Tag Archives: diet

Veganuary – is it a game changer?

Posted on January 6, 2023 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Note: For the purpose of this blog, the term plant-based is used to describe items composed entirely of plants. This is to differentiate from those unscrupulous suppliers that disingenuously use the term to describe products which contain animal derivatives but … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged big brand, campaign, consumer demand, diet, ethics, fad, festival, food festival, health, human, lifestyle, plant based diet, plant-based, plant-based eating, profit, respect, rights, supermarket, veganism, Veganuary, victims | 8 Comments

On ‘personal choice’ and trying to be a ‘popular’ vegan

Posted on November 13, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I’m sure we’ve all heard – or maybe even used at some time – the tired old assertion about ‘my personal choice’? My first hearing was when it was actually snarled at me through gritted teeth by a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand, Global disasters | Tagged animal rights, climate disaster, diet, disaster, ecological disaster, end of life as we know it, extremism, famine, fire, flood, Flooding, food shortage, human superiority, justice, moral choices, personal, personal choice, planetary collapse, plant-based, speciesism, truth, victims, violence, wildfires | 5 Comments

Lies, damn lies, and statistics*

Posted on March 27, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Summary (for clear image) February is the month that FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations) publishes the annual global statistics of the number of land-based individuals slaughtered in the latest statistical year, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged amphibians, antibiotic resistance, avian flu, chickens, climate, climate catastrophe, data, diet, health, increase, insects, media hype, motive, not a diet, pandemic, plant-based, plant-based eating, plant-based options, slaughterhouse, species extinction, Statistics, veganism, wishful thinking, zoonotic, zoonotic disease | 3 Comments

Slaughter numbers jump by 2.2 billion

Posted on February 10, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Despite the euphoria caused by the proliferation of plant based dietary options in shops and restaurants, the statistics don’t bear out the wishful thinking about veganism taking over the world any time soon. In fact, given the accelerating climate catastrophe … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged 2018, climate catastrophe, diet, environmental destruction, increase, plant based diet, Statistics, vegan | 27 Comments

‘Transparency in advertising’ – bring it on

Posted on August 9, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

As expected the animal use industries are mounting an increasingly bizarre pushback against the labelling of substances for which they long ago co-opted names. There are frequent media outcries about who has the right to use words like ‘milk’, ‘sausage’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged advertising, breast milk, burger, climate, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, dairy, diet, environment, environmental destruction, extreme weather, guidelines, health, healthy, marketing, milk, nutrition, plant based diet, plant-based, plant-based eating, plants, sausage, supermarket, sustainability, transparency, transparency in advertising, truth in advertising, vegan, veganism, weather | 7 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

What is veganism – a reminder

Posted on January 5, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

In recent days, I’ve seen many comments on posts and pages making suggestions about how to be more persuasive about veganism; how to make it more ‘appealing’. ‘You should be telling people to watch < film about human health>’; ‘You … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Terminology, What is ...? | Tagged advocacy, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, diet, environment, ethics, health, human superiority, justice, milk, sentience, vegan, veganism, victims | 18 Comments

Open minds and playing mock the vegan

Posted on April 20, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Every day I read comment after comment from those who dismiss science in favour of support for industry advertising campaigns that play to and reinforce our confirmation bias. It dismays me to witness how many will willingly ridicule the recognition of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, death, diet, human superiority, life, milk, resources, sentience, slaughter | 8 Comments

On being critical and holier than thou

Posted on March 1, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I recently saw two criticisms of my blog on Facebook. What, only two? To be honest there’s never any shortage of criticism. The human obsession with using and consuming inappropriate substances and causing death and destruction to vulnerable innocents in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism | Tagged advocacy, baby steps, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, criticism, Cruelty, dairy, diet, holier than thou, moral choices, nonviolence, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 12 Comments

Response to a ‘welfare’ survey about hens used for eggs

Posted on January 14, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There’s an Elephant in the Room was recently contacted by a veterinary student with a request to complete a survey on the ‘welfare’ of hens in the egg industry. I did not complete it and … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Abolition vs Welfare, Chickens and eggs | Tagged chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, diet, harm, health, moral choices, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, welfare | 11 Comments