Category Archives: Health and plant based eating

Learning lessons

Posted on September 19, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently, someone died; someone who was everything to me. ‘How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, dairy, Eulogies, Health and plant based eating, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, Grief, harm, health, heartbreak, human superiority, loss, misery, moral choices, motherhood, veganism | 23 Comments

Veganism; do motives matter?

Posted on May 18, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently I saw a comment that ‘most people define veganism as the same as a plant based diet‘, before they went on to say, ‘Why does it matter? If people go vegan for health or environment it’s still good for … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Global disasters, Health and plant based eating | Tagged anti-vegan, climate change, climate emergency, definition, diet, environment, ex-vegans, health, injustice, motivation, motive, opression, plant based diet, vegan, vegan for health, vegan for the environment, veganism | 19 Comments

Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat

Posted on March 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘Plants feel, fish feel, cows feel – but we have to eat.’ This was a comment made on a recent post promoting veganism. It’s almost possible to hear the dismissive shrug at the end. It’s another of these sentences that … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Health and plant based eating, Sentience | Tagged breast feeding, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, feed conversion ratio, harm, health, human superiority, oppression, plants, plants tho, resources, rights, sentience, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims | 1 Comment

In a nutshell – a plant based diet and health

Posted on November 10, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Links checked and updated 02/07/2023 Veganism is the word given to living in a way that reflects our opposition to the violence inherent in all of the uses to which our species subjects individuals of all other species, promoting justice … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and plant based eating, In a nutshell | Tagged commodification, diet, health, nonviolence, plant-based, resources, sentience, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence | 91 Comments

Ups and downs of an ordinary life – my cautionary tale

Posted on March 12, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

About me I’m a very ordinary person. I’m middle-aged, with two sons who are both grown and nearing 30 and I’ve been a single parent since they were about 10. I’m practical and resourceful and until I retired in 2013, I was a project … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and plant based eating | Tagged autoimmune disease, diet, ethics, health, plant-based eating, vegan, veganism | 13 Comments

Plant-based diet eaten by vegans – how healthy is it?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A plant based diet isn’t veganism? You may have read that a plant based diet and veganism are not synonymous. This is true, but the difference did not become clear to me until after I became vegan, and I frequently see … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and plant based eating | Tagged advocacy, diet, health, moral choices, nonviolence, vegan, veganism | 17 Comments