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For the animals
Factory farming causes unnecessary animal suffering every day. Billions live without ever feeling the sun in their face, breathe fresh air, have the ability to explore or to simply just live free.
For our health
Research has shown that a whole foods vegan diet can help promote weight loss, reduce risk of heart disease, manage diabetes and help protect against many types of cancers.
For the planet
Animal agriculture causes a significant amount of problems for the planet.
If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when you're not the victim, it becomes pretty easy to rationalize and excuse cruelty, injustice, inequality, slavery, and even murder. But when you're the victim, things look a lot differently from that angle.
Gary Yourofsky is an American vegan, animal rights activist, lecturer and educator. Yourofsky's speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been seen by millions of people and has been translated into tens of different languages.
Some of the strongest and most fierce animals in the world are plant-powered. The elephant, rhino, hippo, and gorilla have one thing in common—they all get 100 percent of their protein from plants.
Rich Roll is a vegan ultra-endurance athlete and full-time wellness & plant-based nutrition advocate.
The most ethical diet just so happens to be the most environmentally sound diet and just so happens to be the healthiest diet.
Michael Greger is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues, best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products.