2/24/2018 0 Comments Diet and DifferenceNo culture is more prestigious, and no culture follows the “right way of life” – for there is no right way because there is not a right candidate to define it. Therefore, there is no correct fashion, correct beliefs nor is there a correct diet – but there is a correct way to approach them, and this is respect. At the moment, I believe veganism has become the new feminism, a widely discussed and debated attitude to life that has resulted in an unfair stigma against those who follow it – arrogant and inconsiderate diet extremists, which is unfair to those who would just simply prefer to live and eat that way. But I do not mean this to completely be aimed at vegans, but it is simply more prominent at the moment.
However, I have noticed certain people in society to be inconsiderate to other people’s diets – like prejudice against people for “supporting animal cruelty” by eating meat, which is not applicable to every case. As a meat eater, I do not agree with the way of which animals are bred and killed for food, yet I am aware that through eating meat I am, in a way, condoning the issue BUT I am not supporting it. I do not support the way in which they approach it, not like I can think of a better way to do so on the spot; I have the modern attitude to wearing animal fur and skin for clothing, I do not necessarily support this but I can understand that it was prominent in trends of an older generation; I certainly do not support cosmetic or medical animal testing. A typical argument of a meat-eater is that it is a part of the circle of life, like being a part of the animal kingdom, something we do in order to survive, like survival of the fittest – which is something still relevant for humans also in terms of wealth and confidence as well as health. Although not a necessity, meat can be healthy for you in moderation like most things, but there is other sources of protein and some people are content to not have it in their diet – which is just as acceptable as having it in it. In a big happy healthy community, we preach for self-confidence, and in a part of that we encourage people not to deprive themselves of what they want and essentially give your body what it wants. By this, I am not saying I can not live without meat in my diet, but I am saying it is something I would like in my diet, and by eating it I am giving my body what it wants. Therefore, I should not be made to feel guilty for giving my body what it wants, nor should I make others feel guilty for it – hence a mutual respect for however people wish to approach life. And many people I surround myself with are vegetarians, pescatarians, vegans etc, and I support their decision to follow that particular diet, because unlike me, they do not wish to have meat or other animal substances in their diet, and in return they respect that I do. Again, this does not just apply to non-meat eaters, but to any person with a different diet – and no-one should be made to feel guilty for what they choose to eat if it is done moderately and healthily (because a difference in ones diet can be due to many things, like culture, religious beliefs, allergens for example, and these are things we have been naturally brought up to respect). So, even though you do not believe in what others may believe, and you may not fully understand it, that is not reason to not respect it and no diet should be persecuted.
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