Veganism? A New Trend?

Will veganism become a religion or is it just a trend? Answer? Veganism is just a trend! 

Everyone claims to be vegan on a Monday and then by Friday they go back to eating meat again. Does that mean everyone's a vegan? If that's the case it's easy, and I’ve been vegan my whole entire life.

Youtubers, influencers, environmentalists all promote this lifestyle and now  it’s everywhere now. In our restaurants, shops and our adverts that we see on telly but let's face it in reality it's just all a show. We all know they're getting paid to promote this new “way of life.” Youtuber Rawvana also known as Yovana Mendoza conned her viewers into thinking she was a vegan. But in fact, she was spotted eating fish on her holiday in Bali that she posted on one of her own Youtube vlogs.

Yearly events like Veganuary are just trends and an excuse to try out what plant power is really like. People go to Holland and Barrett or other places that cost an arm and a leg to find a healthy vegan alternative. Then turn to Pinterest or Instagram to find colourful vegan dishes and vegan recipes, but when it comes down to making it over 80% of the time it doesn't come out right or taste of anything. The intention to try vegan recipes is always there but just like New Year's Resolutions they quickly die out after a week or two.

Vegans claim that they are against using animal products but they continue to wear leather jackets, watches, shoes you name it. The likes of George Monbiot, a vegan campaigner and Victoria Dawson Hoff, an associate editor at Elle magazine are a couple examples of this. Vegans continue to preach about plant power being the best but most people don't realise that they are depriving their bodies of key vitamins and protein that we get from meat like Vitamins D, B12, Calcium and Iron as their diet consists of vegetables, fruit, nuts and grains. Sounds fun right? I don't think so. Vegans are always trying to force their beliefs onto other people so that someone else can suffer alongside them.

To be fully vegan you have to cut out all meat, fish and products that may come from an animal like dairy products. Meaning no honey, eggs, fur coats, makeup that has been tested on animals you name it. So if you are not actively doing this DO NOT call yourself a vegan. If you are, that's great for you. 

You may try to change our foods into healthy vegan alternatives to suit the lifestyle but, when you share your views don't expect everyone to agree with you because you think your way of life is right. Anyways, who doesn’t love a cheeky Nandos every so often?