Part 2: www.youtube.com November 22, 2009 We’ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we’ve been led astray–not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance. The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won’t save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil–the basis of life itself. Keith argues that if we are to save this planet, our food must be an act of profound and abiding repair: it must come from inside living communities, not be imposed across them. Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth will challenge everything you thought you knew about food politics.


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@slinkyphil Great straw man argument, i guess if you had to rely on facts you wouldn’t have anything to say. She didn’t say she ate dairy every day. She said that followed the diet like most vegan and yes, she did. Keith cites numerous studies and the standard scientific though. You on the other hand believe in pseudo-science.
@shirehorse91 she wrote a book and takes into consideration a study she read online? are you kidding? she writes a book as someone who was vegan for 20 year, but she binged on eggs and dairy every chance she got… am i missing something you aren’t?
@slinkyphil What she is talking about is how often vegans fall of their diet. A study found that once a week vegans fall off their diet and eat beef. She said that she fell off her diet and eat dairy. So, she was still a vegan and probably more so because she wasn’t eating beef like the rest of vegan world.
@shirehorse91 kpfa.org/archive/id/64995
check at 00:05:20
her intentions are nothing but the best… but she’s just sad… 20 years on temptation???? she never embraced a vegan lifestyle. it never felt 100% right in her head…
but i will said it again, her intentions are good. local farming is the way for sure.
@slinkyphil ummm…no she didn’t. Stop making things up.
@shirehorse91 hmmm… no… lierre actually said that in an interview… she ate eggs and dairy… sorry…
Keith is a liar. Vegan longevity? Current 3rd oldest human on Earth, oldest woman in China, oldest man in India, Sri Lanka’s oldest man, oldest man in Denmark, Britain’s oldest man, Japan’s okinawans, oldest marathon runner, oldest confirmed man in history, 2nd oldest confirmed woman Marie Louise Meilleur, and oldest human to ever live on the planet, ALL Plant-Based Diets. So…suck it, meat-tards
@slinkyphil More vegan BS and propaganda.
lierre keith wasn’t even vegan
@VitalVeda 1. Human’s are designed to eat meat. Saying the contrary is BS.
2. Stop lying, vegans and vegetarians kill animals to grow their plants.
3. You are a hypocrite. It’s ok for you to kill animals to grow vegetables you just lie about doing it.
@shirehorse91 WOW, what human animals will tell themselves to justify murder is… no words! If you had bothered to read the link in my comment, you would clearly see that we human animals are designed to eat only plants, but sadly irrational, illogical, and immoral beings, such as yourself and Lierre Keith, have no interest in facts, sentient life, or our beautiful planet – just care about your erroneous “beliefs”! Also, you obviously have not a clue about Veganic gardening.
@VitalVeda Vegans and vegetarians enslave, exploit, and murder sentient beings to get farmland for their vegetables, to fertilize their vegetables, and to produce material for their technology and lifestyle. Stop being such hypocrites.
Lierre Keith PLEASE stop blaming everyone else for the destruction of our planet while you enslave, exploit, and murder other sentient beings, that is killing us and our planet. Also, please educate yourself on the “basics” of human anatomy and physiology: earthsave.ca/articles/health/comparative.html Finally, please stop “claiming” you were EVER Vegan… clearly you were not! I leave you to your victimization addiction, and ego-centric need for attention!
Shirehorse is a troll, there is interview proof she admits to not being a vegan
“This woman was never actually vegan. She ate beef once a week because, she claims, “all vegans cheat.”
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Typical vegan BS. They are like religious fanatics where there is no low to which they will stoop or lie that they will not tell to defend their beloved ideology.
@SizzlechestXXX Vegans aren’t healthier as they tend to develop more cardiovascular diseases and cancer than meat eaters. The beneficial vegan studies are false because they select non-excersizing meat eaters and compare them to exercising vegans. So, what is actually compared is a non-exersizing population to an exercising population. It is well know that exercising has a dramatic effect on health so this type of study is set up to favour the vegan 2 to 1.
This woman was never actually vegan. She ate beef once a week because, she claims, “all vegans cheat.” She not only supremely ignorant, she grossly misrepresents herself and her “information.” She also has absolutely no idea what she’s talking about on any subject. Every single topic she chooses she’s factually wrong in one way or another. In short, she’s both an idiot and a liar.
Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die!!
Respond to this video… go vegan growing food for cows is stupid
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Very interesting…. thanks for the upload.
@redvioletroses1 Thanks
@1imesub Um, okay, good luck.
@redvioletroses1 By respectable doctors and researchers, I mean people like Dr. Colin Campbell ‘The China Study,’ Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn ‘Make Yourself Heart Attack Proof,’ Dr. John McDougall ‘The Gladiators were Vegan,’ and there are many others on VEGSOURCE who have free videos to watch. Watch Durianrider’s youtube response to Daniel Vitalis. He exposes the misinformation people like Daniel Vitalis are putting out there to make more money for themselves.
@redvioletroses1 I’ve already seen that video; Daniel Vitalis is a salesman, nothing more. If you listen to what he ate on his “vegan diet” it was mainly oils and some kale… NOBODY can survive on that. They guy just wants to persuade people to follow his ‘diet’ and buy his supplements. You are listening to the wrong people; people that just want your money; you’re a statistic to them; a resource. Listen to the people who are genuine and sincerely care about helping others and the planet.