Vegans, it seems, have set themselves up as the moral crusaders of the dietary world. Much of what is posted by Vegans here has a missionary zeal to it, as if they are the only ones following ’the path of righteousness’. Many meat-eaters find the kinds of things they say to be both patronising and insulting. (If it is so wrong to kill animals and eat meat, why do so few of the world’s religions – as humanity’s cradles of morality and ethics – not say it is so?)
Because Vegans hold such extreme views, I think it is highly likely that somewhere in the world, in the interests of practising his or her beliefs, a Vegan parent has permanently damaged their child – whether by feeding it soy-based infant formula or in some other dietary way.
I sincerely hope you are right: of course, every reasonably balanced person knows that mothers’ milk is the natural thing for an infant.
But the point I am making, perhaps with a touch of sarcasm, is that it is hypocritical of Vegans to preach about the health risks to children of eating McDonald’s or a meat-based diet, when a Vegan diet itself is not without risk.
I do find it a delicious irony though, that the most nutritious food a Vegan mother can feed her newborn baby is actually a meat product...
Perhaps this is where the seeds of humanity’s meat-addiction are sown?
