm, talk to the animals getting to know them, help to feed them once in the while. What is your opinion on non dietary topics like medicines, clothing, makeup etc.
EMMA! i gained so much respect for u in this video (on top of the respect i already have) ! in our current society where views are so extreme, you provide a voice of reason saying that, you choose what you want to do with your body. ive been fighting an eating disorder for over 3 years and its truly painful to hear and witness the things said around me regarding diet, especially that people shame others into changing theirs, or talk about their own as the prime example for others. there is no 'correct' way to be vegan or to eat, as diet is such a personal thing. you regard that in this video and that is SO important
I think it's important to mention that just because you eat meat, dairy and eggs you don't necessarily get all the vitamins and nutrients you need. You can still be deficient, so everyone should make sure that they get what they need if they are concerned about it. If done right, which isn't all that difficult, veganism is the best thing for basically everyone. All animals as well as the planet. Sentient beings aren't ours to murder.
So much respect. It's very mature and responsible to be able to admit that you don't know something and knowing the danger you can put others in by making this stuff up.
I'm not going to argue that you should carry on about your veganism (if you have to force your advocacy, you're doing yourself and the cause a disservice!), but I wish you wouldn't blame veganism for your becoming malnourished. All it does is reinforce the idea that being healthy as a vegan is super labor-intensive.. and it isn't. I mean, it's not as simple as Freelee would have you believe, but it's also not this horribly complicated lifestyle that requires tons of planning and math. Eat fruit, eat beans, eat greens, take a B12 supplement, and you're pretty much covered. All of those things, by the way, are also things that nonvegans should be doing. Nutritional deficiency is not a vegan phenomenon. You didn't get malnourished because you cut out eggs and dairy. You got malnourished because you lived on junk food, and I wish you had made that distinction more clear in this video.
Kaitlin Campos "I wasn't educated" "I lived on junk food" "i did it wrong" "veganism is the healthiest thing for you if you do it right" all in the video, friend
I think this was a really good answer, and I respect why you wouldn't want to talk about it. It is a ton of work that a lot of people don't realise goes into it. I'm glad you're figuring out how to make it work for you and doing better!
I would love to go vegetarian, but seeing as I am also lactose intolerant I would basically be vegan. I know I would end up eating next to nothing because I am so so picky. Probably just linda McCartney sausage rolls. The way I look at it is every little helps, I probably eat 7/10 meals meat free and that's still saving some animals
You know, there's lots of resources online, even on Facebook there's groups of vegans helping each other out when they have allergies and all that, so idk might be interesting for you, just to even explore what else you could/would like to eat.
emma straight up said in the video "don't just cut out meat". you need to have other sources of protein and make sure you are getting enough nutrients.
I noticed for some people when they jump right into veganism this happens and it's simply because veganism is one of those things that no one really understands what it means to eat well especially with how easy it is eat fast foods and such. It's important to teach healthy eating over resctricting and that's just something that comes with time. I've been vegan for a couple years and vegetarian some time before that and boy let me tell you I don't track my vitamins or anything like. I just eat whatever looks good, but I make sure to have some variety and be aware of what my body needs and it's important to make a note that being vegan means eating more food than you would if eating meat/dairy to make up for that. Being vegan also means to connect with your body and know what you need, but again that's all about time.
I think that's WHY you should talk about it. It's simple to be vegan - eat more whole plant foods as fresh as possible. I thinks it's more important we get people off the really negative foods like meat and dairy (that are linked to cancer). You're more likely to become ill eating a SAD than a vegan one :)
I think it seems most healthy do to a slow transition, so you learn what foods you can and want to eat. Or even keep eating very little meat, because you don't need a lot (like meat once a week or so I think) to get enough b12 for example.
Just get a b12 supplement which everyone anyway should as the b12 in meat can be destroyed by some forms of heating Though yes, everyone should do their research on it but it is totally doable overnight
Thank you for being the only vegan I ever knew of that wasn't just thinking of the cause, and put your viewers before your beliefs. Massive respect for you.
I totally get your point. Though basically you can be malnourished with any diet. I became vegan and I'm the healthiest I've ever been. I'll admit that sometimes because i get tired from school I don't feel like cooking healthy stuff so I'll just go for the "easy" options and obviously that's not good. Then again, i think most teenagers do this and aren't that informed about what their body needs. It's true that everyone should do their research regardless of their lifestyle. Go vegan (but educate yourself).
"the farming industry puts..." No. No. No. As a 3rd(+) generation farmer, absolutely NO. Yes, commercial mega-farms drug the shit out of things, but that's to make them grow _faster_ and _fatter_; it has nothing to do with nutrition. In my family's case, the cows roam the countryside eating whatever they want -- mostly grass, but that's not all that grows in those pastures. (hint: a natural lawn isn't 100% grass) When the cow is destined for eating, it goes to the barn and is fed grains -- i.e. corn, because it's cheap -- to remove the "natural" taste from whatever nasty things it's been eating. (namely _wild onions_!) Chickens were allowed to roam during the day as well, but were primarily fed corn meal. (best way to deal with kudzu, btw.) (and yes, Perdue does (did?) feed it's birds marigold petals to give them their trademark yellow -- again has ZERO to do with nutrition) Pigs? Watch the _Dirty Jobs_ episode where Mike was at the pig farm in Las Vegas.
It's very different to your other videos, but how about collaborating with a nutritionist to discuss how to get a balanced diet as a vegan for those who do want to do it
David Cox Could be good, but yoy don't need a nutritionist's help really. It is not that hard to just eat whole plant foods and to eat enough. Just do a bit of research and there are so many Vegans to help other people who themselves maybe struggled with it a bit so they know how to avoid mistakes
I'd argue going to a nutritionist is research tbh Especially if you have specific dietary requirements or allergies or anything like that. And especially if you aren't sure what your body needs and are not sure what is the correct information. It's not a bad thing to go to a nutritionist if that's what you want to do
Thank you Emma, I'm 16, and I started a plant based diet when I was 14. I had gotten really malnourished, and my anemia hit me really hard. I was persuaded by many youtubers I watched, and I didn't know all of this at the time that I needed all these proteins and vitamins. Thank you for not trying to persuade us to be vegan or plant based.
I went vegan almost 5 months ago, I'm 12. I did this because of the animals and want to grow up to be a vet or activist. I love animals. If you want to be vegan, please go and get a blood test. I did and they came back VERY postive, with things like iron levels above average. Go vegan for yourself, the planet and the animals. But do it right and get help
i've been vegan for a year now and i hate it when other vegans say veganism is easy. it's not. it may be easy for THEM but not for me. you really do, like you say emma, you have to do tons of research on what to eat and where to get all your nutrients from. in theory, of course it's easy. just eat plants! but keeping up with all the variety of plants in your household its tiring and if you're not living in NYC or LA, you can't just go into a cafe or restaurant and order a cheap vegan burger or a nice vegan snack because there're not a lot of vegan places where i live compared to LA and NYC where there's a vegan place on every corner. it IS difficult to eat a variety of foods and not just stick to rice and beans and tomatoes. eating greens is especially tricky for me for some reason. i love salads but we're always missing key ingredients in my house (full of meat eaters so i'm on my own) so i end up eating plain boring salads with just lettuce and a dressing. sure, yeah, get a job and buy your own groceries, that solves that. but i've been trying to get a job and it's not like everyones gonna hire you, it takes time. living at home definitely makes veganism more tricky than it needs to be. when i move out, i wont have to worry about not having almond milk in storage or snacks available because i'll always keep myself stocked. but do you guys get me? when vegans out there always say "veganism is SO easy" it makes people think that they can survive on either eating vegan junk food all the time or eating calorie dilute foods like lettuce and carrots and think that's all they need to be healthy. what many vegans dont understand is that you need to eat calorie RICH foods like starches, fruit, grains, and legumes! so potatoes, rice, any fruit, grains like oats, quinoa, and legumes like black beans, peas, kidney beans, lentils. VARIETY is key, but variety is hard to constantly have in the house, ya feel me?? omg this comment is way too long idk if any1s gonna read this im done writing now some1 plz respond :D
no, i know. i've totally been doing tons of research. i actually want to be a nutritionist and focus in and learn more about plant based nutrition in the future!
Mila Djordjevic No, I don't mean that you specifically need to do research. When I said that, I meant people in general. But that's awesome about wanting to study nutrition!
YASS EXACTLY! So many UA-cam videos are quite scary in that way because you have no idea of you're watching a video that might harm you and I totally support this video
I adore eating meat and dairy, but I agree with what you're saying. Thank you for not shoving your ideology in my face, and instead politely telling us (your fans) the honest truth
Asher Rwakiseeta what does it mean to shove ideologies on one's face? By writing your comment you yourself are shoving your opinion on my face if you think about it really
+tamppii Ⓥ She's talking about people like Sorsha, or if Emma were to go 'Veganism is the best choice for everyone. Veganism should be enforced by the government.' Stuff like that.
+tamppii Ⓥ And Asher was hardly 'shoving' their opinions down your face, all they did was state that they are not vegan but do agree with what Emma was saying.
Will Smith just like clicking on a video by Sorsha and choosing to watch it and listsn to her, I clicked on this video and chose to read the comments. I'd say there is a same amount of "forcing" there which is non existent. Maybe it sounds like forcing to a throat because it is something you do not agree on or it is spoken in a loud way
Willa Dink you can't force anyone do anything online or if you choose to watch a video, they can't force anything. Its not a thing, they're nit holding a gun to your head tellin you to go Vegan.
I think it's bloody amazing that you don't wear make up in your videos!
it makes me feel better about myself when not wearing it, and thank you, Emma, for making me way less insecure.
Yeah,she certainly looks different without makeup,arguably looks better,great especially for serious stuff like this video.
Anthony Williams she looks amazing right!? You can really focus on what she's saying
You absolutely should feel okay with it! Believe me, you will look less bad than you think. In fact, I'm certain you'll look good. No one looks bad without makeup really, IMO.
+Valosken i think people can look "bad" without makeup,but it's more like the reaction of when someone gets glasses for the first time or something,it's just a reaction to the sudden difference rather than fact.
+Valosken by that I mean,the majority of criticism people get for going makeup free is probably that,best to think nothing of it.
I'm 14 and I'm a vegan. My parents always help me and make sure I eat the right things.
Lily Ha yay!! That's so good I'm proud of u and ur parents ❤️
Little Earthling thank you😁
Lily Ha that's great, good to hear you have the right support :)
straight quavers Thanks 😄
Lily Ha exactly the same lik
"fuck off- Dan!"
I feel bad for Dan...😂
also its not just young girls*
ChaCha Charlie
Same X3
That's such a responsible and mature attitude :)
"don't do it because a youtuber tells you to" yes to this so much. i was somebody who was affected by a vegan youtuber once upon a time despite the fact that i had struggled with an eating disorder in the past. this youtuber said a plant based diet helps to solve eating disorders and i believed them. being plant based triggered me into restricting again and hardly eating at all. it really is dangerous the way that a lot of youtubers talk about veganism/plant based diets. so THANK YOU for recognizing that and speaking out!
Absolutely love your honesty
I really respect the way you speak about veganism. An awesome viewpoint to have. I was vegan before CFS and no version of veganism worked for me (despite studying to be a nutritionist, having the tools to know how) and went back to eating animal products to recover from housebound at worst (and it is working!) Ethical considerations and health considerations don't always sit in the same basket... can't wait until supermeat is rolled out though, cruelty free animal products grown from stem cells in test tubes! Saves so many food miles also.
Also being plant based didn't make me lose any weight! Everyone is different. Sometimes a vegan diet may also be good for some people short term but not long term. Listen to your body first!
I also have cfs and fibromyalgia (both leave me housebound) but my cfs actually got alot better after being vegan, I think possibly because I was eating alot less processed food. My b12 and vitamin d have been a bit up and down but haven't had a drastic affect. Its interesting how it affects different people
Aly Ellen would you be able to say which meats you do eat please?
+Aly Ellen you don't eat certain meats for environmental reasons? Same, but also because I don't like animal cruelty. Don't you care about animal cruelty too?
Aly Ellen thank you! :)
Bobby-Jo D may I ask how long have you tried vegan diet? (No judgement here, just curious)
Someone show this to freelee because this here is the mindset that freelee needs
I love this channel so much, Emma is always as real as she can be but this channel took it to the next level.
Thank you for being the amazing person that you are and never feel the need to talk about things you don't deem necessary, we all love listening to what you genuinely want to discuss!
Stay healthy and happy Em ❤️
Also, excuse the off-topic comment but as someone who is also extremely passionate about North Korea and the spreading awareness of the events/conditions there, it would be great if some point you could make another video when you have more information or opinions to share.
Being a person with ADHD I struggle to concentrate on videos and lectures etcetc but watching and listening to your videos I find very easy, I think it would be the same for others, you have an educational system kind of going on on this channel and you can certainly reach out to such an amazing and impressionable audience.
Just a smol comment wondering ^-^
Courtney Crawford I agree! More North Korea videos would be sooo great
Courtney Crawford same!
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Courtney Crawford totally off topic but what's your diet? I have pretty solid case of ADHD and I have noticed that my diet and most importantly exercise helps *ALOT*
I only became a vegan because of an allergy, like I was already vegetarian and then I found I had an allergy to dairy so I was like oh well might as well become a vegan
Same!
Tiana Moule whahahaha same. Could I ask where you find ideas/ do you have good recipes because im always on the lookout
Jesse Lucas I use normal recipes but I just change them to vegan friendly or I buy ready meals from vegans shops but my favourite vegan food that I have made was a vegetable
curry, it was so good.
Me too
So... no honey either, right?
Vegan or not, anyone can eat bad foods and be malnourished. Plant based doesn't equal weight loss or eating disorder. Perhaps a video on how to be a healthy vegan would be helpful?
Again, I would fear young people would not have the means to do it correctly but still want to try, and thus making themselves ill. You can't guarantee every person will listen.
Vloggery Hmm, I understand. Though other than B12 which is very easily supplemented, studies show vegans have no more likelihood of developing deficiencies any more than the general population. Also chances of young people becoming sick from eating too much saturated fat, cholesterol, animal protein, eating too many calories and becoming obese,having heart disease, bowel cancer or arteriosclerosis is far more likely and harmful than a simple tweak to a diet low in a certain mineral or vitamin.
Are you telling me I could be eating yummy broccoli instead of doughnuts and hot dogs?
(Actually, I have to be careful with broccoli, which sucks. Never inherit a blood disorder that requires blood thinners if you can avoid it.)
I enjoy some vegan foods. However, a lot of vegan based meat produce use spiced onion and pickled foods which can lead to stomach cancer.
You have just as much chance as developing cancer as a vegan than you do as a carnivore.
Charlie Chitty You make no sense. Onion and "pickled foods" do not give you stomach cancer. Meat on the other hand is a known carcinogen which DOES cause cancer.
I have no idea what "vegan based meat produce" is. Do you mean mock-meat? Those are generally made out of tofu and or veges with flavourings and spices. Also, a lot of vegans don't eat them.
And no, vegans have far less % of cancer (diet related cancers) than omnivores. And when you say "carnivore" I'm guessing you mean omnivore because humans are not carnivores and would die from trying to eat only a carnivorous diet.
okay this kind of has me shaken because i've tried veganism for like six months now and i've kind of hit an all time low since then, i really don't eat anything aside from bananas and hummus and now that you're saying it might be bad i'm re-evaluating everything.
:( OMG! same exact thing happened to me! I made it to 7 months. And i felt so alone in my diet. I was so malnourished & depressed. You have to look after yourself! I switched from vegan to vegetarian. And i now i feel so much better! I honestly feel happy again! Please look after yourself
not ryan ross you guys just need to have balanced diet!
Even if you were on SAD, or worse standard student diet you would be unhealthy. The only difference is the absolute lack of B12. That could be potentially dangerous if you don't supplement.
Don't be scared of vegan diet, just do it right. Almost all people are deficient some times on something.
kerry victoria maybe get a nutritionist or do research before making such huge diet changes. I researched and followed vegan youtubers and observed their day to day diets before I switched. please do research before you go vegan and going vegan really is worth it! my skin cleared up, I have more energy, and I can go to sleep at night knowing I haven't hurt anything or built my life off the backs of tortured animals
tumblingcomeback I did so much research! I knew everything and anything about being vegan. And i ate a balanced diet. But for some reason i just go sick :(. I would consider going vegan again maybe some day. But for now I'm okay being vegetarian.
Hey baby cakes :-) bananas and hummus are two very tasty things to snack on, but you gotta carb up. I would recommend watching High Carb Hannah on youtube. Try adding more rice or potatoes to your diet! The trick is to be eating things that are rich with carbs & nutrients (greens like kale, whole sugars from fruit). You want to be filling up on a variety of these things. A banana & hummus diet is very limiting and I can only imagine how poorly your body/mind must feel! A vegan diet is restrictive when you're not eating enough foods. Whenever anyone comes to me for advice about a plant-based diet, the first thing I recommend doing is RESEARCH.
I have so much admiration and respect for you for making this video and being aware of how things you say affect young girls :) thank you!
a diet is such a personal thing, I think no one should've asked you about it in the first place
kleotanyan veganism is not a diet
Abi 666 a diet is what someone usually eats. veganism is not a diet, but you have to change your diet if you want to be vegan. and people were asking Emma about what she eats (that's her diet). I don't see any contradiction in here.
My art teacher in my senior year of HS is a vegan. She was awesome and didn't talk about her being a vegan unless you asked her. And she didn't care if you ate meat. The only vegans I can't stand are the ones that go around having to say that they are vegan all the time or try to convince you to be vegan and yell at you for eating meat. The way I see it is that humans are animals and animals hunt other animals and eat them. I mean some animals don't eat other animals yet a lot do. And we have the choice to eat meat or not eat meat since we have the ability to eat either.
yes. it is a really bad reason. but if you don't like being told that you're a bloody murderer then you should get out of our faces because that would make you a damn hypocrite.
'Course the only replies are "This is why your wrong" comments. Sorry Kenpachi.
***** The thing is most people that hunt now don't hunt because they want food. They hunt just for the fun and sport of it and just to kill an animal and most likely use it as a trophy. Also when people hunt now most of the animals they go for are defenseless. They sit in their tree stand waiting for a deer to walk by and then shoot it. A duck or goose also can't really defend itself either. Or if they hunt like a bear or boar they try to be as far away from it as they can be before they try to kill it. So what difference does it make? Either way an animal is going to die with a very slim chance of killing the person that is going to kill it.
It's great that your teacher was tolerant towards other people who disagreed with her! Did you also discuss your view on that is in human's nature to be able to eat meat?
You know what mate, fair play
Grace McDonald same
Grace McDonald me
this video is SOOO important!! It's so common within the younger (my) generation to just suddenly go veggie or vegan and people reallyyy need to understand the risks that come with it. So THANK YOU EMMA, you lovely human bean
I have decided to become vegan, gradually, especially seeing as my body is very sensitive to diet changes. I am now only on lean and white meats and I'm planning on soon becoming Pescatarian. After that, I'll cut down to vegetarianism and then plant based and hopefully I don't end up passing out and being sent to hospital again.
dynasaur Good luck, I wish you all the best ❤
Catherine Savidge yeah hell nah, I can eat from 2 000 to sometimes 4 000 kcal a day and I look goood even thouh I don't exercise
Catherine Savidge helps to eat more calorie packed foods. Even a bit of junk food if one finds it hard to eat large quantaties
tamppii Ⓥ If you ate 4000 kcal a day you would either be dead or extremely obese.
Not true. It depends on their workout and exercise they did per day. The "Rock" eats 5,000 calories a day
Point of order if I may Emma. Those nutrients in the animals are not there because the farming industry puts them there: they always were there. If the animals were wild and eating wild plants, then they'd still be just as nutritious: venison, which is by default always 'wild' meat (you can't factory farm deer in any meaningful way) is one of the healthiest meats on the market. If anything, the farming industry makes meat less healthy because it generally gets paid by weight rather than quality, so they do all sorts of things that pile on fat and water.
The reason why animals' nutrient profile is such a perfect match for human requirements is because humans evolved as omnivores eating a wide variety of food including wild animals. Whatever the modern politics of the issue, it's as 'natural' for you to eat meat to have a healthy diet as it is for a wolf or a lion.
Harold Weaver Smith honestly, you both are right. Meat is naturally very good as far as getting nutrients you need and humans have evolved to take advantage of that. But they do add some things as well nowadays. So really, both are right. :)
meh, that's your opinion
brynja Oh sure, straight up factory farming adds all sorts of stuff, but it's mostly not to enhance the nutrient value of the food. It's things like drugs to keep the animals healthy ('cos it's cheaper to pre-empt illness) and compensate for the unnatural conditions they're kept in. It's also growth hormones to get that sale weight up, and that's potentially a serious problem. Mind you, many of the same things could be said about commercial-scale plant farming too, particularly with regard to pesticides.
When I've got money in my pocket, I tend to buy organic or high-welfare meat which puts some economic pressure on producers to behave better, rather than just saying they won't make a penny out of me whatever they do ('cos then why should they care what I think?). Just for reference, here in the UK 'organic' is a rigid standard that actually means something, whereas I understand that in the US, it's just a marketing term.
Interesting. I would almost agree with you, but in what sense is eating meat natural for human as for wolf or lion? And also why you regard veganism as political movement rather than ethical one?
Morfeus We're evolved apes and apes are omnivores. We have a variety of teeth in our mouths that show characteristics of both herbivores and carnivores and our digestive system struggles to deal with many plants that we now eat without them being highly processed first. Humans in small primitive groups find it easier to hunt and forage than to do agriculture. The latter requires a relatively sophisticated social system that can divide and organise labour, control communal storage and predict the seasons.
An ethical movement that seeks to actively promote itself, with social and economic consequences resulting from it's adoption, is automatically political.
This video is amazing. It's so nice for someone to actually say it's hard to be vegan and vegetarian rather than just say how amazing it is.
Hannah Tudor except it's not hard if you realise that you have to eat enough food to have enough energy
As someone who doesn't class herself as healthy and isn't a vegan, even I forget that I need good stuff sometimes. I meant the comment more as saying you need to remember that you can't just eat anything. It's not about eating for energy because pizza will give you that, it's about eating the right food and replacing the good stuff your loosing from not eating meat just like Emma mentions and I don't think a lot of people realise how much we get from meat products.
Hannah Tudor you sure do get a lot from meat. Heart disease that is.
And it is mostly about just eating enough. And eating a bit of a variety of whole plant foods
wow okay, not where i was going but okay.
Emma herself mentions the amount of vitamins and amino acids we get from meats and eggs as just two examples. It is hard to get them if you do just remove meat from your diet, you need to adapt it a hell of a lot and I think that is what people don't realise and what Emma is saying.
Hannah Tudor nah I think she made that very clear. It is not hard to eat a Vegan diet at all and get all the nutrients your body needs. People who don't do well on a Vegan diet usually are just not eating enough and wonder why they feel so weak and fatigued
Since becoming vegan, I actually gained weight (which is what I wanted). When I was a meat eater, I was seriously underweight. When I was vegetarian, I was still slightly underweight. When I became vegan, I was eating more protein and nutrients and now I'm at a healthy weight. I love it!
I've been vegan for 2 years, currently recovering from a mental breakdown. And i hadn't bothered to nourish myself.
Eating crisps, pies n noodles every day. It did help calm my status migrinosus, and i'm very happy.
This has lead me to have shit skin, blood/menstruation/kidney issues, and fatigue. Surprisingly didn't gain weight as i don't go outside from social phobia. Now i'm taking B12, iron, Cerelle, etc. My body is much better now. The best i've ever been actually. Chugging down the fruit n veg with vegan replacements.
Totally get you in this video Emma, if you do it wrong, it fucks you up.
As someone who has also become unhealthy from vegetarianism/veganism, I really appreciated this video and respect your honesty on the diet's potential difficulties.
ive never felt so much respect torwards someone who is a vegan! not that i dont like vegans, but i cant stand vegan bullies like freelee.
She said she isn't vegan
Yaisha Diaz She's a shame to vegans.
Sheridan Leigh why? Because she doesn't want to push her lifestyle onto other people?
Mills Obb I'm pretty sure she is talking about freelee
No. Freelee shames anyone who isn't either vegetarian or vegan because she is one of those vegans where if you don't live her lifestyle you're basically disgusting in her eyes. And she bullys people over it.
I love the no makeup no bullshit vibes in your vlogs it makes the videos far more relatable and effective x
As someone who has dealt with disordered eating (mostly for my own internal reasons but other things definitely didn't help...like when I ate some candy and a friend thought it'd be funny to call me fat. I almost threw up. I was only 98 pounds). But I really appreciate you being responsible and knowing what you are and aren't qualified to talk about or give advice on. It's so easy for eating habits to spiral out of control. Mine actually started just because I wanted to stop compulsively eating whenever I was sad or bored. I was a bit of an emotional eater. Instead I tried replacing it with going on walks with my mom or friend. I really liked how I felt and I even lost a couple pounds and so I cut out more and more and went on more and more walks and it became a slippery slope that completely consumed my life. It's that easy, unfortunately. So I appreciate you instead recommending that people who want to change their eating habits consult a professional instead of a youtuber. It's really responsible and mature, and that's great! You're a good bean, Emma. :)
i love your positivity emma im glad you're comfortable on this channel to talk about things freely with no issues :) at least none to my knowledge
glad you made this! so many of my veggie friends literally seem to live on bread and energy drinks
Niomi Smart seems to know alot about the nutrition side of things of your looking to become vegan
Candyfloss Is she a vegan?
yeah she is! :)
good point, it's important to differentiate :)
I don't know if she's plant based, vegan, vegetarian or what but she know alot about that sort of thing
Candyfloss she is plant based! :)
A lot of people don't like you, but you do speak a lot of truth here. This is a message I have been trying to get out but nobody listens. Thank you for being a voice. All diets need proper consulting. And veganism is extremely hard. I have to learn about it at school(dietitian) and I still can't wrap my head around it sometimes.
Massively respect your reasoning behind this Emma, well played :)
you're so real Emma, I absolutely adore you
This is a very responsible video,Emma,very proud to be a subscriber rn.
UA-camrs have a shocking amount of power over people,especially young minds,if more youtubers actually took accountability for that power then a lot of the issues with the youth of today would probably diminish considerably,arguably they could truly change the world (hopefully for the better).
do you have sources about how the farmers feed all those additives to the animals in their feed? Look forward to reading that.
thank you! i don't have a source right now, but a quick google will bring it up.
+Vloggery cool,thanks for the reply so quick,didn't mean to sound like I doubt your or anything btw,just prefer to get the information from the source for myself,makes me feel more confident in my argument if I ever have to bring up a point.
I'm not a scientific source however I work on a dairy farm and while we use no hormones and I can tell you that out cows are ethnically treated but however I can't tell you out milk is organic because 98% of corn has pesticides in it and that's part of our cows diet . That's just a simple example of the things people don't think about
Don't tell me to fuck off! (My name is Dan)
Seriously, I'm happy you made this. I feel that it highlights that everybody makes mistakes, and that you don't just say 'Oh, I want to be like him' or 'Oh, I want to be like her', you're basically saying in this video that you should be a lot more cautious, and only do things when you feel ready to, not to... jump the gun so to speak. This video could potentially save a young person's life, and on behalf of everybody my age, thank you.
Literally thank you so much for caring about your younger viewers and being real about this situation. Orthorexia is so real and I am so appreciative to hear you speaking on this
Haha I'm a vegetarian and people often ask me about my diet and I ALWAYS say I can't speak for other veggie people because I know for a fact that my diet sucks and because I don't cook and don't have time I eat absolute crap so I never want people to take my as an example. I also want to beome vegan but I know it has got to wait because I could literally die due to my hectic lifestyle, lack of money and knowledge etc.
anyway good vid emma :)
∆ Ghost Kids ∆ same yeah
∆ Ghost Kids ∆ You don't need extra money to eat healthily. Rice, potatoes, beans, pasta and bananas are some of the cheapest foods you can buy
+tamppii Ⓥ what foods would i get B12 from? i'm finding difficulty with that.
***** that and vitamin D would be the the only ones that can't be found. Vitamin D comes from the sun and B12 we used to.be able to get from well water and unwashed vegetables, but as the soil is so sterilised, we have to take a supplement.
And actually even non- Vegans should take a supplement on both of those as b12 can be destroyed by some levels of heating
I believe that you can get B12 from many fermented foods, but the most popular among vegans are probably nutritional yeast flakes which have a cheesy taste that you can mix in with your food :)
I feel you really hit the nail on the head with this video, and your decision to keep your diet private is a respectable one. We are all our own person & we all have our own nutritional needs. Nobody should ever look to another person for a one-size-fits-all approach to healthier living. Imagine the fallout that would come from preaching a certain lifestyle and then retracting your stance after finding out it didn't work for you. The only universal approach people should undertake is learning who they are & what they need as an individual. We aren't lemmings, we are humans being.
I am glad a vegan has finally acknowledged the dangers of becoming a vegan without properly substituting to get the necessary minerals elsewhere. There are far too many people out there just like "dont eat meat and milk" and get defensive when asked about how they get their nutrients. Nobody is doubting that one can not have a healthy life being a vegan, but like you say, its not as easy as just eating spinach for protein and taking a multi-vitamin.
Antony D'Andrea yeah but that can be sad about any diet. I mean people love to point out that a poor vegan diet can lead to deficits, but let’s be honest, how many people on a SAD diet are getting all their nutrients on a daily basis? removing cheese and chicken wings is not what’s making you unhealthy. not eating enough fruits, greens and healthy carbs is.
I love you so much Emma, you're so open minded and kind about things while being honest and straight-talking; you're the epitome of what I inspire to be. Thank you for making me laugh while simultaneously making me think about different perspectives and opinions
I have a lot of veggie friends and there are people at my college that through me dirty looks for eating meat but my conditions mean I lack iron and a lot of other so my doctor would kill me if I did and it's good to finally see someone not feel bad about it. about 6 months ago I went cruelty free (I always had a problem with animal testing anyway) but I can't change my diet even though I wish I could. Maybe one day when the chronic fatigue settles down and I start storing b12 and iron but for the meantime it's good to not have someone get really pushy about it
Yh I can't be vegan or even vegetarian because I'm anaemic and I get what you mean by the whole dirty looks thing. I just ignore those people because they don't know what's best for me and your friends need to respect that you are different. We all are :-)
That is your choice, but please see it like a choice, and not as if you can't do otherwise. It really helps to think "I choose to, because...." instead of "I have to...". It makes you feel more in control of your own life, and gives you some sense of responsibility, and ultimately, conciousness and happiness.
Pituzer too true
I don't know if you eat dairy but dairy at least, if not also meat, blocks iron absorption
Have you tried to talk to your friends about it? People can be harsh and you don't have to care about their opinions, of course, but perhaps if they are your friends and you care about each other they will be more tolerant if you explain?
I respect this so much. Having a mum who was anorexic who would always talk about her diet really damaged me and made me have a very turbulent relationship with food. So I completely get where you're coming from. Thank you xx
We need more vegans like Emma.
I adore this video so so much! The way people glamorise their diets can be so dangerous, I have a friend who was constantly saying she was vegan and would use it as an excuse when she had to turn down food, however it simply was a cover up for an eating disorder. It wasn't that she wasn't eating dairy, she just wasn't eating. :( Veganism is so amazing if you make sure you eat the right things and don't just cut out what you can't eat!
Love you, love this video. You have such a good head on your shoulders! I was vegan for 7 years and it was wonderful, but it was really hard. It was hard to eat healthy sometimes, it was hard to understand the nutrition, it was hard to incorporate a good variety, and it was hard to cook enough to eat well on that diet. I gave it up not because of my health, but because of the health of my 12 month old daughter at the time, who wasn't eating enough to be healthy on the diet and we started eating meat together so she would get enough iron for her needs. Anyway, I just respect your viewpoint on this so much and I'm glad you made a video on it. xoxo
this makes a lot of sense, i really appreciate you not trying to influence people to do something that could make them unhealthy (love you emma!)
Do you get offended when people eat meat around you? I had a friend who was vegan and they would get pissed off when i ate non vegetarian food around them
nope, not at all, it's a personal choice
ThomasTheTank smells gross though...
It's not a "personal choice" if sentient beings are murdered.
... it is still a personal choice for a person to eat meat, regardless of what you think of that choice. it is a personal choice. the animal gets no choice in it, but it is a choice that a human makes. personally.
Rape is also a choice. Doesn't mean I respect rapists as equals.
thank you for this, there are some 'vegan youtubers' that don't understand this and it is very important for their audiences to understand
one thing that needs to be stated is we all have a unique biological make up. regardless of your diet choice you should make sure that diet works in harmony with your body.
Matthew Robinson whatever that means
tamppii Ⓥ .... it means that different foods work differently for everyone...... preach love not ignorance
Tabtub tabs still doesn't really explain it completely. Some people can't tolerate gluten or dairy, but when it comes down to eating a Vegan diet, it fits everyone's body
We are all humans that thrive off the same food... Just like each kind of animal eats the same diet specific to what animal they are. I don't know why humans think they're different and we all need different foods. Scientifically proven we are meant to eat a vegan diet
Suzieisfabulous sorry but that's wrong not everyone can eat the same foods and our bodies are designed to be omnivorous.
Loved the video, thank you, and it seemed very responsible. I love whenever you talk about how much you care about your little sister (even indirectly like here). She's lucky to have you.
I feel I can relate to this video. I was vegan for 9 months and absolutely loved it. I felt amazing, my skin and hair thanked me for it and I generally adored the lifestyle. However, I was working full time and could afford to buy fruit and veg every day. It was only when I became a full time student I made naive mistakes and ended up only eating toast (practically). I'm a pescatarian now, and making slow changes to become a vegan once again. I was very silly and didn't educate myself enough (or how to bloody budget...I'm an idiot aha) but yeah, I appreciate this video!
Side note - POOR DAN
Vegetarians/vegans have a completely different way of 'building' a meal, compared to people who do eat meat and fish. Meat-eaters (with lack of better word) decide their dinner by deciding which meat they will eat: "Tonight I will eat chicken with..." "Tonight I will eat steak with..." etc. Their starting point is the meat aspect of the meal, and then they go from there. With potatoes, with broccoli, etc etc.
Vegetarians and vegans, on the other hand, start with the veggies. "Tonight I will eat spinach with..." "Tonight I will eat tomatoes and courgette...." etc etc. It's a different way of thinking.
Don't just scrap the meat/fish/dairy from your plate. Substitute it. Substitute it for veggies, substitute it for tofu-based products, substitute it for lactose-free dairy. Substitute it for more fruit.
I see someone is picking up synchronising tips from Dodie ;)
ha! nahhhh everyone does it, i've done it for years. i just leave it in occasionally nowadays when i don't think my intro is good enough
Ah, I see, makes a killer aesthetic though :P Just an fyi, I respect and admire you so much, keep doing what you do xxx
This may be a stupid question, but what is that?
LOL ikr, btw have a great day and much love from a small british youtuber
***** bro, it was a joke, I'm not saying Dodie owns it
100% love every video where you are just you, raw and uncut and say what you are thinking. I just love who you are even when you aren't making me laugh.
thanks for being a positive influence 💜💜💜💜
don't you ever feel somehow forced to talk about sth you don't feel comfortable with!!
much love
ooOPS I'm such a bad vegan, I kinda just live off popcorn and pasta
As a vegan too, I have a lot of respect for you for this video. I don't exactly do it the best way but that's bc of my low moods etc. Being vegan makes me feel a lot better about myself (veggie for 2+ years, vegan for just over one year) even though I can't do it completely right. I hope one day I'll get the balance right so that I can feel good while helping animals
At the very least, supplement with B12.
Same in every point. I live off crisps, apple juice and pasta atm :D But soon I will move in with my boyfriend and he loves cooking so this will help me in my quest of becoming a healthy vegan :D
really, as long as the pasta is whole grain, and as long as the popcorn isn't drowning in salt/butter/etc. I would say the worst part of the diet your described is the lack of variety. Plain popcorn is a regular part of my diet and I'd say it's above average (I'm currently vegetarian though)
Just put a pre cut vegetable mix into your pasta ;)
and make it whole grain.
and say hello to fiber, vitamins and minerals.
I am so proud of Emma for talking about so many different topics too us. We all love you and wish you well. 💕
I loved this video! I don't really like to talk about veganism too much but I don't get a choice because all omnis do is ask me about it🙄 I spent a lot of time in hospital for anorexia so being vegan concerns people but in fact veganism has helped me recover because I now feel less guilty about what I've eaten
BUT I understand this isn't the case for everyone. There's others I met in hospital who want to become vegan but have had to wait because cutting a load of food out is probably going to lead to relapsing. You're sending a fabulous message because everyone is different and people have to look into their journey differently. But in the end veganism IS better for you if you do it right.
Oh also, I was veggie throughout both my hospital admissions and during both of them I gained 30lbs. So citing out meat doesn't mean losing weight but again, you dl have to be careful. My diet was chosen by a nutritionist who specialises in people with eating disorders.
But actually since going vegan over a year ago I've gained more. I'm not really sure why. I guess because I started to worry about what I was eating less because I knew I was now making a difference to animals and the environment. I don't know why veganism helped me, it just did
I'm really happy that you find a nutritionist that could help you find a diet that makes you feel less guilty about what you eat!
I also gained weight on a vegan diet - the mentality really helped my post-anorexic body and whilst I don't like the weight I've gained in a typical vain way, I have no desire to starve myself or harm myself like I did for four years of my life xx
Much respect for this vid and your openness therein. I've been a fan of your content for a while, but this takes it to a new level for me.
thanks! having a younger sister who is starting to feel insecure and listens to every word i say does that ha
As much as I disagree with veganism personally, thank you for making a video about it. It's good to see another side of the debate. The whole world could never go vegan, though, seafood is too fucking delicious.
Katy Lawson not vegan or vegetarian myself but i'm just wondering why you disagree with veganism? trying to get both perspectives here
what's your reasoning for disagreeing?
Katy Lawson other things are delicious that aren't seafood :)
For myself personally, being vegan, or even vegetarian, is something I'd never go near. Excluding the fact that all meat I've ever eaten, whether it was squid in Bulgaria, snails in Australia, or steak in the USA, has always been prepared beautifully and been some of the best food I've eaten, and comparing that to the salads & other substitutes and there being absolutely no contest, people eating beef and stuff is actually good for the enviroment. Raising beef feeding off grass can help keep the grass growing and eating the cows means there'll be less methane produced. For me personally, any arguments that eating meat is "inhumane" ignores the benefits of eating meat entirely, and the animals will die anyway, in my eyes. Better to eat them then just let them waste away.
***** I 100% disagree. Nothing can compare to a fresh plate of salt and vinegar flavoured calamari drizzled in lemon and with tartare sauce on the side.
I was a vegetarian when my (unrelated) illness started rearing it's ugly head. Even doing it under the supervision of a medical doctor. Turns out I can't absorb b12 and started needing weekly injections. I had to also take this liquid called floradix so I didn't wind up in the hospital from anemia.
I had to stop, all of my personal ethics had to be pushed aside. I just couldn't reach my personal medical goals while maintaining a vegan or vegetarian diet. I am glad you say that you aren't preaching being a Taco Bell vegan. It's lovely. Thank you.
Wait, was the text at the start from Dan? As in NerdCubed Dan?
Catellude "FUCK OFF DAN" Emma Blackery 2k16
Judging mostly off the "fuck off!" Part, yeah, most likely
Catellude hey Emma, watch my planet coaster videos 😂😂
Matthew O'Connell Yeah that's probably what it was lol
Respect +1
Thank you so much for pointing out that you are not an expert and qualified to be giving nutritional advice. Most UA-camrs or "celebrities" of any kind are not. You acknowledging this and and refusing to be a part of it is extremely admirable. So again, thank you so much!
I LOVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID IN THIS VIDEO AND IM NOT EVEN VEGAN
This is such a good viewpoint and a really responsible way to handle your "fame" and the impact you have on your viewers! Thanks for making this video, Emma. So great.
I wish freelee the banana girl was more like you
yeah, people like Freelee put me off veganism, kinda like how Laci Green and Anita Sarkeesian put me off feminism
Danny James Butler if freelee wasn't as brash as she is, I wouldn't be vegan. Tough love helps sometimes.
i followed freelee for years, still watch her occasionally. i bought her ebooks too, and they were the reason i started drinking more water and reducing my salt intake. she's helped a lot of people, can't take that away from her
Vloggery however she has a history of being a little pushy, she repeatedly attacked Zoella for eating meat and caused her anxiety attacks. Although when I heard her on Shane & Friends, I must admit that I did like her.
Vloggery her heart is in the right place but I agree she can be a bit pushy.
Lots of love Emma. You experience so much stress, I just hope you read this and genuinely take it to heart that I personally believe you are a very kind and thoughtful person.
You help me realize a lot of things I want to do, and mannerisms or thoughtfulness towards myself & others I wish to incorporate into who I am.
I'm a Vegetarian, I'm not vegan because I have my own chickens and my neighbours have cows and sheep so I know where all my products are from and all the animals are happy and healthy. What's your opinion on this?
Harriet Deasley I know you didn't ask me haha but I think that's awesome if you only eat the milk and eggs from farms you know about, as long as calves are getting the milk they need first.
Yes, this is called tentative-vegan. And I am one as well. We can eat eggs, milk ad honey when they are available ethically, otherwise we are vegan.
kailen hannie Yeah, I asked the farmer about this and I actually help on the farm in the summer so I've seen it all firsthand and know I can trust the source. (Also, don't worry, I was asking everyone haha)
Harriet Deasley That is awesome :D
Well I am kind of torn apart about this topic, but at least you are in the contact with animals you take from. If I were you and think your way, I would also help on the farm, talk to the animals getting to know them, help to feed them once in the while.
What is your opinion on non dietary topics like medicines, clothing, makeup etc.
EMMA! i gained so much respect for u in this video (on top of the respect i already have) ! in our current society where views are so extreme, you provide a voice of reason saying that, you choose what you want to do with your body. ive been fighting an eating disorder for over 3 years and its truly painful to hear and witness the things said around me regarding diet, especially that people shame others into changing theirs, or talk about their own as the prime example for others. there is no 'correct' way to be vegan or to eat, as diet is such a personal thing. you regard that in this video and that is SO important
I think it's important to mention that just because you eat meat, dairy and eggs you don't necessarily get all the vitamins and nutrients you need. You can still be deficient, so everyone should make sure that they get what they need if they are concerned about it. If done right, which isn't all that difficult, veganism is the best thing for basically everyone. All animals as well as the planet. Sentient beings aren't ours to murder.
Mercury Howell but what if plants are sentient?
So much respect. It's very mature and responsible to be able to admit that you don't know something and knowing the danger you can put others in by making this stuff up.
I'm not going to argue that you should carry on about your veganism (if you have to force your advocacy, you're doing yourself and the cause a disservice!), but I wish you wouldn't blame veganism for your becoming malnourished. All it does is reinforce the idea that being healthy as a vegan is super labor-intensive.. and it isn't. I mean, it's not as simple as Freelee would have you believe, but it's also not this horribly complicated lifestyle that requires tons of planning and math.
Eat fruit, eat beans, eat greens, take a B12 supplement, and you're pretty much covered. All of those things, by the way, are also things that nonvegans should be doing. Nutritional deficiency is not a vegan phenomenon.
You didn't get malnourished because you cut out eggs and dairy. You got malnourished because you lived on junk food, and I wish you had made that distinction more clear in this video.
Kaitlin Campos "I wasn't educated" "I lived on junk food" "i did it wrong" "veganism is the healthiest thing for you if you do it right" all in the video, friend
i love your videos (and it was great to meet you at sitc last year
I think this was a really good answer, and I respect why you wouldn't want to talk about it. It is a ton of work that a lot of people don't realise goes into it. I'm glad you're figuring out how to make it work for you and doing better!
I would love to go vegetarian, but seeing as I am also lactose intolerant I would basically be vegan. I know I would end up eating next to nothing because I am so so picky. Probably just linda McCartney sausage rolls. The way I look at it is every little helps, I probably eat 7/10 meals meat free and that's still saving some animals
ShaunnaSmiles damn right!
You know, there's lots of resources online, even on Facebook there's groups of vegans helping each other out when they have allergies and all that, so idk might be interesting for you, just to even explore what else you could/would like to eat.
ShaunnaSmiles Just cut out the meat. Emma didn't make this video to say that you can't be healthy as a vegan.
emma straight up said in the video "don't just cut out meat". you need to have other sources of protein and make sure you are getting enough nutrients.
Would you be able to visit a nutritionist?
Thank you for making this video! Very nice to hear real honesty from a youtuber about this topic.
I noticed for some people when they jump right into veganism this happens and it's simply because veganism is one of those things that no one really understands what it means to eat well especially with how easy it is eat fast foods and such. It's important to teach healthy eating over resctricting and that's just something that comes with time. I've been vegan for a couple years and vegetarian some time before that and boy let me tell you I don't track my vitamins or anything like. I just eat whatever looks good, but I make sure to have some variety and be aware of what my body needs and it's important to make a note that being vegan means eating more food than you would if eating meat/dairy to make up for that. Being vegan also means to connect with your body and know what you need, but again that's all about time.
The way I see it, it's a food chain and we're at the top.
"Fuck off Dan" ... Poor Nerd Cubed.
i love this channel, it seems so much more real and laid back than all of the other channels you've created
Welcome back :)
it's really great to see somebody talk about this topic in such a way. thanks emma :)
I think that's WHY you should talk about it. It's simple to be vegan - eat more whole plant foods as fresh as possible. I thinks it's more important we get people off the really negative foods like meat and dairy (that are linked to cancer). You're more likely to become ill eating a SAD than a vegan one :)
You are a very cool, genuine person! Thank you for this.
I think it seems most healthy do to a slow transition, so you learn what foods you can and want to eat. Or even keep eating very little meat, because you don't need a lot (like meat once a week or so I think) to get enough b12 for example.
Dmitriy K. Meat is not the only source of protein
Just get a b12 supplement which everyone anyway should as the b12 in meat can be destroyed by some forms of heating
Though yes, everyone should do their research on it but it is totally doable overnight
We are frugivores. And do some research if you think lentils are the only vegan proteins that exist..
Thank you for being the only vegan I ever knew of that wasn't just thinking of the cause, and put your viewers before your beliefs. Massive respect for you.
I totally get your point. Though basically you can be malnourished with any diet. I became vegan and I'm the healthiest I've ever been. I'll admit that sometimes because i get tired from school I don't feel like cooking healthy stuff so I'll just go for the "easy" options and obviously that's not good. Then again, i think most teenagers do this and aren't that informed about what their body needs. It's true that everyone should do their research regardless of their lifestyle. Go vegan (but educate yourself).
This is such a good and well done video. I’m glad a UA-camr stepped up to talk about this👏🏻
"the farming industry puts..." No. No. No. As a 3rd(+) generation farmer, absolutely NO. Yes, commercial mega-farms drug the shit out of things, but that's to make them grow _faster_ and _fatter_; it has nothing to do with nutrition. In my family's case, the cows roam the countryside eating whatever they want -- mostly grass, but that's not all that grows in those pastures. (hint: a natural lawn isn't 100% grass) When the cow is destined for eating, it goes to the barn and is fed grains -- i.e. corn, because it's cheap -- to remove the "natural" taste from whatever nasty things it's been eating. (namely _wild onions_!) Chickens were allowed to roam during the day as well, but were primarily fed corn meal. (best way to deal with kudzu, btw.) (and yes, Perdue does (did?) feed it's birds marigold petals to give them their trademark yellow -- again has ZERO to do with nutrition) Pigs? Watch the _Dirty Jobs_ episode where Mike was at the pig farm in Las Vegas.
i love these videos so much because it feels like you're having a one on one conversation with emma and not just staring at a screen
It's very different to your other videos, but how about collaborating with a nutritionist to discuss how to get a balanced diet as a vegan for those who do want to do it
David Cox Could be good, but yoy don't need a nutritionist's help really. It is not that hard to just eat whole plant foods and to eat enough. Just do a bit of research and there are so many Vegans to help other people who themselves maybe struggled with it a bit so they know how to avoid mistakes
I'd argue going to a nutritionist is research tbh Especially if you have specific dietary requirements or allergies or anything like that. And especially if you aren't sure what your body needs and are not sure what is the correct information. It's not a bad thing to go to a nutritionist if that's what you want to do
Thank you Emma, I'm 16, and I started a plant based diet when I was 14. I had gotten really malnourished, and my anemia hit me really hard. I was persuaded by many youtubers I watched, and I didn't know all of this at the time that I needed all these proteins and vitamins. Thank you for not trying to persuade us to be vegan or plant based.
I went vegan almost 5 months ago, I'm 12. I did this because of the animals and want to grow up to be a vet or activist. I love animals. If you want to be vegan, please go and get a blood test. I did and they came back VERY postive, with things like iron levels above average. Go vegan for yourself, the planet and the animals. But do it right and get help
Good reasoning behind it. I'm personally glad because i find 'what i eat' vids So. Dull.
Do you know how many websites and youtube channels there are that help new vegans with their meals?
wow this is not what I thought this video was gonna be about but I'm so glad it went this way I've never thought about it like this .
i've been vegan for a year now and i hate it when other vegans say veganism is easy. it's not. it may be easy for THEM but not for me. you really do, like you say emma, you have to do tons of research on what to eat and where to get all your nutrients from. in theory, of course it's easy. just eat plants! but keeping up with all the variety of plants in your household its tiring and if you're not living in NYC or LA, you can't just go into a cafe or restaurant and order a cheap vegan burger or a nice vegan snack because there're not a lot of vegan places where i live compared to LA and NYC where there's a vegan place on every corner.
it IS difficult to eat a variety of foods and not just stick to rice and beans and tomatoes. eating greens is especially tricky for me for some reason. i love salads but we're always missing key ingredients in my house (full of meat eaters so i'm on my own) so i end up eating plain boring salads with just lettuce and a dressing.
sure, yeah, get a job and buy your own groceries, that solves that. but i've been trying to get a job and it's not like everyones gonna hire you, it takes time. living at home definitely makes veganism more tricky than it needs to be. when i move out, i wont have to worry about not having almond milk in storage or snacks available because i'll always keep myself stocked.
but do you guys get me? when vegans out there always say "veganism is SO easy" it makes people think that they can survive on either eating vegan junk food all the time or eating calorie dilute foods like lettuce and carrots and think that's all they need to be healthy. what many vegans dont understand is that you need to eat calorie RICH foods like starches, fruit, grains, and legumes! so potatoes, rice, any fruit, grains like oats, quinoa, and legumes like black beans, peas, kidney beans, lentils. VARIETY is key, but variety is hard to constantly have in the house, ya feel me?? omg this comment is way too long idk if any1s gonna read this im done writing now some1 plz respond :D
You should do research on what to eat/not to eat no matter what diet or lifestyle you follow. That isn't exclusive to veganism.
no, i know. i've totally been doing tons of research. i actually want to be a nutritionist and focus in and learn more about plant based nutrition in the future!
Mila Djordjevic No, I don't mean that you specifically need to do research. When I said that, I meant people in general.
But that's awesome about wanting to study nutrition!
Alex Ohh I see. I thought you were talking to me directly cus like you were responding to my comment haha :P
Mila Djordjevic Sorry! Haha. I should have said people/they instead.
YASS EXACTLY! So many UA-cam videos are quite scary in that way because you have no idea of you're watching a video that might harm you and I totally support this video
I adore eating meat and dairy, but I agree with what you're saying.
Thank you for not shoving your ideology in my face, and instead politely telling us (your fans) the honest truth
Asher Rwakiseeta what does it mean to shove ideologies on one's face? By writing your comment you yourself are shoving your opinion on my face if you think about it really
+tamppii Ⓥ She's talking about people like Sorsha, or if Emma were to go 'Veganism is the best choice for everyone. Veganism should be enforced by the government.' Stuff like that.
+tamppii Ⓥ And Asher was hardly 'shoving' their opinions down your face, all they did was state that they are not vegan but do agree with what Emma was saying.
Will Smith just like clicking on a video by Sorsha and choosing to watch it and listsn to her, I clicked on this video and chose to read the comments. I'd say there is a same amount of "forcing" there which is non existent.
Maybe it sounds like forcing to a throat because it is something you do not agree on or it is spoken in a loud way
Willa Dink you can't force anyone do anything online or if you choose to watch a video, they can't force anything. Its not a thing, they're nit holding a gun to your head tellin you to go Vegan.
i know this is off topic but the audio quality in this is absolutely fantastically satisfying